Star Wars Visions: "I Am Your Mother" Review & Discussion with Thor & Naboo

[@DannyMB24]

Honestly the entire dialogue between Anni and her mom that leads up to "Of course I'm embarassing, I'm your mother!" is my favorite one out of the whole episode. That was just so cute!

[@stuffguru]

Man, i have always loved W&G for the style visually and story wise. And it met every expectation of fun that i had and its one of my faves from this season. In a landscape of constantly "subverted" expectations, its nice to see something that meets them for a change. 😅

[@ryanb45]

Being a fan of Chicken Run as a kid it was just so neat to see a Star Wars short in this animation style. This episode was a ton of fun! I also appreciate them bringing back Dennis Lawson to voice Wedge.

[@PixelKatana]

This one hit home for me. As a kid my family wasn’t doing too well and I never wanted people to see my mom’s car or come to my house. Thinking back I feel such guilt but as an adult I try to make up for it every chance I get.

[@WildWeavile]

I thought it was a nice call back to the TPM with "Anne" (I think that's her name) being "Ani" aka Anakin.

[@kenknowlton3085]

I was wondering if anyone else would comment on this. Two mothers calling for their child, Annie (echoing Ani). An obvious call back.

[@fazbrogaming7776]

I’m my head canon I like to think that the Mantis looking ship is actually the mantis itself but many years after the events of Jedi Survivor, maybe a descendant of Cal and Merrin own the ship and they modified it to what we see it as in this short.

[@hackvance2554]

I loved this episode, especially the eggs throughout it- Luke's hand, melorun, a lightsaber.....

[@carolbriscoe9337]

Even the race itself was a reminder of young Anakin's pod race

[@AncientBeast65]

Plot twist: The snobby girl and her mother are Imperial spies.

[@GarrettTheViking]

I enjoyed this episode. I haven't seen my mom in a few months, and it reminded me of her. It's definitely not the best of this season, but it was fun and charming.

[@cecagna]

I loved this episode. I just wanted to give the mother a big hug after the race.

[@QuestionMan]

I understand what this was trying to do, and all-in-all I thought it succeeded. Still, I would've loved to have seen a touch more of that classic Aardman tongue-in-cheek humor. And a little bit of that Feathers McGraw subversive charm wouldn't have hurt either.

[@jonasthedad]

The studio did Wallace and Gromit... what exactly did anyone expect? I wad perfect for the studying. My 10yr daughter loved it

[@rogerpalsgrove9678]

I'm more than half way through s1 and I like them so far.

[@carolbriscoe9337]

To my mind, this was the 'filler' episode. Something light hearted after the serious of the Stars and the story of the 2 sisters. All the episodes in S2 seemed based on Family or Friends. I'd say its the theme of S2.

[@jon6309]

I like this episode. It was very funny and relatable. I also like “I am your Mother.” Was more lighthearted than Darth Vader telling Luke “I am your father!”

[@jjstarrprod]

That was certainly the joke of the episode. It was also the one filled with the most easter eggs of the saga (Annie, Wedge Antilles, a Jawa, I am your mother, the Darth-Vader hair shapes of the posh mother-daughter...)

[@jon6309]

@@jjstarrprod I also liked the Mando helmet her Mom was using in the beginning to fix their dog droid. This episode really reminded me of my family. My father passed away when I was 12 and my sister moved to a different state so it's just me, my Mom and our pomeranian dog. I can really see the dynamic playing out in my family lol.

[@jjstarrprod]

@@jon6309 Damn ! How could I have forgotten the Mando Helmet ! That one cracked me up ! Sorry for your family situation back in the day, but glad that in your case, this episode did talk to you.

[@jjstarrprod]

A fun little easter egg you missed was the shape of the haircut of both the posh mother and daughter : they're straight up in Vader's helmet's style. If THAT's not quintessential Star Wars, I don't know what is ! More seriously, sure, it was a lighter, more fun and less serious episode than the others... it's Aardman ! What did you expect ? And frankly, I love it exactly for this. I disagree with Naboo on this one : it came right at the right time in the whole list. It followed the introductiry 3 episodes that were fairly grim and self-serious (especially 2, but 3 was pretty much up there too, with the entire tribe being wiped out, and the 2 sisters eventually joining them, as we see their 2 stars lighting up at the end. After such heavy introduction, the levity brought up by this short, with no subtext, just a cute little heartfelt and fun story packed with Star Wars Easter eggs (I mean, that little Death Star !) was just a really welcome palate cleanser, before diving back into the more serious Dark Head and Spy Dancer !

[@darthproxis1]

This one honestly is my favorite stop motion out of all the Vision episodes. When I first saw the trailer for season 2, i felt like the Wallace and Gromit look surprisingly fit well. And the episode did not disappoint. Sure there's other episodes I liked more, but this one sticks out with just artstyle and would love for more Star Wars in this style

[@jamesrauch9103]

Just an FYI... In The Stars wasn't stop motion.. it was CG rendered "in the 2's" to look like stop motion... Aau's Song is the only other stop motion short..

[@puipuixproduction]

10:00 "They did not use much star wars, they put wedge but" Thor, you need to watch that episode again, this episode was filled with easter eggs: Wedge antille Hera Chopper Luke hands Anakin light saber Luke training helmet Light saber training prob droid Porgs Mando helmet Frog eggs Toilet for wooki, human and jawa Tusken riffle Maybe Djezargo And many other random thigs !

[@waterbears9874]

It was pretty alright for me, a bit generic but it looked good and was just wholesome fun, doesn’t nothing more nothing less than what it tries to be

[@CantankerousDave]

Aardman has two syllables, not three. There’s no extra “a” between aard and man. Like HARD-munn, minus the “h”.

[@daniaaal]

This is the most Disney-esque Star Wars Vision episode out of the Season 2 (ive watched up to ep 5), but in a good way.

[@vestarakhai5303]

"Towards your bottom" -Thor 2023

[@pineapplepapercrafts]

I love the W&G style of stop motion. So seeing star wars in thia style was cool. But i definitely enjoyed other episodes more.

[@GreaterGrievobeast55]

5:35 relax! They have new republic has tiny luke skwwalkers to blow them up.

[@DATFilms]

Fun fact, this is the only real stop motion short, both 3 and 9 are CG emulating stop motion, they did the models for reference, but they are CG.

[@Off-Brand_Devin]

Ha! I just got that the hair of the rival and her mother looks like Darth Vader's helmet. This episode was great.

[@Shazameatums]

One of my favorites from vol. 2.

[@MandelbrotMetalhead]

The gags had me laughing hard

[@Kusanagikaiser999]

Believe it or not, this one was actually one of my favs, simple but cute and I like the dynamic of the daughter and mom, and Aardman animation I think did a decent job, of course in animation style I agree, I think in the Stars and Aau's Song have better stop motion style animation, but story wise I liked this a bit more than those 2.

[@Sam_T2000]

this episode didn’t particularly appeal to me, but I don’t think I have anything bad to say about it, either. I liked the little mini-Death Star, too 🤙

[@violator7964]

As an Englishman who still thinks Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit is a masterpiece and one the greatest animated movies ever made, and that 'Aardman' feels as homely as a cup of tea and a Gregg's sausage roll, I was all in on this one as soon as I saw the first frame.

[@judyeure5974]

More towards my bottom 😸

[@dianesinger9729]

Enjoyed the kind of family story of mother and daughter not my favorite but I did like it

[@greyworld6242]

Yeah this was good but personally the last episode was better in my opinion.

[@colink5003]

I feel like this one will hit with the 30 and up crowd, I really only partially liked it because the humor reminded of chicken run

[@packermaster521]

This was the first episode that I watched from this season, since I thought it was going to be the weakest, just on face value. Surprisingly, I would probably be on the minority but I really liked this one.😂 And even though the plot has been told so many times already, for this season it worked, since Visions 2 relied way too much on the older Jedi/Sith taking on an apprentice. Also, this probably the only one I found the be fun - most of the other episodes were too bleak. P.S. I loved type of animation.

[@lukeluke333lukeluke]

Its a average episode but I really enjoyed it. Its simple and fun. Also love W&G watch also help my like for the episode.

[@GAdmThrawn]

See, I space out between watching these episodes, watching only 2 of them at a time. So, I didn't feel like it was repetitive themes and styles between this episode and the earlier one.

[@zachschmitt3654]

My least favorite of season but I appreciate it for what it is

[@AndreNitroX]

yes i can appreciate the animation, but its such a bland story i will never watch it again

[@AndreNitroX]

Listen I love wallace and gromit or chicken run, but this type of animation does not work for star wars. I watched it only once and i will probably never watch this one again.

[@TheUnnbreakable]

This was pretty good but nothing special.

[@JoRoq1]

Not a fan of this one. It felt too much “cartoon”, not just animated. It had a nice story, but the cartoony nature was just a bit too much. And what did they do to my boy Wedge? Heck no on this “fitting into canon”.

[@AndreNitroX]

agreed, this animation style is nostalgic but i dislike it for star wars, even robot chicken animation did it better

[@TheDragonOfWhi]

Interesting Naboo said this was the most relatiable. For me I could not relate to this one at all. This was the weakest one. I didnt even finish it. More than half way through and i knew how it would go. It was predicable and not in a good 'i am wanting to see it play out' kinda way

[@AndreNitroX]

this one was just white noise to me

[@saloz9483]

Never been a big fan of the W&G style and I just found myself kind of bored watching this short.

[@dcmtb540]

If it was a father son ep i maybe would have liked it more. Just tired of every ep a female narrative

[@AndreNitroX]

yes, I have been called a sexist but i noticed all these episodes have had a majority of female jedi or MCs, why couldnt they balance it out with a father/son episode

[@rupertsmith5815]

that is a dumb complaint the entire point is taking a traditional father son relationship and doing it with mother daughter and when the season is just male stories that is fine no problem when it is overwhelmingly women that is a problem

[@naotohex]

Wasn't a big fan of this one. From the art style to the comedy nothing hit for me. It was fine for what it was but if I ever rewatch visions im skipping this one.

[@leonardodavinci7425]

This was definitely the weakest of the episodes

[@leonardodavinci7425]

Nearly all of the main characters of visions are female, Kathleen Kennedy at work.

[@BlueHooloovoo]

And what's wrong with that exactly?

[@leonardodavinci7425]

@@BlueHooloovoo no balance

[@BlueHooloovoo]

@Leonardo Da Vinci Honestly, the main characters being all female wasn't bad at all. They were all well written, engaging and they served the story. If you're just hating on Visions because you want have an argument about "wokeness" then I feel bad for you. You're purposely trying to find an excuse to find some fault with these animated shorts. I'm tired of hearing those same arguments over again.

[@leonardodavinci7425]

@@BlueHooloovoo I enjoyed most of the episodes but I thought this episode was the worst. You must admit though that it is silly seeing Star wars totally dominated by female leads and nearly all male leads being demoted?

[@renatoe9648]

worse one in the season/series, hate the style to begin with and the more childish story

[@macwelch8599]

This episode was so cringe, I didn’t even finish it

[@TheDragonOfWhi]

Same.

[@AndreNitroX]

likewise, i appreciate the animation but the story is so weak, even robot chicken did it better

[@istari0]

Nothing but a rehash of the similar scene from TPM. Major thumbs down.