#Star Wars: Lost Stars

[jewishcissiekj]

Jude Edivon & Ciena Ree - Star wars: Lost Stars by Claudia Gray | Star Wars: Lost Stars webcomic by Yusaku Komiyama

[bluntblade]

I'd thought before about how brutal the events of TFA and TLJ must've been to watch for the likes of Leia, Hera Syndulla and Wedge Antilles, but writing Stars' Flight and really sitting in Thane and Ciena's perspective for it made me feel it in a much more visceral way.

Like, all these characters, they've had "their war". The Clone Wars had raged when they were kids or a little before that, and left their own scars, and the Empire's abuses necessitated a new one. Horrific damage was done, overwhelmingly by the Empire, and it took huge sacrifices to win, but they prevailed. And yes, the New Republic turned complacent, but for the most part things must've felt a hell of a lot better. At the very least, whole worlds weren't being gouged and disfigured by the insane demands of the Imperial war machine (and in contrast, you've got to wonder what the First Order did to its corner of the Unknown Regions).

And then, thirty years after Jakku, the Galaxy suddenly gets flipped upside down. The Hosnian system is gone. No warning except maybe the First Order-sympathising senators upping sticks in the hours before the attack. Next thing anyone knows, there are invasion fleets deploying, and the other side says that what they'd thought was enduring peace was just them rearming.

So now these people are headed back into the fire, along with the children and the pupils/cadets they'd hoped would never have to see another conflict like it.

[rayoftruth]

[aleatoryw]

the reason Jenny Nicholson's review of the starcruiser hotel is so damning imo is that she went in completely non-cynically. if you've watched her previous videos it's apparent she loves both star wars and theme parks; she's basically the ideal customer for an experience like this. she was clearly trying to engage with the story elements and experience everything the trip had to offer, she likes kitschy animatronics and special effects - and she still had such a bad time! it's blatantly obvious the actual customer experience was an afterthought to things that would make good photo ops and tiktoks, and the whole trip relied on the functionality of an app that seems thrown together last minute. as someone who also loves star wars and theme parks, it's a real let down - but this is basically what disney has been doing since they bought the star wars ip, so I guess I'm not surprised.

[eldritchdyke]

Every remake of a game should come with a copy of the game it is remaking that is compatible with modern hardware but otherwise untouched and I'm not even exaggerating this should be mandated by law. If you're going to attempt to recreate a piece of art you have to give people access to its original context otherwise it becomes the only context and makes the previous version simply a superceded product

[caccry]

On your left!!!

[vor-mur]

hide and seek

[foxwithadarkside]

@techwrecker I don't know what exactly you wanted, but I did this. When you said about Milo and Tech, that's just the first image that popped into my mind. Atlantis x tbb: 1 2 3 4

[jedi-starbird]

APLAP (Assigned Pathetic Lifeform at Padawanship)

New padawan Obi-Wan trying to figure out how the FUCK to make his master listen and not abandon him to go running off following "the will of the force" when it hits him. Qui-Gon is perfectly happy stopping and taking care of pathetic life forms, but not Obi-Wan. That's it. He's always been prepared, always been dutiful, strong, self-sufficient.

He's cracked the code. He needs to be more pathetic.

The next time he senses Qui-Gon's about to run off he coordinates a scene of utmost pathetic-ness, that is, he throws himself into the nearest fountain. He trudges up to his master sopping wet, water-logged robes swallowing him, with hair sticking to his face and containing bits of algae from the fountain. He mumbles out an apology for being clumsy before looking up at Qui-Gon with the biggest, most woeful eyes possible to ask if he happened to bring any spare robes (he didn't, Obi-Wan knows this because he is usually the one to pack spare robes for them both). His wet hair is dripping water into his eyes that's beginning to turn them an irritated red, and there's algae sliding down the side of his face, it really is masterful work.

"Oh...I'm sure I'll be able to find something by myself, it's okay Master, I know you had important work to do."

Qui-Gon visibly hesitates. Obi-Wan starts shivering. He turns to walk away. He's stopped by his Master's hand on his shoulder. His Master, who walks back with him, who gets clean clothes from their hosts, who has folded like wet flimsi and even explains his stupid, stupid plan before choosing to hotwire a hoverbike with a passenger seat! Oh, Obi-Wan really has cracked the code!

Afterwards, Obi-Wan stages an increasingly pitiful accident for himself every time his patented 'Qui-Gon Jinn Bullshit' detector goes off. Eventually, his Master stops leaving him behind at all, even giving him funny looks when he turns around and Obi-Wan isn’t next to him. It never fails to make Obi-Wan grin and run to catch up. Sure, his reputation as a perfect padawan is in tatters, alongside his dignity, but it’s a small price to pay for a place at his Master’s side, for him to remember there’s a place for Obi-Wan there.

When the ray shields come up on Naboo, Qui-Gon doesn't charge ahead and leave his padawan behind, he hasn't for years. He waits for Obi-Wan because it feels wrong to do otherwise, his padawan belongs at his side.

Much, much later, when Obi-Wan is drinking to the end of the war with friends, Commander Cress will ask him how he kept General Jinn from running off for entire decade. Obi-Wan laughs, informs him, and resolutely ignores the scene Quinlan is making as the man cackles and pulls up a book to shove at them both, titled Classical Conditioning 101: A guide to subtle psychological manipulation.

[sunflowersinheaven]

posting this as a reminder, i draw cozywan not just toe sucker-wan

[bluntblade]

Been thinking about this one, so sharing it again

[hayden-christensen]

OBI-WAN KENOBI: PART V (2022) dir. Deborah Chow

@pscentral event 29: warm & cool [in/sp]

[swedenis-h]

ITS DINLUKE WEEK!!1!

This an old au idea I had with my friend keylime about Luke and Leia going to ✨political parties✨ to gain allies for the New Republic! Of course dinluke shenanigans occur, we can’t have politics and daddy issues the WHOLE time 🙄✋

June 11th prompt: The Senate Deals with DinLuke Shenanigans (@dinlukeweek)

[nightqueens-world]

Uh fuck yes

[marcurios-bench]

Sorry, I can't hang out tonight. I'm busy playing Hallway Simulator 9000.