#in this house we love and respect the jedi order

[leia-organaa]

I have just started watching The Acolyte and I’m nervous about jumping into the tags, I don’t want to see yet another wave of anti-Jedi discourse. It’s just so tiring to see people wilfully misinterpreting and misunderstanding them again.

[mamuzzy]

What is considered child mistreatment in Mandalorian culture (legends)?

I was inspired by this post but I didn't want to ruin a mood with my AcKcHuYaLlY vibes so I made a separate post about it.

While I agree with a sentiment of Cuy'val Dar should have rioted seeing children being mistreated, given they are a very heavily family and child centered culture, I've just recently read a few quotes from Republic Commando which made me wonder...

what is considered child mistreatment in their culture?

Because training children to be soldiers are not one. It is a perfectly normal thing to do for them.

What you will read here about: -- Potential reasons why the Cuy'val Dar didn't refuse the job -- Relationship of a Mando parent and their child: How Munin Skirata adopted Kal and with it giving him a predetermined path of life -- Little detour to the topic of how modernday parents don't include children in the household chores -- Pav-Ti and Ahsoka -- Walon Vau and Dred Priest's approach -- Kal Skirata's approach of training -- Little about Mandos and Jedi -- Sorry (not really), people. I still love Kal. -- I won't tag this as anti/pro/critical fandom fuckery. Only a Sith deaIs in absolutes.

Rest is under the cut.

Why would Cuy'val Dar accept such assignment in the first place?

So why didn't they say no? 1. Loyalty and Respect for Jango Fett 2. In need of money 3. Needed a place to hide 4. It could be HONOUR: If a mando bounty hunter accepts a job, they won't back down from it. That's why they are the best. A mandalorian either completes the job or they die in the process (see: Hard Contact). 5. Child soldiers are nothing out of place.

But the latter is debatable, depending on which bounty hunter you ask. Kal was horrified when he was presented with the facts. Scene from Triple Zero, where Kal realizes what Jango is expecting of him:

Jango Fett indeed didn't tell them the whole truth. I'm pretty sure there would have been people who would have accept it anyway. But I'm also sure most of them were conned this way.

We even know Kal's reason of accepting the job.

He didn't have any outside ties anymore that required his physical presence, so at this point he could just accept a decade long assignment.

And when he met the Nulls, he gave himself a purpose out of this nightmare. Raising these children as Mandalorians.

But where this is come from? From Kal's own buir.

Another quote about how Munin adopted Kal.

Awfully practical people. But also, compassionate. Kal is guided by the same compassion as his buir.

Overprotected children of our modern age

Family centric and child centric views are really distorted today which is about overprotecting kids from literally everything. Even from basic household chores: a parent who is too tired and impatient for their child constantly making mistakes during learning a task, so they simply take it out from the child's hand and doing it instead, because teaching them comes with much more mess to clean up, therefor more work for the parent. Children won't learn that helping out around the house can be a quality time with the parent, because most parents don't consider being together with their children a quality time. This later leads to those awful fights between a teenager who never helps around the house on their own only when asked/ordered. Children are glorified exotic pets, one task from a bucket list or worst, investments. But part of the family? Less likely. Not unconditionally.

PAV-TI AND AHSOKA

If you think about Ahsoka's backstory in the Tales of the Jedi, her mother also brought her on the hunt and made her look when she skinned the animal. Teaching her that death is a part of life and even when they take resources from the nature, they should do it with respect. Pav-Ti was already teaching her to be a part of their small community.

I think Mando culture is the same: they involve their children in their profession from early age. Probably teaching your children how to kill for money is not exactly ethical by our earthling standards. Regardless, they do it together. Little mando'ade won't go to school, they spend their time with the family and learning skills they will need if they choose the same profession and lifestyle as their parents.

PRACTICES OF VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE CUY'VAL DAR

So that's why I think that even if the members of the Cuy'Val Dar had seconds thoughts, training child soldiers are nothing out of ordinary. I can't speak for the remaining non-mando trainers what was in their mind.

But when Dred Priest and Isabeth Beau started their own little figthing rings in the guise of "preserving the old ways", it was really considered fucky even among the other mando trainers Death Watch couple-goals: torture children together <3. Dred Priest despised the clone cadets and they actually died under his care and this is one of the reason why Mij Gilamar killed Priest later in the books.

Walon Vau wasn't introduced to mando values until he ran away from home as an adult, but his abusive upbringing shaped his worldview on how he trained the cadets. Strict codes and harsh punishments. He had his regrets of it later.

From O66, Walon Vau to Kal Skirata

Love has many shapes. Vau wanted them to survive because he loved them. But loving them and treating them good/bad is not the same.

We know about Kal that he taught by experience. He never gave an assignment to his cadets before he first showed them how to do it.

And then we have these notorious parts of him regarding the clones which can be interpreted so many ways but often used as the evidence as child abuse:

And this one also:

(sometimes I throw my brain outtaaa windoooOOooOooOow what people call abusive these days...)

What is my stance about this particular passage? I think he didn't abuse the clones. He wanted them to survive too. He wanted to make it easier for them which was really hard considering the circumstances. He wanted to be a father to the clones like Munin was to him.

We saw the differences between Omega Squad and Delta Squad. The Delta first left Walon Vau behind because they were ordered to do so. Delta left Sev behind because they were ordered to do so. As far as we know, no one deserted from the Empire from Vau's commandos. They remained loyal to the Republic/Empire. Darman could have been with his son and with Clan Skirata but he choose to remain with Niner in the Empire. He remained loyal not the empire, not even Kal Skirata but his brother. Just like Kal thaught them.

What makes them different from the jedi and at the same time so similiar?

The Jedi seek out force sensitive children to teach them how to control this power within them and make sure, they won't use it for personal gain. And later, when they grow up, they will do the same.

Mandos take pity over war orphans (usually that's the case), take them into their clan of soldiers and they teach them a profession and one day, they can do the same.

Both faction are doing it, guided by the same principle: COMPASSION.

Jedi are practicing compassion toward every living, while Mando compassion is just much more personal on the individual level.

Dialogue from Imperial Commando between Arligan Zey and Kal Skirata. I think this baby stealing prejudice comes from that force sensitive children are separated from their parents and all this goes against the family centric view of the mandalorians where family is above all and the children are only safe with their families.

In conclusion...

My personal take after this little research that Mando trainers didn't abuse children, not in their own mandalorian standards. I say this because of Dred Priest who was condemned for actually hurting his cadets, forcing them to fight against each other, and lots of them actually died.

After the failed experiences with the Nulls, the kaminoans and trainers didn't expose the clones to live rounds and bombs until so much later, that's why the commandos and Alpha-class ARCs feel much more balanced in their phyche.

I think Walon Vau abused his cadets but he justified it with love.

Kal made them to do horrible exercises and said a lot of shitty things to the clones (though I think it's kind of like when you call your cat a whore out of affection) but overall he tried to make their suffering bearable.

[colibrie]

Confrontations- Doubling Down, part II

Art credit (and all the love)to the amazing @trilobitepunch.

“You have both heard about the Clone Wars, and the role the Jedi played in it as military leaders and defenders of the Republic. It was a dark time for the order. So many Jedi were killed, and the Republic was pushed to the brink as the war dragged on and more funds and resources were redirected to the war effort. Public opinion turned against the Jedi. We were blamed, framed as the perpetrators, and eventually we were betrayed. The clones who had fought with Jedi turned against us under the command of Order 66. They slaughtered their generals and marched on the Jedi temple on Coruscant.”

“You were all so young then. Children still in the creche, caught up in the maelstrom and chaos,” Splinter’s voice softened, sorrow coating his words as he shook his head, turning away.

“I grabbed you four and tried to evacuate you to the lower levels through the sewers. I had hoped that such an exit would be overlooked. But the clones were through in their orders. They followed, and when they found us, they opened fire, forcing us to run. Their carelessness caused the tunnel to collapse, and Raphael and Donatello were caught in that collapse and crushed…or so I thought. With more clone troopers quickly approaching, I had no choice but to grab you two and flee.”

Insects sang, chirps and clicks drifting on the breeze that sighed through the treetops as the three of them stood, unmoving.

“I never knew any of that,” Mikey mumbled eventually, knuckles pressed to his lips as he struggled to take in the full weight of their father’s story. “I don’t…remember.”

“You wouldn’t,” Splinter replied heavily. “You were so young, Michelangelo. I had to carry you through much of the lower levels. And with Leonardo injured in the aftermath, it is not surprising that a young mind would repress such stressful events.”

“That…that makes no sense,” Leo cut in, slowly shaking his head. “That’s not…what I saw…”

“What do you mean?” Splinter demanded, turning to look back at them with sharp eyes.

“When I saw Donnie, I had a…a vision. I think?” Leo replied, staring hard at his hands as if they could reveal the answers he was looking for. “We were… kids. We were wearing our temple robes, but they were all torn up. He was…he was screaming for me. And I was reaching for him. How could I have been reaching for him if we were running away?”

“Force visions are unreliable,” Splinter replied quickly…a bit too quickly.

“This wasn’t a force vision!” Leo denied, shaking his head so hard that the tails of his mask lashed the air. “It wasn’t some abstract blob or vague feeling! It was real!”

“Plus, you said I was hurt,” Leo continued. “You kept me in bed for so long after we got here, but all I remember were a whole bunch of bumps, bruises, and scrapes. No broken bones, no sickness. Nothing would have kept me down. So, how was I hurt?”

Their father turned away.

“You aren’t telling us everything,” Leo accused, leaning in towards their father as anger flared red hot once more.

“It does not matter,” Splinter stated, staring down the path in the direction of their house, “what’s done is done.”

“What do you mean what’s done…Donnie and Raph are alive!” Leo exclaimed; arms waving is frustration. “We need to know everything before we go after them!”

“You will be going nowhere,” Splinter barked, whirling to face his eldest remaining son with clenched fists.

“W…WHAT?!”

“You heard me!”

“But Donnie and Raph are-”

“They are lost, taken by those who hunt and kill our kind! I will not sacrifice you for a hopeless quest!”

“But you’ll sacrifice them?!” Leo screamed, shock and rage contorting his face as the storm finally broke free from its tether.

“Do not take that tone with me young man! I am your father, and you will respect me!”

“I have no respect for cowards,” Leo sneered back, leaning further into his father’s space “I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. You’ve already sacrificed them once, what does one more time matter?!”

“Guys, stop!” Mikey tried, but his words fell on deaf ears as the two continued to scream.

“I do not need to justify my choices to you!” Splinter bellowed, one hand snapping in Mikey’s direction. The youngest stumbled as the holocron was ripped from the inner pocket of his coat, the cube whizzing through the air till it met Splinter’s palm with a loud smack.

“You are both grounded! No one leaves the house, no, your room, unless I say so! We will need to relocate, and then I will be destroying this thing!”

“You can’t do that!”

“I can, and I will!”

“I hate you!

“So be it!”

“Fine!”

“Fine!”

Mikey’s heart sank into his heels as he watched his brother and father whirl around and stomp away in opposite directions, Splinter towards the house and Leo into the shadows of the trees. For a while he simply stood where he was, watching, waiting, for one of them to come back. But neither of them did. The sun and the breeze remained his only companions when he eventually turned to head down the path himself, feet dragging through the dirt as events and emotions screamed for space and attention in his mind and heart. The house was silent when he entered, the colorful murals he had taken so much time and care to paint subtly muted by the absence of laughter and conversation that usually flowed like water. His father’s door was closed, locked tight when Mikey half heartedly tested it.

“He didn’t mean it,” he softly called, resting his forehead against the door jamb for a moment. “We love you, dad.”

[jedimasterbailey]

Hello, friend. 🖤🤍📖💀 for the ask game, please. 🙏

Hello there friend 💙💚 Thank you for the ask and thank you for choosing some questions that really make me think 🤔 let’s do this!

Link to the original ask questions below if y’all wanna play along which please do because I love to snoop 👀

🖤- Which character is not as morally good as everyone seems to think?

Dooku and yes I know he’s a Sith Lord and not considered a hero by any means but since the Tales of the Jedi episodes (which I love btw don’t @ me there) but I feel that fandom kinda looks at him like they do with Anakin. That even though Dooku and Anakin have done HORRIBLE INEXCUSABLE crimes that killed so many people and betrayed their loved ones that just because they “had their reasons” then that makes them worthy of sympathy when in reality that shouldn’t be the case. Dooku didn’t do what he did for the greater good or to serve others; he did what he did to serve himself and what he wanted. Dooku knew what the Empire was going to be (I.e. an all human regime that oppress alien races) and yet still went along with it thinking he could rule that regime himself one day. I don’t care that he was hurt by losing Qui-Gon or Obi-Wan; he still hurt and betrayed them regardless. If you ever read the Master and Apprentice book by Claudia Gray, you would come to find out Qui-Gon was 1.) terrified of Dooku because of his very dark actions 2.) Overlooked him for his first Padawan (Aveross I think his name was?) and 3.) Fixated on his own interests over being a proper teacher for Qui-Gon. In short, Dooku is a pretentious self serving privileged man of status and power and that’s that. The moral compass he has is whatever benefits him.

🤍-Which character is not as morally bad as everyone else seems to think?

Mace. Windu. For fucks sake y’all he is NOT a bad man! Had it not been for Anakin’s choices, he would have ended the Clone Wars once and for all and brought peace to the galaxy avenging every single soul who have lost their lives or sacrificed so much in the war that never needed to happen. Anyone who has read the Legends Shatterpoint novel or pay attention to Mace’s actions/words in the Clone Wars show and in the movies can see that Mace is a very admirable Jedi that anyone should look up to. His fighting style is all about using the Dark Side against those who use it which means this man has had to master his own demons for sake of doing good. That is a very rare quality even amongst the Jedi. He stays true to himself and Jedi philosophy within reason despite others trying to sway him. He also raised Depa who we all know is a wonderful woman who went on to teach Kanan who was a great Jedi. So yes, Mace was more than deserving of his rank and if he was such a bad man who come no one in his lineage ever turned to the Dark Side or left the Order? Clearly he was doing something right. And don’t even go down the tone deaf “he was mean to Anakin” route because Mace was always understanding, trusting, and respectful of Anakin, he was just trying to save Anakin from himself. We love and respect Mace Windu in this house 💜

📖-If you had to remove one book from the series, which would you choose?

The Ahsoka book for sure, sorry to those who like it but it’s not for me and that’s okay since not all books are gonna be everyone’s taste. As a Barrissoka stan I can’t stand whatshernuts constantly being up Ahsoka’s ass and causing her problems. Ahsoka was doing just fine on her own trying to survive after very traumatic events, losing everything she knew, and learning to survive in a galaxy that wants you dead for who you are until of course the stupid ass village needed saving. The book could have had a much better plot. The only parts of the book I liked where when Ahsoka was alone in her thoughts processing and trying to decide her next move. We could have had a very healing story much like Obi-Wan did in his show but nope. Furthermore, I’ve got beef with E.K Johnson for many reasons, the major one being that she’s a very ignorant person that tries to be the “white savior” so… yeah not fond of her work, her views of these characters we love so much, or the story she made for Ahsoka.

💀-If you had to choose one major character to die, who would you choose?

Palpatine of course because without out him the entire galaxy would be spared from mass genocide, destruction, pain, suffering, and pure evil. All of our favorite characters would have a much happier ending 😭 we also wouldn’t have dickheads like Tarkin rising to any position of power.

Link to original unpopular opinion asks

[just-dreaming-marvel]

The Bond Between Us ~ 80

THE BOND BETWEEN US MASTERLIST

< previous chapter

Word Count: 2,675ish

Summary: You try your best to keep Ben in the light.

Notes: Honestly, I cried while writing this. So tread carefully.

Ben often questioned you about secrets in the family, saying that you, his parents, and his uncle Luke were keeping something from him. Out of respect for Leia and Han, you couldn’t admit to Ben that he was right. That something was being kept from him. It had been decided early on in Ben’s life that he would be kept unaware of his Sith heritage. There were very few who knew the truth about Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader and they all vowed to keep it a secret until Leia and Han felt like Ben was ready.

As Ben grew, you could feel that there was an internal struggle inside of him. You had tried to coax him to talk about it, but he never would. Always brushing you off.

Despite Leia and Han’s wanting to have Ben live a normal life, Ben’s power required guidance. It was strong and raw, easily controlled by his emotions.

Ben was ten when he got in a fight with his parents and his power broke multiple fragile objects in the house. The two parents didn’t know how to handle this, as they never dealt with a Force welder like this. That’s why you were included in the conversation. Han and Leia felt like they were equipped to make a decision on Ben’s future themselves.

You sighed. “I sense much of Anakin in him,” you admitted. “It’s both a blessing and a curse, depending on how we go about this.”

“There have been talks in the Senate of a mysterious dark Force wielder named Snoke,” Leia explained. “I fear that he might try to influence Ben if he isn’t trained.”

“Do you believe he needs to be trained?” Han asked you.

You bit your lip nervously as you thought through an answer. “I’m worried that his training didn’t start sooner… There’s a reason why Jedi were trained young so that they could grow to use their emotions and power, not allowing one to control the other.”

“You and Anakin began training at nine,” Leia said. “Ben is ten. Are you saying that’s too late?”

“For me and Anakin, I… I don’t know if we should have been trained the way we were. But I can’t say the same for Ben. Things are different now and I don’t foresee Ben’s powers fading… Without some training, I fear his power will grow beyond his own control. No matter what though, I cannot promise that he will keep himself in the light. That is a choice only he can make.”

Leia and Han shared a look, having a conversation with their eyes.

“That’s it then,” Han said, looking back at you. “Ben will join Luke’s initiative to restore the Jedi Order.”

~~~

“Are you all ready?” You asked Ben as you stood in the doorway of his room.

“I guess,” Ben mumbled. There was a small bag packed, only filled with clothes due to the Jedi Code.

“It’s okay to be nervous and sad that you’re leaving… though Luke and the Code will tell you that attachments are dangerous, they are a natural part of life. I would still be careful.”

“Is it sad that I will miss you the most, Aunt Y/N?”

“Oh, Ben.” You walked over and made him look at you. “I will miss you so much. As I know your mother and father will.”

He scoffed. “No, they won’t… they’re always too busy saving the Galaxy. They won’t even notice I’m gone.”

“Ben Solo, you stop that. Your parents love you and have only ever wanted what’s best for you. They will miss your presence around here. I know I will.”

“Why can’t you come with me? Aren’t you a Jedi? Can’t you just train me?”

You sighed. Oh, how you wished you could fully explain why you couldn’t train him. How the past and your training still hurt you and how he needed what Luke could provide. There was also something in the Force telling you that you were not meant to train him.

“I wish I could, Ben,” you told him. “I really do. But your uncle Luke is a great teacher and you will learn so much from him.”

“But I would learn so much from you,” Ben argued.

“Not what you need to learn… I’m sorry that I can’t go through this with you. But know that I will be cheering you on every step of the way.” Your answer still wasn’t easing Ben. “I have something for you to take.”

“But mom said that I can’t take anything.”

“This will be our little secret.” 

You reached around your neck and unsnapped the chain that Ben had broken years ago. You pulled the chain off of you, revealing to Ben the ring that hung from it. Looking at it, you almost began tearing up.

Go ahead, little star, Obi-Wan’s voice filled your head, gasping you to gasp lightly. It’s alright.

“This chain and ring belonged to my husband, Obi-Wan Kenobi,” you began explaining. “He was a marvelous Jedi. He saved your mother more than once… he saved me and your grandfather. He is who you are named after.” You inhaled deeply, trying not to get too emotional. “This chain and ring were made out of one of Obi-Wan’s lightsabers. I have a matching one.” You wiggled the finger that your ring sat on. “I’m giving this to you as a reminder of where you come from, of who loves you. Obi-Wan and I wore our rings on the chains under our robes in secret.” You reached around Ben’s neck and clasped the chain. “No one will have to know.”

Ben’s hand came up to hold the ring, studying it. “Are—Are you sure, Aunt Y/N?” He wondered. “I know how much this means to you.”

“Which then should prove how much you mean to me… besides, I have a feeling Obi-Wan would want you to have it.”

Ben quickly hugged you tightly. “Thank you.”

You hugged him back. “I love you, Ben… always remember that.”

~~~

Luke was committed to re-establishing the Order’s teachings (despite your continued protests), which included teaching Ben that detachment and distance were necessary to gain the pure focus that every Jedi aspired to. Though being taught that, Ben often snuck messages to his aunt about his adventures with Luke and discovering old Jedi lore and artifacts.

As Luke’s new academy grew, he kept reaching out to you to try and get you to help him with training. You always said no, saying that you did not agree with all the Jedi Order taught. Finally, one day, Luke came to you personally. He showed up at your door with a beard and pleading eyes.

“Please, aunt Y/N,” he pled. “You’re the longest-living member of the Order I can find. I need your help.”

“Why?” You asked. “You seem to be doing so well.”

Luke sighed. “There is something up with Ben. I do not want to worry Han or Leia much about it. I know that the two of you have a special bond, I’ve seen him sneak messages off to you and the chain around his neck. He will not talk to me about what’s wrong and I fear I don’t know enough to truly help him. Please, Y/N, you may be his only hope.”

You could tell that Luke was seriously concerned about his nephew. You had been feeling something off with Ben in the Force more and more lately, but you couldn’t exactly pinpoint it.

“I will come to Ossus,” you told Luke, who looked relieved. “But I will teach what I want.”

Luke nodded. “That’s fine with me.”

~~~

“Aunt Y/N!” Ben exclaimed. The now twenty-year-old rushed over to you as you exited your ship.

You smiled. “Ben.” 

Your great-nephew eagerly wrapped you in a hug. You laughed as he lifted you up. It had been a long ten years since you had physically seen him in person. And now that you were just thinking of it, why were you always separated from those you love for ten years?

“I’m so happy you’re here,” Ben told you as he set you down.

You placed your hands on his cheeks. “You’ve grown up,” you said.

“And you’ve grown old.”

“Hey! I’m only sixty-five. Master Yoda lived until he was 900 years old.”

“My apologies, aunt Y/N. You’re just beginning your life.”

“That’s right.” The two of you started toward where the huts were located. “Now, how’s my favorite nephew doing?”

“I thought Master Luke—“

“Shh! Don’t argue with me. I'm your elder, remember?”

“Yes,” he chuckled. “Sorry. I’m doing… well. Better now that you’ll be teaching.”

“Didn’t Luke tell you? I’m only teaching the younglings.”

“Oh.”

“But I can still make time for you.” Ben only nodded as you both kept walking. “Ben, is everything alright? I sense that something is troubling you.”

Ben sighed and you couldn’t tell that he was having an internal struggle. You stopped walking and got in front of him.

“Ben,” your voice was serious, yet gentle. “You can talk to me.”

He shook his head, but not necessarily at you. More like he was trying to shut out a voice inside your head. “I’m fine.” He forced a smile on his face. “I’m good.”

You gave him a look, trying to show that you didn’t believe him. “Just… don’t shut me out, okay? I’m here if you need anything.”

~~~

Now that you were near Ben, you could sense more of what Luke was sensing. And, honestly, you believed it to be more of a problem than Luke could even sense. You were sensing the struggle between the light and dark that you had once sensed in Anakin and chose to ignore. There was also a familiar sense of Palpatine surrounding the darkness in Ben, something you had also sensed with Anakin and didn’t speak up soon enough. You weren’t going to make those mistakes again.

You found Luke meditating in his hut. He could sense your urgency to speak to him but didn’t bother moving from his meditative position.

“Luke,” you called, coming fully into his hut. 

“I know you’re here to talk about Ben,” he responded. “What have you discovered?”

“I fear he’s much more like Anakin than we feared… there is a familiar darkness in him, trying to coax him away from the light. It’s the same darkness that took your father.”

“Are you sure?”

You nodded. “Yes.”

“We must speak to him then.”

“We can’t speak to him together. He will see that as an attack like we don’t trust him.”

“Then what do you propose we do?”

“Just… I know that he has begun helping train the younglings, and I think that he should do that still, but perhaps I teach him.”

“What would you teach him?”

“I have enough life experience with the Force and, even at my age, I could still easily defeat you in a duel. He has things he can learn from him. We already have a relationship where he trusts me. Give me some time—“

“Do we have time?”

You sighed. “I don’t know, Luke, I really don’t. Just trust me on this.”

“Alright. Let me know if you need any help from me.”

~~~

Ben was actually excited to begin taking lessons from you. You had a different view of the Force than Luke did, so he was eager to learn what you knew.

As you spent more one-on-one time together meditating, dueling, and talking, you could feel that darkness that was troubling him slowly begin to diminish. It gave you hope that you wouldn’t lose Ben to the dark side like you had Anakin.

That hope was crushed though all too soon…

Trying to make Leia look bad to the Galactic Senate, a Senator she thought was an ally found the truth about the Skywalker lineage and shared it with the Galactic Senate. The information shared included:

you and Anakin being twins

How you and Anakin were separated and you were given a different surname

Anakin and Padme’s relationship

Anakin’s fall to the dark side and becoming Darth Vader

The death of Padme and the birth of the twins

How Leia wasn’t actually an Organa, but a Skywalker

Leia had sent you a tearful message about it all after she had sensed Ben’s struggle with it all. She pled with you to talk to him as he was ignoring her. Before you could even go looking for Ben, he appeared in the doorway of your hut.

“Is it true?” Ben’s voice was rough and dark, his black hair shadowing his face.

“Ben, please, listening to me—“

“Is. It. True?”

“All of it’s true,” tears pricked your eyes. 

“My grandfather was Darth Vader? Why wasn’t I told this?”

“Your parents felt like it needed to wait until you were older.”

“Older? I’m twenty-three. How much longer were you going to wait?”

“It wasn’t my information to tell.”

“But it was! Anakin was your brother! I am your nephew! I had every right to know!”

“Your parents asked me not to, and I’ve done my best to respect that decision.”

Ben scoffed. “I’ve always struggled with trusting my parents, but I’ve never struggled with trusting you… until now.”

“We were just trying to do what we thought was bet, Ben… you have to believe that.”

“I don’t know what to believe anymore.”

Ben left your hut and you immediately sensed the darkness growing back within him. You couldn’t help but cry, not knowing how to fix this.

~~~

Two days later, you woke up in the middle of the night to the smell of smoke. Your eyes snapped open as you quickly sat up. You used the Force to pull your sabers to you as you left your hut. You gasped as you saw that the main building of the academy was on fire. There were dark storm clouds swirling in the air above the whole area, with lightning striking down and setting fire to more buildings. There was a figure standing outside of the burning building. 

You rushed over to see that it was Ben. His lightsaber was in his hand, ignited. He was breathing heavily, with sweat and specks of blood littering his face. His eyes were glued onto the fire… and a new shade of gold.

“Ben?” You breathed out. “What happened?”

You could sense the darkness in him, consuming him. You knew that he had done this.

“You should have told me,” he rasped darkly.

“Ben—“ You tried to reach for him but he spun and aimed his saber at you.

“YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME!”

“I know… I’m sorry… but we can’t change that now.”

“Just as you can’t change what I’m meant to do.”

“Ben, please. Don’t do this. Don’t go down this path. Please.” You were crying now, begging him to come back to you. It was Anakin all over again, and you were failing to stop the darkness.

“This is my destiny, to finish what Vader started.”

“You don’t know what you’re—“

“SHUT UP!” He stepped forward and hovered his blue lightsaber too close to your neck. “You can’t stop me… but I’ll give you an opportunity to join me.”

Your heart felt like it had stopped. Anakin had asked you to join him, and you never did. You were repeating some of the worst memories of your life.

You shook your head. “I can’t, Ben… you know I can’t… please don’t do this.” He stood resolute in his decision. “Ben…”

His free hand went to his neck and tore off the chain you had given him. He threw it at your feet, his eyes never meeting yours. Ben didn’t say another word as he turned around and walked off into the dark and storming night. You fell to your knees, allowing all of your emotions to finally hit you.

You had failed Ben… You had failed him.

The darkness had won and taken away one of your family members, yet again.

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Hi!  This is an interesting question because there has been a fair amount of Jedha lore being expanded on in The High Republic, but the era that's doing it is set 350 years before the prequels (382 BBY, so almost 400 years if you're going by when the Republic fell and the Empire rose) and it's really contained to a handful of sources.  I would say the main ones exploring it are: - The Battle of Jedha audiobook - The High Republic 2022 ongoing comic book (issue #6 came out just this week, it's still pretty new) That's really about it for that era and the other book I would suggest if you want to catch up on things yourself is Guardians of the Whills by Greg Rucka, which is set not too long before Rogue One and has Baze and Chirrut running missions on Jedha and showing them trying to protect the people of the city while the Empire encroaches on more and more of them. Which means there's not a ton about it yet, most of which is just setting the stage and introducing various religious groups and their basic dynamics--which is pretty much "the Jedi are still the big kids on the playground, some love them, some resent them, but generally they try to do their best to respect everyone and let people do their thing, it's just that by dint of being the strongest Force-users in the galaxy, they're always going to be in the position of being the big kids on the playground", while other groups tend to squabble a lot, sometimes with, sometimes against the Jedi, and none of them have really stood out yet. You've got the Church of the Force, but it's just one group among many and they're probably the second biggest group, but they haven't really done much yet. Then there's the Path of the Open Hand which were introduced in Path of Deceit (the opening novel for this era of the High Republic) but all you really need to know is that they're benevolent seeming and their mission is that the Force must be "free" (ie, no one can use it) because their belief is, if you use the Force to save a person here, then over there the Force kills someone else, to bring "balance".  So they reeeeeeeeeally hate the Jedi, who actively use the Force, and they're lead by the Mother who is being set up to be a villain, who we don't know her full motivations yet, but likely she wants to grow them as a cult and give her all the power.  In The Battle for Jedha, they stir up chaos and then go help people by creating an alms house to heal them, get people to "safety", etc.  So, they look like heroes, their members genuinely believe in their cause, they seem very nice, but ultimately no good is going to come from there. They've recently arrived on Jedha (in the High Republic ongoing comic) and are demanding a seat at the Convocation of the Force's table, to be part of their Council, but they've been denied so far and are making a big racket about how they're being shunned just for ~dissenting~. The other major players so far are the Guardians of the Whills, which seem to be in their prime here.  It's not super clear what they believe or how they operate, they don't seem to be able to use the Force much (other groups do have Force abilities, but don't seem especially strong, either) and are kind of more like guardian monks who keep order on Jedha and protect it. Sometime previous to the set-up of this era, the Jedi were fully in charge of Jedha, but no longer are.  Whether they chose to step down, were asked to step down, others stepped up, or what, I'm not sure if we know yet, only that the Jedi used to rule the place, but haven't in some time and some people are fine with it, some seem like they might resent it.  (Par for the course with the Jedi, some love them, some resent them.) Ultimately, the set up is "a bunch of Force religions create a council to facilitate interactions between the different groups and organize festivals for everyone to come to" and there's some squabbling, but also some good work being done, the Jedi can't help but be the biggest player (in part because this is Star Wars and they're our main characters, but also because of their sheer history and ability) even as they deliberately try to step back. There's a large gap of history between the High Republic era and what Jedha looked like by the time of the Empire rising, but my impression is that it had been falling out of favor for awhile, that the Rogue One visual dictionary still described it as a place of pilgrimage and holy to a lot of religions, it still had a bustling city, but it wasn't the same central hub of religious organizations in the galaxy and hadn't been for a long time. A lot of interesting stuff is happening on Jedha at this time period (and you could probably just Google for where to find the 2022/2023 High Republic comics, that should tell you almost everything you might want to know) or just scroll through the "Sites of Interest" section on Wookieepedia to see if any of them sound like places Ahsoka might want to mention--as a Jedi, I think she'd probably know of a lot of the places, you can decide if she'd have visited at some point (Jedi did take their initiates on field trips, after all), and might want to visit the Kyber Mirrors, which held a lot of significance for Force-sensitives, even if the Empire had probably mined it for kyber by then. But you'd also be fine just ignoring all of it, because most of this is from 400 years before and would be interesting history, more than a direct involvement!  I would say the Guardians of the Whills book tells you more about the status of the planet in that era, but you can basically guess, it's a lot of orphanages because a lot of parents are dead and everyone is poor and struggling to eat or get medicine, even the local orphanage struggles despite Baze and Chirrut's help, because the Empire sucks. Other than that, it's mostly introductory stuff so far, so a skim over Wookieepedia or some judicious Googling should cover it!

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tagged by @virgo-dream and @seiya-starsniper, thank you! this took me a while... the way my hyperfixations work is, i'll completely devote myself to a piece of media for a time... then once i find something else i move on almost entirely lol. i of course still have a very soft spot for the shows/video games listed here (as well as my blorbos, such as they are) but the only fandom im currently active in is, of course, Sandman.

1: Levi Ackerman - Attack on Titan

I am in a love/hate relationship with AoT lmao (and some day i WILL finish the final season) but nothing, not even fandom war, will ever change my love for Levi. I'm obsessed with his backstory, how he came into the Survey Corps, and how it all sheds light on the decisions he makes and the tragedies he suffered through. I was fascinated by him since S1 and after the No Regrets manga came out, I was done for. He has been through so much and despite how cruel and unforgiving he seems, he actually has the biggest heart and-- guh I just love him. He deserves the world ;^;

2: Zuko - Avatar the Last Airbender

Truly was torn between Zuko or Katara... but I have always had mad respect for Zuko's redemption arc and how brilliantly it was written. I love how it takes a full season and a half for him to have this war within himself, that he makes the right decision but then regresses... before literally becoming sick with indecision and change. And then he finally proves his worth and becomes the most loyal friend and a perfect leader to rebuild a broken society. I'm a sucker for good character stories, and Zuko's arc in ATLA is my hands down favorite ever.

3: Roxas - Kingdom Hearts

God I just love tragic male characters, huh? lmao. This one is a no brainer to me. Roxas is the OG blorbo. I fell in love with him at the tender age of 17 and have never looked back. He is kind and loyal but also a feral gremlin. He is so goofy but sad and god dammit, I love his voice and his baby blue eyes. Also this line, "This could have been the other way around." *shakes fist* MY BOY!

4: Faye Valentine - Cowboy Bebop

We love complex characters in this house! Faye has all the traits of a character I usually wouldn't vibe with: she's arrogant (without much to back it up lol), lazy, and is susceptible to addictions. But oooh do I love a character who uses negative traits to hide how emotionally vulnerable they are. Faye appears strong, mean, and confident to a fault, but inside she craves companionship and is incredibly lonely (despite her lone wolf tendencies). Rewatching the show as an adult, I found Faye and I have a lot in common lol. She needs a hug.

5: Hob Gadling - The Sandman

Do I really need to say anything? lol I love that Hob is the fandom's plaything; molding and shaping him and writing him in all sorts of different ways... but I do adore his canon character. He is brash, stubborn, at times cruel and violent... but then immeasurably kind, loyal, and forgiving. He takes on immortality in unexpected ways. he thrives, he suffers, he works, he regresses, he makes mistakes, he learns from them, he changes... he is THE human experience.

6: Daenerys Targaryen - Game of Thrones

Robbed. Robbed. Absolutely robbed. The writers did Daenerys so dirty, I refuse to accept the final 3 seasons of GOT as canon lmao. (and here's another thing: I would totally accept her spiral into "madness" if it had been handled seriously. If the writers didn't just pull this out of their ass and instead thoughtfully worked in justifiable reasoning for her to go crazy). I'm 100% a stan and there's actually nothing you can say that will change my mind :)

7: Cal Kestis - Star Wars, Jedi: Fallen Order

My SON. My BOY! I have the adoption papers ready.

8: Tifa Lockhart - Final Fantasy VII

Another OG blorbo lmao. She's been with me since I was a teenager (also I always shipped her with Cloud, not Aerith. I do however ship Aerith and Zack... the latter whom almost made this list. Anyway-). Tifa is the badass motherfucker with a heart of gold. She is insanely loyal and truly the wisest of the bunch.

9: Mickey Milkovich - Shameless

ANOTHER BROKEN CHARACTER WHO GOES THROUGH EXTREME DEVELOPMENT? Can anyone sense a pattern?? This motherfuckerrrr *shakes Mikey and slaps him in the face and sobs* God I love it when a seemingly irredeemable character goes THROUGH IT and comes out shining a new, yet somehow the same old, sarcastic bitch.

(Also please note that Lip Gallagher almost made this list. Another shining example of the writers doing his character the WORST injustice just to keep him on the show. He should have stayed in college. He almost GOT OUT. He almost broke the chain. What he did was not in line with his character and I will stay mad about it).

10: Cesare Borgia - The Borgias

THIS. GUY! AURGH!! Arrogant, violent, sexy bastard. You piece of shit. Cesare actually did everything wrong, he doesn't want to be redeemed. But he is so fucking charismatic and I love that he uses it to his advantage. He's so fucking smart and quick on his feet. He's SUCH an asset on the battlefield. And he LOVES his family! He will kill a bitch with his bare hands if they dare insult his mother or sister. I love that he grumbles when given advice from literally anyone that isn't his most trusted friend, bodyguard, and assassin, Micheletto. Doesn't even flinch when he discovers Micheletto is gay, actually teases him for being a momma's boy, and genuinely grieves for his loss when he flees. He says out loud how he misses him and actually begins to doubt himself without Micheletto there to counsel him. Cesare is everything to me, actually.

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Some Star Wars Rebels rewatch thoughts:

There’s just something about how there is this idea for the Jedi to manage feelings carefully, and how Ezra breaks down sobbing and Kanan holds him

Rewatching this series for the first time since The Mandalorian has me noticing things. Sabine has cultural traits and even personality we might associate with being Mandalorian, but she’s also got her own independent Sabine type thing and her attachment to the Ghost crew, and she’s an artist. And how any time Sabine gets near other Mandalorians, she becomes the most Mandalorian to ever Mandalore, which now I realize is true of many Mandalorian characters. On The Mandalorian, all that in-fighting, and how intense they are about their various cultural beliefs, yet proud of their overall shared identity, but they fight each other so hard, and Rau pushes all of Sabine’s buttons, hard. She’s furious about Hera getting hurt. The Mandalorian of Sabine intensifies.

Sabine is Clan Wren of House Viszla. She’s also Clan Ghost crew.

Similar to how Hera’s Ryloth accent re-emerges during the argument with her father. Her first family and her heritage are an important part of her, but her current identity is very much tied to the Ghost crew.

Or Zeb. Who has lost his home but is proud of his heritage and keeps Lysat culture alive. Child of Lysat. (Legends of the Lasat is one of the most spectacular eps the animated series ever made btw. It’s stunning).

Ezra who is an orphan and chooses the Ghost crew as his family yet he feels attachment to Lothal

It’s like the Ghost crew are a family of no nation (planet) and yet their respective heritages are very important still.

Kanan is the only Ghost crew member with no strong lingering affiliation to an origin culture or planet. He’s a Jedi with a very big heart who loves his chosen family deeply. He breaks and remakes so many Jedi order rules, he has to create his own rules for this era he’s in. The Jedi without a Jedi order. And in the process Kanan embodies so many of the best ideals of the Jedi. Because it’s not about dogma or rules, it’s about what’s in the heart of a Jedi that makes it work (and that’s what the sequel films were getting at too)

SPACE WHALES!!!

Ezra, who started the series taking care of only himself and putting himself first in order to survive, who then opened himself up to his chosen family and caring about others first, being so disappointed in Cham Syndulla, muttering that nothing matters more to him than family was a Moment. Ezra’s all the more disappointed because he was where Cham got to, out of desperation, to survive. Maybe he shouldn’t judge so harshly, because he’s been there, but it’s heartbreaking that Ezra has such a strong reaction, because he knows. He’s been through it.

Zeb and Kallus in The Honorable Ones. Steve Blum and David Oyelowo went next level with the voice acting and I love this ep so much. Actual seismic change moment for the show that doesn’t seem like it yet. Thinking about Kallus in his lonely cell-like Imperial quarters at the end and how he keeps the glowy warm rock Zeb found for them, that helped keep them alive. Zeb found and re-awoke Kallus’ heart, symbolized by that rock. Kallus always had a heart but he buried it and rationalized what he was doing, what the Empire was doing, he froze it over, Zeb melted it. With his glowy warm rock. These two…absolutely outright murderous towards each other when the series begins. And it ending where it does. Legendary.

[either-madness-or-brilliance]

About the Bad Batch ‘leaving’ Crosshair.

(or Crosshair ‘leaving’ the Bad Batch).

The clones never ever had free will, but once the Bad Batch left and they all took off their chips, they really valued their choices and freedom.

Hunter tried to negotiate with Crosshair blaming the chip. Crosshair said he got his chip removed and it was his own choice to stay with the Empire and not go with his brothers. 

That is why Hunter didn’t insist or begged to Crosshair to leave with them. Because they never had free will. They never CHOSE things for themselves. The moment Crosshair chose to stay saying “this is what I want, where I belong”, Hunter had to respect his choice even though he didn’t agree. 

It kind reminded me of Obi-Wan and Satine. When Obi said “Had you said the word, I would have left the Jedi order” for her. I think Satine always knew this, but she could never be the one to ask this from him, because she knew how much the Order meant to Obi-Wan. Being a Jedi was entirely who he was and she respected it enough to not ask him to leave it.

Being a soldier is entirely who Crosshair is and at that moment he felt being part of the Empire was where he could best be a soldier. Hunter could’ve insisted and begged but he didn’t want to be the one to ask Crosshair to give up his choice just to be with tbb. 

p.s.¹: It also applies to Echo leaving to go with Rex.

p.s.²: I was just pouring out my thoughts so I hope it’s not confusing or anything. Also, english is not my first language. Also also, I would love to hear your thoughts too, whether you agree or not. 

p.s.³: for some weird reason it also reminded me of Gilmore Girls lol. When Rory heard from Logan’s dad she didn’t have “it” to be a journalist, she dropped out of Yale and left her mom’s house to leave with the grandparents, she was completely lost and gave up all she worked for her entire life. The grandparents and Logan where crazy trying to convince her to go back to Yale, while Lorelai just let her be and didn’t intervene. Even the grandparents where kinda mad at Lorelai for not trying to reach Rory and convince her to go back to Yale and her house and her dreams... Lorelai just kept saying “she chose to drop out, she chose to give up.. nothing we all say will make her change her mind because it was her CHOICE. she needs time to figure things by herself, Rory needs to look at her own life and make her own choice to go back”, and eventually life caught up and Rory chose by herself to go back... all that to say that I kinda think that is what Hunter was doing: Crosshair chose to leave to live this life he thought was best for him, so Crosshair had to be the one to choose by himself to leave the Empire and go back to the Bad Batch. 

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the family going on disney trips has my entire heart and the mario v gaston fic quite literally hasn’t left my mind. aside from the ‘luigi grew up wanting to be a prince’/cast members love him stuff, do you have any other disney hcs for them?

- @luigisghosts / dittyel (ao3)

Hi again! Lovely to see you ^^

I HAVE SO MANY! I don't even know where to get started.

The first time they ventured out and went to Disney was because good old Uncle Spike saw that Luigi was having a hard time with everything going on with Mario, and wanted to do something for him. One day, Spike was going over to help Mario set up some furniture for Luigi's new bedroom (they had moved houses again) and walked in on Luigi watching Lilo and Stitch, he knew then what he could do to cheer him up.

He and Pauline went all out to make sure that Luigi had the best possible experience, and so that Mario didn't have to worry too much. Well, he did anyway, but Spike insisted it was diluted worry!

Due to Luigi's neurodivergency and health conditions, the staff at the park were made aware of him in order to make the stay more magical despite his differences. This made it all the more magical for him as he could talk to his favourite characters, and they knew his name!

To Mario's surprise, he found out he really enjoyed going to Disney. He learnt how to unwind there and simply just be a fun dad to Luigi instead of constantly worrying. It became their safe place, where they could go to just relax and be a family with no worries of what happens outside of Disney.

This is why they all decided to start going as much as they could. It became a tradition, and never got old for them.

Spike and Mario loved to attend those adult evenings where you can dress up whilst Pauline stayed at the hotel with Luigi. They went as Jedi once, because they both absolutely love star wars and will hear no bad things about it. Especially whilst dressed as Obi-Wan and Anakin.

Side note, whenever Spike and Mario are on different levels of ground, without fail they always go 'it's over Anakin! I have the high ground!' 'You underestimate my power' - it never fails to embarrass Pauline and Luigi but honestly they don't care they find it too funny

During the fireworks shows: Mario, with Luigi on his shoulders, alongside Spike and Pauline, are all happily singing along to the music, clapping, and then always, always go for drinks afterwards where they will then talk about how amazing it was.

It's normally Spike and Pauline who go on the rollercoasters as Mario always got paranoid about Luigi going on them, but one day they eventually convinced him to ride with them, and they all have the picture framed somewhere in their respective houses. The image of Mario clinging to Pauline's arm whilst Luigi and Spike had their hands thrown up in the air. Mario does not like rollercoasters.

A mild inconvenience? Spike, Pauline and Mario all look at each other, and give each other the look. The 'should we go to Disney?' Look and then within a few weeks they're back there.

Luigi likes to dress up as his favourite characters but he's very, very shy so Mario, Spike and Pauline all walk around the park with mouse ears and face paint on to bring the focus to them and not Luigi.

They're remembered at Disney for being called 'the crazy family' because of how amazingly chaotic they are when there. (This is actually inspiration from my family because we go to Blackpool every year, and all the staff there remember us as 'crazy family' HAHA)

Spike has a picture with every single Disney Princess.

Mario has beef with Gaston.

Pauline likes to complain with the Evil Queen about how annoying Spike and Mario are.

Luigi only eats at one specific restaurant so it's always a battle to get a reservation there.

Their houses are all full with Disney artifacts.

All in all, they love Disney HAHA. If you have any more questions about it feel free to ask ^^

[moonstrider9904]

I just finished watching Tales of the Jedi and I have a lot of words so SPOILER ALERT if you haven't watched it.

I don't want to put this under a read more because I feel like that'll just make people ignore the post so please, if you haven't filtered spoilers and don't want to be spoiled, close your eyes and scroll past this fast :D

I'll be as coherent as I can 😅

First off I am blown. Blown away by this. I'm in awe at how much Star Wars can make me feel and how this is the only franchise that will do this to me.

Episode one, I cried. Baby 'Soka, I shall protect you from everything even though you shall be the one protecting me even with thou chubby baby legs. But when the end credits rolled and Ahsoka's theme played, I teared up. I hadn't cried with Star Wars ever since Crosshair was left on Kamino!! For a moment, I was nine years old watching The Clone Wars in the movie theater with my brother all over again 🥺

Now... Dooku. I hate him. I love him. I love to hate him. I hate to love him. I love Yaddle more (seriously, Yaddle my beloved, I'm not over that). And the way I howled when I realized some of the events were set in TPM?! I mean, animated TPM Qui Gon?! MY CHILDHOOD-

The sadness that Dooku felt at losing Qui Gon, and the scene at the tree felt so surreal. I would have loved to see Dooku's fall to the Dark Side in much more detail but this is in no way a complaint; I love the execution and the short story format, and I felt the setting was exposed pretty clearly and just- AGH.

Also, that scene where Dooku tells the guy from Raxus he can kind of understand his point of view, and while he talks, his face is lit red and the background behind him is dark - *faints* I love it when a scene can visually reflect a character's inner turmoils. 10/10

I still love Yaddle more.

and Mace Windu was fuckin' amazing in this, as he always is. We stan Mace Windu in this house - holy crap.

Now. Now. NOW.

Tales of the Jedi is truly special because, while many will like to dismiss nostalgia factor as pure frivolity, it's the reason I and possibly others feel so intensely right now.

We saw Ahsoka again, as well as Obi-Wan, Anakin, Rex, Jesse. Characters I watched as a kid, who have shaped me in one way or another; we see them grwo with the course of the mini series, and we can tell the context and feel either joy or pain, mostly pain by the end. I had no clue that the training montages with Rex and the boys would lead so smoothly (and so painfully) back to Order 66.

There's a sequence I will now watch with even more pain!! Thank you, Felony.

Also DEPA BILLABA AND CALEB DUME. Guys. The incoherent noises I made at seeing them. I yelled and cried and fangirled and asdkjhañksjdghañsdbgj it was gorgeous to see them. Their cameo didn't even have words, they were just there and it made sense and it felt nice and I love it. Same with Plo and Yoda.

And I respect Ahsoka way more now knowing she worked hard days under the sun. Respect to my queen. UGH and the pain of knowing she was at Padmé's procession because they were friends, having Bail tell her there was nothing she could have done for them (isn't Bail Organa just the best, most comforting character in the franchise?)

And that inquisitor - I was bummed that it ended so quickly. People, I'm a slut for Percy de Rolo, and then you give me an inquisitor with a bird like mask and a deep voice? AÑISDJHGFAÑSBJGFDA anyways ummm Ahsoka was a badass, as usual, and I really wanted to smack the dude who turned her in.

Hehes, I really hope not to have rambled too much. I'm still not over it, these are just my thoughts on the whole series. Soon, I'm going to rewatch it with a bag of popcorn.

[comebackali]

🔥 + those new star wars shows

i feel like it's not an unpopular opinion that disney star wars is like, bad, and we're very over saturated with sw content rn. but let's go one by one for disney era sw shows, yeah?

rebels (2014-2018): okay i love rebels. nuthin to say here. it's not perfect but overall, a good fun time. good fun characters. love it.

forces of destiny (2017-2018): meh. the animation is meh, but i liked most of the padme ones, and i liked the ones where the girls from different franchises interact, like leia and sabine and jyn. i like the concept, but overall was underwhelmed. but for what it was it's fine.

resistance (2018-2020): i don't really have an opinion on resistance. i watched a few episodes when it first came out but it didn't really pull me in. so i'm neutral on it, but it's sequel era so auto hate i guess. but not really. it's fine.

galaxy of adventures (2018-2020): best animation in star wars. oh and it's narrated by dante basco? incredible. love it.

the mandalorian (2019-present): hate. i liked the first season cuz i liked baby yoda (he's cute!), and i liked pedro pascal becoming daddy™, but then season 2 was just bad. the best part was them getting temuera morrison back as boba fett, but we all know how that turned out. and season 3 was simply intolerable. even characters i used to sort of like i now hate with a firey passion. like bo katan?? hate her. why is she so young?? and here's the real unpopular opinion, i HATE baby yoda. like he's not even cute to me anymore i literally just hate him with the passion of a thousand firey suns. i think it's the combo of over saturation plus the absolute STUPIDNESS that was his "arc" in the book of boba fett, but kill that little green old man with fiiiiiire 🔥🔥🔥. i didn't even care about the order 66 stuff with him, it was just so stupid. the best part was my boy kelleran beq. but i do respect the hell out of pedro pascal for being like, the highest paid voice actor in hollywood. like he's barely in the suit anymore but literally get that bread 🤑🤑🤑

jedi temple challenge (2020): i cannot belieeeeeeeeeve that when i look up "star wars shows" wikipedia has every fucking show listed EXCEPT jedi temple challenge. THE AUDACITY. THE DISRESPECT. jedi temple challenge is a star wars game show based on game shows like "legends of the hidden temple" from back in the day, and it's an absolute delight. AND it brought ahmed best (jar jar binks) back into star wars. and he did such a good job and you can tell he had such a fun time doing it. kelleran beq my absolute BELOVED. y'all think you love him but none of you love him like i do. also SAM WITWER??! frank oz?? zakai "the dark side is a little bitch" you absolute fucking legend? incredible, no notes. i wish there were a thousand seasons.

the bad batch (2021-present): hate. #unwhitewashthebadbatch. also, it's boring. i just don't care.

visions (2021-present): best thing that's happened to star wars in 20 years. love forever ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

the book of boba fett (2021-2022): HATE. IT'S JUST SOOOOOOOO BAD. HOW COULD THEY DO THIS TO MY BOY????? temuera morrison deserved sooooooooooo much better. and don't even TALK to me about what they've done to my son, luke jskywalker. fake luke skywalker. jake skywalker. terrible. hate hate hate.

obi wan kenobi (2022): my beloved. has done nothing wrong in their life, i know this and i love them. (except for what they've done to my boy the grand inquisitor. and fifth brother. but we don't talk about that.) genuinely so surprised that it was as good as it was, seeing the state of star wars live action before it. but i've never been so grateful that dave felony does not care about obi wan as a character, and therefore does not feel the need to rub his greedy little hands all over him. deborah chow did such a good job protecting the integrity of the characters imo. i would have been happier if it was just sad man alone in the desert, hallucinating anakin and house hunting with force ghost qui gon, but i've since gotten over that. i loved baby leia and the organas. also i don't think this is an unpopular opinion but KATHLEEN KENNEDY IS A LITTLE BITCH FOR CANCELLING S2 BUT GREENLIGHTING A REY MOVIE THAT NO ONE WANTS. ESPECIALLY when ewan/hayden/jimmy were all on board. she's number one on my hit list tbh. but if that was all we had it was enough. better to die a hero than live long enough to see yourself become a villain, and all that.

andor (2022-present): rogue one is the best thing that star wars has ever done imo, and andor is andor: a rogue one story, so it's great. but i fucking hate polldark cereal man. he's so fucking annoying. every time he is on screen i am throwing things at my tv. i don't even know his name, sibil, maybe? anyway, he's fucking stupid. taking away valuable screen time from my beloveds and for what? and he's just so boring. he's not even an interesting fascist like dedra (who i really only like because of the actress's incredible performance in "under the banner of heaven"). but anyway he's the worst. unpopular opinion is that mon mothma is sooo valid for selling her daughter to satan for one corn chip. go off queen.

tales of the jedi (2022-present): stupid. you can't even have continuity in your own canon? get it together dave, christ alive. i wanted to like it but, meh. i did like the rex, ahsoka, anakin one, because it's peak anakinnuttery and he's literally so insane i love it.

young jedi adventures (2023-present): adorable. you're killing it babies. high republic is fun. all the gold drip is fun. and the little riyo chuchi pantoran with the purple lightsaber is adorable. the eps are whatever, but it's literally made for 3 year olds, so it's great.

ahsoka (2023): it's so terrible i can't even speak. my expectations were low but man they wow'd me with how bad it was. first bitchy thing: ewan's new wife as hera was even more terrible than i was expecting. i can't think of a single thing i liked, except sabine a little, but that is for lesbian reasons and i cannot be held accountable for that. the rampant love for shin is soooooooo transparent. like i don't even dislike her, i like her just fine, but come on. and cgi hayden?? are you kidding me?? he looked SOOOOOOOO terrible are y'all for real?? i knew it was gonna be bad but damn. biggest takeaway was that whoever was in charge of the sound editing should be SHOT. it was so bad and sooooooo distracting. it took me right out.

huh. i guess overall i don't hate as many as i thought. but still, the ones i hate i really hate, and waaaaaaaaaaaaay too many. i'd sell them all to satan (except kenobi) for one corn chip.

[l0nglives]

👫 Obitine.

she was seventeen, he was eighteen, and it showed when they first met. she wasn't in the best place since she was mourning her older brother, and obi-wan wasn't in the best place because of growing-pains and the fact he was homesick for the temple. they fought. from politics to food to the other breathing too loud, they took their issues out on each other, and qui-gon had to put his foot down plenty of times. the first two months that's all the did argue or give the other a cold soldier petulantly. it was her life day hiding in bakura satine was the one to provide an olive branch and share her food with him. they still argued and it was still really, really immature but they were quicker to try to see things from the other's perspective and realized they had plenty in common.

satine never asks him, and will never, ever ask him to leave the jedi order. if he wishes to leave, he must choose that for himself, no one else. it's hard to see him go, not knowing it won't be fifteen years later 'til she sees him again, but it's because she loves him and respects him she is more than willing to let him go. she spends years pining, but by the time they reunite she is older and a little wiser. she doesn't regret putting him, or their son, or mandalore before her own wants.

even if, in modern, he's genuinely a proclaimed novelist or a novelist by day and a criminal mobster by night, whereas she is some ceo for her family's law firm, or buisness, etc. the only real contention, despite possible secrets if he is a secret criminal, is the fact he and the children choose to adopt numerous of strays making their home seem like a zoo. she draws the line at alpacas. she means it, ben, no alpacas or monkeys or anything else. the seven different types of stray cats and five dogs are enough. please. ( and in the canon setting, no, ben, we are not housing anymore loth cats and especially no more banthas. also, no, mythosaurs are extinct, stop telling the children that if you find one that they can have one. )

they conceived korkie on draboon. his conception lasted two minuets because it was both of their first time and it was impulsive, purely on eighteen year old hormones. they got better and even if it wasn't what the holonovels said, it was still special because they experienced it with someone they loved cared respected.

[dreamslogs]

What I Watched In November

📺TV Shows📺

House of the Dragon (2022)

The Crown (2016)

Wednesday (2022)

📼Movies📼

Falling For Christmas (2022)

A Christmas Story Christmas (2022)

💻Rewatched💻

Arrow (2012)

Doctor Who (2005)

Bones (2005)

Elf (2003)

Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi (1983)

Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2022)

Star Wars: Revence of the Sith (2005)

🖋️Not So Serious Thoughts🖋️

Falling For Christmas: Denial is a river in Egypt, your husband is gay! @Tad

House of the Dragon: Okay so maybe I bought the Fire & Blood book. I have a problem.

Arrow: YoU hAvE fAiLeD tHiS cItY

Doctor Who: Rewatching Angels Take Manhattan made me sob so hard I was literally shaking

Bones: Okay as an anthropology student studying forensic anthro, this is literally all wrong but you will rip this found family from my dead hands

Elf: Favorite christmas movie ever

Star Wars: A New Hope: Look at Luke go in his Chanel boots. He literally invented pride.

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: You know when Yoda beats R2 with a stick? Yeah that’s how I feel internally at all times. Sometimes I’m Yoda. Sometimes I’m R2.

Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi: Okay I cry at everything and I’ve seen this movie about 1001 times but at the end when Anakin shows up with Obi Wan it gets me everytime.

The Crown: Okay clearly I’m going through my Matt Smith phase again watching all of his iconic stuff but I’m literally so pissed he’s making me like Phillip like we’re not supposed to like the royal family!! Boo hiss

Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: *deep inhale* inherently these movies are bad but also they are my childhood and I love Obi Wan and Ewan McGregor is great and I love bounty hunters and give me anything with Boba Fett and I will be pleased

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. The Jedi order is space nuns. Take that as you will.

Wednesday: Okay I actually do have thoughts for this one. Jenna Ortega? Great Wednesday. Morticia and Gomez’s chemistry? Could be better. Gomez’s chemistry with Wednesday? Good fathering. Thing is a king. I actually liked Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester. I needed more Wednesday being murderous towards Pugsley - and she would have done more stuff like throwing pirhanas in a pool. And Morticia would’ve loved her going insane from visions! *Morticia voice* Wednesday’s first mental breakdown ❤️ they grow up so fast! Also all of you calling Lurch “the driver” needs to put respect on Lurch! Gwendoline Christie is a gorgeous gorgeous woman we stan. I have been obsessed with the Addams Family since I was little. HOWEVER, even when I have all these thoughts, I thought it was very fun and I’m not taking a silly little Netflix show seriously! I can’t wait for what they do with season 2.

[ruindil]

me: the jedi made some mistakes-

them: yeah the jedi were a baby-snatching repressed cult and they brought about their own destruction and it's their fault anakin fell and they deserved what they got-

me: the jedi have done nothing wrong. EVER.

[smhalltheurlsaretaken]

me getting into the Star Wars fandom years ago: Oh, yeah, the Jedi made a ton of mistakes. I really like them but they should have-

fandom: Death to the Jedi!

fandom: Order 66 was long overdue!

fandom: They are evil brainwashing slavers who kidnap children and should have allowed Anakin to fuck (them over)!

fandom: The Sith aren't very nice but at least *they* have a healthy take on emotions.

fandom: The canon material portrays Jedi as terrible and I have 12 yo (self-contradictory) Legends content to prove it!

me:

me:

me: SO as I was saying the Jedi were perfect and never did anything wrong and in this essay I will-