#light side of the force

[queenbasicallynotbasic]

Clone Wars AU where Obi-Wan confronts Anakin about his relationship with Padme early in the war and helps him tone down the posessive attachment. As a result, Anakin is a lot better at the letting go of the feelings part and at peace with the fact that one day Padme will die. (Major changes to all episodes involving Padme getting kidnapped or similar and Rush Clovis). Anakin and Obi-Wan eventually tell the Council, which, on seeing that Anakin's not unhealthily attached to his wife, is fine with the relationship. This eventually leads to Anakin's relationship with the Jedi improving significantly, and he starts to question Weird Talks with Palpatine. (Bonus points if Ahsoka doesn't leave the Order (maybe because Anakin convinces her not to?)) By RoTS, Palpatine is under suspicion, and when Anakin gets dreams of Padme dying during childbirth, he approaches Obi-Wan and they both take her to the doctor. After Palpatine's Darth Plageius speech, Anakin tells Mace about the incident, Mace goes to Palpatine's office with significantly more Jedi than in canon, Anakin shows up and helps the Jedi defeat Palpatine. Camera footage of the incident shows Palpatine using Sith powers and helps absolve the Jedi of any guilt. Obi-Wan kills Grievous on Utapau and returns victorious, having ended the war. Padme gives birth to healthy twins, Leia and Luke. Obi-Wan's the godfather. Ahsoka's the cool aunt.

(Bonus points if its Codywan too.)

[writerbuddha]

Since the Force is not a power one has, but rather what gives one their power, would it be reasonable, if accurate to assume the Light and Dark Sides of the Force are not just means to the power of the Force, but also psychological states of mind? Joseph Campbell's reading on Christ's "peace" and the Buddha's "Nirvana" as inherent within us and where we can properly act from by our learning to center ourselves in them has had me wondering.

Yes, that would be accurate! The power of the Force, the Force-powers and all that are externalized psychological states of the mind, made manifest by those who have the talent to have some control over the energy, which is the substance of those psychological states and the mind and self and consciousness.

For example, Yoda never manifests lethal bolts from himself, because he doesn’t have the psychological state of a violent storm. He is "only" able to absorb and repel those bolts, because he harnesses his mental state in which anger, hate and aggression, all what that lighting actually is, are dissolved or controlled. And if you watch Sidious, you don’t see him actually controlling his lightning. He can manifest it, sure, but in Episode III and VI, it's very clear that it's like allowing steam to burst out of his fingers, in the same way steam bursts out of your ears, so to speak, and he can direct that steam to targets and burning them. But when it’s reflected back onto him, he can't absorb it, he can't repel it. He is burning as well, this is why his face gets a scarred, distorted. He can only stop manifesting the steam. So, yes, the Force is not just giving strength to Jedi and Sith, it's not just a way to get strength, it’s also their psychological, mental, emotional, intellectual, spiritual processes.

The Kingdom of God and Nirvana would be a bit deeper that that, though, that’s more like the individual Force recognizing that its part of the cosmic Force, like a wave is part of an ocean, from which it's made of, from which it rises and into which it will be reversed. This way, they can rejoice for those around them who are transformed into the larger=cosmic Force from the smaller=living Force, and can conquer their fears and they can let go.

[sw5w]

Hello, Master Obi-Wan

STAR WARS EPISODE II: Attack of the Clones 00:36:25

On Wookieepedia, the child in front with a darker shade of robe is identified as Liam, but in the film it's the lighter robed boy that lowers the shades when Yoda says "Liam, the shades." I think the child in front is actually J.K. Burtola.

His face and robes more resemble the child commonly identified as J.K. Burtola, who speaks a few minutes later to answer Yoda's question about the missing Kamino.

[the-ephemeral-ethereal]

Depends on what is meant by love, I believe [...] Some beings think love is connection. Love is recognizing you, in me. In the whole galaxy. To name a thing is to love it, some teachings say; others that love is vulnerability or a natural, bodily need [...] What the real answer is, I do not know. But if you find the answer for yourself, and it opens the Force to you more widely, brings you closer to the light, then wrong you cannot be.

from Star Wars: The High Republic - Temptation of The Force by Tessa Gratton

[raccoonpriestess]

Falling doesn’t seem so bad - Chapter 2

Hi!

Chapter 2 of my obikin fic Falling doesn’t seem so bad is out now.

I think I like this chapter best so far and I hope you will enjoy it as well. Can’t wait to hear your thoughts!

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

A GUARDIAN OF PEACE AND JUSTICE IN THE EARLIEST DAYS OF THE GALACTIC REPUBLIC.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on an unnamed "Jedi" (undisclosed as to whether he's a "Knight" or "Master"), artwork by "Dawn of the Old Republic" (via their Facebook page), uploaded and/or published February 2024.

Source: www.facebook.com/dawnoftheoldrepublic.

[r0gerr0ger]

i'll wait for you

'Don’t leave me Master.' Luminara looks through the glass at her daughter- No, not daughter. Never daughter-

[allthingskenobi]

I feel safe. Yes, it feels like that.

@swsource​ star wars week: day 6 – may the 4th be with you!

[mystarwarsthoughts]

Star Wars Chat Pack: What does the Force look like to you?

Welcome to day 3 of my NaBloPoMo Challenge, where I pick a random card from the Star Wars Chat Pack. Today I randomly picked the question, “Close your eyes and think of the Force. What does it look like to you?” This idea of the Force being visualized in a certain way comes from the High Republic, when Jedi of that era had individual relationships with the Force and saw it in a very personal…

[chissjedi]

Star Wars is about coming back to the light, healing, forgiving others and yourself, being selfless and protecting the innocent and vulnerable. Star Wars is about hope that things and people will someday get better. Star Wars is about redemption and kindness. Star Wars always has been about love and I pray it always will be.

[queenbasicallynotbasic]

read a couple fics in which anakin marries padme then finds out that jedi don't forbid relationships and he's kind of a bitch in them

and author is like 'omg anakin didn't trust obi-wan enough to tell him' and obi-wan is all sad and disappointed in anakin and i just wanna say this

we all remember chancellor palpatine's role in anakin's life, right???

like

found this absolute gem (derogatory) in the wookieepedia

anakin's twelve in this.

twelve.

i mean-

palpatine has been filling anakin's ears since he was nine.

i think that he says something that anakin wants to hear or agrees with - and then twists it to something else. and he does this for thirteen years straight.

did something wrong? didn't tell kenobi because you're worried he'll scold you? don't worry, child, I'll never scold you for anything. you can come to me whenever you want, tell me whatever you want.

feeling angry? the jedi say to let go? well, yes, you're young, it can be hard to let go of feelings this quick. it's not wrong if it takes you a few days - a few weeks - a few years to let go.

kenobi went on a mission and didn't tell you? i think he should've. well yes, the council told him not to, but if he had told you, how would the council have known? i think he didn't tell you because he didn't want to tell you.

you think he trusts you? you think they all trust you?

they don't.

and if they don't trust you, should you trust them?

let me give you an example.

suppose you're going to the gym everyday with your friend A. you're eating healthy, and all that jazz. it's been two weeks and your friend B drags you to the mall. she wants you both to eat out.

i'm going to the gym, you tell B. i can't eat out.

well, you haven't been eating out for two days, right? B smiles. what's one cheat day?

she's right, you think. i've been eating healthy for two weeks - what's one day?

and then it happens again four days later. then again. then again.

and suddenly you realise that you're eating out four days a week and your meal plan's gone to hell.

because not eating out takes actual effort - you need to control yourself. and nothing's wrong with losing that control once or twice. but when there's a person right there, nudging you in the other way, making some pretty valid points, it's easier to give in and listen to them.

[you can't say that anakin shouldn't have listened to palpatine, he should have controlled himself nonetheless. i'd like to reiterate that he was nine.]

i think that even when he found out that palpatine was sidious, anakin didn't realise exactly how much he had been manipulated by him. he still genuinely thought that most of the "friendly advice" that palpatine had given him had been exactly that, friendly advice. he listens to palpatine because he's been doing that for the past thirteen years. of course the chancellor knows best.

and after mustafar, when palpatine tells him that he killed padme in his rage - he thinks himself too far gone. he regrets ever turning, but who is he supposed to go back to? obi-wan? his brother the man he just tried to kill? he's done so many heinous things. he can't be redeemed.

and in any case, he doesn't deserve redemption.

i think anakin realises the extent of palpatine's manipulation when he tries to turn luke in return of the jedi.

when palpatine tells luke, replace your father. take your place beside me.

that's when anakin realises just how long he's been manipulated by this man - like how he is trying to manipulate luke. when he realises that everything he's done has been on the whims of the chancellor, sees that he is redeemable. when he finally finds someone to go back to - in his son and in his daughter.

and the jedi returns to the light.

[thepromisedbride]

the fact that the sequel trilogy could have perfectly set up a three v three scenario where the main trio could have each taken down their counterparts (poe against hux, finn against phasma, rey against ren) before they defeated snoke together so you could explore their characters and pasts and show the differences between the dark and light side of the force. and not only did they not do that but they basically screwed over the trio as a concept entirely

[sw5w]

Approaching the Jedi Temple

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 01:24:18

[flammabel]

~Belated 'Kyber' Prompt for CKW

Jedi Cal, Dark Cal, Redeemed Cal

The inner soul of a kyber's bond.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

A LIGHTSABER DUEL TO THE DEATH -- BUT ONLY ONE WILL END IN EXTINCTION.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on full pages (the entire duel, actually) of Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith battling his former colleague in the Jedi Order, Master An'ya Kuro, a.k.a., "the Dark Woman," in the Cophrigin System in the Outer Rim, from the short comic-book story "STAR WARS: Extinction," published September 1999 by Dark Horse Comics.

"You underestimate the Emperor if you think he chooses his servants so poorly... and me if you believe I would fall so easily. Where can you run, Jedi... that I won't follow? There is no escape from the dark side."

-- DARTH VADER, Dark Lord of the Sith, to Master An'ya Kuro (1-0 BBY)

STORY/SCRIPT: Ron Marx

ARTWORK/INKS: Claudio Castellini

LETTERS: Jason Hvam

COLORS: Guy Major

Source: https://comiconlinefree.net/star-wars-tales/issue-2/full.

[jjoelswatch]

"But on a cold night, like tonight, a warm fire is perfect. And the company is not so bad, either."

Star Wars: Jedi Survivor (2023)