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I just want to bite into Ahsoka and Huyang's discussion re: Sabine and the Jedi.

First, I love how Ahsoka is protective of Sabine.

Sabine: Well, I discovered that according to Huyang I’m the worst candidate to be a Jedi out of every Jedi he’s ever known.

Ahsoka: You said that?

Huyang: It's true. (Savage!)

I love how annoyed Ahsoka is at Huyang for getting in Sabine's head.

And then later, I love that Ahsoka and Huyang pick this discussion again:

Ahsoka: Well, what you said didn't help.

Huyang: I only spoke the truth. The Jedi Order would not have accepted her! She is not an acceptable candidate!

Ahsoka: By their standards.

I love this because it is true, that Sabine wouldn't have been chosen to become a Jedi by the High Council. At the same time, Ahsoka mentions that the Jedi Order doesn't exist anymore. Still, it also feels like when Ahsoka says: "By their standards", this echoes what Anakin told her when he decided to accept Ahsoka as a Padawan.

Anakin: You're reckless, little one. You wouldn't make it as Obi-Wan's Padawan. But you might make it as mine.

(THE MUSIC BTW. I didn't realize it was the start of Ahsoka's theme and then it starts playing when Ahsoka walks away from both Anakin and the Jedi Order, and then it plays a more somber tone when Ahsoka and Vaderkin fight in Twilight of the Apprentice).

Obi-Wan very nearly didn't become a Jedi Padawan, Anakin was too old to become a Jedi learner, Ahsoka was too reckless, and Sabine would never have passed the first set of tests.

Unconventional Lineage indeed, or as we like to call them fondly, the Disaster Lineage.

But also I keep thinking back to what Ahsoka said in the first episode: "These days there are few who could wield the Force."

This seems to greatly sadden Ahsoka. There used to be thousands who could use the Force, not just Jedi, but Nightsisters and various non-Humans. Now they're a fraction of a fraction, and I feel this is one of the reasons that motivates Ahsoka to teach Sabine.

So some aspects of her culture can survive.

Huyang: Standards which were proven over a millennium.

Ahsoka: And failed.

This seems to be a controversial statement but also she lived it. She witnessed how much the war ate at the Jedi. It's been a question she's pondered since she was 14 when Barriss spoke about her concerns about the Jedi becoming soldiers.

And becoming so closely entangled with government interests that it seemed to supersede even the Jedi Order's own codes. Of course, the Jedi should and did help protect people in the war but it didn't help that they became the Generals and the Face of the war.

Ahsoka came by her complicated feelings for the Jedi honestly. And I'm so interested in how much she wants to put all that she knows about the philosophies and teachings up into the light for scrutiny. To poke and ponder, and maybe tweak.

If there end up two schools of Jedi somewhere out there in the universe, one traditional and one non-traditional I'm all for it.

(You could say it's a schism kind of like when the Roman Catholic church and Greek Orthodox church did their own thing. In Martial arts ways -- having two schools of the same style but different philosophies. Two Dojos!

Like the Saotome School of Musabetsu Kakutō Ryū or Anything Goes Martial Arts and the Tendo School of Anything Goes Martial Arts. Except it is the Skywalker and the Tano School. And then the two heirs of the school marry to unite the schools! Okay, okay I'm getting way too anime about this).

But also Ahsoka tells Huyang:

"I don't need Sabine to be a Jedi. I need her to be herself."

And I think it also boils down to this -- it's why she also doesn't care if Sabine doesn't fit the box of a Jedi because Sabine can be anyone she needs to be.

I have to say again, I am actually happy Ahsoka has complicated feelings for the Jedi. I was worried she was just going to be Zen Ahsoka, the way she was on Rebels.

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Ah yes my favorite Star Wars lesbians

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“Well, I suppose you do come from a long line of non-traditional Jedi…”

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One thing I really do love about Sabine in Ahsoka is that she’s a genius, she can figure out a complicated star-map in record time, she’s a brilliant art analyst, she can combine these two things beautifully, she’s a badass who can skip out on a ceremony she promised to go to and the New Republic soldiers just salute her for her crazy stunts to get away from them, she can fight off droid assassins and have hot, sexy fights with mysterious darksider apprentices, she’s the expert they go to when they need to cut open a droid’s head, but she’s also a total failgirl, she’s living in a shack, she’s a hot mess who snaps at everyone because she’s upset, she says she understands the severity of the map she’s being given, but then steals it and loses it within twenty four hours, she doesn’t have backups that aren’t immediately smashed in two seconds, she’s the absolute worst at Force-sensitivity that Huyang has ever seen, just absolute dogshit as a Force-user, she gets immediately stabbed when fighting against an actual Force-user, she nearly gets all their heads blown off because she won’t back down when powering up a droid that’s about to explode and Huyang has to save them all.  She is brilliant and she’s a disaster, she’s a hot mess all the way around and she’s the person who knows her shit the most, she makes a mess but she figures shit out, she’s an asshole but she’s also a woobie, like Sabine Wren is Character Of All Time’ing it up all over the place here.

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everyone celebrating india's mission to the moon's south pole i love you and im with you but this is NOT india's first accomplishment in space!! im seeing a lot of people saying that but its not true. some other things we've done:

confirm the presence of water and ice on the moon

was the first asian nation to reach mars orbit, and the first nation IN THE WORLD to reach it in it's maiden attempt

saved thousands of lives from cyclone phailin in 2013 over the four days, resulting in 45 deaths when without them, would have been in the thousands at minimum

launched the first successful flight using the indigenous cryogenic engine

successfully neutralized a satellite in space with an anti-satellite (mission shakti, anyone?)

launched 104 satellites with one (1) rocket

THE VIKAS ENGINE??? HELLO?? NAMBI NARAYANAN??? even if you didnt know him before, surely youve seen the movie rocketry?

not to mention everything we've done in coordination with other nations, and achievements from Indian scientists and astronauts that were then taken by other nations, usually during war. plus, we've always been much more cost efficient than our space-faring peer nations

all to say!! we've always been there, and we've always been strong. our mission now only proves that, and we should scream it loud and proud for any westerner who ignores us again

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"do NOT make a big deal out of it!" <- girl who made the biggest deal out of it

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I think what makes me happy about the landing is not only the landing itself, but the fact that we're all celebrating it together. People are playing dhols and bursting crackers and we are all congratulating each other like yesss our country made history today and we're gonna celebrate it like a Festival

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Letssss gooooooo !!!!!!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

INDIA HAS DONE IT.👑😎

India became the first nation to successfully land a spacecraft near the south pole of the FRICKING MOOON!!!!!

🎉🎉🎉

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India creates history and this calls for a celebration.

India is on da moon!!!!!

🎊🎊

🎆🎇🎇

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You know what's even more frustrating than the New Republic getting blown up? Star Wars going full on victim blaming mode in regards to depicting the New Republic.

It kinda feels like gaslighting as if they're saying "Hey are you upset that the New Republic got annihilated? We'll were gonna show you exactly why they had it coming"

Seriously I can't recall anything positive about the New Republic outside of the empty "30 years of peace" excuse. Instead of going towards the most cynical route possible, you could've showcase why the destruction of the New Republic was a tremendous loss to the galaxy. Better yet, throw out the killing off the NR idea and have them be the protagonist faction in the ST instead the lame Dollar Tree version of the Rebels that is the Resistance.

Every time a piece of SW media attempts to show the New Republic as incompetent morons that are somehow just as bad at the Empire, my anger goes towards whoever thought it was a good idea to go in this direction in the first place, as opposed to the NR. In fact it only adds on my sympathy because they deserved so much better for putting so much effort in taking down the tyrannical Empire after many years and for SW to come up and say it didn't mean shit will never be ok with me. Which is why I hope the New Jedi Order film shows a functional government with a proper military as it would show actual progress and prove the GFFA isn't doomed to an eternal cycle ragtag rebels vs the big bad empire.

TL;DR: The New Republic should be portrayed in a more positive manner before their destruction, since the portrayal they currently have before their demise unintentionally instigates apathy and cynicism for the future.

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We have former imperials at every level of the government who have sworn their loyalty to the new republic.

Boy, I can't possibly imagine how that might go wrong in the future. At all...

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Mood of the Moment: Adora in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, 2x02

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Speaking of interesting Togruta facts, they can also purr.

im loving these facts also Ahsoka’s bitey AND purry?? anakin fully landed himself with a cat for a padawan

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Ahsoka "Time to Fly"

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medieval star wars by jake bartok - scenes