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“War in the Ice Trenches of Hoth” - art by Michael Golden (1980)

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THE MYTH OF "CONSENSUAL" ATTACHMENTS

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really like. for all that the clone wars are a cool concept and an extremely consequential thing that happened in the galaxy, there’s a reason the movies skip right over them. bc it doesn’t matter how many planets anakin & the gang battled separatists on. it doesn’t matter what cool stuff obi wan got up to. it doesn’t matter how close the jedi got to winning/losing the war, it matters that they went to war at all. it matters that a benevolent organization of peaceful monks abandoned 1000 years of prosperity to die for no reason. that was the story george lucas wanted to tell. bc for however confused his politics could get, he came of age aware his country was fighting an evil & pointless war. so he made movies not about good guys that almost won, but about people making weak and foolish choices in the name of patriotism. that is the whole point . that is the prequel trilogy’s most salient and biting commentary. i’m sorry your action figures died but they were doomed by the narrative for being neoliberal. ok.

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a leia comic about loss.

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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Poster by Martin Ansin

Bottleneck Gallery

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‘She is in pain… I have to go. I have to help her.’

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HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN AND VIVIEN LYRA BLAIR

the only time that we'll ever see Anakin hug little Leia :')

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Harrison Ford on the set of Star Wars 2.

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Ship or not, I think they deserve to be domestic and talk shit.

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STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH (2005) dir. george lucas

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Hayden Christensen at Ewan McGregor’s Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony • September 12, 2024

Ewan, I want to thank you for being the best Jedi Master anyone could’ve ever hoped for… I love you, brother.

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Yes, you can interpret Padme's outfits politically and as a reflection of Naboo.

But I like to imagine this stressed twenty-something year old woman dragged herself out out of bed each morning and said: I'm sorry, the only way I can hold on to my principles in this changeable world is if we spend an hour doing my hair and putting together a flawless outfit. I need to know I'm going to look hot when I argue and suffer for my morals. My speeches grow more powerful the clearer my skin is. I can deal with my mentally unstable husband if I'm wearing a silk nightgown with the most perfect curls you've ever seem.

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Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia

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at the end of the day when it comes to padmé i think it’s really important to remember that her closest friends are literally her employees. her only other friends are her coworkers. her closest friend for years was a girl she met at 14 whose job it was to pretend to be her and potentially die about it. another friend with the same job died in her arms while pretending to be her. she does not have friends outside of her squad of employees who pretend to be her and sometimes die about it and then her politician coworkers. too many of you are way too surprised that this woman is not normal about love or relationships or her own self considering all this