![]() ![]() There's actually a frame in the film that it's completely inspired by that flag.” “That's why their flag contains all those stars. “When the mother turns into a star, that's actually what the Selk'nam people of Chile believe, that when you die, you turn into a star,” shares Osorio. The sisters squabble about how to survive with the Empire encroaching but, on a typical water run, the sisters are discovered and find they must fight back to ensure their survival. In the Stars follows two sisters, the last of their kind, who live in hiding on their ravaged land after their mother dies in a battle with the Empire. But, to me, the theme that connected directly to Star Wars was more from the sight of the Empire putting their feet over these native people.” It felt odd at first, since it’s Star Wars. ![]() He continues, “That’s why we don’t have lightsabers or droids anywhere in the story. “The characters in our story live in the Outer Rim and they don't have a connection with the main civilization, which represents how the Patagonian people lived as well until 100 years ago,” explains Osorio, whose story is inspired by Chilean and Argentine colonization, a recent theme in the Star Wars Andor series. Naturally, each of the nine studios - whose expertise ranged from 2D and illustrative stylings to 3DCG and stop-motion - used their shorts to not only represent the cultures they hail from, but also to pay homage to their countries’ histories. Of course, we jumped at the opportunity.” Gabriel Osorio, founder of the Oscar winning Punkrobot and creative mind behind this season’s 3DCG short, In the Stars, added, “This was the chance to tell a story within this universe that I love about a group of people I love. “That's what is great about these anthologies and it’s a great opportunity to be a part of that.” “It’s a format that’s not bound by so much of the business,” he says. “One of the reasons I love short film is because that format is where you find the most experimental animation being done,” says Rodrigo Blaas, co-founder with Cecile Hokes of El Guiri Studios in Madrid and creator of Visions Season 2 2D / 3D hybrid short, Sith. All three studios’ Season 2 shorts are up for Emmy nomination consideration during this week’s voting, which will last through Sunday, June 25. Among the nine studios that participated were El Guiri in Spain, Cartoon Saloon in Ireland, and Punkrobot in Chile. Invitations to contribute to the series were sent to studios around the world. The second season of Visions, now streaming on Disney+, has further proved that sentiment. And, in 2021, Lucasfilm proved the franchise’s global influence by inviting animation studios in Japan to create their own unique shorts, set in the Star Wars world, compiled into the anthology series Star Wars: Visions for Disney+. The Star Wars world we’ve come to know in 2023 is immense compared to its 1977 beginnings. For over four decades, each new slate of films within Lucasfilm’s Star Wars universe has expanded its audience reach, adding more diversity in character identity and story while constantly growing the range of planetary environments throughout galaxies far, far away. ![]()
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