It delivers the most in-your-face, over the top anime intensity of any of the 'Visions' shorts via bright light flashes, fast moving speed lines, and gorgeous use of color.

Once this conflict is established, the short becomes a major battle between the two, and a visual feast. The conflict of the short arises between the titular twins as Karre (Neil Patrick Harris) decides to leave the dark side behind in favor of the light, while Am (Brie) stays loyal. At least the English dub has Allison Brie delivering most of this exposition with relish, as one of the two twins who has fully accepted and embraced her role as a servant of the dark side.

There's some interesting stuff here, to be sure - like the idea of twins who are created through the power of the dark side - but a lot of it feels unnecessary and confused. Like that feature, however, this short is mired in awkward exposition, yielding a first half of the short that too often spends its time filling viewers in on the premise. The finale of 'Lop & OchЕЌ' falls into some overly dramatic monologues, but this is where the truly transcendent shorts begin in this anthology. This aesthetic comes to a perfect point when Boss YasaburЕЌ gifts Lop a familial lightsaber that includes an inscription on the blade like a katana might have, but unlike anything we've seen in the 'Star Wars' universe before. The animation here is also beautiful, as much of the backgrounds and character designs are inspired by feudal Japanese aesthetics. These are classic 'Star Wars' themes, but the smaller scale of the story, its focus on the relationships between the characters, and the fact that Lop isn't human makes it feel unique. Boss YasaburЕЌ seeks to organize a rebellion against the Empire, whose industrial expansion is harming the planet, but OchЕЌ seems more interested in joining them, and Lop is caught between her father and sister. Like many of the other shorts, 'Lop & OchЕЌ' takes place during the imperial era, as the Empire invades and begins to take over the characters' home planet of Tao. The story focuses on the relationship between Lop and her adoptive sister OchЕЌ (Hiromi Dames), who along with her father Boss YasaburЕЌ (Paul Nakauchi) took Lop in when she was a child. It also helps that the short includes some surprisingly brutal action, particularly in T0-B1's showdown with the Inquisitor. A significant part of this distinction is that T0-B1 is a droid, making this perhaps the first time in 'Star Wars' lore that audiences have been presented a droid worth aspiring to be, perhaps one that could even succeed in becoming a Jedi Knight. While all this is reminiscent of Obi-Wan being struck down by Vader before Luke takes him on, it manages to feel like an homage, rather than a mere retread. This call is picked up by the Empire, who immediately dispatch an Inquisitor to assassinate whoever made the call when Mitaka is killed by the Inquisitor, T0-B1 becomes determined to avenge his creator. Its simple plot hits intriguing story beats, as T0-B1 dreams of being a Jedi (the short's strongest sequence is a gorgeously animated dream/vision sequence of what T0-B1 imagines life as a human Jedi would be like), and in a moment of rebellious hubris sends out a call to Jedi in the galaxy. What 'T0-B1' has going for it, however, is that it's a stronger story than 'Rhapsody,' at least in terms of characters. Perhaps most significantly, the episode ends with a full-on musical number, one that's sickly sweet with its soaring melodies and 'be yourself' chant - it might just be the most grating Star Wars musical performance since Bea Arthur. There's an emotional reminiscing scene when the band decides that they can't leave one of their own behind, which is a valid story beat, but doesn't quite work in a 13 minute short that hasn't allowed the audience to develop any real affinity towards these characters. Overly cute in both its emotional beats and animation, all of the characters in 'Rhapsody' are chibi the short is brightly lit, and there are barely any angles among the many curved lines of the character and set designs. This strange mix of focusing on musicians (a first for a 'Star Wars' story) while also being a classic Boba Fett bounty hunting story ultimately feels as though 'Tatooine Rhapsody' is leaning too heavily on tried-and-true adventures from the galaxy far, far away what's worse, the stakes feel inconsequential to the overall universe. That bounty hunter isn't just anybody, it's Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison reprising his role), sent to bring back band member Geezer (Bobby Moynihan) for execution by Jabba the Hutt. The story focuses on a band, trying to make it big in the galaxy but with a pesky bounty hunter on their trail.

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