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Mace Windu can do whatever he likes with whatever attitude he wants actually cause he's in charge of wrangling a group of superpowered, psychic adreneline junkies who like to have heated academic debates using laser swords in their spare time. and then. AND THEN!! he has to regularly talk with politicians too??? disgusting. awful. my man is so tired.

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"So essentially what Star Wars to me was, a boy who is stuck at home and dreams of joining a war. And so it's like, let's tell a story of a girl who is stuck in a war and dreams of going home. It was like a mirror." - Gareth Edwards, 2023

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CLONE TROOPER LORE OF THE DAY: AFTER THE WAR

Source: Star Wars: Collapse of the Republic

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PLEASE READ THE LIVING FORCE IT'S THE CUTEST FUCKING THING YOUR HONOR

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ANYONE WHO SAYS KI-ADI DOESN'T HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR IS GETTING THIS PAGE STAPLED TO THEIR DOOR. (Star Wars: The Living Force | John Jackson Miller)

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“Who would become grand master of the order after Yoda?”

I think the unspoken order goes Yoda -> Mace -> Ki Adi Mundi as of PT, in an AU where the order survives longer it’d go Yoda -> Mace -> Obi Wan (older and more wise like in OT)

Mace def feels like he’d be looked to as the leader without Yoda, and he’s got a good head on his shoulders: keeps up with the politics of the reublic and is wary of authoritarianism, is a skilled general and great warrior, heavily invested into the Jedi order and its role as peacekeepers and defends all life - even the zilo beast. He’s everything a great Jedi leader ought to be imo , if only he could live t 900 like yoda lol

Ki Adi Mundi feels like he’s got wisdom, awareness and skill and also the seniority , but wouldn’t be the go to followup as he feels more of a “default” Jedi - would do a good job and earnestly invest himself into the development of the order and defense of the republic; he’d tow the line in the war and flourish in peace time, but not reach the heights of Mace or Obi Wan. Tho I could see an argument for Plo Koon in this similar tertiary role

Obi Wan who ages into his OT adjacent self he’d achieve that wisdom and talent , and we know his diplomatic and Command skills, and he’d be a bit more proactive and assertive in the council than a Ki Adi Mundi imo which would make him be looked to as a leader imo, and his expirences with Satine, Maul, Anakin, the war, relief, etc. would all put him in a great position to guide others and the order at large

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I think I know what he means though but what a choice

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Hilarious moment in The Living Force where Adi and Yoda practically get into an emotional fist fight over who's going to be nicer to the other one.

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It's my headcanon that there's not a galactic-wide holonet. That infrastructure just isn't there. Individual planets like coruscant probably have a holonet, sure, and some core worlds are connected to each other, but for a lot of the galaxy, most of the galaxy even, the average person just doesn't have access to a galactic equivalent of Earth's internet.

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Opinion on 15 or 17? Or both 🫢

Questions from here

15. Opinion on Anakin’s characterization discrepancies between Clone Wars and the prequels? [i.e., the broification of Anakin Skywalker]

The short answer to this (from a Watsonian-esque perspective) is that the Clone Wars show is, at its core, a narrative told from Ahsoka's POV. Ahsoka, as Anakin's padawan, has a very rose tinted view of him — he's a hero, he's a charming rogue, he's able to get out of every situation — and of course she does! She's a child, he's his teacher and guide, it's normal to look up to people in those roles in your life when you're young.

In the movies, though, we're seeing Anakin from a removed third person perspective, which is to say we're seeing him as he really is. Ahsoka can't conceptualise Anakin crying from overwhelm, the same way that kids can't conceptualise their parents doing the same. But he does (very prettily, might I add). The 'real' Anakin is awkward, and cries when he's emotional, and is more than just the confident front he puts on for other people.

From a Doylist perspective, I'm just 😩 at Filoni trying to make Anakin "cool" in TCW because he thought he wasn't manly enough or whatever. Spray bottle direct to the face for him.

17. What event is Anakin’s point of no return in his fall to the dark side?

Baby boy is doomed by the narrative before he's even born <3 So his conception I guess 🤣

Putting that aside though, I think it's not when he killed the Tuskens after his mother's death — though that is undoubtedly a Dark act — but when he decides to keep it a secret from Obi-Wan and the rest of the Jedi. He doesn't own up to his actions, which he clearly knows were wrong. It isn't that he keeps it to himself, either! He tells both Padme and Palpatine, both of whom have enormous political power.

But he doesn't tell the Jedi. He decides to let fear — of what the consequences might be, of what Obi-Wan might think of him — rule him. Because how they (he) perceive him is more important to Anakin than atoning for his actions.

And that's not a once-off, Anakin choosing to keep this secret. That's a choice he has to make over and over every day, a fear that hangs over him like a pall — the fear that they'll find out what he's done, the fear that someone will tell them, or someone will sense it, or that he'll somehow give it away.

It's a fear that impacts every single choice he makes from that moment on, and every moment he continues to let that fear rule him, he's giving more and more power to the Dark.

(All opinions expressed above are solely those of pass e. ridae and do not express the views or opinions of any affiliates or associates, passerine or otherwise)

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This section was one of my favorites and one of the reasons I fell in love with this novel, because it's such a great example of walking the fine line the Republic was asking of the Jedi and how, through seemingly innocuous but constant requests for the Jedi to step just a little outside their purpose. They're there to help negotiate peaceful resolutions that the people of the galaxy have, whatever that situation might call for. There's unrest in a local strike that might turn dangers, okay, the Jedi can go help negotiate. Oh, no, we just want you to be security because the government is refusing to negotiate. That's not our job. Oh, no, we don't actually mean corporate security, just a quick visit would keep people from getting hurt. Maybe just stage a training mission there, you do that a lot, don't you? Then it's on to, well, you don't want to be rude and refuse this gift and help spread the good works of the Republic, right? You can see how it would help the galaxy to get the word out, yes? You see that it's a death of a thousand cuts situation where the Jedi are desperately trying to maintain their purpose but real lives and real work are being leveraged against them and they're asked again and again and again to do something that would flatten who they are, because those real people do need help. And they do refuse to endorse a product! They do refuse to actually wear the boots! But that's not going to be the end of the requests, this is just one drop in an ocean requests, which the Jedi can't just say, nah, we're going to separate ourselves from the Republic, because the people behind those requests genuinely need help. Maybe not the boots request, but the people of Chamble could certainly use the help. It's putting the Jedi under a tremendous strain--some of the requests are easy to say no to, but they still have to have a conversation about why not and it's like none of that penetrates the people making the requests, because they'll turn around and make the exact same one, please be our police force (we're not police), please be our corporate security (we're not corporate security), please represent our merch deal (we're not influencers). Every. Single. Day. They can't just walk away because then they're also walking away from the people who need them, the good we see them do in this very book, but also we see the constant attempts to chip away at who the Jedi are, despite how hard they work to maintain it and like. That's it, that's the story there! Good people who are still human, who can still be worn down when the galaxy fails to meet them in good faith about who they are and what they actually do.

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Obi Wan says that he no longer believes that Anakin can be saved but the MINUTE Anakin says “I made a mistake being evil :/” Obi Wan is right there to whisk him off to the force afterlife.

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Yeah, sure, we could be sad about the deaths of so many of their friends and family, we could be sad that Yoda's only company is a ghost who is reminding him of all the dead grandbabies that are no longer with them OR-- I could absolutely lose my shit at how annoying Obi-Wan is EVEN AS A GHOST. LOOK AT HIM HE HAS CLEARLY BEEN BOTHERING YODA FOR AWHILE NOW "YOU'RE STILL HERE?" YODA ASKS WHILE OBI-WAN IS DELIBERATELY LOUNGING AGAINST YODA'S TABLE WITH THE MOST INSUFFERABLE GRIN ON HIS FACE AND THEN FOLLOWS YODA AROUND ON HIS MENTAL HEALTH WALK BOTHERING HIM WITH MEMORIES OF WHEN HE WAS A YOUNGLING AND YODA MADE PASTRIES WHILE BANT HELPED WITH THE FILLING IT'S SO FUCKING CUTE AND HILARIOUS (BECAUSE OBI-WAN IS THE FUNNIEST GHOST IN THIS GALAXY) WE'RE NOT EVEN THINKING ABOUT HOW BANT IS DEAD AND NO MORE JEDI BABIES WILL GET TO HELP YODA MAKE DUMPLING FILLING

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The funniest thing about this scene is that there is zero pre-communication about doing this bit, Obi-Wan just 100% flings himself into pretending that Qui-Gon is a notorious sadistic killer, like this horrible gremlin is faking LOOKING SICK at just the THOUGHT of what Qui-Gon might do if someone crossed him and Qui-Gon is playing right along, THESE TWO ARE THE WORST I LOVE THEM. (Star Wars: The Living Force | John Jackson Miller)

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SW causing grief cause it's ambiguous if the ability to hurl around heavy objects is a matter of raw magic power or strength of belief

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EWAN MCGREGOR as OBI-WAN KENOBI

STAR WARS: REVENGE OF THE SITH

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A reminder that Bail Organa, upon seeing the Jedi Temple in flames, immediately flew straight over to investigate himself with no guards and no weapons of his own. And upon being told there was a rebellion by the clone troopers there, he attempted to walk past them and see what was happening himself.

It was only after they aimed blasters at him that Bail leaves with a newfound resolve to stop Palpatine. He didn't wait until Palpatine declared himself Emperor to know he had to do something. He knew he was bad right there.