"The Spy Dancer," an episode within Star Wars: Visions Volume 2, debuted on Disney+ on May 4, 2023. Studio La Cachette, an animation studio based in France, produced the episode, with Julien Chheng serving as director.
The story begins with a couple of stormtroopers performing searches at a checkpoint in a drenched city located on the occupied planet of B-bel. They get a ride in a wheeled MTV-7 light vehicle. The camera shows a wide shot of the wet city. A number of stormtroopers make their way to a cabaret to unwind. Two stormtroopers are rough with a cleaner droid. Hétis, a female waitress wearing a pink dress, comes to the droid's aid and welcomes the stormtroopers to Loi'e's Follies, which she proclaims is the greatest show in the galaxy. She flirts with a male human stormtrooper, who has curly brown hair, and escorts him and his comrades to a dining area that surrounds a circular stage.
Once inside the dressing room, she informs her leader, Loi'e, that she successfully seated the unsuspecting stormtroopers in the front row as planned. The younger girl expresses her desire to contribute more to the fight against the Galactic Empire, but Loi'e advises her to be patient. Hétis declares that she is no longer a child, which prompts Loi'e to tell her to stop acting like one. Hétis reluctantly agrees. Another rebel, named Jon, gets in touch with Loi'e through a comlink and tells her that they are almost ready to begin their planned operation. He also informs Loi'e that he has dispatched a package containing their final batch of trackers, assuring her that they will function properly. He explains that the trackers will gather intelligence for the Rebellion.
Loi'e is doubtful, but Jon assures her that they will soon be liberated. Loi'e convenes with the stage crew before the performance begins, where they pay tribute to the "lost." As the curtains rise and the dancers take their positions, an Imperial officer dressed in a white uniform hands a black cloak to a KX-series security droid. As Loi'e descends onto the stage, an orange, frog-like alien manages the practical effects, including the wiring. Loi'e captivates her audience with her long, flowing robes before interacting with them, secretly attaching trackers to stormtrooper armor.
While Loi'e is dancing throughout the auditorium, she notices the Imperial officer in the white uniform and his KX-series droid, recognizing him as the man she believes took her infant son. Loi'e becomes panicked and loses her footing. Hétis uses a bungee cord to reach and save Loi'e while the stage crew pull them to safety. The two dancers safely land on the stage floor. Following gasps, the Imperial officers and stormtroopers clap and cheer. After the first act, Loi'e gathers her crew and tells them to escape through the secret tunnel while she stays behind. She instructs Jon to pick up her team while she remains to take care of unfinished business. Jon warns her not to jeopardize the mission, but she insists that this is the only way she can achieve freedom.
As the Imperials eagerly await the second act, Loi'e has a flashback of the Imperial officer taking her baby son while AT-ST walkers destroy the surrounding area. The frog-like alien comments that he has a bad feeling about this. Loi'e performs the second act and swirls furiously. She ascends to the VIP guest section of the theatre and attempts to stab the Imperial officer. However, something stops her, and she asks him who he is. The Imperial officer recognizes her as a rebel operative, and his KX-series droid throws her onto the stage. She lands on the stage floor while the Imperial officer tells his soldiers that they should have shut down the cabaret a long time ago. The stormtroopers grab their blasters and surround Loi'e.
While Hétis pauses climbing down a ladder, a glass of wine shatters on the floor of the auditorium. The Imperials start shooting at Loi'e, but she uses her dress to deflect the blaster bolts and engages in hand-to-hand combat with several stormtroopers. The frog alien plays a passionate hymn while the cleaner droid knocks out a stormtrooper. Loi'e uses her cane to deflect the officer's bolts. Hétis releases foam through the ventilation system, disorienting the Imperials. While she uses a rope to dive into the auditorium and shoot stormtroopers, Loi'e tries to speak with the Imperial officer. Hétis attempts to take out the officer but Loi'e pushes him out of harm's way.
The KX-series droid shoots at Hétis, grazing her cheek. The cleaner droid attacks the Imperial droid but is torn apart. The KX-series droid zeroes in on Loi'e, but she uses her dress to lasso herself and the Imperial officer into the hole through the roof above. As the KX-series droid climbs the central structure, Hétis shoots the droid but is unable to pierce its armored hide. On the roof, the Imperial officer demands to know who Loi'e is and what she wants from him. Loi'e says she wants answers but the KX-series droid pulls the hem of her dress, dragging her towards the hole.
While Loi'e struggles with the droid, the Imperial officer moves toward her with an electrical cane. Hétis manages to pull down the security droid with a pink cord, which she uses to choke its body, causing it to break in half. While Loi'e faces down the Imperial officer, the security droid grabs Hétis' leg. However, Jon beheads the droid with an electric saw. When the officer asks why she doesn't fight, Loi'e trips him and explains that twenty years ago, the Empire wreaked devastation and death on her people. She adds that they also took her son.
When the officer asks what that has got to do with him, Loi'e replies that her son would have been his age. The officer counters that the Empire brings order to the galaxy and says that he is proud to be part of the Imperial Military like his father. Recognizing the Imperial as her son, she asks why he fights for the Empire. After disarming him, Loi'e hugs the officer and tells him that the Empire ripped him away from her. As dawn breaks, mother and son embraces.
Imperial reinforcements arrive in the form of AT-AT walkers and an Imperial shuttle, which deploys stormtroopers. The stunned officer watches as his mother Loi'e flees the disintegrating building. Hétis arrives in a stolen Imperial transport with four TIE Solar collectors and uses a bungee to pull Loi'e to safety with the help of the stage crew. Jon pilots the transport.
In the cockpit, Jon remarks that Loi'e gave the Imperials a show. When Hétis asks who the Imperial officer was, Loi'e reveals that the officer was her son. She says that she now has a way back to him and he has a way back to her. Aboard an Arquitens-class command cruiser, the Imperial officer grips a holoprojector that his mother discretely left behind. He gazes at an image of himself as an infant. He removes his cap, revealing severed horns below his hairline.
Unbeknownst to him, Loi'e has put one of the trackers on the back of the holoprojector.