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thepopcrown · 13 days
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Fashion Sketches Of Jedi Master Rey Skywalker
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mearchy · 1 year
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Just cannot stop thinking about how every important beat of Andor and Rogue One is a direct rebuke of the jedi and their light side/dark side code. Anger can be a righteous force for good, love can shine a light in the dark, attachment can be the driver behind the greatest compassion. People are entitled to their rage, and in fact without it may never save others, may never break free from the chains that bind them. That doesn’t mean that the force isn’t there! The force is so so present in andor even though they never outright recognize it! But it does not need to have the clear cut dichotomy that the jedi imposed on it. Senator-organa on here posted a quote from the rogue one novelization where Baze says outright that his anger, contrary to jedi beliefs, is what gives his shots the power to strike true, and i can’t stop thinking about how that applies to virtually every protagonist character arc in Rogue One and Andor. It is anger and hope that compel them to make great change and great sacrifice. One can argue that virtually the entirety of the prequels and TCW served as an illustration of the jedi doctrine being a huge element of their eventual downfall, but never has the message been so clear, so nuanced, or so compelling. I’m just. ahh
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When you get to a certain spot in Jedi Survivor and it changes your menus from blue tones to red ones.
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Jedi consular and Qyzen Fess are besties, sorry I don’t make the rules
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sabindark · 6 months
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Live or Die
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wandersmoklight · 6 months
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"The Horror and the Wild" by The Amazing Devil is such a "what if" Anakin Skywalker song
Let me explain.
You were raised by wolves and voices
Wolves might symbolize slaves who will take care of their "pack" and tend to live in a close-knitted community. Or, if we would like to take a more dark, "fairytaily" take on that, wolves could be slavers and/or slavery in itself as wolves tend to be depicted as dangerous, cruel beings ready to eat people alive in tales such as "Little Red Riding Hood" or in norse mythology.
Voices are the Force. "Tales of the Jedi" showed us how young Ahsoka reached into the Force for the first time. I believe that for Anakin it would be even earlier and more intense. The boy is practically an Eldritch being contained in a physical body.
Every night I hear them howling deep beneath your bed
They said it all comes down to you
Anakin being the Chosen One and a literal son of the Force, a hero of a prophecy to whom it all, like all that's happening in the galaxy comes down to. Also, that being under the bed as if he's not awake yet, still sleeping and not in his full potential.
You're the daughter of silent watching stones
You watch the stars hurl all their fundaments
In wonderment, at you and yours, forever asking more
You are that space that's in between
Every page, every chord and every screen
You are the driftwood and the rift
Again, Anakin is depicted as a son of the Force which is everywhere and in everything.
You're the words that I promise I don't mean
Him being the person from the prophecy that Jedi don't want to believe in, would rather ignore and "don't mean".
We're drunk but drinking (sunk but sinking)
Here might be about Anakin's relationship with the force and particularly the dark side. How he's craving power even though he's already so much more powerful than anyone and how he's sinking into this craving, how it's slowly killing him and how he's still diving deeper, even though (if it's after the Tusken massacre) he already pretty much sunk.
They thought us blind (we were just blinking)
Palpatine thought that Anakin is blind to his machinations and that he would be easy to manipulate, but here he's regaining his freedom as a person and claiming his power, he's finally "waking up" as before he was "asleep".
All the stones and kings of old will hear us screaming at the cold
The stones and kings of old will be basically everything that ever was, from the time of sith empire and before to the present still contaminated with so much from the past, like there's still ruins of old empires and the system is still outdated and build on the suffering of people like Shmi Skywalker, slaves and other lower class citizens to benefit the chosen few ("kings"). Also, he's using the plural form so it might be him and the Force as one being or him and all the suffering people.
Cold as the galaxy or Sidious himself. In this part of the song, Anakin is starting a bit of a conversation with Palpatine. I imagine him raging about all the hurt the old man had caused him and, at the same time, I feel like Anakin still feels like the galaxy had failed him, including the Jedi Order as a part of the bigger, corrupted system.
"Remember me, " I ask
"Remember me, " I sing
At first Anakin is only asking, but then he starts to sing which gains more meaning in context of Tatooine Slave Culture created by the fandom. Basically, in that amazing fan concept, singing equals freeing slaves, so the first line would be Anakin only starting his journey as the Chosen One, while the second is him growing into his role more and more as he starts to act. Remembering him would then be the Galaxy as large feeling the consequences of his actions.
Give me back my heart, you wingless thing
The "wingless thing" being the dark side or Darth Sidious, but I like the bigger picture with the dark side better as it lets me dive a bit into the Mortis Gods. The Daughter being the personification of the light side in her original form already has a kind of "wings" created from her dress, but after she sacrifices her life to save Ahsoka's, there's this green owl that starts to appear near Ashoka in all the most important moments of her life, cementing the idea of "wings" as a part of the light side. The Son, representing the dark side, in opposition to the Daughter, clearly doesn't have any kind of wings symbolism, so he's "wingless". In addition, wings tend to represent freedom and the dark side usually cages its users in their own hatred and anger.
Think of all the horrors that I promised you I'd bring
I promise you, they'll sing of every time
You passed your fingers through my hair and called me child
Witness me, old man, I am the wild
Although I like the dark side version better, here Anakin is clearly once again addressing Sidious himself as he was the one who basically ruined Anakin's life by grooming him since an early age and here is the promise of revenge and justice for what Sidious did. Anakin is promising Palpatine that his atrocities would be remembered and exposed to people and that by underestimating Anakin by calling him a child, he focused the wrath of the Force and destiny alike on himself.
You are the son of every dressing-up box
And I am time itself, I slow to let you play
I steal the hours and turn the night into day
Anakin is calling Sidious a liar and is calling out his masks of the loving grandfather/friend/counselor at the same time reminding him how much more power Anakin is wielding as the son of the Force and that right now he's mostly toying with Sidious as he could be defeated at any time. Right now Anakin is the one handing out the cards, he's the one making rules.
By day, oh Lord, three things I pray
That I might understand as best I can
How bold I was, could be, will be, still am, by God, still am
Here is Anakin talking more to himself as he might be near all-powerful, but he's still just a human at his core and sometimes he can have a hard time remembering what's he capable of, so he's asking the Force ("God") to help him be whose he needs to be for the galaxy.
Fret not, dear heart, let not them hear
The mutterings of all your fears
The fluttering of all your wings
Welcome to the storm, I am thunder
Welcome to my table, bring your hunger
I know that technically it's still Joey singing, but I like to think here's the place that's not Anakin for a moment but the Force itself reassuring it's beloved child. I imagine at that point Anakin and the Force are all mingled and tangled together.
Think of all the horrors that I promised you I'd bring
I promise you, they'll sing of every time
You passed your fingers through my hair and called me child
Witness me, old man, I am the wild
Even though most of the lyrics are the repetition of the previous ones, there's one new line, which I'd like to adress. Here Anakin is regaining his strength after the second of doubt, he's addressing Palpatine again and he's telling the old man who he is, how he's "the wild" (the Force).
Remember me
Remember me
Remember me
Remember me
Remember me
Remember me
"Remember me, " I ask
"Remember me, " I sing
Think of all the horrors that I promised you I'd bring
I promise you, they'll sing of every time
You passed your fingers through my hair and called me child
Witness me old man, I am the
Think of all the horrors that I promised you I'd bring
I promise you, they'll sing of every time
You passed your fingers through my hair and called me child
Witness me, old man, old man, old man, I am the
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r0gerr0ger · 8 months
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Master-padawan relationships are so fascinating in their uniqueness.
Specifically in how unique each relationship is based on age difference between master and padawan.
Obi-Wan is 13 when he becomes Qui-Gon’s padawan, compared to Anakin’s 9. But Qui-Gon is in his late 30s compared to Obi-Wan’s mid-20s as a master. This means Obi-Wan’s relationship is closer to a father-son with his master, versus brotherly with Anakin.
Anakin and Ahsoka are even more like siblings, being so close in age (seriously, how was Anakin allowed a padawan at 19)
So some padawans are growing up with a parental figure. Others with more of a sibling.
The way this would change each Jedi is fundamental. We see this clearly with Obi-Wan compared to Anakin.
Undoubtedly, I also believe it would have impacted Anakin’s fall to the dark side.
It wouldn’t have prevented it (very little if anything could have; it’s what makes the prequels a tragedy) but with a father-figure- someone to reprimand him, to be more authoritative, etc.- perhaps he would have lent less heavily on Palpatine.
Perhaps he would have been guided more openly through his relationship with Padme (here I feel Qui-Gon would have been happy to actually talk about it)
Perhaps Anakin would have felt he could get away with less leading up to his fall. He would have tried harder to stick to the Jedi way- to emulate a father, rather than out-compete a brother.
And yet, equally, I think it could have made his fall all the more terrible.
Often, bitterness for a parent is so much heavier than for a sibling. Anakin would have killed Qui-Gon. He would have levelled so much blame on him. From a slightly different perspective, may even have fallen to the dark side sooner- driven there by resentment, by a need to prove himself.
Obviously, there are so many other factors at play that shaped the way Anakin turned out versus Obi-Wan, but I think their differing master-padawan relationships from an age perspective are hugely important.
What do you think?
(also, how would Ashoka’s life have been different if, say Obi-Wan, was her master?)
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gffa · 2 years
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Hi! I want to ask you something since you know so much. I think I might've misunderstood some parts of Anakin bringing balance to the Force. I've always heard people say "there were too many jedi", that's why balance was needed and that's why they had to die too. I just believed that tbh. However, I saw someone say that the "Jedi act in harmony with the Force" which would mean the imbalance existed because of the Sith. Have I been fed empire approved sith propaganda all this time?
Hi! Here's why the idea that "too many Jedi = imbalance" doesn't work for me--during the time of the Empire, there were two Jedi (Obi-Wan and Yoda) and two Sith (Sidious and Vader). Are we saying that the time of the Empire was good and balanced? Because I'm pretty sure that's not the message of Star Wars! I just don't think the message of Star Wars would be "and then balance was brought to the Force through the murder of a bunch of toddlers asking for help". I'm pretty sure that "equal amounts of Jedi and Sith (like during the Empire) was BAD" is much more accurate to the tone of the movies. Further, to get into the whole "what is the balance of the Force?" thing, you have to start with the foundations of how the Force works, that the light side is good (compassion, love, selflessness) and the dark side (anger, hate, fear, greed, selfishness) is bad. That the way George Lucas describes the Force: “The core of the Force–I mean, you got the dark side, the light side, one is selfless, one is selfish, and you wanna keep them in balance. What happens when you go to the dark side is it goes out of balance and you get really selfish and you forget about everybody … because when you get selfish you get stuff, or you want stuff, and when you want stuff and you get stuff then you are afraid somebody is going to take it away from you, whether it’s a person or a thing or a particular pleasure or experience. [….] “Only way to overcome the dark side is through discipline. The dark side is pleasure, biological and temporary and easy to achieve. The light side is joy, everlasting and difficult to achieve. A great challenge. Must overcome laziness, give up quick pleasures, and overcome fear which leads to hate." --George Lucas, The Clone Wars writers' meeting That is 100% in line with Yoda and the other Jedi explaining how the Force works, which means the Jedi are correct about it and that's a huge sign that they're reliable narrators about the Force lore we learn from them! The Jedi are acting harmony with the Force, indeed. There's often the idea that balance means equal amounts of something, but I instead of think of it as balance as in stability.  The light side, which is love and compassion, can we ever really strive to have too much kindness and care for others in the world?  If there were more goodness in the world, would that make it unstable?  In contrast, if there's a lot hate, greed, and selfishness in the world, that does lead to instability, it leads to people hurting each other and making the world a worse place to live. So, why is there imbalance while the Jedi are around?  Well, the Force doesn't belong to just the Jedi, does it?  Over and over, the Jedi tell us that the Force is in everything, everyone and every living thing in the galaxy contributes to the Force.  Look at when the dark side is growing--on the cusp of the war!  Where there are so many people in the galaxy, trillions and trillions of everyday people being angry and afraid and hateful (both legitimately and not), that the Force is slowly being darkened.  There's so much anger at the state of the galaxy, so many people aren't helping each other anymore ("Mom, you said that the biggest problem in the universe is no one helps each other." --Anakin, The Phantom Menace) that the Force is darkening and the Jedi are only one out of every six billion people.  One Jedi cannot be enough light to counterbalance 6 billion people! Balance in the Force isn't really even about the Jedi, per se.  It's about everyone.  It's about people rising up against the darkness and saying they'll help each other.  It's about the Sith finally being gone from the galaxy, but the Jedi return to it.  Vader and Sidious both die, but Luke remains as a Jedi, this is a better, more balanced state than before, a triumphant ending to the OT. The Sith aren't the entire source of the darkness in the Force, I wouldn't say, but instead that the galaxy had become incredibly dysfunctional--that's a huge part of how the Senate had become more interested in its own greed than it was in helping the people they represented, it was a huge part of how the people were angry at being neglected, it was a huge part about how the Sith were stirring up and catalyzing that sentiment, and the Jedi were doing everything they could to help defend and save innocent people, they were the only ones (along with a handful of politicians like Bail and Padme) who were trying to help people and create good in the galaxy, but for every one of them, there were a dozen or more powerful senators who were selfish and greedy, for every war the Jedi managed to end, two more were popping up in another part of the galaxy. It was only once the people were willing to stand up and fight for themselves (as the galactic public wasn't willing to stand up for themselves ("The rift in the galaxy is not [the Jedi's] fault.  If more worlds would stand up for themselves against the Separatists, this war would have been over long ago." --Obi-Wan, The Clone Wars) instead of making the clones fight for them or turning a blind eye when the Jedi babies were murdered in their home, that the darkness could finally start to ebb again. The Jedi and the Sith play pivotal roles in the light vs the dark, but ultimately it's bigger than any one person or even any one group of people.  The Jedi are reliable narrators of how the Force works, they act in harmony with it to the best of their abilities, but balance isn't really about only them, it's about everyone. And balance isn't equal amounts of light and dark--that gets you the Empire.  Balance is when everyone works together and cares about each other and loves each other and is compassionate to each other--the light side is the balance!
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supermuffin · 9 months
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Юный ситх со своим рабом и по совместительству советчиком(если кому-то будет интересно - я напишу сюда историю их знакомства).
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thepopcrown · 2 months
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Whispers of the Force,
From Anakin to Rey's rise,
Skywalkers' path wends.
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murakamijeva-muza · 3 months
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fwtcanimelover · 11 months
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Unpopular opinion
But I don't actually want Cal Kestis to fall to the darkside. Struggle with it sure (in a way that doesn't get any of his loved ones hurt), but I still want him to remain a good guy. Like I'm glad he is still a great guy, it's just for the third game that I'm a little nervous for and want them to have a happy ending in the third game.
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trapezequeen · 4 months
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Carwheeler + Jedi/Sith Aesthetic
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