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take care, my love

bleh quick messy painting before sleeping, i feel like trash guyssss

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Star Wars Legends Epic Collection Tales of the Jedi Volume 3 by Tom Veitch

I really like how this portion shows the Jedi philosophy even when one of their own touches the dark side. It seems that those who choose the dark side are not automatically enemies of the Jedi, they only become enemies when the dark side inspires them to harm others.

I'm really enjoying this Tales of the Jedi collection so far.

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his happiest moments

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I really love this reimagined fight scene, but I definitely still much prefer the original. The fighting style is based off of the Japanese martial art, kendo, and true MASTERS of kendo hardly have to move at all. This is more in line with how Vader and Kenobi move in the original fight scene, and I think it shows how far they have come as swordsmen since their younger days.

Star Wars SC 38 Reimagined | via  FXitinPost

“I hate you!” “You were my brother, Anakin!  I loved you!”

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Classic Anakin

if you think about it, Anakin IS the guy who goes "if anything happens to her I'll kill everyone in this room and then myself"

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First off, never apologize for your rants, I LOVE THEM. Second, this is something that bothers me so much.

I am all for creative freedom, and obviously everyone has their own takes on characters, but it does make me sad how often her character is misrepresented. I wonder if people who write her like this genuinely dislike her character and are channeling that in their writing?

Small rant incoming…

Honestly this isn’t really a big deal, but I find that a lot of Anidala fics always have Padmé acting out of character and behaving in ways that’s just not like her, and it’s the mischaracterization that feels disheartening. In most fics for Anidala I read are usually of her being rude and condescending towards Anakin, she has a lack of passion and love for Anakin while his is often well represented throughout the course of a generic fanfic. I understand wanting to write Padmé letting her hair down from time to time and have her let loose and behave immaturely and childishly with Anakin but why at the expense of her own character? Like that’s not Padmé… she would never behave so coldly and detached towards Anakin, the literal love of her life.

Anakin and Padmé have canon moments in the novels (both legends and canon) where they’re bickering and bantering and being playful like a normal couple and there are points in these extended canon stories where Padmé is able to behave as a young woman in love and none of her behaviour involves being girl-bossy, rude, indifferent towards Anakin, and just overall bratty like how I’ve seen being done in a lot of Anidala fics nowadays. Like I feel the older Anidala fics back in the days were more organic, true to the characters, mutual, equal, and genuinely sincere.

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i missed the last time your askbox was open but i'm here now! two things i wanna say:

you're a big reason why i played Fallen Order and Survivor, you exposed it to me so my little sibling could convince me to play it

i love leia & anakin and leia & vader, might you have any shenanigans with those two?

ok 1. ANOTHER ONE!! and 2. yes i do, i've been meaning to finish this for agessssss

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I mean these are just to die for

fanfictions where padmè worries over anakin and thinks he is dying and has a mental breakdown over it because she loves him so much >>>>>

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There's honestly nothing I could add to this that would make it better.

Obi-wan: Look I know we’re about to die or whatever but did I just see you kiss the senator on your way into the arena?

Anakin: What haha dude no

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Just a meme I found on instagram that I didn't want to lose. I DID NOT MAKE THIS. But whomever made it … you're awesome.

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It's no secret that George Lucas heavily based Jedi philosophy off of Buddhist philosophy. I was drawn to Buddhism in two ways:

First, my grandmother is Japanese, and was raised with Shintoism and Buddhism in her home country as a child.

And secondly, of course, Jedi philosophy also drew me toward Buddhism.

As someone who struggles with chronic anxiety, both Buddhism and Jedi philosophy have helped me through some of the most difficult times in my life. However, it seems that a lot of people in the Star Wars fandom often forget that Buddhism and the Jedi philosophy, while very similar, are also not the same thing.

I know no one is trying to be offensive when they think this, but ... Buddhism is a 2,500 year old religion while the Jedi Order is fictional and was created in the 1970s. To truly treat Buddhism as if it is literally the Jedi religion is to really water down Buddhist philosophy and tradition.

This is not to say that Jedi philosophy is not well thought out--it really is. In almost all of my original writing projects, I have some group of people that are basically Jedi in the worlds I create.

Anyway, I'm writing this because some people have accused me of being "anti-Buddhist" when I have criticized the Jed Order. That in itself is sort of interesting, because I don't actually ever criticize Jedi philosophy, I've just criticized their actions in the face of their philosophy.

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First off, this is absolutely incredible, I can't believe someone MADE this like ALSKJDF;KJA I'm freaking out with love for this right now. Secondly, the lighting is absolute perfection, her dress is perfection, everything about this is PERFECTION!

I know artists are always too harsh on themselves (…I know, because I'm an artist) so I get that it probably looks imperfect to you (yes, you, I'm talking to the original artist), but if you could see what everyone else sees when they look at this, you'd be soooo impressed with yourself (as you should be!)

Also, that's absolutely her best dress. I love that dress soooo much.

Anyway. I'm done freaking out on here, but still freaking out inside for a while. AMAZING art!

Think I might've overdone the lighting on this one (because despite my best efforts, I ALWAYS get carried away) it's something I need to work on. I still like this though. I just love Padmé’s lakeside dress SO much! 🥰 I love her whole wardrobe really, but this is definitely my favourite.

Planning to wear this dress to Comic Con again this year, and I'm SO excited! 💛 🩷 💜

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It makes me so sad that Leia hated her biological father. I totally understand why, she would have every reason to. But it's still so tragic.

Still siblings, after everything.

This is the last page I had planned for this story! I might add some extra goofy bits to it later.

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que bien come la padmé...

I particularly blame @batrachised for this. (and @professionalranter31 for sending a timetravel ask)

Also you should totally check batrachised's timetravel oneshot! here

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Saw a post on Facebook that asked, “Name a non Lord of the Rings character that could resist the One Ring.”

My answer?

Anakin.

Here’s why.

If that ring doesn’t have the ability to save Padmé, he’s definitely not interested.

That's the thing about Anakin. He isn't interested in power just to be the most powerful person. He is interested in power only as a means to protect those he loves. But power always corrupts.

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Anakin Skywalker

by Ghostin Arts