#the galatic emperor himself???

[mirazartsstuff]

I should stop looking up the voice cast because what was my ass expecting when it was listed that all these three bitches share a VA?

I can't make this shit up if I tried

[abdul-racing-posts]

And Revue Starlight adopts Arcana Arcadia Main Act "Stage Before Dawn" as an anime

Plot: A Beautiful Day in Galatic Empire change into chaos when The Death with The Red Wings and Rose Hi-jacking their warship "Le Pendu" (French: The Hanged Man) from Armory Seven then The Death with his Co. departs from the Armory Seven to defeating The Scarlet Princess and Lovers in earth and moon to become most Dangerous Terrorist in Solar System and Leading the Role.

Cast: Emperor: Akira Yukishiro (CV: Hotaru Nomoto) Empress: Liu Mei Fan (CV: Yume Takeuchi) Tower: Hikari Kagura (CV: Suzuko Mimori) Lovers: Claudine Saijo (CV: Aiba Aina) Death: Tamao Tomoe (CV: Tomori Kusonoki) Red Wings: Kotoha Tanaka (CV: Risa Taneda) Rose: Chisato Shirasagi (CV: Sumire Uesaka) Scarlet Princess: Maki Nishikino (CV: Pile) New Genesis: Tsumugi Shiraishi (CV: Minami Saki) Shiburin: Rin Shibuya (CV: Ayaka Fukuhara) Lily: Riko Sakurauchi (CV: Rikako Aida) DK: Dia Kurosawa (CV: Arisa Komiya) Swordman Morgan: Shizuka Mogami (CV: Azusa Tadokoro) Red Misfire: Ran Mitake (CV: Ayane Sakura) The Tactical: Yukina Minato (CV: Aiba Aina) Dark Nemuri Hime: Miki Hoshii (CV: Akiko Hasegawa)

Angels from Rising Sun: Shohei Ohtani (CV: Himself)

Headingley Reaper: Ben Stokes (CV: Himself)

Captain Anaheim: Mike Trout (CV: Himself)

Trent Lightning: Joe Root (CV: Himself)

Super Max: Max Verstappen (CV: Himself)

Mr.360: AB de Villiers (CV: Himself)

King of Bangalore: Virat Kohli (CV: Himself)

Badshah: Babar Azam (CV: Himself)

Hitman: Rohit Sharma (CV: Himself)

El Diablo: Fabio Quartararo (CV: Himself)

V-System: Will Power (CV: Himself)

Cervera Alien: Marc Marquez (CV: Himself)

Springboks Crusher: Siya Kolisi (CV: Himself)

New Cast will announce soon…

OP: Eternity is Dying and Living ED: Liar Rouge

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8Its April Fools Days

[wiccllng]

!!!SPOILER WARNING!!!

a review, but mostly wiccan and hulkling content and geeking over the ending and ANOTHER relationship.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - #13

!!!!!!!!PLEASE READ THE REBLOG FOR THE FULL STORY!!!!!!

!!!I WILL ONLY BE THE MAIN GUARDIANS STORYLINE WITH BILLY AND TEDDY BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE WASN’T EXTREMELY INTERESTING TO ME.!!!

PREVIOUSLY ON

“The Guardians of the Galaxy have been many things: soldiers, misfits, thieves and, above all... family.”

“But with the galaxy in shambles after constant attacks, it doesn’t need heros... it need super heros.”

WICCAN & HULKLING ( billy & teddy ) + GUARDIANS

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD AFTER RE-READING I REALIZED HOW MUCH BILLY AND TEDDY CONTENT THERE ISSS THEY ARE SO CUTE OKAY ANYWAYS HERE WE GO

(PG 1) we start off in throneworld, which is having an 8x8 planetary emergency. it’s basically under attack.

[PG 3] here is one of the monsters... doing something to the citizens of throneworld? ANYWAYS you can see teddy at the bottom being the king space needs.

[PG 6 (not pictured)] kl’rt speaks to nova, informing him about the 8x8 alert at throneworld. Nova tells kl’rt that ‘we’ (superheros) don’t take orders from galatic council members. “Any more than the Avengers take orders from Earth’s nations.” saying they aren’t cops or soldiers, but super heros. after he had said that you think he meant he wasn’t going to help, except that was his plan the whole time, don’t know what he had to make a fuss then 😭.

[PG 9] THE FIRST TIME we see wiccan in this comic and we get HUSBAND AND HUSBAND CONTENTTTTT! THEY ARE SO AWESOME WHEN THEY FIGHT ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER HOW CAN YOU NOT FREAK OUT??!! anyways, after being on a call with nova, billy calls kl’rt to tell him that the progenitors are no joke and insisting they might need backup.

[PG 10] WHEN I TELL YOU I GASPED IN REAL LIFE AFTER READING THIS I AM NOT KIDDINGGGG I WENT INTO PROTECT TEDDY MODE I THOUGHT HE WAS ABOUT TO DIE IDK WHY. ANYWAYS they both come to the conclusion that there is a strong source of magic running the giants. while distracted, teddy gets sprayed with some sort of poison that messes with his skrull tendencies, switching his forms like crazy (hurting him). billy also went into protect teddy mode and put him in a shield while trying to get rid of the poison. at this point, nova and the rest of the guardians are entering the atmosphere.

[PG 11 (not pictured)] guardians hold their ground against the progenitors.

[PG 12] the guardians land on the planet and do what they need to do. due to debris from the giant magic robots, billy puts up a shield for himself and the healing hulkling. nothing much else happens except you know, them fighting. (peep billy and teddy in the back at the bottom).

[PGS 13-17 (not pictured)] other than the guardians fighting in these few pages, star lord does an interesting move with groot... star lord points his gun at the back of groot while groot stares into the eyes of a much bigger giant. as you can imagine, rocket was confused but star lord said he is the master of the sun, and master of the four elements. rocket things star lord is about to shoot and kill groot, but when he shoots the back of groot, groot grows WAYYY bigger and WAYYY stonger, similar to a very very very big and growing tree. he obviously takes out the giant.

[PG 18] with that, they finish off the wave of progenitors and resolve the 8x8 alert. kl’rt asks for an update on the emperor and his court wizard. they are fine and thanks to wiccan, the mutagen emperor hulkling was sprayed with wore off. AND NOW gamora and star lord have a moment?!?!??

[PG 19] (DISCLAIMER: TO UNDERSTAND BETTER READ GOTG #1 and #9 I HAVEN’T BUT YEAH) WOAHHHHHH SO JUST READ . I GUESS STAR LORD DISAPPEARED EARLIER ON AND HAD A WHOLE LIFE?!?$?! this kind of puts him off and he was obviously emotionally attached to his family he had, feeling like he needs a break with maybe the team, but mostly a break from gamora.

THE ENDING (LAST FEW PAGES)

PUT YOUR SEATBELTS ON

[PG 26] so someone had spread the word that there was a kree-skrull alliance to someone with clear power. teddy says that it could have been planned, like an act of war. BUT A BRROOUM OF LIGHTING HITS. While gamora finds the voice familiar, wiccan can pretty much smell the magic in the AIR and informs the team. BUT WAIT, someones inside it, but who? (let’s take a very quick look back at our husbands)

our angels <3! moving on

[PG 27] “WAIT NO WHAT“ IS WHAT I SAID READING THIS AND I STILL SAID IT NOW MY BABIES GOT HURT OH MY GOD AND SO DID EVERYONE ELSE?!?!!??? Except for the GUARDIANS WHO ARE ABOUT TO BEAT TF OUT OF THIS THING AND AVENGE MY FAVS AND NOVA AND BARF LORD!

[helbertinelli]

I wanted to see the new Jedi Order AND the New Republic in the sequels. But no, instead we got A New Hope 2.0, Luke 2.0, and Darth Vader 2.0. This is so disappointing.

Yeah, the sequels were disappointing. There were so many better ways to continue the story of SW (although personally I think they shouldn’t have continued it), but they chose to go about it in the worst way possible. They had no idea why SW was loved and they focused on the absolute worst things and then switched to new things when the first thing didn’t work rather than to try to fix the thing that didn’t work.

Like they were for sure that people loved SW for Vader so they gave us a guy who wore a costume that looked similar to Vader’s, but the character himself had no personality, he had some lame motivation to join the dark side, and he wanted nothing more than to stay evil. People didn’t like Kylo and then they were like okay, well Palpatine was in all 6 films, they have to like him. And then they brought back Palaptine.

But they missed the fact that the people loved Star Wars for the story. That the characters in SW were just characters without the story to tie them all in.

Everyone loved Luke saving Vader and Vader wanting to be redeemed. The sequels tried that story with Rey and Kylo, but 1. There was no reason for Rey to want to save Kylo. He wasn’t her father, he had no relation to her other than the fact that he killed Han in front of her and he tortured her and her friends. 2. Kylo didn’t want redemption. Every time he was offered the chance to do something good he turned it down and it was like 2 or 3 times that this happened. Vader didn’t. Yes, he didn’t accept Luke’s help at first, but he did in the end. And after Palpatine died, Vader wasn’t like “Okay, I’m taking his place now. Join me or you’re nothing to me“ to Luke. Vader did want to rule the galaxy with Luke right after he found out he has a son, but he gave up on that and realized that he needs to come back to Luke rather than to have Luke joining him. He realized he needs to make the right decision because his son is important to him and he can’t lose his son. Rey wasn’t important for Kylo. She was literally no one to him. They had no relationship at all, except what Kylo said: “My grandfather worked for your grandfather so we’re a dyad” (I legit had to pause the movie because I couldn’t stop laughing... they even ripped off Space Balls omg). Maybe the sequels would have been better if the two were related (either siblings or cousins). But they were just strangers and Rey just decided one day that she wants to save Kylo for some reason and then she decided that she’ll go back to trying to kill him and they kinda switch back and forth between that and it’s just a complete mess and doesn’t even come close to the story of Luke redeeming Vader that they were trying to rip-off from the OT.

People loved Vader being mysterious and intimidating and they loved the idea of this powerful Sith lord wearing a mask (like the Sith of the Old Republic did). And the sequels tried to copy that aesthetic, but then they reveal Kylo’s face right away and he’s not intimidating at all and the whole mystery around his identity behind the mask goes away too. And his entire thing is to be whiny and throw a tantrum when things don’t go his way and destroy everything around him. I guess they were trying to copy Vader choking people with that, but the scary thing about Vader was that he would choke people but he’d put no energy into it and he’d stay calm and it was kinda unnerving how calm he was when he was choking the life out of someone. This is why Vader was intimidating and menacing. He didn’t lash out like a spoiled child and destroy his toys. He was in control even when he wasn’t and he was calm and made it seem like taking someone’s life was no issue to him.

Anakin’s backstory is loved by people. The way someone who was a Jedi and good became a Sith and took down the entire Jedi order and basically destroyed everything his world was about in the process was extremely complex and well-written and Anakin is somewhat of a sympathetic character because a lot of people can see that he made the wrong choices for all the right reasons (he just wanted to save his wife and their unborn child... children as we later find out). Kylo’s turn to the dark side is just he was contacted by Snoke, who whispered bad things to him about Luke, and for some reason Luke decided that the only way to deal with this is to for some reason kill Kylo in his sleep??? (yeah I also don’t understand why the guy who spent 3 movies trying to redeem Vader and refused to fight Vader and was about to let himself get killed by the Emperor because he was convinced his Sith lord father was actually good and would save him, is now like “You know, my nephew has to die. He can’t be redeemed.”). And then Kylo’s immediate reaction to this was to kill everyone else in Luke’s temple because I guess they also needed to rip-off Order 66 (out of all things that happened). Kylo isn’t sympathetic in this way because 1. He had a loving family and a good support system with Han and Leia and even Luke to some extent. He wasn’t like Anakin who never had anyone to talk to and who had to keep his life a secret from the Jedi and who grew up a slave and who was desperate to save the only family he had left. Kylo’s life was good and they said it was good in the sequels too. 2. He got threatened by Luke and his very next choice is to go kill a bunch of innocent people. He never showed any ounce of remorse for his actions. At least with Anakin, we see that he’s torn apart when he’s pledging himself to Palpatine and he’s basically hurt and haunted by his actions starting from then on. Kylo just killed a bunch of people and he’s going around like “yep, just another Tuesday...“

And aside from just doing a bad rip-off of a story that was already presented in the same universe, they also messed up with other characters that were beloved.

Luke, who never gave up on his father and who even abandoned his training (I think) to go save his family, is now the guy who wanted to kill his nephew at the first sign of the dark side and then his solution was to leave his family behind and never see them again.

Han is a deadbeat dad who left his wife when things got hard and went away on a road trip with Chewie to avoid any responsibility.

Leia is always sad and she desperately wants to forgive Kylo (they basically gave her Padme’s personality for some reason, when she’s more like Anakin). Like I can see Han forgiving Kylo (because he does have a big heart despite his rugged exterior), but giving what we know about Leia’s character, she wouldn’t forgive Kylo. It took Leia a long time to come to terms with forgiving Anakin and she wouldn’t even talk to his Force Ghost when he came to apologize, even though she knew he’d never see him again. There’s no way that she sees Kylo basically turning into Vader 2.0 and she’s like “there’s still good in him.“ Like he destroyed an entire system of planets, that had to bring back some painful memories for Leia. She actually had to watch Alderaan be destroyed. And he killed Han. I know their relationship was ruined in TFA, but TFA also made it clear that Leia and Han were still in love. There’s no way she would have forgiven Kylo or thought he was still good after he killed his dad and her husband. And he tried to kill her too if I remember correctly. He fired on her ship, which made her float out into space. Leia isn’t like Luke or Padme. It would be difficult for her to forgive Kylo for basically turning into her worst nightmare and taking her family away from her and killing so many other people too.

And then they bring back Palpatine too because I’m guessing their thought process was “well he was in all 6 movies that people loved, we do need a good villain.“ And it made no sense. Palpatine died like twice in ROTJ. He got destroyed by the reactor that Vader threw him in and then the entire Death Star exploded into tiny particles. There was no way for the Death Star to be crash landed on Exegol since it basically blew up in all directions in the middle of nowhere in space. Bringing him back basically invalidated all of Anakin’s story because him dying to bring balance to the Force was for nothing. He didn’t balance anything, Palpatine was never defeated. They really didn’t need Palpatine to be the villain of TROS. You could replace him with any other random villain and nothing changes. They only brought him back to make a reference to the old movies and have people watch their movie for nostalgia. But I honestly don’t know who was nostalgic for Sheev.

Anyway, it’s embarrassing that they had a good story that they tried to rip-off and they still managed to fuck it up. Like how hard it is to rip-off Star Wars and still have a good story? Didn’t Disney actually accomplish it before in a Phineas and Ferb special? I don’t know why they couldn’t do it this time around too.

But for real, they should have showed the New Jedi Order and the New Republic and show us how Luke and Leia were changing the world for the better and how they were fighting to keep the world a better place rather than to give us a watered down version of the First Galatic Empire vs Rebels but with worse characters and a worse story this time around.

[starsfic]

2-22 Lumity

2. Royal AU and 22. Space AU

Amity Blight is one of Earth's top space diplomats, talking with different alien species in order to protect her planet peacefully. Then she is sent on a tough case by the Galatic Council.

The system is called Titan, nicknamed the Boiling Isles by neighbors. For fifty years, it has been ruled under the iron grip of Emperor Belos, who claims that he can speak to the spirit of the galaxy. Currently, the system is in the grips of a full-on civil war. All other attempts to stop the war or talk to Titan have failed.

Amity's mission is to negotiate with the rebels, found to be more reasonable than the emperor, in order to unite Titan.

Then she meets the rebel leader- Princess Luz Noceda, daughter of Belos himself.

[voidsentprinces]

Emet-Selch: Alright, you fractured whelps. Welcome to the wonderful reality of being stuck in this shit ridden galatic rift. Just like yours TRULY!

Brass Blade: Technically its not galatic, its actually the immaterial counterpart to the material realm in which we usually reside.

Emet-Selch: AH! REALLY NOW!? Did you READ about it somewhere?

Brass Blade: Y-yeah, in a book--

Charibert: HERETIC!

Emet-Selch: NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRD!

Brass Blade: ...fuck man.

Emet-Selch: First off, I need all of your factions and whatever other forces to, "Represent themselves." Who are you and what's your purpose?

Ser Zephirin: The Heaven's Ward and the Knights of Ishgard are present! We will search out and kill ALL OF THE DRAVANIANS!

Ser Charibert: The Ishgardian Inquisition present. WE WILL CLEANSE COERTHAS OF THE HERETIC SCUM! But not before we kill that Brass Blade, unless he some how manages to explode himself...like the others.

Ystride de Cauglignont: Sisters of the Fury, present! Well...most of us anyway. With the Dragonwar being revealed as a fraud and the whole Archbishop joining the Ascians business...some of us...soooort of went off the rails.

Vorsaile Heuloix: ORDER OF THE TWIN ADDERS PRESENT! WE WILL PURGE THE DUSKWI--I MEAN! We will balance the elements of the forest!

Fray: DARK KNIGHTS, Represent. Justice for life, Voidfucker.

Brass Blade Commander: We are of the Brass Blade. Sworn to uphold our oath to keep order for the Monetarists in Ul'dah. Right now we're trying our best not to die by tripping.

Azem: ORDER OF AZEM PRESENT! I SHALL PROVIDE THE HAMS!

Emet-Selch: ALLLLLRIGHTY THEN! You're all useless in your own pathetic ways! So let me point out your flaws and tell you why you won't survive here.

Ser Zephirin: ...

Emet-Selch: You're the Ishgardian Equivalent of Spoiled Rich Kids who were never told no. Also your armors weird and you've probably killed the only truly loyal Ishgardian Knight.

Ser Zephirin: What!?

Emet-Selch: INCENDENTALLY, You're the Ishgardian Equivalent of sheltered, rich children who had to go from being the youngest to the middle child. And in an attempt to hog all the attention back from your parents, you began to getting into some really messed up fucking shit.

Ser Charibert: Heheheheheheheh

Emet-Selch: Its fucking miracle you ladies haven't just started your own nunnery of lesbian lovers with Ishgard repressing all your emotions in an attempt for them to harness your unchecked rage against dragons instead of the real dangers of the world.

Ystride: Who says we haven't?

Ser Zephirin: WHAT!?

Emet-Selch: You lot have probably killed more Duskwights in a racist propoganda campaign while shielding the Seedseer from your bullshit in a mad grab for power. While disguising it as the good of the forest, but you're so far into the lie you've deluded yourself in actually thinking you're doing it for the greater good. Ironically, that makes you even worst than the sadist inquisitors.

Vorsaile: BUT! FOR THE FOREST!

Emet-Selch: YoooOOooOouuurr gonna DIE!

Fray: ...

Emet-Selch: Well...first off, you're probably not use to the whole "killing anything that isn't Ishgardian Knight pages and trainees" thing. And secondly...you...Dark Knight.

Fray: ...just...stop breathing already.

Emet-Selch: WHAT IN THE GLORIOUS CONVOCATION DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME YOU BATMAN ARMORED WANNABE SWORDFUCKER! I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW IS HAVE OVER TWENTY TWO TRILLION DEATH COUNTS UNDER MY BELT! I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS EXECUTIONS OF BEASTTRIBES AND GARLEAN TRAITORS! I WAS RANKED THE TOP IN ARCHITECTURE STRUCTURE AND SCHEMING IN ALL OF AMAUROT! AS WELL AS THE EMPEROR AND CONSTRUCTOR OF NO LESS THAN TWO FULLY FLEDGED EMPIRES! I AM THE TOP UNDERWORLD OPERATOR IN ALL OF EXISTENCE! YOU ARE NOTHING TO BE BUT ANOTHER EDGY ASCIAN WANNABE!

Teledji: ...

Emet-Selch: I think you just being here is proof enough of why you're all gonna die horrible deaths.

Brass Blade: Fair.

Emet-Selch: Alright, listen up. The lot of you are never going to survive a single sunrise in the Rift.

Teledji: There are...suns...in the rift?

Azem: I AM ONE!

[universeofmuses]

A Family United

The events of the past few days had been dizzying, from the fall of not only Dooku and now the final Separatist leader General Grevious it brought an end to The Clone Wars but it has unfortunately the end of The Republic as well. The master of the Sith was finally revealed and so were his dark plans, Chancellor Palpatine revealed himself and his plans to turn The Republic into his own Empire with him as The Emperor. Everything ever since the blockade on Naboo all those years ago and everything since had been orchestrated by him behind the scenes to get to this point, to manipulate everyone to suit his needs to make his plans a reality.  

However the one thing he couldnt count on was Anakin’s constitution to his purpose to fight against the Sith and ultimately bring balance to the force. However at the moment he felt like a complete failure, the Jedi order was all but wiped out by the clones in the insidious Order 66. The only Jedi that were left were himself, Obi-Wan, Yoda, and any other Jedi that were lucky enough to escape their clones and make it to safety. They had gathered here on his single asteroid base in the middle of an asteroid field, they were safe for now out here in the outer rim. 

Padme was here as well and had gone into labor when Palpatine had announced that he was reorganizing The Republic into The Galatic Empire, as the thunderous applause of this news rang out she felt her heart crumble as one of the main purposes of her life was now gone. The distress she felt had triggered her to go into labor, thankfully former Senator Bail Organa had been able to get a transmission out to Anakin to get a ship and head out Polis Massa that they would meet him there along with their friends. 

She had been so worried about her husband and if he would make it there safely, however the medical droid had saw fit to sedate her a little bit to ensure that in her panic and worry about Anakin and the major changes in the galaxy that she didnt not further complicate the birth. When she awoke she was on an operating table with other medical droids and delivery droids around her helping to handle the process of her giving birth, this was when she was informed that she was carrying twins, as much of a surprise as this was to her deep down inside she felt it, she just knew that she was carrying two beautiful blessings inside of her. 

The labor pains she felt were excruciating, she cried out in deep pain as tears feel from her eyes as she struggled with the birth. Before long aside from the droids there was another figure by her side, she looked at the figure through the tears in her eyes, “Ani? Is that you?” she called to him breathlessly unsure if she could do this, if she could finish this birth. 

@herowithoutfear​

[subskywalker]

helo I love your sith consort au with my entire black little heart. I cry, it's my favourite trope of all times and u make me so happy writing for it. my sith darling Anakin is such a wonderful creature

Thanks for sending this!!❤️❤️❤️😊😊😊

IM SUPER GLAD YOU LOVE THIS AU!!! Tbh the sith consort au has become one of my fave aus to write for! So I’m happy that you enjoy my snippets of the au!!!

Tbh the au is a mix of outlining the main fic and world building and making it up as I go when inspiration hits me when I post those snippets! It’s also an abo dynamics au!!

Anakin is without a doubt my favorite character to write for, especially in this au!! Especially bc one of the things I’m playing around with in terms of writing style for this au is the unreliable narrator troupe.Not to give to much away, but things aren’t always how they seem when Anakin’s involved, especially when it comes to his interpretation of other characters feelings/motives. It’s also an exploration of what his (and others) life might have been like had he never been found by the Jedi and stayed a slave on Tatooine. Although he goes from being a bounty hunter to a sith assassin throughout the fic. He’s also a bit of a wild card in this fic, in that he’s never had any training in the force but he’s powerful and his force sensitivity has always been his greatest and weapon and his best ally. Anakin of course is someone who is also fiercely loyal and protective of those he loves just like Obi-Wan. Except Anakins anger is something fierce and angry and burns.

And gosh I love the exploration of sith!Obi-Wan especially in this. But I really had to think about about what would make Obi-Wan Obi-Wan and why a character who is so light and good would fall to the darkside, and I thought about how he only ever wanted to help people and end the war, and the unwavering devotion and loyalty he has for those he loves, and in particular his and Anakin’s deep connection. Like I fully believe that no matter which universe they’re in, they’ll always be drawn together/be connected in some kind of way. I also think that Obi-Wan as a Sith is the most dangerous person there can be. Like this is the same person who has always been so good and on the light side, imagine someone who has so much self control kind of just...snapping? Like just falling head first into the dark because of either anger or betrayal, but also having the control and power and discipline that comes from years of being a Jedi and combining that with becoming a Sith Lord. I imagine him to be like a mob boss of sorts tbh. He himself doesn’t get his hands dirty but doesn’t hesitate in doing so if it means doing what has to be done. But I think, at least I headcanon it to be this way, that the most dangerous thing about him is Anakin.

I love the idea of Empress!Padme and there’s so few fics exploring her as the Empress of the galatic empire. But also just like Obi-Wan, I had to really think about what would motivate her to take over the galaxy—like what would make a character who is also so light and believes in democracy and the republic want to become the Empress. I think with her it’s equal parts her realizing that the only way to save the galaxy she’s dedicated so much of her life to is to do this—become the Enpress—but also become someone that most if not all would fear.

I wanted to keep the core parts of these characters and their personalities while also meeting the Sith ideals in this au. Their relationship is a complicated one and I’m still playing around with the writing style of it, but tbh I’m leaning towards telling their story/relationship through a non-linear narrative/timeline. They love each other of course, but it’s complicated and it doesn’t help that Anakin has doubts about them and their relationship (again unreliable narrator) but I’m like super happy with how it’s going right now!! It’s the three of them together but also like the introspection of each of the relationships and how they come together/are different. And of course there’s a bit of codependency when it comes to Anakin and Obi-Wan. But it’s also Anakin being powerful af and both Obi-Wan and Padme wielding him like a weapon. Like the Empress and the Emperor and their attack dog sith assassin.

[rbeljedi]

                                𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑹𝑨𝑪𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑺𝑯𝑬𝑬𝑻.

repost,  don’t reblog

A STAR WARS BOY.

basics !

FULL NAME.   luke skywalker PRONUNCIATION.   lewk sky-walker idk NICKNAME.   none, please don’t give him nicknames, “luke” is already just one syllable GENDER.   male . HEIGHT.   5′9″ AGE.   19-55+, verse dependent ZODIAC.   gemini SPOKEN LANGUAGES. Galatic Basic, Huttese, some binary, some Shyriiwook

physical characteristics !

HAIR COLOR.   sandy blonde EYE COLOR.   pale blue SKIN TONE.    fair, usually tanned BODY TYPE.  slim, athletic ACCENT.   git ‘er done Outer Rim hick accent VOICE.    mar camel bb DOMINANT HAND.  right. it got chopped off. it’s still the right one. POSTURE.   good posture, mostly; shoulders back, spine straight. weight usually balanced between feet but has a tendency to lean on just about anything.  chin parallel with the ground.  slumps when sad/depressed/upset by curling shoulders forward.  SCARS.   wrist: no scar but he does wear a prosthetic right hand, often covered with a single glove if it the inner workings are visible for some reason.  the amputation scar is only visible when he removes his prosthetic.  chest/shoulders/back: branching fractal lichtenberg scars from repeated and sustained blasts of force lightning, these cover most of his torso and upper arms, but are specifically concentrated on his chest and upper back where he sustained direct hits, repeatedly, from the emperor. face: nose is misaligned from being broken by the wampa and surgically repaired, scar in his hairline from the same attack.  misc: minor other scars from battles/crashes/etc.  TATTOOS.   none. BIRTHMARKS.   none. MOST NOTICEABLE FEATURE(S).   blonde hair makes him stand out, along with unique blue eyes.  These are the traits most often commented on by others, in addition to his relatively short height, and which make him most identifiable. 

childhood !

PLACE OF BIRTH.   Asteroid of Polis Massa (unknown to Luke himself) HOMETOWN.    Tatooine; outside of Mos Eisley BIRTH WEIGHT.   below average (typical in twins since they are often born early, and luke was the smaller of the two babies) BIRTH HEIGHT.    small. MANNER OF BIRTH.   natural, droid assisted.  FIRST WORDS.  MMMMMM which uncle owen and aunt beru taught him to say when trying new foods. SIBLINGS.   twin sister: leia organa PARENTS.   anakin skywalker & padme amidala (unknown to Luke).   PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.    none in childhood. anakin eventually sacrificed himself for luke and his ghost can, occasionally, still appear to him in visions.  Luke has know knowledge or memory of his mother. 

adult life !

OCCUPATION.   rebel. jedi.  (rbeljedi get it? ;) ) CURRENT RESIDENCE.   nomadic.  keeps quarters on Coruscant, the Jedi Temple/Academy on Yavin IV, often stays on the Millennium Falcon. eventually exiled to Ahch-To or the Jade’s Shadow, verse dependent  CLOSE FRIENDS.  han solo, leia organa, lando calrissian, wedge antilles, mara jade(-skywalker), chewbacca, c-3po, r2d2 RELATIONSHIP STATUS.   verse dependent; single himbo for a long time, then married, then a widower FINANCIAL STATUS.  comfortably middle class (far richer than uncle owen and aunt beru would have ever dreamed), often with senate funding of jedi academy activities/needs DRIVER’S LICENSE.   do you need a license to drive in SW. . . ?  if so he probably has one NOW but definitely didn’t for like ... all of the OT.   CRIMINAL RECORD.   oh boy.  Treason, terrorism, arson, murder, theft, smuggling, sabotage, murder/assault of an imperial officer, conspiracy to overthrow the government, co-conspirator . . . i’m missing things but Luke fought in an uprising against the established government; his record is about six miles long.  VICES.   his vices are less ‘problematic things that he does’ and more reflected in his mood swings.  dang gemini mood swings make you hard to get along with sometimes and loneliness makes him make Bad Choices. 

sex and romance !

SEXUAL ORIENTATION.   bisexual ROMANTIC ORIENTATION.   biromantic PREFERRED EMOTIONAL ROLE.    submissive  |  dominant  |  switch   PREFERRED SEXUAL ROLE.    submissive  |  dominant  |  switch LIBIDO.   medium.. TURN ON’S.    sneaky stuff, emotional connection, gentle lip biting/hair pulling, laughing TURN OFF’S.    hurting, derisive words, etc. LOVE LANGUAGE.  acts of service  RELATIONSHIP TENDENCIES.   gosh. choosing the wrong person for the wrong reasons and then being Surprised when it doesn’t work out.  In good relationships (rare) he can get hung up on the little things (worthless gemini again) and moody.  It’s usually not directed at his S/O but they have Deal With Him and that’s a lot. 

miscellaneous !

CHARACTER’S THEME SONG.   binary sunset (the force theme) - john williams HOBBIES TO PASS TIME.   studying jedi texts, meditation, occasionally still tinkering with droids and ships, fishing and gardening, cooking.  MENTAL ILLNESSES.  none diagnosed; pstd most likely, occasional depression and anxiety, typically managed with meditation PHYSICAL ILLNESSES.   none. LEFT OR RIGHT BRAINED.  probably an even split but honestly what are brain cells. FEARS.   falling to the dark side, losing his family, not being worthy/enough to uphold the jedi lineage, Darth Vader. SELF CONFIDENCE LEVEL.   AHN: 15-20% confident (honestly should have only been 5-10 but he was cocky), ESB: 40-50% confident, ROTJ: 70% confident, EU: 80% confident, NT: 40% confident (but still wrong most of the time) VULNERABILITIES.    his family, he’ll go bananas to keep them safe. 

TAGGED BY:    @solosboy​ TAGGING:    all skywalkers & rebel pilots. if ur character is identified as a skywalker or rebel pilot or both, go nuts.

[romana73]

STAR WARS WOMEN. 1 PART

Post written by ME. The animated gifs shown, however, AREN’T MINE and DON’T BELONG TO ME IN ANY WAY. Sorry for mistakes, but English isn’t my first language

One of controversies has invested Star Swars sequel trilogy is too much presence of strong women who, not only, are on a par with man, but they beat them. Someone was "outraged" by scene in which, emitted from spaceship, Leia uses Force to save herself, repeating Leia isn’t a Jedi (true) and she doesn’t possess Force...WRONG! A statement thus shows, perhaps, you never saw old Star Wars trilogy, or you have seen it in a superficial way or, again, you don’t remember it. Others have been disappointed this time, jedi protagonist is Rey, a woman. This is also WRONG. Strong and combative women are typical of Star Wars. Let's go in chronological order, starting with:

"Star Wars. Episode I. The Phantom Menace":

Unbeknownst to Qui-gon Jin and Obi-wan Kenobi, her jedi bodyguards, to see well situation and people around her, very young Padmé Amidala, QUEEN of planet Naboo, decides to put on her throne her substitute and pretend to be a maid in Queen's suite. Subsequently, Padmé contributes to plan against Federation, going down in battle in first person:

"Star Wars. Episode II. The Attack of the Clones ": Padmé shows all her audacity and fighting spirit, proposing herself as bait for her killer, following Anakin on a mission, risking and fighting with him. Anakin himself remains amazed ... "You're using her as bait??” "it was a her idea ..." (Obi - Wan and Anakin about Padmé is bait, from "Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones" movie)

Captured, Anakin worries about protecting Padmé, but Obi - Wan points out her determination and combativeness:

"Take the one the left. I’ll take the one on the right”

“What about Padmé?”

“It’s look like she’s already on top of things”

(Obi - Wan and Anakin in arena, from "Star Wars Episode II, Attack of the Clones" movie)

Underline, in Episode II, Padmé DRIVE WITH ANAKIN, spacecraft takes them on Geonosis. "Star Wars: Clone Wars": When Clone Wars break out, Padmé often goes on a mission from ALONE, WITHOUT ANAKIN AND OTHER JEDI, reporting various successes. In 1x08 episode, Padmé manages to foil a separatist plot on Rodia planet, in 1x17 and 1x18, Padmé investigates and helps Anakin and others to foil mad scientist’s plane. In others episodes, Padmé will also play double game, in agreement with Anakin, pretending to be in love with another, to steal precious information for Jedi’s council. Real protagonist of Clone Wars is, however, AHSOKA TANO, young alien WOMAN, Anakin’s PADWAN:

ASAJJ VENTRESS :

Counterparty, almost nemesis of Ahsoka, SITH WOMAN, Count Dooku’s APPRETICE, belonging to Clan Witches of Dathomir. Betrayed by Dooku, Asajj decides to REVENGE of him. She leave Empire and Sith, returning to her clan. Following a cruel battle, Asajj will become HUNTER, still bumping into Ahsoka:

Ahsoka, Ventress and Padmé aren’t only major women in Star Wars: Clone Wars. Next to them are: SATINE KRYZE:

Planet Mandalore DUCHESS and HEAD of pacifist movement of New Mandalorians. Pacifist, determined to maintain a neutral position in war, EX Obi - Wan Kenobi's great love, often Satine finds himself in conflict with Obi - Wan who accuses him of having succumbed to the call of war:

AAYLA SECURA:

Alien woman, JEDI KNIGHT and GENERAL in charge at the Command of 327 Star Cops:

SHAAK TI:

Alien woman, JEDI MASTER and JEDI COUNCIL member, Shaak is one of first Jedi to face General Grevius in a duel and to survive. Her padwan is Maris Brood:

LUMINARA UNDULI:

MASTER and GENERAL JEDI, member of the Jedi Council, COUNCILOR of Supreme Chancellor and Galactic Senate:

STEELA GERRERA :

Human girl, Saw Gerrera’s younger sister, LEADER of group of rebels trained by Ahsoka and Anakin, who fought against tyrannical King Sanjay Rash and separatist occupation of planet Onderon. Steela is a rival in love with Ahsoka:

"Star Wars. Episode III. The Revenge of the Sith ": Not being able to fight ‘cause of pregnancy, after Galatic Empire’s proclamation by Emperor Palpatine, aided by Senators loyal to her, including Bail Organa himself, in secret, PADME' CREATES GALATIC RESISTANCE:

When executing Order 66, Aayla Secura was murdered by her clones:

[ao3feed--reylo]

Devotion

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by PrinceofDarkness15

Kylo Ren is the Supreme Leader of the First Order and takes his position of galatical ruler very, very seriously. The only thing he loves more than giving out proper authority is young and beautiful new wife, Rey. The powerful dark side ruler finds himself drawn to her light, craving her to the point of obsession. However, this obsession will come at a terrible price when General Hux learns of his Supreme Leader's past and threatens to take it upon himself to destroy everything he loves.

Words: 90, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Star Wars Sequel Trilogy

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: F/M

Characters: Kylo Ren, Rey (Star Wars), Armitage Hux, Phasma (Star Wars), Pryde (Star Wars), Finn (Star Wars), Poe Dameron, Leia Organa, Rose Tico

Relationships: Kylo Ren/Rey

Additional Tags: Dark Reylo, Devoted Kylo Ren, Protective Kylo Ren, Supreme Leader Kylo Ren, First Time, Rey Is Kylo's Empress, Kylo is ONLY nice to Rey, Devotion, Explicit Sexual Content, Emperor Kylo Ren, husband and wife, Angst, Shameless Smut

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[muses-darling]

Fire & Fury - A Star Wars AU - Ch.13 The Senate

Hades knelt chained like an animal the Jedi that kept constant watch on him were completely unnecessary. A collar dug into his neck, the wrists cut in and his body ached with need to move, a need to sleep properly. He had gone so long since he had last slept. Above all things he missed Kit more than life, being kept from him, reuniting if only for a moment was not enough for him. He wanted Kit, he knew though that this was necessary as it was the only way to keep Kit safe. Safe from the executioner, safe from the blame, and safe from the Galaxy’s ire. He would pay the price for his love to live on, that was what was necessary. Crowley and Aziraphale would take good care of him, keep him safe, he had Ben and Harper to train, and little Juliet to help care for. What need could he possibly need Hades for? It would be over soon, once they had taken him for trial then that was all they would need they had already decided his guilt. It was all for show and tell, and to show the galaxy that they had done it, they had taken the Sith Emperor captive. His execution would be a show too, that much was certain.The Jedi at least weren’t the type to jeer and make him their plaything till he was brought before the Senate on that regard they were more merciful than the Sith. 

The door opened and Jedi Master Gabriel walked in, “So the rumors are true, the high and mighty Sith Emperor, what devastation you have wrought. Imagine if you had used your gifts with the force for the light? I can only imagine the good in the galaxy if you had not fallen to the darkside.”

“Imagine the good in the galaxy if you would leave your precious Jedi Temple once in a while and actually do the good you wish to see,” Hades said calling Gabriel out.

“My aren’t we cranky,” Gabriel looked him over. “Look at the state of you, You don’t look like an Emperor to me, more like a rabid Nexu.” 

“Unchain me and you’ll see just how accurate you are in that statement.”

“Really? You think that the power of the darkside is that strong.”

“No, I just want to beat that unbecoming smugness off your face Gabriel.” Hades said.

“Hmm, we were once brothers in arms.”

“Not anymore.”

“Oh clearly.” Hades said, “You have always had that one fault above all others, assumptions. That one is your downfall.”

“And your path on the darkside is yours.”

“You Jedi really think that your walking in the path of the light makes you good? That it makes it so you can be holier than thou towards anyone who shows any tinge. Last I checked that is what makes one human, having emotions, you Jedi don’t know how to keep yours in check, I learned to harness mine, I think it gives me more advantages than you.”

“Yet you’re the one chained up.” Gabriel told him. 

“Only because I let you.”

“Let me?”

“Oh, yes,” Hades nodded deeply enjoying himself. “I didn’t have to surrender.”

“And how many more would you have killed before we finally took you out?”

“As many as I could take down with me.” Hades added. “Now then run along and make your report Master Gabriel. Tell them about how feral I am, that I have a strong taint but your purity remains.” 

Gabriel glared, “I ought to ask you what you have done to Kit,”

“I loved him,” Hades told him. “Not that you Jedi understand the concept of love.”

“He is a Jedi, he doesn’t love you Kit is in more control than you could ever break.”

“I didn’t break him, he chose to love me, he chose to love the darkness as well as the light, he is stronger than any of us.” Hades told him.

Gabriel glared at Hades, “I will see you- you are a danger to-”

“What your precious Kit? He is his own man Gabriel, capable of his own decisions, something you Jedi could learn.”

Gabriel looked at him scandalized before leaving quickly.

Hades watched him go before hanging his head, soon, soon this will be over....

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Kit sat up breathing heavily, “HADES!” He tore the bedding off of him climbing out of the ship’s bunk slamming into the wall as he pressed the button exiting into the main ship.

“Heyyyy-whoa-whoa there,” Ben held up his hands. “Master you’ve been asleep for a few days take a moment to breathe, let me get you some caf.”

“Hades?”

Ben swallowed and looked to a direction where Azirphale and Crowley were. He disappeared to go find some caf for Kit.

“Where is he?” Kit asked, “Where is my husband?” 

Crowley looked up at Kit then looked to Aziraphale then back to Kit. “Well...”

“He’s,” How did Aziraphale tell Kit this how did any of them?

Kit looked to either of them his stomach twisting in knots. 

“The Republic caught him he is to be put to trial then executed for his war crimes.”

“NO!” Kit felt his face drain of blood.

“Kit sit down please, you’ve been out of it for days now, please.” Aziraphale stood up. 

“No I need to get to him, I need to save him.”

“Kit,” Crowley looked at him. “Sit.”

Kit frowned before feeling Aziraphale grab him leading him back to the table making him sit and scootching in beside him. “My dear boy if you don’t think we don’t have plans to save your beloved then you don’t know us all that well.”

“Yeah we gonna do it!” Juliet said coming in climbing up Aziraphale and over into Kit’s lap. “Miss oo!”

Kit cuddled the tiny force sensitive girl. “Aww I missed you too Jules.” He looked at either of them. “So what is the plan.”

Crowley looked at the holo of the Senate of Coruscant, “Well we don’t have too much but what we do have is friends in great places.” 

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The great domed building of the Galatic Senate stood against the ever moving backdrop of the sprawling city planet of Coruscant. Inside the glittering colorful assemblage of the Senate in their floating disks there to represent their planet, system, and organization all came into a meeting. There were murmurs as Hades was brought before them chained to the disk by thick chains disheveled, they were trying to make him appear as unhinged as possible.

“The Supreme Chancellor Zeus of the Galactic Republic,” A Bothan stood before them making the announcement. 

The Chancellor stood before them, “For years we have fought the dreaded Sith Empire, peace has always been evasive until now.” He gestured to Hades. There were shouts of anger, jeering, chanting, and signals of disapproval from various Senators and representative when they saw the man in chains.

Hades stood there silent not letting them get to him, he was after all an Emperor, and he would have the graces of one till his death. He couldn’t help but feel grateful that he was here instead of Kit. One Rodian on a floating senatorial disk spat hateful words in their language. He looked at the Rodian watching them silence themselves, he gave them nothing more than a placid look. 

“Behold the Sith Emperor Ignis in all his glory,” The Chancellor looked to the senate. “And give thanks to our noble Jedi who helped in his capture as well as our valiant soldiers of the Republic. We couldn’t have done this without their bravery.”

There was cheering that followed the statement, but Hades heard none of it as he saw the Chancellor closer now, he would know that face anywhere. “Lord Lykaios.” He muttered feeling one of his guards butt him in the stomach with their weapon. Hades gasped a strike or blow hurt much more when one wasn’t wearing armor. 

The Chancellor smiled smugly at Hades, “Emperor Ignis, you stand accused of the unlawful slaughter of innocents and uncountable death toll of the war between the Republic and the now defeated Sith Empire. You will be executed according to the laws of this world if found guilty.” He leaned in, “How do you plead?”

[doyousmellpopcorn]

Chapter 5 In Which Kanan Somehow Gets Deaged, and Shows Ezra the True Meaning of Chaotic

Caleb knew from the second he walked off the ship that everyone was surprised. He was surprised too though. Where were the Jedi?? There was Master Shaak Ti and that boy who was Kanan's padawan, whoever that was. He didn't know where Master Depa was, and it kind of hurt that she didn't come to help him.

Caleb cut off those thoughts. He was a padawan now, and he couldn't have attachments. It didn't matter that his master didn't come, she could be injured or busy and she didn't have time to go rescue him! Still though...

Caleb shook his head and trotted after the twi'lek, Hera. If he got lost here that would be embarrassing. Cal would laugh at him for a week. And then another week because of the hair thing. Cal was just like that. Hera stopped suddenly and turned around.

"Caleb, can you follow me please?" Hera asked. That was what he was doing in the first place! Caleb trotted obediently after her though. He had a feeling that this was serious, and also about Master Depa. She wasn't... dead. Right? She was a JEDI MASTER. She couldn't die, that doesn't make sense.

Caleb followed Hera into a building, where he saw Master Shaak Ti, Ezra, Chopper, Zeb, and Sabine. Chopper made a shrug at him before he turned back to Hera, who was hesitating. Was Ezra a padawan? He couldn't think of any other reason why the two would be so close to each other. Focus, Caleb!

"Caleb, 14 years ago there was a... purge. A Jedi purge, and all of the Jedi were fired on by their own men." Master Shaak Ti admitted softly. Caleb reeled back for a second.

"Master Depa?" He managed to croak out.

"Dead."

"Cal?"

"We don't know yet. We think he's still alive." Caleb nearly collapsed.

"Master Windu?"

"Dead."

"Ahsoka?" Master Shaak Ti visibly hesitated before straightening.

"I am Ahsoka." Caleb sat down on Chopper, who didn't complain for once.

"But- you're so old!" Sabine snickered a bit before quieting.

"This happened 14 years ago, Caleb."

"Then what happened to the Republic??"

"The Chancellor was a Sith Lord, and declared the Republic to be the First Galatic Empire and appointed himself Emperor, his right hand is his Sith Apprentice, Darth Vader."

"Did- did anyone else survive?" Shaak Ti, no, Ahsoka bowed her head.

"Not that we know of." Caleb looked down at Chopper.

"Is this some kind of prank?" The droid beeped a negative at him. Caleb slumped.

"Then how am I still 14? At least- I think I'm 14."

"Technically, you are 28, but you managed to get de-aged." A moment of silence, which Caleb used to think.

"Yeah, that sounds like something I would somehow do." Ahsoka laughed and Hera stared at him with a look of despair. "But... WHAT THE KARK??!"

Everyone startled at his sudden outburst and stared at the mini-version of Kanan. Caleb blinked back at them. "I think I'm allowed to do that since I just found out that everything that made up my daily life has been exterminated and stuff."

"Fair." Ezra admitted.

"No swearing young man." Hera scolded. Caleb had the decency to look apologetic.

"Wait- you said the clones fired on us?" The last part came out as a squeak. Ahsoka stared up at the ceiling for approximately four seconds before looking back down at him.

"Well, no. And yes." Caleb stared. "What I'm saying is that they are controlled by chips in their heads that made them do it." Caleb took a breath.

"WHAT THE ACTUAL KARKING-" Caleb took another breath. "Banthakark."

"My thoughts exactly"

[lurkingcrow]

I need to stop thinking so much about the tragedy of SW.

So I was up early waiting for Eurovision to start, and it struck me that actually, there were still quite a few characters around as of RotJ who could have had some idea about Luke's parentage but canonically either never did or never said. And then this popped into my head.

It is only after the frantic chaos of their retreat from the Yavin system dies down that Mon Mothma allows herself to stop and think about the rebellion's newest hero. Before, there was no time  to do anything more than rejoice in their good fortune, but now? His name is Skywalker. He was with General Kenobi. He carries a lightsaber and flies like he breathes and wears the face of a hero decades gone. She wants to laugh. "Where there is Kenobi, you will always find Skywalker not far behind". It seems time could not change that fundamental truth.

As a senator Mon had  known many of their Jedi protectors, but her interactions with the Republic's most famous Generals had been surprisingly limited given their friendship with Bail and Padmé. She fights back the grief, both new and remembered, that rises at the memory of her friends. On the other hand, she thinks while blinking back tears, she had never been quite as recklessly brave as them, never had a reason to be on the front lines where the fighting was closer than the holocam footage ever showed. 

But while she had never known Anakin Skywalker well, she knew enough to wonder at young Luke's existence. While the Jedi were not necessarily celibrate (as many a whispered tale would tell) they were dedicated to their calling, and the war had left little time for one of its busiest generals to have been involved in such liaisons with civilians. Also, Mon recalled overhearing  more than a few conversations bemoaning the Hero With No Fear's complete lack of interest in his more ardent fans. Yet somewhere out there had been a woman who had carried his child, who had passed on his name even as the Jedi were branded traitors to the Republic, who had given the Alliance this final piece of hope and she wondered...

"- coming from someone with the brains of a shaak doped up on gooja weed!" Her musings had apparently brought her all the way to the hanger where it seemed Leia was once again involved in vigorous debate with Captain Solo about his personal failings. To one side she can see Chewbacca leaning against a stack of crates while Skywalker physically inserts himself between the aggrieved parties in an attempt to stop things from turning physical. She would have continued walking past, perhaps made a note to gently tease Leia about it during their next meeting, except... Luke's body language looked so familiar, like a vaguely remembered dream from years ago. Then he raises his hands and turns to each of them and Mon knows that tone of voice. Mon knows that smile. Mon knows that manner of peacemaking and had wept for the woman who wielded it like a weapon. And here it lives again in a boy from Tatooine. It doesn't seem possible. But perhaps?

She purposely marches herself towards the small group, making sure to keep her expression pleasantly neutral. Leia is the first to spot her, stopping mid word to stand a little straighter. "Mon! Is everything alright? Our meeting's not for another couple of hours yet."

"No, nothing to worry about." She is quick to reassure the princess. "I just had some spare time in my schedule and thought I'd see how Lieutenant Skywalker is settling in. It can't imagine it has been the easiest of transitions." Luke flushes. "Uh, yes. I mean no, Ma'am, I'm fine."

Mon smiles kindly. "Good. No problems with the other pilots then?" 

"Oh no! Everyone's been great!" His smile dims a little. "With all the losses it helps to have each other to hold on to you know? And apparently Biggs talked a lot, so Wedge says it's like they already knew me a bit before we even met."

Internally Mon winces. The point of this talk had been to get a feel for the young man, not to raise ghosts barely laid to rest. Luke's expression is decidedly reminiscent of a kicked puppy, and she takes the opportunity to keep the conversation moving. "I do know. We've lost a lot of good people in the last few weeks. Which is why we need to take good care of those of us left behind. I assume you've been checked over by medical?"

Luke rubs his shoulder. "Yes ma'am. I'm all up to date on my shots too. They were a bit peeved I couldn't give them an exact birthdate for their personnel files though."

Mon suspects she may regret this line of inquiry. "Oh? Difficulties converting the local calendar to galatic standard? I know binary systems can be tricky to convert. Still, I wouldn't worry too much, as long are you are of age - the Alliance does try to avoid employing child soldiers wherever possible."

That thought sends Captain Solo into a fit of laughter, and Mon sees Leia send a surreptitious kick his way which only seems to make him laugh harder. Luke is blushing again.

"Shut up Han! Uh, no Ma'am, actually converting my age's never been a problem for me. It's just..." His voice trails off. " I was born sometime around Empire Day, the first one. Aunt Beru said they never knew for sure, just that I couldn't have been more than a few weeks old when a friend of my parents left me with them." His expression is bittersweet. "I'm guessing that was Old Ben. He might have known more, but I never got the chance to ask."

There is a wealth of loss and regret in that statement and Mon struggles to process the implications. Leia, force bless her, has no such trouble, immediately moving to reassure her friend.

"Well! I'm glad I'm not the only one to suffer that particular irony!" She says, reaching up to loop an arm around his shoulder. "Officially we only celebrated the date on the Alderaanian calendar, but every year some Imperial lackey would comment on how lucky it was to have a princess who shared the Empire's birthday." Leia smiles wickedly. "And every year I would have to demonstrate the flammable nature of Imperial dress uniforms. It's a shame how unpredictable fireworks can be isn't it?"

Luke laughs, and in an instant the overall mood of the room lifts. Not to be left out, Solo interjects. "So you two share a birthday huh? I can see it. What with the tendency to destroy Imperial property​ and all it's obvious - you two were clearly separated at birth. Shame their majesties kept the evil twin though!"

Leia's semi-outraged shriek sends their newest hero further into a fit of choking laughter. It only becomes louder as the princess launches herself at the smuggler intent on wiping the smirk off his face, and soon Skywalker is doubled over, clutching at his stomach. To be fair, the non-stop litany of insults being wielded by both parties is impressive in its creativity.

Leia takes a moment from her asssult to ensure his continued well-being before attempting to enlist him in her argument. "Luke, tell Han to stop being ridiculous!" As Luke looks up, Mon is taken back to the days of the Clone Wars and the footage of General Skywalker about to undertake one of his signature risky manoeuvers, with a toothy grin and a calculating glint in bright blue eyes.

"Oh I don't know. I always wanted a little sister! Even one who needs to curb her pyromania. Maybe I should arrange another dip in the waste system for you?" This time even Mon can't keep a straight face as Leia attacks, laughing all the while, and sets about wrestling her teasing friends to the floor.

Obviously forgotten in the wake of some much needed levity, Mon turns to leave. Yet as their fond bickering fades into the background some clicks on her brain and Mon feels her heart begin to race. Luke Skywalker was born as the Republic fell. Padmé Amidala died as the Empire rose. Mon remembered the funeral, the cameras capturing the sombre passage of the funeral bier, the blue silk of the burial dress and the white petals scattered around the face of the fallen senator. And her stomach, full and round with child.

She had wondered at the time who Padmé's partner had been, why she had gone to such lengths to hide her impending motherhood, but now it all made sense. An affair with a Jedi, particularly one as high profile as Skywalker, would require the utmost secrecy to avoid both scandal and the loss of two of the Republic's greatest assets from the ongoing war effort. It would also explain the mysterious circumstances surrounding her death - one of the Emperor's political rivals, carrying a Jedi's child in the midst of a bloody coup? She has no proof, but Mon's gut tells her that the son of her old friend is currently standing in the hanger behind her, unknowing of his heritage and the danger it carries.

 She decides then. General Kenobi had successfully hidden his friends' child from imperial eyes for almost two decades. Now it is Mon's turn to protect their legacy. With a firm nod the Chandrillan steadies herself and heads back to her office. She has a lot to think about​.

I'm not sure where this came from, but there's at least one other POV I'm playing with, and the possibility of it becoming an AU. So forth now consider this an incomplete drabble :)

[captainderyn]

Reasons Why Valkorian Couldn’t Care Less About Emeldir

I’ve pointed out how this article  really doesn’t explain why Valkorian deals with Emeldir and how I see Emeldir becoming the Outlander as a very wrong-place-at-the-wrong-time scenerio so now I’d like to pull some major issues with Valkorian taking up residence in Emeldir’s head. 

1. Very obvious, Emeldir is a smuggler. He knows how to go pew pew with blasters, none of the force mumbo-jumbo that Valkorian is a part of. No force power means no cool tricks for Valkorian. 

2. Emeldir has a limp from an old injury. Therefore Valkorian has trapped himself in a not 100% battle puppet. Damn. 

3. His reputation consists of being a hired gun for the Republic and beating down crime lords. Not nearly as intimidating as Emperors Wrath or Hero of Tython. 

4. He has no motivation to get anywhere near galatic politics. Sorry Valk, but you stuck yourself with a dude that just really wants to go home to Coruscant with his wife. Who is now gone. Thanks to his five years vacation. That doesn’t really build a willingness to help you take over the galaxy.

5. I call bullshit that Valkorian found Emeldir a threat. Emeldir has blaster that goes pew pew, Valkorian has enough force energy to snap him like a stick. I highly doubt he saw Emeldir as anything other than a pesky fly. 

6. I also call bullshit on him finding Emeldir fascinating. There is nothing a powerful force user would find interesting about him unless they’re interesting in how he threw his entire being into doing what he thought was right. 

7. Have I mentioned he’s a smuggler?

I’m honestly just bitter with this explanation, bitter with KotFE/KotET in general and about as done with Emeldir begin the Outlander as he’s been since he was thawed out. 

This article changes nothing on how I see Valkorian taking over Emeldir’s head; Emeldir was there, hit him hard enough to kill his mortal body, so as a last ditch attempt to thwart death he snapped himself to the closest living being until he could (hopefully) manipulate Emeldir into submitting to his will. A means to an end. 

[himitsusentaiblog]

Space Empires In Sentai

With the impending premiere of Uchu Sentai Kyuranger bringing us the evil Jack Matter Organization that dominates the universe in the distant (no year yet given) future, it’s got me thinking about the other galaxy or universe-spanning evil organization that have taken control.  With Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger officially merging all of Super Sentai into one universe, that creates some interesting questions about them.

Let’s start at the beginning, well, the first Space Empire in the history of Super Sentai.  That would be The Great Star League Gozma lead by Star King Bazeu from 1985′s Dengeki Sentai Changeman.  

The Star League Gozma was, as hinted by its name, an alliance of planets conquered by King Bazeu and forced to become a part of his Empire, sort of like what the Romans did with conquered territories in Earth history. Unlike the Romans though, his modus operani was to devastate planets and use the survivors (the strongest and thus most capable) as his army to invade other planets.  This, as one might expect, lead to some pretty resentful underlings including his own General Girook, who sought to overthrow Baezu.

The entire League was brought down by the Changeman team and probably collapsed as the freed survivors went back to what they could of their normal lives once the threat of Baezu was no longer there to unify them into an army.

Now, Gozma weren’t the first aliens to invade Earth, you can look all the way back to Himitsu Sentai Goranger and the Black Cross Fuhrer, who was revealed to be an alien machine but he was not part of a space empire, neither were the Vader Clan from Denshi Sentai Denziman. The Vader Clan were from another dimension and Dimensional Empires is a topic for another day.

Our next evil space Empire is the Reconstructive Empire Mess from 1986′s Choushinsei Flashman.

These intergalactic ne’er do wells have a rather unique method of conquest. They take over planets to gain raw genetic material to create monsters which they use to conquer other planets.  

Their eventual goal is to transform their leader, Great Emperor Ra Deus, into the most perfect, powerful being in the universe though genetic reconstruction and bio-augmentation.  Each of the chief soldiers of the Empire was created through this process by the mad Doctor Lie Köpflen. 

It goes without saying they were eventually defeated and destroyed by the heroes.

Skipping ahead to 1990, we get our next Extraterrestrial Empire in the form of the Galactic Imperial Army Zone from Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman.

Unlike our other Empires on this list, Zone isn’t as interested in conquering planets as it is in destroying them. Their goal is to render their Queen, Galatic Empress Meadow (The floating head in the circle above) immortal.  To do this, they need to destroy 1,000 inhabited planets.  Earth will be their final one so they are pretty excited to have their goal in sight. They apparently control some planets rather than destroy them as they have their own currency (the Dolyen) and monetary exchange.

The Fiveman heroes knew of their coming, as they were the children of two space explorers killed when Zone destroyed the planet they were living on. Like the others before them, this evil Empire was destroyed when it messed with the Earth.

In the year 1999, the Earth was threatened by an Evil Galactic Empire once more in 1995′s Chourki Sentai Ohranger.  This time, the empire was made up of robots, the Machine Empire Baranoia.

This evil group of mechanoids have been around for 600 million years and conquered a chain of galaxies before setting their sights on our blue planet. They hate organic life and want to subjugate all of it, enslaving humanity to build more machines.  This is actually their second attempt to take over the planet as they were defeated millions of years ago by King Ranger.

Their second attempt is even less successful and they are completely destroyed, well, almost completely.

Even though the main baddie from Gekisou Sentai Carranger calls himself Reckless Dash Emperor Exhaus, he doesn’t really control an Empire and has to hire a space biker gang to do his dirty work.  

This brings us to one of the largest and most dangerous of all these groups, The Space Empire Zangyack from Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger.

These monsters have conquered thousands of worlds, creating one unified Empire that encompasses almost all of known space.  Their only major defeat was at the hands of the combined forces of all of Earth’s previous Super Sentai teams during the Great Legend War.

However, the Sentai of Earth sacrificed their powers for what they thought was a final blow against the Empire.  They were wrong and it returns a few years later with a large, more powerful fleet commanded by Emperor Akudos Gill’s own son, Commander Warz Gill.

The only thing standing in their way are the Gokaigers, a team of space pirates seeking the greatest treasure in the Universe on Earth and each with a grudge to bear against the Zangyack.

Now, this brings me to my questions.  It’s pretty clear that each of these Empires controlled vast areas of space.  If they all existed, did they ever come into conflict?  Was Earth only ever invaded by one after the other because the destruction of one Empire left the path clear for another?  Did the power vacuums left by the fall of the other Empires make it easier for Zangyack to come in and take planets previously controlled by Baranoia or Mess?  

It’s pretty clear from the way Zangyack uses monsters either directly related to or from the same species as enemies battled by previous Sentai teams that they have been to some of these planets before.  You can imagine they would love to recruit former member of Gozma, trained soldiers who just lack leadership, to fight for them. 

In some ways, the Super Sentai of Earth might actually be responsible for the rise of Zangyack as a Galactic Power.  By removing their rival Empires, they could have paved the way for the new force of the galaxy to just pick up the pieces of other, fallen regimes and use them to consolidate their stranglehold on galactic law and commerce.

Ooops.

(Posted on January 26, 2017)