#jedi without legacy

[the-most-humble-blog]

🛡️ I AM FINN — THE JEDI WHO WASN’T SUPPOSED TO EXIST A Blacksite Literature™ Transmission (No master. No legacy. No mercy.)

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I was born a number. FN-2187. A barcode. A rank. A body assigned to die for a cause it never chose.

I wasn’t supposed to think. I wasn’t supposed to flinch. I wasn’t supposed to feel.

But the Force had other ideas.

The galaxy jerks itself off over bloodlines. Skywalkers. Solos. Kenobis. Names carved into prophecy like exclusive memberships.

But the Force? The Force doesn’t kneel to lineage.

It moves how it wants. And one day, it moved through me— a lowly stormtrooper.

I wasn’t raised in a temple. I was programmed in a bunker. Conditioned to obey. Built to kill. Stripped of self so clean they didn’t even give me a name.

And something still sparked.

Not identity. Not hope. Defiance.

You want to know what real rebellion looks like? Not blasters. Not slogans. Choice.

Raw, terrifying choice.

To stop. To disobey. To run with no plan but "I won't be your weapon."

And when I looked at Kylo Ren— that cloaked disappointment in Vader cosplay— he knew.

“That one doesn’t belong.”

Damn right I don’t.

I picked up a saber I had no business holding. And held the f*ck down.

I didn’t have training. I had rage.

I didn’t have a destiny. I had nerve.

I wasn’t knighted. I decided.

"I am a Jedi."

Not because a council approved. Because when the Force screamed— I screamed back.

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You want inclusion? Go beg. This isn’t representation. This is retribution.

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I wasn’t supposed to survive. So I did.

I wasn’t supposed to matter. So I do.

I wasn’t supposed to feel the Force. So I became its weapon.

You erased me from posters. You sidelined me for toy sales. You turned me into comic relief.

But the Force? It never stopped watching.

I am not Skywalker. I am not Kenobi. I am not anyone you expected.

I was a stormtrooper. A cog in the war machine of an evil empire.

I am no more.

Now I am the disruption. The anomaly. The crack in your galactic bloodline fetish.

I am the Jedi without legacy. The Jedi without permission. The Jedi born from refusal.

And that’s why I matter.

Because I wasn’t born to continue your story. I was born to end its silence.

I am a Jedi. Not approved. Not invited. Not forgiven.

Undeniable.

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[sonic-fairyspell]

I honestly really regret not taking more screen shots or thinking about getting recordings of Jasteral (my Jedi Knight) and Bira (my jedi Consular) when I was playing their base story lines. Like, meeting Scourge and Felix for the first time, the romantic moments between Bira and Felix, the whole mind control cut scene with Jasteral, and so many more. I really wish I had thought about getting recordings and screen shots before. And now if I wanna do that, I'd have to remake both of them completely and play through their stories again.

[raven-of-domain-kwaad]

Leeha narezz!

Thanks for asking @swtorpadawan and sorry it took like a year to get to lol 😅

Ask me about SWTOR NPCs

In The Kine Legacy, Ryscha (Hero of Tython) rescued Leeha and then never said anything about her relationship with Jomar. So when Leeha returned to Tython, she was never criticized and simply offered all of the help and assistance she needed to begin recovering from her time as the Emperor's thrall.

Though she was considered a warrior that "never knew failure," Leeha's time as the Emperor's slave had been incredibly traumatic and she had little desire to return to combat even as the Galactic War raged on. Instead, she focused both on learning more healing techniques and on her old research of how the Force could impact machines and possibly lead to sentience in droids.

She became a well respected if slightly eccentric healer (few put any real stock into her continued Meedee research) and was one of a select group of Jedi chosen to learn the healing techniques discovered by the Barsen'thor.

While focusing on healing herself and others, Leeha began to feel a deep sorrow for the Hero of Tython, who seemed to be bending and on the verge of breaking under the weight of non-stop combat deployments. But before she could bring her concerns to the Council, Zakuul invaded.

Leeha would join the group of jedi that settled on Ossus and would be responsible for training a new generation of healers. While in isolation from the wider galaxy, she and Jomar began to openly display their love for one another and became one of many relationships that Ossus would see between Jedi and the other non-jedi settlers.

Though she was immensely grateful for being able to have a peaceful existence on Tython and later Ossus, she would always regret not reaching out to the Hero of Tython, feeling that she had failed to help the person that had given her this second chance at life.

[whitejays-galaxy]

Designing the entire disaster lineage as cats🐱(Reupload)

I accidentally made some design errors, so I had to redo them... To make up for my mistake, there's a small surprise in the end ^^

The disaster lineage:

This is their actual size chart

My favorite trio:

Dooky and Quiggs becuz they deserve more love:

Ref sheets:

Horizonstar/step(Yoda): 

Name Meaning:

"Horizon" carried the meaning of him being the leader of his clan, a beacon of light in the distance, "Step" meant he was always one step ahead of his clanmates, thus using his knowledge and power to help his cats.

Frostshard(Dooku): 

Name Meaning:

I chose "Frost" because of his cold, collected, haughty demeanor, and "Shard", his presence being able to hurt others, like when you touch a broken shard of glass. It also represents his sharpness.

Sagepelt(Qui-Gon-Jinn):

Name Meaning:

"Sage" symbolizes his wisdom of the living Force, spiritual sanctity, vice, and virtue, which some knights thought he was delusional, while others respected his high moral standards.

If you look at a sage plant, the leaves are fuzzy, and they often grow in large swishing bushels, hence the suffix "Pelt"

Hazeldusk(Obi-Wan-Kenobi):

Pls ignore his traumatized face

Anyway

Name Meaning:

I chose "Hazel" because of his pelt color and warm/comforting personality. "Dusk" has a deeper meaning; Hazel trains Skyfire, who turns to the dark side and brings Dawnclan's legacy to an end; therefore, Hazel teaches the one who brought the "Dusk" of Dawnclan's era.

Skyfire(Anakin Skywalker): 

Name Meaning:

I chose "Sky" because of his godlike abilities, for in many countries and religions, the sky was where the gods lived, "Fire" because of him being ferocious yet warm/loving like a small bit of flame in a hearth. It also foreshadows how he would fall, consumed into flames.

Tawnyrain(Ahsoka-Tano):

Name Meaning:

I chose "Tawny" because of her pelt color, and "Rain", symbolizes her abandoning the teachings of Dawnclan when she goes into exile, like the rain washing over dust and grime, the corruption of Dawnclan ways, coated over her innocence and pure heart. 

Long yap incoming...

<Lore>

<Dawnclan/ The Jedi Order>

Dawnclan was created over a thousand years ago by four Force-sensitive cats: Sunspirit(Cala Brin), Tigerblaze(Rajivari), Valorsoul(Garon Jard), and Eclipseshadow(Ters Sendon). 

"True justice cannot be driven by emotion. We knights can set our passions aside, and seek the truth without fear or favor." - Sunspirit

"When Dawnclan's order began, I saw we must be dedicated to peace. To calm our emotions, and end war across the galaxy. If we fought, it should only be in self-defense. That is the founding principle of civilization." - Valorsoul

"So much is fleeting. But I remain. And I remain the cat I was." - Tigerblaze

"I am Eclipseshadow, keeper of the histories. A founder, and chronicler, of Dawnclan." - Eclipseshadow

<About Dawnclan>

-They walk the dreams of their ancestors in Starclan, a clan created by the light side of the Force.

-A Force-Sensitive kit is taken to the temple at a very young age, training in the basic forms of dueling.

-Padawans(apprentices) train for approximately two years with their assigned Master, the names usually ending with a 'Paw'(a universal suffix meaning apprentice or student)

-Knights must at least have trained an apprentice before they can be selected for the Dawnclan Council, a group of the most talented cats.

-A Dawnclan knight is forbidden to take a mate or have kits.

<The Dawnclan Code>

There is no Emotion, there is Peace

There is no Ignorance, there is Knowledge

There is no Passion, there is Serenity

There is no Chaos, there is Harmony

There is no Death, there is the Force

<Darkhaven/ The Sith Order>

It is hard to know the birth of Darkhaven, yet one thing is for sure, evil has lurked since no beginning nor end.

The official name of these dark warriors was created by Hellfire, a soulless she-cat whom many say was the embodiment of evil itself.

The Fate Wars, the first great war in the Galaxy, led to the victory of the knights of Dawnclan, who built their main camp on the ruins of Darkhaven.

After the events of the Fate Wars, two more happened during the history of the Galaxy: 

The first was the Cold War: in which former Darkhavener Corvidheart(Darth Revan) challenged the Emperor Vortexvoid(Emperor Vitalle) to reclaim balance on both sides.

The second was the Grey Wars: Darkhaven leader Stormcutter(Darth Malgus) brought the Dawnclan order to its knees and took over for a long time. This caused a rebellion act against the Darkhaven Empire by normal citizens, and as a result, the Republic was born - an invisible group that consisted of various clans and tribes to discuss peace and to help each other in crisis.

Many years passed after the Grey Wars, and one by one, the warriors of Darkhaven were hunted down by the knights of Dawnclan.

Nightshade(Darth Bane), the last known leader of Darkhaven, and the maker of the Rule of Two, swore revenge. They will always lurk in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to strike. 

Her apprentice Plagueshadow(Darth Plagueis) continued her work in silence, training the dreaded Lightningstrike(Darth Sidious), who would create the most feared and powerful Darkhavener of all time: Lord Deadsoul(Darth Vader)

<About Darkhaveners>

When a Dawnclan knight falls to the Dark side, their features grow haughty and sharp because of the Dark Forest water.

Only Darkhaveners have orange eyes.

They usually have red crystals on their foreheads but in rare circumstances, purple or black could be seen also.

They communicate with the Dark Forest, an everlasting place of the Dark side of the Force, with murky water and wizened trees.

They have the Rule of Two, only allowing a Master and an Apprentice to live.

<The Darkhaven Code>

Peace is a lie, there is only Passion

Through Passion, I gain Strength

Through Strength, I gain Power

Through Power, I gain Victory

Through Victory, My Chains Are Broken

The Force shall set me Free

About Kyberclaws:

They glow red hot at the tip when unsheathed at battle mode. But they can't use them for long, or the heat would kill them(Yoda/Horizonstar has a record of using them for a full thirty minutes)

They are functioned by the Kyber Crystals on their foreheads and could cut through anything except Beskar Wood( a tree known for its silvery wood and toughness, used by the Mandalorian cats)

A Dawnclan cat develops this ability once they are 6 moons old, as their bodies mature enough to withstand the claw tip's deadly heat.

About crystals on foreheads:

The Crystals are the main source of the Kyberclaw's power, and when forcefully taken, it would cripple the owner for eternity(like a bird without wings)

When a Dawnclan cat dies, the Crystals turn a dead-looking grey, devoid of all power.

About Droids in the Au:

They are animals that are neither living nor dead(such as rats, foxes, shrews, badgers...etc)

Their commander controls them with the Smoke Crystals(used like comlinks)

About Starships in the Au: 

They are huge birds of prey tamed by the cats.

Alright... the surprise... I'm actually astonished you scrolled all the way down here.

Cuddle Pile!!!

This is one of my oldest Aus that I'm working on; it's a mix of my two favorite fandoms: StarWars and Warriors(cats)

Anyway, hope you guys enjoy this👍

See more of my Cat Au designs here :3

The Disaster lineage (Yoda, Dooku, Qui, Obi, Anakin, Ahsoka + lore)

Prequel villains (Sidious, Dooku, Maul, Vader + Lore)

Kit-Fisto

Plo-Koon and Ahsoka

Sifo Dyas and Dooku

Disaster trio(Obi, Ani, Soka) doodles

Smol comics(ft. Qui, Rael, Sifo, Dooku): pt 1

Aayla Secura and Quinlan Voss

Luke and Leia

DO NOT COPY ANY OF MY CAT DESIGNS

This is a PERSONAL AU and they mean so much to me

[enigmaticexplorer]

The way that Bail will force every person in the galaxy to see the truth behind Palpatine’s plot, to acquit the Jedi of the guilt Palpatine and his hive-minded followers have placed on the Order, because he refuses to raise Leia—his daughter—in a world where her people were slaughtered mercilessly and barbarically—in a world where their genocide was not only brushed aside as a necessity of war but even applauded and celebrated.

He loves his daughter so much that he has to do this. Because what kind of father stands by while the memory of his daughter’s people are defamed and ridiculed and spat on? 

But his fight will never be actualized.

To protect Leia, to protect Breha, to ensure that he can continue his fight against the Empire, he has to give up defending the Jedi’s legacy. And the galaxy will continue to believe Palpatine’s spoon-fed lies about Jedi treason and deception. 

And Bail will die believing he ultimately failed his friends, his heroes, his daughter. 

And he will die never knowing that one day the Empire will fall, and the Jedi will return, and his daughter will not only come to know the truth about her heritage but that she and her brother will train in the ways of their people, without fear of persecution.

[fellthemarvelous]

I think people have this weird notion that Jedi are emotionless because they don't react to things the way normal people do, and it's because they've been trained to view every situation from an outside perspective without bias, and when they become angry, they don't hide from the anger. They find healthy ways to channel their anger.

It's not surprising that even the strongest minds will break when flung into a war orchestrated by their enemy. The Sith existed in silence for a thousand years after their last war against the Jedi. One Sith survived and created a legacy based solely on revenge against the Jedi. The Clone War was brutal.

Darth Sidious, manipulative and extremely patient, was able to lull the Jedi into the trap he'd set for them. None of them wanted to fight in the war, but the Force was clouded. Their path was clouded. They see through the Force and choose the light, but their paths became clouded as the choices they were forced to make became more and more questionable. I imagine it would be like looking at a map in a brightly lit room before getting hit by a storm of darkness with brief flashes of light passing through. Darth Sidious sent the Jedi to their own deaths because he knew the Jedi would stop at nothing to protect the galaxy from the Sith, but the people lost faith in the Jedi. Without the clone troopers, the Jedi would have been fighting that war alone, but the catch that came with using them was that the clones were ticking time bombs set to go off upon the execution of Order 66.

The Jedi trusted the clones. They trusted the clones with their lives. The clones considered the Jedi their best friends, and if you don't believe me, listen again to what Fives says to that cab driver on Coruscant when he's running from Palpatine. He was horrified to learn that they were created to kill the Jedi and he did everything in his power to try and tell the Jedi the truth, but his own brothers were hunting him down on Palpatine's orders. He died at the hands of his own brothers so none of them would find out the truth.

The only other clones he spoke to before he died were Kix and Rex.

We recognize that the clones were victims in this war, but it was Count Dooku who paid for them. The Jedi were also victims in this war. They were not the villains. They were never the villains. They did the best they could without any help at all from the rest of the galaxy. Palpatine put all the pressure directly on the Jedi to fight their way out of this one with an army of three million or so sleeper agents.

The Jedi life isn't for everyone. The galaxy is vast and the Jedi are but a few small blips devoting their lives to others when you look at the big picture. The numbers will show you that the Jedi were indeed overwhelmed because they were the ONLY THING standing between the Republic and the Empire.

What happened when the Jedi were wiped out?

[copalcetic]

One of the things that strikes me, rewatching Rebels, is how often Kanan is the voice for negotiation and non-violence.

Yeah, he’s the “cowboy Jedi.” Yeah, he’s not unwilling to cause a little (or a lot) of mayhem when called for. But he’s also the one telling Sabine throughout “The Protectors of Concord Dawn” not to kill anyone (“You love making this hard for me,” says Sabine), and the one who confiscates Ezra’s lightsaber before sending him into the spider’s den in “The Holocrons of Fate” (“He’s gotta learn how to solve problems without it.”) His character arc in the show is learning to embrace the Jedi’s role as peacekeepers, and this is the legacy he wants to pass on to his students.

And so it’s notable to me how much they struggle to hold to that after his death. When I watch “Family Reunion and Farewell” I’m struck by how cold-blooded their plan is. The Imperial Dome has the stormtroopers garrison, sure, but it’s also an administrative center—it’s where the minister’s offices are, it’s where civilians go to work. And the plan isn’t just to destroy the Dome; it’s to deliberately lure all Imperial personnel to it using Protocol 13, and then kill them en masse. “All personnel.” Not just all military personnel.

It’s a very effective plan. It’s the sort of plan that would make Saw Gerrera proud. Luthen Rael would be impressed.

But when Sabine says “For Kanan” as she pushes the button, I find myself wondering: would Kanan actually have approved of this plan, if he’d lived?

[citrusici]

LU Star Wars AU: Part 3

Got a theme of noncanon characters for this one, this time we have Spirit and Warriors! (It doesn't feel right having a Star Wars AU without including Spirit)

PART 1 | PART 2

Spirit

Spirit isn't actually related to Wind, but the two of them are so alike in appearance that many mistake them for twins. While Wind loves to pilot, Spirit's interest lies more in tinkering directly with the spacecraft itself. He personally works on Tetra's, Linebeck's, and Wind's ships, and ended up also working as a mechanic for the Alliance for a brief time before moving on.

Spirit has had his own adventures with Spectre (AKA his Zelda); he is one of the rare few people alive to venture into the chaotic Unknown Regions of the galaxy without a wayfinder or star compass and return to tell the tale. That adventure involved an encounter with a ghostlike being named Malladus.

Spirit is also especially in tune with the Force and spirits, just like Wind. He also has some skill with a blaster, and is extremely handy in space combat, but he has no interest in combat and would rather work on his personal projects and ship designs. His personal favorite is a prototype set of powered armor he designed for Spectre, but unfortunately it got wrecked in the encounter with Malladus.

Warriors

Warriors is an active military captain in the Alliance. He is also a close friend of Artemis, who is a high ranking general and a current member of the Imperial Senate. Their home planet has widespread anti-Imperial sentiments and secretly hosts a base for the Alliance, and Artemis does her best to keep it hidden from Imperial eyes.

Warriors actually inherited his saber from his mother, a former Jedi Knight from the days of the Jedi Order, and was taught how to wield it by her before she passed. He grew up on stories of the old Order and is determined to uphold the legacy of being a Jedi Knight. Part of that is looking out for his men and protecting those who can't protect themselves, and protecting Artemis in her efforts with the Alliance.

He has a certain amount of pride in that legacy and the skills and stories he was taught. He quickly rose to the rank of Artemis's personal knight, and his achievements make him stand out among Alliance forces. It took a few particularly close calls with Imperial Forces to temper his pride.

One of those encounters involved a Sith Lord named Cia, whose attention he unwittingly caught. The only reason he escaped alive was due to someone named Lana, who he later learned was Cia's twin sister. Cia still has a one-sided obsession with Warriors in particular and is determined to hunt him down.

Warriors has also met plenty of people across the galaxy during his time with the Alliance; among these people were Wind and Spirit. Wind had a brief stint with Warriors as a pilot and Spirit ended up tagging along for the ride.

(Linked Universe AU belongs to Jojo)

[jackdaw-kraai]

I think there’s something rather strange going on with all the folks who insist that the Jedi Order in the PT was right and didn’t forbid love and Anakin should just have followed their teachings when the whole point of the prequels is that they are prequels. They come before the OT, and the OT proves the Jedi wrong. They literally do not make sense if they don’t do that.

Luke, in the original trilogy, gains his ultimate triumph, his ultimate victory, because he loved in defiance of the teachings of the old Order. He quite literally had the ghosts of the past telling him, explicitly and without ambiguity, that he has to put his love for his father aside and kill him, as is the duty of a Jedi. Luke has the weight of millennia of teachings weighing down on his shoulders, telling him they knew and know better than a young, inexperienced man barely out of his teenager years. That he should follow their teachings or be destroyed. That is an immense weight to carry, and many people would and explicitly have given in to it in-universe. What are your feelings and ideals in the face of such immense legacy, after all?

But Luke doesn’t give in.

He doesn’t bend.

He says “I may be young, and I may be new, but I believe to my heart and soul that love matters more than this legacy. Matters more than your teachings.” And he says this to the ghosts of his mentors. That is such a powerful moment and one I can’t believe George Lucas didn’t create deliberately for even a second. This young man, being told he has to kill or die trying for a system that is dead or dying itself, that couldn’t survive itself, and refusing to do so. He is the living refusing to continue the violence of a dead generation. He is the young man refusing the draft into a war the old generation started, saying “peace and love matters more than you being right.” He is the embodiment of breaking the cycle.

And the movies vindicate him.

The main villain vindicates him with his last dying breath.

Darth Vader, dying, says “You were right.” and admits he and his were wrong. The main antagonist, Luke’s nemesis, in the face of his son’s immense, defiant love, gives way and does the impossible: he comes back to the light and dies a Jedi. The very thing the old Order says was impossible.

They were wrong. They have to be. The narrative demands it, the movies don’t make sense without it.

The solution was never to continue the cycle of the old Order, or Luke would have failed there, would have failed when he said “I am a Jedi, like my father before me.” And claimed that defiant, deviant, condemned definition of being a Jedi over the one presented to him by the Grandmaster of the old Order. If the old Order was right, Luke would have to be wrong. Be wrong about love, be wrong about laying down the sword, be wrong about refusing to fight. He would have to be wrong.

But the old Order is dead, explicitly killed by a monster, in some part, of their own making. It’s members only existing as bones in the ground or ghosts speaking from beyond the grave. They did not deserve it, it should not have been inflicted on them, but the narrative is clear on this: “The old way is dead, and was dying for a long time before that. Long live the new.”

Luke is that new. Luke is the breaking of the cycle, the reforging of swords into ploughs, the extended hand. Luke says “I don’t care how much I was hurt, I refuse to hurt you back, and you don’t need to hurt me either.”

“We can end this together and choose love instead.”

And Darth Vader, killer of the Jedi, End of the Order, lays down his arms as well, and reaches back as Anakin, saying “You were right.”

It wasn’t Obi-Wan, Yoda, Mace, Qui-Gon, or even Ahsoka who achieved the ultimate victory in the end, following the tenants of the old Order. It was Luke. Young, inexperienced Luke, who saw that the age of legacy handed to him was only history, that the sword handed to him as his life was only a tool, and that the decrees of the dead were only advice. And he took it all, said “thank you for your experience, but I’ve got it from here,” and laid it all down to instead extend an open hand towards his enemy.

And his victory, his ultimate triumph, his vindication, was that he was proven right when his enemy reached back and became just another person. Just another person, just like him.

The Jedi did not deserve what happened to them, and they did not deserve to die. But the story is clear on this: the Jedi of old were wrong, and the Jedi of new, the Last Jedi, was right. No sword or death will ever end the rule of the sword or end the bloodshed. But love?

Love can ignite the stars.

[antianakin]

"Sith" and "Screecher's Reach" both show that it is in fact perfectly possible to do stories from a Sith perspective without bashing the Jedi. It is in fact possible to tell a story about a Sith character without even having to INCLUDE the Jedi in it and simply focus on the Sith characters and their journeys. It's even possible to have a multitude of different stories told about Sith without ever touching on the Jedi AT ALL.

"Sith" tells the story of someone who's left that life behind and the triumph she has when she finally is willing to acknowledge her own darkness and control it. "Screecher's Reach" tells the story of a legacy of pain and abuse passed down from Master to apprentice and how the Sith expertly take advantage of other people's fears to twist them into monsters. One ends hopefully, the other is a pyrrhic victory. They're totally different genres with entirely different endings.

And neither one felt the need to criticize the Jedi "from the Sith's perspective" in order to tell a compelling Sith story. Imagine that.

[obiwanwhat]

So I firmly believe that everything Anakin did and said wasn't about him and what he needed to say, it was about what Ahsoka needed to hear and see.

There is so much to unpack within EVERYTHING of that episode but here's my attempt at trying to deconstruct the latter half of the Anakin & Ahsoka scenes:

"Ahsoka, within you will be everything I am"

For 15 years, Ahsoka thought that Anakin had died a Jedi. From the time she was 17 to the time she was 32 - it was a belief she held for her entire adult life! Her training as a Jedi was foundational to who she was (even if she wasn't a Jedi), and being trained by Anakin was the core of her Jedi training. For over a decade, she looked at that inheritance with nothing but pride over who had trained her and where she'd come from. And then she finds out what Anakin became. Obviously it's devastating to see someone who you consider family in the state, and to have them try to kill you! But the thing I'd never considered was how much it would make Ahsoka doubt herself. If Anakin trained Ahsoka - and you can bet she's now going over every memory of Anakin she ever has searching for double meanings, searching for signs of what he would become - what does that make her? What does that say about her training, and about all the lessons that shaped her?

"But my part of that legacy is one of death and war"

On top of that...Ahsoka has been a soldier and then a spy since she was fourteen. She was a literal child soldier! She was trained in nothing but killing and war, and then later had to train herself in killing and spying. Without a war to fight, who is she? Now that peace has (apparently) returned to the galaxy with the end of the Empire, what place does she have? What purpose does she serve? What knowledge of use does she have to pass onto Sabine?

"But you're more than that, because I'm more than that"

This isn't Anakin trying to defend himself, he's pointing out that to Ahsoka he means more than the death he caused, both as Jedi soldier and as Darth Vader. When he trained her, he didn't just teach her how to kill - he taught her how to respect and care about the men under her command, he taught her how to be brave in the face of insurmountable odds, he taught her how to be kind to the innocent. Clone Wars Anakin was just as much a Jedi as he was a solider, and so both trainings are what were passed down to Ahsoka. And his becoming Vader doesn't undo any of that. I don't think Ahsoka had ever figured out how to feel about Anakin's legacy, because how can she respect the man who became a genocidal monster? How can she respect and love and honor the man who tried to kill her? She should - well, not hate him, a Jedi (or even a not-Jedi) doesn't hate - but she should disavow him. But she can't, because he's still the man who stood up for her when the Jedi Council turned their backs on her, who drilled her in the lightsaber techniques that saved her life on Mandalore, who saved her life too many times to count and was her family. And she doesn't know how to reconcile those feelings with what Anakin became, and therefore she doesn't know how to reconcile the parts of herself that come from being trained by Anakin.

"You are more, Anakin. But more powerful and dangerous than anyone realized"

She's sidestepping the point by falling back on her default defense: Anakin fell to the Dark Side, and therefore everything that came out of his teachings - including her - is tainted. She still can't admit to herself that there was more to Anakin than his fall, and that all those parts of Anakin still mean something to her.

"Is that was this is about?" / "If I am everything you are-" / "then you've learned nothing"

She's still missing the point Anakin's trying to show her - that she carries his trainings and influence within her, but she is not Anakin. She is not tainted by Anakin's fall, and her fate will not be the same as his, because she's her own person who makes her own choices, and the good in Anakin's teachings - the good in her that came from them - doesn't just go away because Anakin fell. She's still so scared of Anakin's darkness - and what it says about her own inner darkness - that she can't see her own light.

"Back to the beginning. I gave you a choice - live, or die?"

For the last 10 or so years (however long since she returned from Malchor), Ahsoka's been in a holding pattern. All she knows is war, and she doesn't know what there is to life outside of fighting to live another day. She's terrified of who she is and of facing the ghost of Vader over her past. She's not living anymore, she's just surviving, moving from day to day. Anakin's telling her that's not enough anymore. Not being able to face her past and embrace her training literally killed her - Baylan was able to unbalance her enough to defeat her in a fight by stoking her inner discord. If she wants to return, she has to want to live, really live - she needs to find her direction in life beyond being a solider, and to do that she has to embrace her full legacy and training. If she can't do that, then she'll stay dead, stuck in the world between worlds.

"No-" / "Incorrect" / "You lack conviction" / "Time to die"

She still doesn't know how to see past Vader, so Anakin give her the opportunity to work through it in a way she can understand - by literally fighting her figurative demon.

"I choose to live"

By fighting Vader, by having the chance to kill him and embrace the Dark Side and realizing she didn't take it, realizing that she never even wanted to, Ahsoka finally realizes what Anakin's been trying to show her - she's not Vader, she never will be, because that's not who she is. Anakin's teachings are a part of her that she cannot escape, but there is more to Anakin's teachings than Vader, and there is more to her than what she has been taught. To find out what she is meant to be and move forward she must embrace where she came from. Only then can she return to the world of the living and move forward with her journey.

[morethanaloveinterest]

An Ascending Look at Mae Aniseya's Costumes in the Acolyte

Let's talk about Mae's costumes, starting with her ascension in the coven.

We're going to start chronologically and look at what the twins wear on Brendok before they are forced to leave. In this introductory scene, their clothes are brown with a few layers. They belt at the waist and create a v-shape with the outer layer. The color fits well into the scene and gives the girls a connection to the natural world (which they will lose).

Female representation: 10/10 As with Osha's costumes, these clothes are great for a female character to wear. I especially like that they seem to be handmade, as do most of the coven's costumes.

Practicality: 10/10 Quite practical, as always. The boots are great for tramping about in the wilderness, and they certainly seem prepared for any kind of weather.

These are the outfits the girls wear to go take their Jedi test. As with the previous, the outer layer is belted at the waist and creates a v-shape for their torsos, with skirts and boots. This outfit looks less warm than the previous and the colors have changed. From brown to green and blue - still maintaining the natural tones and now in contrast to the jedi's yellow robes.

Female representation: 10/10 Another great outfit for young girls to wear. They still appear handmade which works so well.

Practicality: 10/10 Perhaps not as prepared for cold weather, but no less practical than the previous outfits.

This is the outfit the twins wear for Ascension, the ceremony that the Jedi interrupt. They are both dressed in purple and gold, the purple matching their mother and most of the coven. The gold obviously singles them out for the ceremony. The phases of the moon seem to be important to the Ascension ceremony so it is interesting that they are wearing gold instead of silver (though of course this is an alien planet).

Female representation: 10/10 It would be delightful to for girls to cosplay in these outfits. None of the twins' clothes ever infantilizes them or makes them look young and helpless to the audience, which is nice.

Practicality: 9/10 Obviously ceremonial garb is a bit less practical than daywear but this still looks pretty useful for whatever the ceremony might ask of them.

This is Mae's costume for most of the show. We are introduced to her masked and cloaked, and then she is further revealed as the episode goes on and we learn her motivation. This is her Jedi killer costume and it is prepared for anything. She has a breastplate and chain mail, as you can see in the second picture. There's a lot of leather holding it all together and she has braces and boots. Though she does not have the v-shape that most of her childhood clothes featured, she does have a similar skirt construction and a cinched waist.

The colors she wears are mostly darker than as a child but much of the outfit is brown - like the one where we met her. Some black since she is on the dark side but mostly she is wearing purple - the color of her coven that she wears in their memory and to uphold their legacy. She wears it because it is the color she wore on the worst night of her life and now she wears it as she gets revenge.

Female representation: 10/10 She is clearly more mature than her childhood costumes but this is emphasized by (gender-neutral) armor instead of showing she's grown up in other ways. It's a beautiful costume, definitely great for cosplaying, and it can allow the wearer to feel feminine without feeling sexualized.

Practicality: 10/10 Obviously the ideal outfit for killing Jedi, weapon or not.

I know it says Osha, but this is the outfit Mae wears for last few episodes as she impersonates her sister to get close to Sol. See my other post for what it means for Osha. It allows Mae to walk for a while in her sister's shoes (literally!) and understand her devotion to the Jedi even after they let her down.

Because it is white, it also signals Mae's decision to leave behind the Sith and seek justice for Sol instead of taking her revenge. The contrast between it and what Osha shows up on Brendok wearing proves the point of which sister will end up where at the end of the season.

Female representation: 10/10 As I said for Osha, it is refreshing to see a lady in white without using it to show off her assets. This is multi-layered like what they wore as children, and the belted waist is practical instead of titillating.

Practicality: 10/10 As I said, extremely practical outfit, I love it.

For my video analysis on Mae, the Sith, and the Jedi, click here

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[darklinaforever]

It's not to say, but I'm a little tired of seeing the easy logic of the Sith applied to the Oshamir relationship.

Style ; Qimir is a Sith, he trains Osha, so she will have to kill him at some point !!!

I find this theory stupid in my opinion, because once again too simplistic and also not very thoughtful in relation to the characters and ironically the universe.

Qimir looks nothing like a Sith. Whether in appearance, but also in behavior in many aspects. He is gentle, sensitive, open, tolerant, eager for affection, etc.

He said the Jedi would call him a Sith, not that he was one himself. Overall, he seems to be in a gray area, in which he in turn guides Osha.

Not only that, but Qimir is essentially about freedom, the freedom to be and do what he wants / use his power as he wants. He says it himself !

A bit counterproductive so if he really is, once again, a supposed Sith...

And even if Pleaguis was his master of the dark side and who yes, is himself a Sith, that is not enough to make Qimir a Sith.

I remind you that Ahsoka is not a Jedi, although she received training in that direction. So one doesn't preclude the other. And yes, I know Ahsoka hadn't finished her training.

But precisely... Who tells you that Qimir finished his own training ? It is very likely not in my opinion according to my personal idea.

It is also possible that Qimir (whether Qimir has completed his training or not) wants to follow a voice different from that of his master (that would fit perfectly with everything we have seen of Qimir so far), and is in fact using the training by Pleaguis to actually learn as much as possible.

In itself, it is much more likely that the theory about Qimir / Oshamir being the originator of the founding of the Knights of Ren is true.

Particularly because of the helmet, the Kylo Ren / Ben Solo theme, and once again, Qimir's behavior are very different from a Sith, even going so far as to recall that of Kylo Ren / Ben Solo which... eh well wasn't a Sith.

Not to mention once again Qimir's desires.

You can be on the light side of the force, without being a Jedi. And you can be on the dark side without being a Sith. The force isn't necessarily just about Sith and Jedi. It is an energy that governs this entire universe.

Without forgetting that it would have been very likely that Oshamir had a child (biological or not), given the symbolism made through the 3 little creatures of the island.

Could Oshamir end tragically ? Yes.

But I doubt it would have been simply because as a Sith, Osha should have killed Qimir. No way. Because, again, they are not Sith.

And I don't see why everyone rules out the idea of ​​a more positive ending for Oshamir or both having survived Pleaguis (after all, the first time we hear of him in the films is for tell us that he has a tragic history and that he was wise...) would have gone to a corner of the galaxy to live peacefully with their child worked on the future establishment of the Knights of Ren.

Storywise, for me, the show should have ended with Oshamir, united in death, or in life. Or they die together. Or they live together far from everything.

And in both cases with a child resulting from their union and who would therefore carry the future of their legacy, which would translate to the Knights of Ren.

All this to say that I really don't understand the obsession with saying that Qimir is a Sith, that he makes Osha a Sith and therefore that she will kill him at the end of their story.

This is a reflection that is basic and simplistic...

[lookingbetteringlasses]

I think Star Wars becomes a lot more entertaining when you realize that Anakin is basically a shonen anime hero. Spikey hair, Chosen One, extremely powerful force of will, protective of his loved ones, reckless & overconfident, singular love interest, he's got it all.

Then we get Luke, who's basically the successor to his father's legacy as the hero to save the galaxy, and he's even more of a shonen protagonist: spikey hair, no real love interest, insignificant background before being thrust into greatness (yeah, yeah, Hero's Journey, just stick with me), reckless & overconfident, all-loving, receives training from two cranky old guys, power of friendship.

That last bit is especially significant, because using this frame, we see that Anakin's fall was because he lived within an isolating environment where being a Jedi was an expectation he often failed to live up to. This allows Sidious to take advantage of him & address his concerns in a way that the Jedi never could, promising him what he believes he needs most: the power to do what he wants, because if love is wrong according to the Jedi, then why should domination be?

In contrast, Luke succeeded because he explicitly lacks those expectations and is free to become a Jedi on his own terms, without the institutional rigidity of the Order that allowed them to get massacred. This makes Sidious' temptations more desperate because Luke already has people who he knows supports him without reservation, so he tries to unsuccessfully pry away at his compassion & appeal to his underlying rage.

Anakin is the Failed Shonen Anime Hero to Luke being the Successful Shonen Anime Hero. Anakin and Luke were both angry young men & determined fighters, but the problem with Anakin is that he was raised in a world where being human was seen as imperfection, while Luke succeeded because he was brought into a world where being human was seen as worth defending.

So I guess what I'm saying is: an animated series about Han, Luke, & Leia in between the original trilogy, one season between 4 & 5, one season between 5 & 6, and one season between 6 & the Battle for Jakku (maybe even remaking parts of the original films, who knows). Maybe the second season can have a simultaneous arc about the Crimson Dawn, because I know that happened in the comics, also maybe having one of the last Inquisitors confront Luke. The big finale can be at the Battle of Jakku, because apparently Luke did a Starkiller there. Then the series can end with Luke going off to the galaxy to learn more about the ancient Jedi & find Force-users like himself (yes, I know the irony of having such an optimistic ending before the sequels, but it still works for the most part).

I feel like a series like this would help, including for further fleshing out the friendship between Luke & Han, getting to explore Luke & Leia's bond both before & after Episode 6 (WITHOUT A ROMANCE BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE WEIRD), Luke's place within the Rebellion as a Jedi & effect on others (how do people react? what does his place become in the Rebellion?), if Luke & his father actually got to discuss anything like Luke & Obi-Wan, what the Rebellion was like as an actual sizable faction post-build-up seen in Andor & Rebels, seeing the Empire in its final days, expanding the dread of there being a second Death Star (given the retrospective prominence of the first one, imagine the horror of someone revealing "They're building another one..."), and host of other things.

Edit: For the Inquisitor, it would be pretty neat to have Luke face down an adversary because it would provide interesting character development, or at least flesh it out. The Last Inquisitor fights less respectfully than Vader, more desperate, yet acts as a symbol of everything Luke must fight against. Yet upon defeating him, Luke realizes the tragedy of the Inquisitors: they were flawed people either taking the only option they had or being manipulated into becoming their worst selves, setting the stage for Luke to have such faith in Anakin avoiding that fate when having to make that choice.

Then there's the Ahsoka in the room. We don't know much about when Ahsoka came back, but it would be interesting to have her meet Luke from time to time, first as a "There's something special about you" meeting, then as a "There's something I have to tell you" meeting, then finally as a "so what do we do now?" meeting. I think it's safe to say that we don't know at this point whether Ahsoka came out at the same time as she left, the same time as Ezra, or sometime later, so freedom for storytelling is there. And I don't think I'm the only one who would want to see an Ahsoka x Leia team-up episode. Also: the third season can show the Great Purge of Mandalore as the grand tragic event it was in terms of Mandalorian history (and maybe Sabine if she appears in the third season), but also for Luke as a potential failure - he should've been there to stop it, because that's what a Jedi is supposed to do.

Luke's big struggles in each of the seasons could be as follows: proving himself in the Rebellion as a capable fighter & determining whether to embrace his heritage as a Jedi, training himself as a Jedi with Yoda and becoming a more prominent figure in the Rebellion, and determining what his place should be in the wider galaxy after his father's sacrifice & the Emperor's defeat. Insert each episode of the original trilogy as major events to revolve around.

[muxshwriting]

slipping through my fingers

Obi-Wan Kenobi x platonic!padawan!reader

summary: obi wan has to let go of his padawan as you grows up and out of his protection and teachings || warnings: i cried writing this, mentions of death || word count: 605 || masterlist

Obi-Wan can't help but to feel guilty as he watches his padawan interact with the other Jedi knights. He can't shake the feeling that he's letting her go out into the world woefully unprepared. You've changed so much from the young girl he first met.

He supposes these are the fears all parents feel as their child grows up. Because that's what you are to him. He raised you since you were a child to the adult you are now. You were his child, in everything but blood.

He’s watched other masters let go of their padawans and move on with life. But he wonders how they can move on without glancing back at the person they’re leaving behind. Do they not feel guilty about taking new padawans? Or are they desensitised to the whole system? Maybe the first is always the hardest, maybe it’s the first that sticks with you, maybe the sudden ache in his heart will ease when you smile.

“Are you alright Master?”

He’s been lost in thought for a while, longer than usual. Obi-Wan simply nods, taking in the time he has with you know and fondly remembering everything you had done together. These moments will not happen again, nothing ever will. Life is made of fleeting moments you don’t truly appreciate until they’re over. But you must hold tightly to those moments and cherish them so they don’t go forgotten.

It’s a duty as a parent, or pseudo-parent, to come to a stop and let their children continue on their own. It’s scary. It’s terrifying actually, but all birds leave the nest, all seeds float away in the wind.

“Are you sure Master?”

Obi-Wan placed a hand on our shoulder, “You’ve grown up so fast.”

“Master-“ Words fail you. “I’ll never be too grown up for your teachings.”

“I’m very proud of you.”

You pull him into a hug, burying your face in his chest. “I can’t cry. Don’t make me cry.”

He chuckles, sounding slightly watery.

Becoming a Jedi Knight was very important to you. It had been what you were working toward for most of your life. Somewhere along the way, you realised that being a knight meant leaving the safety net you had relied on most of your life. Obi-Wan Kenobi was your safety net.

At one point, you would be away from him for the longest time, be the furthest away from him you had ever been and see him for the final time.

It was nice to be grown but there was something to be said for youth. There was no shame in not wanting to grow up but we all do it, we all move on. A new chapter begins because the previous one ended.

Time would separate you and your Master but he would always be your master. Eventually, death would call for him and you would be left without a source of advice and comfort. Death was such a small word for a big thing. But death is only the end if you assume the story is about you.

Your story would not end at your death, the same way Obi-Wan’s story did not end at his. His story did not end because of you, his padawan, his child. Your story would not end for the same reason. Everything Obi-Wan taught you, you taught to your padawan. The chain continues on and stretches back as long as time goes on.

You could trace teachings through time, from master to padawan, as padawan becomes master and teaches a new generation.

Every Jedi carries the legacy of a hundred others on their back.

Boy, oh, boy. I’m looking at future uni destinations right now and this song hits hard. I’m sobbing into my pillow at 1am after finishing writing this

Taglist: @aoi-targaryen

[blackkatmagic]

When Legacy comics were coming out, there was some controversy when Krayt's identity was revealed. A lot of people said that A'Sharad made a bad sith lord (he was too good jedi etc.) and that Claws of the Dragon arc didin't explain well enough how he fell.

I think that if Amongst dust had been out then, people might have had a different opinion. At least for me, when reading Amongst dust, it is easy to see that this A'Sharad is the same man, as the man who is in top of the sith food chain in Legacy. Like, it has been amazing to read how A'Sharad slowly slips down the hole. And I'm not saying he is falling to the dark side now, but the fic is highlighting all his qualities that make him fall in canon, like pain and guilt and obsession with his failure (staying silent about Anakin). And the contrast between the first chapters and the latest chapters is huge. But when the chapters are read in order, the change in A'Sharad happens very subtly. It's rather delicious (and well written!).

To be completely honest, I'm not a huge fan of A'Sharad falling to the Dark Side, either. I think it's not great to have a man from a culture that's based partly on the Arab Bedouin tribes, and who's noticably darker-skinned than some of the heroes, be the leader of an organization that's largely rooted in sabotage and terrorism, so I'm kind of iffy about the whole premise.

That said, given the way A'Sharad is written, I definitely see the roots of where Darth Krayt comes from. amongst dust is basically me trying to figure out how he gets from A to B, just on an accelerated timeline. I'm really glad it makes sense! He's very much falling over the course of the story, and all the cracks that his decisions/circumstances created in his soul are getting bigger.

I just...I think that with the way the Dark Side is presented, it's always possible for any Jedi, no matter how good, to fall. That's kind of the point, imo. For A'Sharad, all his very normal human flaws were massively exacerbated by the fall of the Order leaving him without any sort of support system, and it's the most tragic thing about him. One of the big points of amongst dust is that A'Sharad doesn't manage to save himself. It's all the people around him who pull him out of his spiral, who give him a reason to go on. He makes the decision to save himself, but all of his friends and family give him a reason and the strength to do it.

Sorry, that was a lot. I just have a lot of feelings about the Jedi in general and A'Sharad in particular, as you can probably tell. xD