Screecher's Reach

"Screecher's Reach" is an episode of the Disney+ series Star Wars: Visions and is animated by Cartoon Saloon.
==Synopsis==
A young girl, seeking reprieve from her days in a rural workhouse, discovers a legendary haunted cave with her friends. The cave’s dark pull will change the trajectory of her life forever.
==Plot==
On a planet that consists of workhouses and farms, a young girl tired of her life named Daal tells her friends Baython, Quinn and Keena that she is headed out to Screecher's Reach, a cave that is said to contain a ghost. The kids take land speeders and ride out far before camping. While Quinn and Keena play around, Baython gives Daal some words of advice that when an opportunity arises that she should take it. The kids decide to walk the rest of the way towards Screecher's Reach.
The kids arrive at the cave where Daal is shown talking into a necklace she owns. As they enter, Daal seems distant from the rest of the kids who try to keep up with her. They enter a room where they encounter a Ghost that screeches at them causing a cave in. Despite Keena trying to save Daal, she orders them all to leave and is trapped inside with the Ghost. The Ghost is revealed to be a Sith and produces a red lightsaber. As Daal tries to escape via light at the top of the cave, she unexpectedly uses the force to bring a boulder down on the "Ghost" who turns out to be tangible.
Daal, frightened and scared, manages to pick up the lightsaber and kills the Ghost. As she returns outside, the necklace turns out to be a communication device that alerts a giant ship to arrive. A Sith Mother appears and reveals to Daal that the situation was indeed a test for her and that she has proven herself. With the lightsaber hers now, she can now leave her old life behind, but her friends are not allowed to come. Daal's friends are hurt by her conversion, but she reminds them "Don't look back, right?" However, as she gets on the Sith Mother's ship, she takes one last glance back at her friends.
==Cast==
*Eva Whittaker as Daal
*Alex Connolly as Baython
*Noah Rafferty as Quinn
*Molly McCann as Keena
*Anjelica Huston as Sith Mother
*Niamh Moyles as Ghost
==Trivia==
*This is Cartoon Saloon's third production under Disney. Previously, they pitched a pilot titled The World According to Winnie the Pooh, which was not picked up, and developed the series Vikingskool which, while not created directly under Disney, was exclusively acquired programming by them outside the U.S. on Disney+.
*The animation style used in this episode is the same as the Cartoon Saloon's 2020 film Wolfwalkers, which similar to the episode and most of the studio's works, explores myths, legends and the supernatural. Eva Whittaker, who voices Daal, previously provided the voice of Mebh Óg MacTíre in Wolfwalkers.
*The Ghost loosely takes inspiration from the Banshee of Irish mythology, a shrieking spirit that often brings doom to those who approach it.
==Gallery==
Star Wars Visions - 2x02 - Screecher's Reach - Quinn, Baython, Daal and Keena.jpg
Star Wars Visions - 2x02 - Screecher's Reach - Keena, Quinn, Baython and Daal.jpg
==External links==
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