#ezrathrawn

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my pseudoHTTE/imperial AU— thrawn adopts a young, orphaned ezra and enlists him as his personal skywalker boy. he gives ezra his orders and lessons, teaching him true patriotism, and the lothal son of man is groomed to sit at the right hand of power.

as an adult, ezra obediently serves thrawn, now emperor, commanding his army and establishing a Pax Romana of glory & culture in the galaxy. although thrawn is icy and manipulative, he is kind and beautiful (to everyone except ezra, look, listen, but don’t touch sexuality)

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pre-split peridean costume concept

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problematic yuri relationship

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^_^

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Chocolate cheese squares for the grand admiral ♡

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I have played the fox, now I must play the cat of the fable

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bad kitty!!

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ranting about ezra and thrawn’s costume design and dubious visual storytelling before whatever the finale might bring but my first thought seeing ezra onscreen again was how his outer robes resembled the nightsisters and their traditional red garments. ahsoka is a show that likes to be vague, yet ezra and thrawn’s personal unconscious can be clearly expressed through their current costumes.

Thrawn still wears his imperial uniform, discoloured and weathered, but there is no attempt to hide his current faults and damage — just as the chimera is. the repair is literally illuminated through the gold cracks of his nighttroopers. the vicissitudes of existence over time, to which all humans are susceptible, could not be clearer than in the breaks and finer than the original art.

Ezra on the other hand wears clothing comprised of earthy colours — a complete deviation from his saturated rebels uniform — evoking the silhouette of Jedi robes instead. judging by his personality, he doesn’t appear to be a wounded thing, yet his clothing and fighting style suggest a difference in approach to the force. he’s conformed to the landscape of peridea, and perhaps the dreams and madness associated with it.

aside from a possible nightsister connection, ezra’s red and beige robes also resemble the family colours of the mitth, burgundy and yellow. “he’s not using people in a bad way. He’s using their creativity to reach his goals.” because why would thrawn need the help of dark jedi mercenaries when he already has integrated a jedi like ezra at his immediate disposal?

Although red is associated with the dark in Star Wars, it’s also considered to be the colour that emanated from Buddha when he achieved enlightenment and a colour worn by messianic figures such as Jesus — cloaked in the dwelling of God. the positive and negative connotations regarding the colour red can symbolize ezra’s own imbalance between the light and dark. based on these observations, you could argue that ezra and thrawn are the messianic figures of their respective homeworlds; their return to the galaxy signifying salvation. the threads of fate do, indeed, have a plan for them.

“for the gracious hand of his God was on him. For Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the Lord."

“By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.”

Enoch is another character who wears red, along with the binding threads wrapped around the bodies of the rest of the nighttroopers—perhaps symbolizing ezra and thrawn’s bond, a red thread of marriage, a magical cord that shall never break. It could be indirect, but their biblical namesakes suggest that enoch may act as a foil to ezra, his current replacement. I have so many questions… when/why did ezra separate from thrawn? has he been patrolling that forsaken planet for the threat on ground as thrawn patrols the skies? why do their fates continue to be intertwined so closely?