jadegmfu · 9 months ago
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hihihi, i love his '🧍🏻‍♂️' pose🤭🤭🤭
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star-wars-forever · 3 months ago
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jakegyllenbaalz · 3 months ago
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natalie portman as padmé amidala
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jagodabluey · 1 year ago
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you can’t do this to me and not expect me to fall to my knees and start casting spells that make it so i was of age in 2005 and then meet hayden and then fall in love and travel together and kiss 24 hours a day and then eventually have kids and grow old together.
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anakinskywalkerog · 1 year ago
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if they don’t start filming Ahsoka season 2 literally tomorrow I’m going to scream
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cassiansrebels · 1 year ago
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ACTORS ON ACTORS
hayden christensen & diego luna
❝When you said we are part of now of a family, now I know you’re in Toronto, I’m going to look for you. I’m going to be looking for my cousin. 'Where’s my cousin?'❞
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skysgalaxy · 5 months ago
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So how can you call yourself a SW fan if you don't know who blew up the death star and gets it confused with Darth Vader doing it 🤨
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emily84 · 1 year ago
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just to reiterate. the sw franchise Is dead and has been for decades and disney is just sucking out any remaining creativity from its dead corpse and I am tired of seeing it everywhere. but as an original fan who personally despised the prequels and was still horrified at the public butchering of hayden christensen's career thanks to lucas throwing him to the wolves, i am glad he is getting a little bit of that back. good for him. everyone else can fuck off
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zeldawalkerelf · 2 years ago
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It is time for all of us to rise and vote for our man! We have so much thanks for Ewan McGregor always saying he would happily return to play as Obi-wan Kenobi and did just that and SO MUCH MORE so go vote for him! 😊😇
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adragonsfriend · 6 months ago
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Mace Windu: “only imposing if you see him that way”
Fuck it I’m bringing my Othello class into this again.
So we read American Moor by Keith Hamilton Cobb (review, full text is available as a free pdf if you look it up), which is a play that comments on the experience of black men who play the role of Othello as well as of course more generally on the experience of black men in the United States by showing the interior thoughts of an experienced black actor auditioning for the role of Othello in front of an inexperienced white director. There’s this line, it’s not even dialogue, it’s part of the description of what the actor is doing for the pre-show in the stage directions:
“He is a tall man, powerfully built and handsome, and only imposing if you see him that way.”
—American Moor, page 5
Sound like anyone we might know?
This caught my eye because I have noticed a bit of a pattern. Even very well meaning SW media—like Shatterpoint by Matthew Stover and fics that really love him—often goes out of its way to describe Mace Windu as intimidating and imposing.
And yeah on some level a tall man with muscles who knows how to fight might just be imposing, but to be honest I never remember Qui-gon Jinn being described that way, or Ki-Adi Mundi, or really any other tall, male Jedi. Dooku is sometimes described as intimidating, but it is usually framed in terms of either his Sith personality or his skill with a saber, not his physicality. Only some fics go out of their way to even describe Anakin as physically imposing.
And like I say, many of these works I’m noting are ones that have very good intentions and otherwise make mainly good, interesting moves with Mace’s character (works that take an explicitly negative view of Mace are a whole other can of worms I’m not addressing here). This is something that is being picked up from a deeply embedded culture of racism, not (in these cases at least) malicious. But that means writers, especially white writers—even if we have great intentions—we have to stay careful and aware of this. Readers aren’t off the hook either. It is through reading, and reading with a lot of love, that this pattern emerged to me.
Keep noticing these things, keep reading, keep writing, and maybe above all, keep revising.
Personally, I’m gonna be going back through my Mace Windu writing to check for this specifically.
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catfur-and-greenscales · 8 months ago
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I don't get people who hate Omega.
I have not liked many of SW child characters, but Omega I do like. Don't know if it is because of being now older myself and just accepting some of her behaviour as just something that children are doing.
Or because she really does not annoy me.
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I have genuinely loved her expressions, her ways of seeing the Universe for the first time etc.
Maybe it is because her back story is very easy to be absorbed? It is very solid as all of us, star wars fans, now know the clones and Kamino and the whole entanglement related to the relations there. As well as how they did grow up there.
She has a slot in the universe where she fits in.
I know many people had issues with Ahsoka as she first arrived, because her part was not as clear. We needed a whole Clone Wars ans a part of a complete own show to get her backstory.
But then on the other hand.
Many people had issues with Anakin.
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And we all KNOW who he was going to become. And still people were whining. The acting naturally was not that good, but it kind of is not fault of an actor in many cases. And it was not all that bad, but still there were a lot of people who hated young Anakin to the guts.
It makes me wonder if that actully is a sign of the general recentment towards children. It should not be mixed up with not wanting kids.
I want to stress that it is ok to not want kids. It is ok to not want to be around kids. But still.
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Hating a young character should be based of them to actually be bad characters.
Writing them as a child and them being childish is just natural. If they annoy you because of their childish qualities, that is actually because you might not like kids. Right?
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autistic-ben-tennyson · 2 months ago
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as someone who relates a lot to both Anakin and Padme because i grew in a stressfully abusive enviroment (not being allowed to express too honest emotions and fear, having to mask my neurodivergent tendencies, not being able to raise my voice ever or cry or be angry, etcetc) and i was a "gifted kid", and on top of that i'm queer. So for a lot of my teenhood i "attached" *badly* to anything that would remotely give me comfort, mostly objects but also people and friends, it's been quite healing to read your analysis about how "attachments" are presented in SW and how the fandom tends to twists attachments as something toxic and selfish, it's understandable when people don't like him but when everyone runs to say he was evil just for getting attached or feeling "too strongly" about something is quite hurtful
victims should be accountable for the things they do wrong, and anakin outright did so many many horrible bad things, but it's cathartic for me bc he shows how victims of abuse and trauma aren't and can't be perfect, and they react in ways that are inherently affected by the enviroment that shaped them, and in the end, anakin had one of the most famous and iconic returns ever, so it's really important to me, and your analysis are great
Thanks anon. I had a period over a couple months where I was very hardcore pro Jedi/anti anakin which in retrospect was really just to fit in with what was popular on tumblr since all the big SW blogs like Kanansdume/antianakin or GFFA are Jedi apologists. I regret a lot of my past behavior and how I treated some Anakin fans. A lot of Jedi stans like to paint anyone who likes Anakin as a right wing dudebro and it doesn’t help that there are a few people who are that way such as caripr94 or Otnesse. Yet their side isn’t much better. There’s a lot of ableism, victim blaming, and queerphobia rebranded to sound progressive. For all their pseudo-wokeness, a lot of them sound like conservatives when they put the blame entirely on Anakin for his fall and refuse to acknowledge systematic and psychological issues he had because they’d have to accept that the Jedi were flawed and not perfect.
Fandom in general has become a lot more puritanical and moralistic. People insist that you can’t show any sympathy or depth for villains, possibly as an overreaction towards movies like Maleficent or Cruella as well as the rise of Trump, hence why everyone felt Big Jack Horner was refreshing and propping up TOH as the anti SU for killing Belos. The SW fandom is no different. Antianakin has a whole pinned post ranting about not just Anakin but Padme, Ahsoka, Kallus and Crosshair too. People insist you must view Anakin as an allegory for a white boy radicalized by 4chan and Jordan Peterson but one could argue he’s closer to those in the global south who live in poverty and oppression as well as queer people who have to hide their relationships or risk being rejected by their communities.
SW isn’t even close to my top fandom or favorite media but I do post about it if it relates to stuff I do like more like anime or Ben 10. It’s easy to write off a character as just born evil which removes the tragedy knowing that he was a good person at one point and dehumanizing villains allows people to reject the idea that they could become that way. I like a lot of characters who are flawed or abrasive because of trauma or abuse they suffered such as Shinji and Asuka from NGE, Hodaka from WWY, Raven from TT or Homura from PMMM. Anakin/Vader is an interesting character who has been dumbed down to just a “fascist MAGA manchild” by some when, for all my criticism of him, is not what Lucas wrote. As a side note, knowing that all 4 OT Vader actors have passed away is sad. RIP Sebastian Shaw, Bob Anderson, David Prowse and James Earl Jones. May the force be with you all.
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star-wars-forever · 3 months ago
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bedlamsbard · 15 days ago
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how would you rate the MCU's use of alternate realities so far? as someone who's done that before and done it well, imo
oh, terrible, there hasn't been one version of it yet that I think has been done well. there are, for example, individual What If episodes that I've liked, but by and large those haven't been the episodes that have contributed to the wider What If plot (which I think is done very poorly and is designed to drive me, personally, insane). DSMOM didn't handle its alternate realities well, Loki S1 (I haven't seen S2) obviously rewired my brain but then I didn't really like how they handled most of the season, and the stinger at the end of The Marvels -- well, it's a stinger, you know? it doesn't tell us anything until we get the next thing. and that's it, right? in the greater MCU? I might be missing something, but unless we're counting the Quantumania post-credits that I'm pretty sure Marvel is trying to ignore in pure panic about the Jonathan Majors situation there's not actually anything...wait, I forgot about Spider-Man: No Way Home.
As a movie I think it's basically fine, but it (and to a lesser extent Loki) set up a precedent that I think the MCU is really struggling with in its treatment of alternate universes, which is whether alternate versions of mainline MCU characters (for various reasons I really dislike the term variant, so I don't use it) should be played by the same actors. and the fact that the MCU doesn't know how to deal with this is a big problem, way more so on a fundamental level than the whole cameo deal. because the thing is, they need the name and face recognition of the known actors -- on a practical level, because that's the person that the audience is attached to, which is why they can cheat by doing what NWH (and, I'm assuming, Deadpool & Wolverine, which I haven't seen yet) does and use actors/characters from older Marvel non-MCU films; at least some of the audience already knows them. like, am I going to be attached to a MCU Steve Rogers that isn't played by Chris Evans or a Natasha Romanoff that isn't played by Scarlett Johansson? honestly, no -- and I know this because I don't have emotional reactions to the animated versions of the characters, whether in What If? or in non-MCU Marvel animated stuff; I literally don't register them as the same character. I register them as a Nat or Steve, but not the Nat or Steve.
(sidebar: this may partially just be my issue, I'm super aural; going back to my SW days I don't register the TCW versions of the PT characters as the same characters either. as a Anakin or Obi-Wan or Padme, but not the same Anakin or Obi-Wan or Padme. my tolerance for this sort of thing is considerably lower now than it was during my SW days, partially because of how SW has handled the animation-live action transition. some of that has spilled over into how I process the MCU. no, I'm not thrilled about it either and I'm not going to poke to see how much, I just know that it's there.)
NWH and Loki both cast different actors as different versions of the same character, and then DSMOM and The Marvels didn't (Loki actually did both, tbh, and Quantumania rode its coattails) and now here we are. I think Marvel really does not know how to deal with this; on one level, it's just straight-up confusing to the audience. And that kind of kicks over into my other issue with how they've been dealing with alternate universes, which is a completely different way than how most fanfic writers deal with alternate universes. And by most fanfic writers I mean me, though I'm absolutely not the only fic writer who does this.
it's the "what is an AU" problem.
so I write what I call single point divergence AUs -- what if one thing (big or small) changes and various consequences cascade from that. I'm very, very strict about this. I use the same base worldbuilding for every universe, I use the same consistent rules of the MCU up until whatever my divergence point is, everything else in that universe is the same unless the difference can be linked back to that original divergence point. (I also have an internal MCU divergence point where I treat anything from canon after that point as weak canon at best, because I am genuinely convinced that there's an in-universe split even if Marvel never confirms this.) I'm very serious about this. I know the canon that I work with inside and out; if I have to choose between two contradicting pieces of canon, because Marvel has contradicted itself a few times, I will go with what I think makes the most logical sense based on all of the other evidence around it. I have thought everything through backwards, forwards, and sideways because I want that AU and its consequences to be rock solid. I don't do "wouldn't it be neat if --" unless I can back it up because otherwise it won't hold water for me. I will always see the weak spots and they'll always make me nuts; it will not be structurally sound for me and I can't work with that. I'm a little more extreme about it than your average fic writer, but many writers do single point divergence AUs, because most fic writers actually care a lot about canon. which is why they're writing fanfic about it!
the actual MCU does not do that. the actual MCU does a combo of "wouldn't it be neat if --" and "wouldn't it be fucked up if --" but with only the barest groundwork or support. I will fight What If in a Waffle House parking lot, because WI masquerades as single point divergence but is actually "wouldn't it be neat if --" Specifically designed to drive me, personally, insane. NWH also does "wouldn't it be neat if --" but at least they were sincere about it, I don't think DSMOM actually thought about it at all. With What If it's incredibly obvious what they thought was stupid in the mainline MCU.
they're also using the alternate universes as a shortcut to bring in non-mainline MCU characters and properties and frankly I hate that because I think it's weakening what the MCU's greatest strength has always been.
anyway, this is a lot of rambling and I'm not sure I actually came to a coherent point anywhere, but yeah. the MCU's treatment of alternate universes makes me really sad and a little upset, because I love alternate universes and treated well they're devastating. but the MCU -- and this is actually true for comics as well -- does not handle them the same way most fic writers do. in fact, the only genre that handles AUs the way that most fic writers (who are doing divergence, either single point or otherwise, not like...coffeeshop AUs) do is alternate history. which is why I always say that historical fiction is the closest genre to fanfiction.
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go-see-a-starwar · 1 year ago
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Remember when Hayden said he wanted to voice tcw Anakin but good old Dave and co turned him down 😡
Even worse, he apparently ‘never got the call’
And there’s any number of reasons why they wouldn’t bring in the film actors for voice work on an animated project. Budget is probably the biggest factor (yes they asked Samuel L Jackson but he only voiced Mace in the initial animated Clone Wars movie and not the entire television series*), also scheduling, and just the fact that film acting and voice acting are two different things.
What bothers me much more is they very intentionally cast a voice actor that sounded absolutely nothing like Hayden. Mat Lucas, Anakin’s voice actor in the 2003 Clone Wars mini-series and in multiple SW video games in the 2000s, pretty closely mimicked Hayden’s softer timbre and the slight Mid-Atlantic accent he used in AOTC and ROTS. Then for the 2008 they cast Matt Lanter who gave Anakin a much deeper, bro’ed-out voice. I’ve seen quotes that they wanted TCW Anakin to be more “heroic” and “dynamic” than movie Anakin but they’ve could have easily found someone who spoke in at least the same octave as Hayden. (Mark Hamill as Luke has a higher pitched voice and often speaks in a soft way not dissimilar to Hayden’s Anakin and it’s plenty ‘heroic’ and ‘dynamic’). Anakin’s protein shake voice and personality was definitely my biggest hurdle in liking The Clone Wars (and really I only reached the level of tolerating him).
*edit: changed the wording slightly because I forgot the first installment of animated Clone Wars was a theatrically released movie
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theoasiswinds · 4 months ago
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HOLD MY BEER....wait hold on a minute.. I feel stupid (STARWARS EDITION)
alright real quick starwars rant....
I have been watching the Acolyte while I work, so that means 2 things, one that I haven't been paying enough attention and two that I have definitely not been paying enough attention.
for those who have been following me for a while, you know why its been nuts for my little family and I lately.
Anyhow, I grew up with StarWars, I love starwars, Own many books, I have the movies even the original VHS before Jabba was edited from a human, I have decor, Just so much StarWars merch, even legos, to the point that my kids know the soundtracks by heart as well...
I absolutely HATED then new Movies... I dont like Rey... I hate the story... (actors are very talented) What they did to Luke, Leia and Han... come on.... Disney.. I hate what you did.
So I started watching Alcolyte while working and didn't research anything for it, I just watched it while I worked... I didn't realize that they were changing stuff... until I had a conversation with my older brother who is a true Fan of StarWars, I love him, and if I have any starwars questions or need any StarWars advise I go to him.
I am one of those starwars fans... and when My brother explained what the Acolyte is doing... we both went on a crazy karen panic attack!
Dude... HOW DARE YOU DISNEY... HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO ANAKIN!!! HE IS THE CHOSEN ONE!!!! HOW DARE YOU!!!
AND DONT GET ME STARTED TO GET RID OF THE GOOD AND BAD! THAT IS JUST BAD STORY TELLING!!!!!
And then I thought well, at least the cast, loves starwars, the actors are fans, just like the Mandalorian, lets face it, if I had the chance to be part of it even in a crap story I would totally do it!
But then.... I saw this interview..... and I lost my wig....
HOW IN THE HECK?!
This actor who is a main character.... doesn't even know.... who is who in such a powerful franchise.
Sure StarWars is to a point just a movie.. right? NO
It shaped the ways we see movies now! The way storys are told!
So you cant just butcher it
and here is the kicker for me.... YOU ARE DISREPECTING... George Lucas... .... You are insulting his work, and his passion... That is sick...
anyhow... please if you love StarWars, let me know what you think...
Be honest... what do you think Disney is doing to StarWars...
Because right now, the SW fan in me is so angry... and I feel so stupid that I didn't do my nerdy and fan research as I should have.
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