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momojedi · 2 months ago

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Happy May 4th to all my Jedi friends out there!

This year we celebrate not only the 20th anniversary of ROTS, but also 20 years of Star Wars Animation. To me, that's my childhood and with that, a special reminder of how growing up has affected me.

Star Wars in itself has always been a safe space for me. At night, I would always lie in bed and dream of fighting stormtroopers and flying X-Wings. I would get excited watching the new season of Clone Wars after coming home from school and draw myself with lightsabers and Jedi robes. I found my first fictional crushes in Rex and Obi-Wan, too but let's... let's not get into that...

In fact, the Rebel Alliance was probably the trigger of my wish to become a pilot or an astronaut! I always wanted to fly over the world or see space up close, to me, it was the closest thing to piloting an X-Wing in person. But unfortunately, that has become impossible to me due to my illness - still, I want people to be able to experience that, too!

Experiencing Star Wars, living out fantasies and stories, that's something I want to experience more in my life. And I want to share it with others! Becoming an actor, that's unfortunately not likely for me, once again thanks to my wonderful medical issues. But writing, creating, producing... yes, that's for me. I want to build up new stories for this universe that's saved me more than once.

There are a lot of people out there with the same goal as me. I'm nothing special, I don't stick out and I'm not exactly good at selling my ideas well - but I have such a bright mind and so many ideas that I need to get out there and share with others. I don't believe in myself a lot and I probably give myself much less credit than I really deserve, but my imagination and writing is something I hold very dearly and it's a talent that I refuse to keep a secret from others. I think life has already taken so much from me, I deserve to share my passion with others.

I'm going to start working on small fan projects (less x reader writing and more proper stories, sharing ideas and concepts, maybe art, some 3D animation for college, etc.) from here on out, maybe that'll grant me some practice and maybe even some exposure, even though I don't really count on that. Still, it's far better than nothing. You can also check out my original SciFi novel "Fireflies" and its process on @thefireflyproject. It's a universe I've been building in the past couple of years now and I've finally begun putting into words!

I hope someday to have you read my name on a big Star Wars screen, game or show, as a producer or writer! (Hopefully animation, that's what gets my heart going.) I'm working hard towards this success and I hope you'll support this dream moving forward!

And with that, I'd like to thank everyone, people like @thecoffeelorian and @dumbasswhorebug who's been so patient and supportive through all my works on here (I see y'all, don't worry!), especially considering how introverted I can be. I made this blog to express my love for a franchise and I met so many kind people on here, too. Thank you all, you're the best Jedi brothers, sisters, and siblings I could ask for!

May the Force be with you!

Momo, signing out

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