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sibling rivalry,,,is stronger than anger

(I made a joke on @macabre-muses' post about leia and i had to draw it nlkjsdfnjfs)

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rule #1 of being a child soldier is to have fun and be yourself

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07.13: everything goes right

@anidalaweeks day 1 prompt where Anakin and Padmé get to raise the twins and be happy.... my dream would be to draw a whole comig about this what-if. i didn't have time, so i did a piece that compiles all best memories from our favorite space romeo and juliet!! in my head, in this AU, Anakin leaves the Jedi Order after killing Palpatine and Padmé continues to fight for freedom across the galaxy. Anakin ends up working as a pilot and ativist (and a stay at home dad to). he loves his family dearly, no one tell him Leia will end up dating Han later on.

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After making that Weiss Shinra, I wanted to make Yang too. Yang Lockhart in this case?

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Lukey 💕

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Lukey 💕

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Padawan haircuts / Padawan beads

✨🌙 ART LOG -> @404ama

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Luke Skywalker: I bet I could fit the whole galaxy in my hands! Mara Jade: Luke, that’s physically impossible. Luke Skywalker: [cups Mara's face] Are you sure? Mara Jade: [blushing] Stop it, I have a reputation.

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Luke: If the temple was on fire and you could only bring one thing out what would you take?

Vestara: My shikkar.

Jaina: My family holos.

Allana: Anji!

Ben: A nap.

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you may not like it. but this is what peak Live Action Mara Jade looks like.

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i take the parts i like from both legends, cannon, and headcannons smash both together and create the ideal version of star wars in my head

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Problems in the 501st that Rex submitted to Jedi General Krell:

Several Clones are dissatisfied with the risky methods of the General and fear for their lives

Problems in the 501st that Rex had to submit to Jedi General Anakin Skywalker:

Tup can't find his caterpillar plushie and hasn't been able to sleep. Attempts to read him a bedtime story have failed.

Fives has not slept for 48 hours to keep Tup company and because "he is stronger than the urge to sleep"

Jesse was bitten by Fives in a brotherly quarrel

Dogma is concerned about a rash on his shoulder

Hardcase has consumed 15 energy drinks in order to "fuse his mind with God"

Kix reports that he is experiencing "pretty boy problems", whatever that means

Jesse has spilt soup on Dogma's bedsheets and Dogma is now very angry

Fives reports that he was "verbally harassed and psychologically attacked" by a "very mean" Coruscant Guard for "being a little silly at 79s"

Dogma got into a bar fight with "some bitch named Croissant"

Fives needs help convincing Hardcase that getting a tramp stamp is a bad idea

Tup is concerned for his big brother's safety because of Fives' repeated attempts to form a union

Tup is struggling to fall asleep again because Commander Fox told him "a scary story called 'The Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise'" that he got from an author who wanted to remain anonymous

The barracks are on fire.

Jesse forgot his juice pack on the Venator.

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Skywalker twins be like:

One of my fav twins in fiction

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Luke Skywalker: Has anyone ever told you your tenacity can be a bit intimidating?

Leia Organa: Yes, every day of my life since I was four.

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To me, the big irony of Star Wars is that most of the screentime we have for Jedi is them operating in a role that is deeply antithetical to their nature. The Jedi are Warrior-Monks, they're supposed to be meditating on the interconnectedness of all life and occasionally solving problems with laser swords and space magic. They know how to fight because they sometimes need to fight evil-space wizards, and because their whole thing is not really having any personal or political agendas of their own, they make ideal mediators for a galactic society that emphasizes diplomacy over strength of arms. Because they're the best personal combatants around, they ALSO discourage anybody from trying to employ force of arms in negotiations. So you have this situation where these warrior-monks are the de-facto armed enforcement wing of the Galactic Republic, not because they're a military force, but because they are very much NOT a military force. Yeah, sometimes somebody needs to be fought for the good of galactic society, and in that case the Jedi are the ones who you send to do it, but they're not supposed to be Soldiers. And then the Clone Wars come, and suddenly the Republic has an army, and an enemy to fight that is so big it can only be fought WITH an army. And this army is unique, it's all highly competent, hyperloyal, hyperobedient foot soldiers burst fully formed onto the scene without any commanders. And yeah, maybe the smart move would have been to recruit generals from republic member planets with standing armies, but none of the republic planets are used to waging galactic warfare, and besides, giving command of these hyper obedient troops to somebody aligned with a particular member state is politically tricky. The Jedi are loyal to the Republic itself, their whole system guarantees no favoritism for individual states, and they're already the closest thing the Republic has to a professional military that operates on a galactic scale. So overnight the Jedi go from being warrior-monks who occasionally play troubleshooter or bodyguard for the republic, to Generals in Command of an army at war. And THAT's the image of the Jedi we see the most of (Via the Clone Wars show), The Jedi Order thrust into a role that would have been unthinkable a few years earlier. Which is of course the whole point, to force the Jedi order, via a series of perfectly rational decisions on their own part, into a position that will inevitably ruin them. And THAT is the Jedi that we see the most of.

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Jedi as serial scammers though. Every mission includes a sidequest to sabacc table for extra cash. Padawans on their first outing be like ‘but I thought the senate was funding this mission’ yes little one but they will ride our arses for every cent so let’s go fleece some rich asshole. He won’t even notice. You know how cops were invented to protect private property? Well jedi are here to protect your everything except your private property. *force tricks an atm into printing free money* that, my very young padawan, is something we call a victimless crime.

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tired of jedi characters comparing their relationship to their master with a parent-child dynamic. they dont KNOW that dynamic!

give me more jedi comparing a non-jedi's familial relationship to that of an apprentice and a master - at least that would make sense!

jedi going "yeah, an adult who guides and protects you and you're supposed to listen to them? yeah thats a master- oh, your mom is like that too? neat :)"

more jedi not really understanding non-jedi family dynamics. more jedi being horrified at the concept of someone being rejected or mistreated by their parent, because "why did they choose to have you then???"

there's a lot of interesting parallels between master-padawan dynamics and parental/familial dynamics. i just want to see more of the comparison going the other way.