degradingnostalgia

[degradingnostalgia]

lord help me

[degradingnostalgia]

the fact that,,, vader returned back to tatooine,,, and slaughtered another tusken raider camp, and inflicted so much damaged upon their civilisation,,, that they started worshipping him as their god and performing sacrifices to stop him from returning and taking out his wrath on them is absolutely unhinged!

[degradingnostalgia]

ok but how did rex get pulled into anakin's secret plans to keep in contact with padme...........

[degradingnostalgia]

feeling insane about the scene when anakin first lands on naboo and padme is like "ani, come on," and the first thing anakin does is turn to qui-gon like, "?? yes? i can go? just checking? thats ok? ok?" and qui-gon doesnt worry he just gestures like, "yep, all good ani, you go, you do you," and no words are said ITS JUST TRUST AND FEELINGS

[degradingnostalgia]

ok but the way that shmi is so soft and sweet w padme has me feeling so many things 🥹

[degradingnostalgia]

QUI-GON CALLING ANAKIN ANI WE NEED EVERYONE TO CALL HIM ANI OBI-WAN CALL HIM ANI MAYBE HE WOULD HAVE BEEN LESS SAD IF EVERYONE CALLED HIM ANI I WOULD BE LESS SAD IF EVERYONE CALLED HIM ANI

[degradingnostalgia]

bear with me -

thinking about anakin, i think it is almost glossed over that he is part of an ancient, monastic, ideological and spiritual institution? i know that may sound silly, it is emphasised that yes he is a powerful jedi, trained in the ways of the force, especially combat, and eventually is a very skilled and intuitive military general, part of a 'peace keeping' organisation that work in tandem with the republic.

but stepping back, there is just something insane about the fact that before the galaxy-shattering events of the clone wars, anakin grew up in a theological ORDER, where he took a vow to embody the code of a powerful and isolated practice. the temple is built upon training and indoctrinating force sensitive children from a young age to mould them to fit within their ideals of the order. anakin has no possessions, no clothes that are not his traditional jedi robes, his piloting outfit and his military uniform, his haircut is representative of his status within the order, his education includes the art of mediation, spiritual mindfulness, history, politics and various martial arts, he lives in a temple, and he has promised himself, his body and his life to upholding a very specific set of philosophical principles.

i cant work out why this is absolutely blowing my mind, he is presented very clearly as a jedi warrior and war hero, but his life is also very firmly framed around a insular and strict set of principles dictated by masters and a council which adheres to their own set of rules and regulations.

[degradingnostalgia]

i find it really interesting that because anakin didnt undergo the formal jedi trials that he didnt complete the trial of the spirit. the trial of skill against ventress, of flesh when he lost his arm to dooku and of courage during the clone wars, but not of the spirit.

its something insane to think about - the only trial that would have stopped anakin from achieving knight status is the only one he didn't undertake. and its also so telling that his training was sped up because of the need for knights in the clone wars, it is like they (purposefully or not) ignored the warning signs and faults in anakin as a jedi because they needed his skills as a military asset.

[degradingnostalgia]

after padme suggested that her and anakin needed to take some time apart i needed anakin to go absolutely fucking batshit insane feral

[degradingnostalgia]

Star Wars: Darth Vader | A Light in Darkness

[degradingnostalgia]

ANAKIN SKYWALKER’S ROOM IN THE JEDI TEMPLE Items of note from the brief pans across it:  The Naboo lamp, the multitude of crates with unknown contents, the workbench for tinkering with his several droids, the toy Jedi Starfighter model ship, the poster from the Boonta Eve Classic

[degradingnostalgia]

i am having weird feelings abt boba being in prison with clones as guards...

[degradingnostalgia]

obi-wan being a little ✨feral✨ while playing hardeen though.... he is kinda 😏😏😏😏

[degradingnostalgia]

the risk that the council took allowing anakin to take 'rako hardeen' into prison... there really was a chance he'd straight up fucking slaughter obi-wan 😅

[degradingnostalgia]

im not crying over jesse - you are

[degradingnostalgia]

Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022) — Part VI

[degradingnostalgia]

HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN as ANAKIN SKYWALKER

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith