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Description
Dorota Van Reeple is a supporting antagonist in the Star Wars: Visions short film I Am Your Mother. She is the mother of Julan Van Reeple, a fellow student who bullies the protagonist, Anni Kalfus, at Wedge Antilles' flight academy. As a parent participating in the academy's family starship race, Dorota represents the competitive and affluent opposition to Anni and her mother Kalina. She pilots a sophisticated and high-performance ship, which contrasts sharply with the Kalfus family's older, less impressive vessel. Her personality is characterized by condescension and a ruthless drive to win; she openly insults Kalina's ship when the two families meet, helping to goad Kalina into entering the race. During the race, when her team begins to lose, Dorota's behavior escalates from unpleasant to actively abusive. She angrily insults her own daughter, Julan, before roughly shoving her aside to take direct control of their ship herself, demonstrating that she values victory over her relationship with her child. Her role in the story is to serve as a foil to Kalina, embodying a competitive, win-at-all-costs approach to parenting that highlights Kalina's more supportive, if embarrassing, nature. Ultimately, her need for control and her abusive treatment of her daughter lead to her defeat, as Anni and Kalina work together to win the race. Dorota shows no significant development or redeeming qualities within the short film. Her notable abilities include piloting her advanced starship with skill, though her aggressive temperament and lack of teamwork with her daughter ultimately undermine her performance in the race.