The fantastical, even though it’s horrific, is better than their even harsher reality. Sykes appropriately begins his epic narrative by going over the very basics. Well, at least for Europeans (sorry, everyone else). There is something inherently heartbreaking about children who find ghouls and ghosts the fun part of their daily lives. In The Seven Daughters of Eve, Bryan Sykes presents himself as the protagonist in an undeniably remarkable quest for ancestral closure. The only solace Daal, Baython, Quinn, and Keena find is in the myths of their planet, in particular Screecher’s Reach, where a terrifying ghost is believed to reside. Already the short film has set up the hard life these characters have, as the real-life inspiration of places like this were cruel and inhumane. With its contribution to Star Wars: Visions Volume 2, entitled “Screecher’s Reach,” not only does the studio have perhaps one of the most intense entries, but it has introduced horror to on-screen Star Wars.Ĭartoon Saloon has also injected its Irish personality into the Star Wars universe with “Screecher’s Reach.” The workhouse that Daal and her friends hail from is a clear allusion to the many workhouses that children were sent to back in the 19th century. Cartoon Saloon is known for tackling heady subjects with its stories, and I would actually compare them to the works of Don Bluth and his team. Cartoon Saloon is an incredibly talented studio that has told many incredible stories: The Breadwinner and Wolfwalkers are two notable examples. When I saw the announcement trailer, I was so excited. Through the story of a cosmopolitan, upper-middle-class Turkish woman coming to terms with her life, Shafak ( The Architect’s Apprentice, 2015, etc.) meshes many of the themes she has explored separately in her previous novels: Turkish politics, spiritualism, and the uneasy relationship between East and West.

Star Wars: Visions has returned with nine new episodes with nine new studios, and one of those studios is Cartoon Saloon, based in Ireland. This article contains spoilers for Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 episode 2.

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