#Star Wars canon
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phantom-of-the-keurig · 1 year ago
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“Unmmmm there’s NO evidence Kamino CULLED clones who were different that would be MEAN and no clones were decommissioned it doesn’t exist!!”
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Begging y’all to think before you speak please 😭 these are direct screenshots from the canon wiki, and I even have the actual source book where these come from
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thegeekylady52 · 2 years ago
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the three genders: legends, canon and lego
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skywalkr-nberrie · 2 months ago
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Thinking about the two times in canon SW novels how Anakin and Padmé picked out flowers for each other.
Once in EKJ’s Padmé trilogy (Queen’s Hope) where Anakin picks up a petal and adorns it on Padmé’s hair, then asks her if her dad would be able to teach him how to plant so he can make Padmé a beautiful garden full of colorful flowers one day. And once again in Mike Chen’s Brotherhood novel where Anidala sneak out for a date on the lower levels of Coruscant and they’re strolling through a market then Padmé picks up two purple flowers from a flower stall and puts one in her hair, then the other peaking out from Anakin’s breast pocket.
Flower picking, gardening, and picnics are 100% an Anidala thing. Need I say more?
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servethelight · 10 months ago
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One thing I love about Star Wars is that most of the Canon relationships consist of a man falling in love with a woman who told him he was stupid and / or tried to kill him once and has a degree in bad bitchology.
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starryyknights · 2 months ago
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i love how rey is like a foot shorter than kylo and half as experienced but she can canonically beat the shit out of him
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raevulsix · 1 year ago
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Y’all don’t understand how important this discovery is cause Thrawn knew Anakin Skywalker before he became Darth Vader.
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He was left with the impression of how greatly the Jedi’s abilities were, using that to his knowledge to also mention Anakin Skywalker in front of The Emperor upon his capture and pledge allegiance to the Empire.
Panels from the Comics when Thrawn mentions Anakin Skywalker:
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Also, Thrawn was the only one to uncover the true identity of Darth Vader, mocking him over the fact his people had a nickname of “Skywalker” for force sensitive navigators who were young girls of his kind. This encounter’s mention during their mission was random.
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Also, Darth Vader was known to kill anyone who dared referenced or mentioned his past self to him, so lemme just say make it sink in that Thrawn dodged yet another bullet to the head that one time.
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beyemar · 3 months ago
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A chronological history of all Sith (and sith-adjacents, such as the Inquisitorius and Knights of Ren) in the current Star Wars canon, compiled after tedious research by yours truly.
Accurate as of November 2024.
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cjvarte · 6 months ago
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The Veteran (Canon)
Source: "Star Wars Outlaws" is a Canon 2024 action-adventure game developed by Massive Entertainment and published by Ubisoft in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games.
ND-5 mentioned General Grievous once more.
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adragonsfriend · 8 months ago
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Young Padawan Commanders: real or Filoni-fever-dream?
Ok genuinely really important question I just thought of that I’ve never seen anyone address.
So nothing I can remember in the prequel trilogy indicates that young Padawans were directly involved in the war. The closest thing I can imagine to evidence of that is that there were some padawans younger than Anakin (like Barriss Offee) at Geonosis, but no one was actually expecting resistance at Geonosis, let alone the slaughter by the droid army. There definitely weren’t any Caleb Dune/Cal Kestis aged kids there.
Question being, was young padawans being made commanders canon to anything before Dave Filoni invented Ahsoka?
Frankly we see a young Padawan once in ROTS and he’s at the temple only fighting because of the clones attacking his home, not out on a battle field (surely we would see some kids die in Order 66 putside the temple if they were with their masters on battlefields?). The prequel trilogy literally treats killing children as the worst possible thing you can do, and having very young commanders just getting casually killed off throughout the war would be such a deeply weird contradiction of the image of Anakin standing over the younglings. “They did nothing to stop kids being soldiers” is one of the arguments that always gets brought up about the Jedi being evil or totally corrupt people unable to recognize that war=1800-bad-for-kids and I just gotta say if that whole genre of evidence was invented by Mr. Anti-Jedi-Vaguery himself… Clone wars is a kids show, even more than the trilogies, so I do understand the need for young protagonists, but to take that storytelling necessity and twist it into evidence against the premises of the prequels is…it’s something alright.
Whoever knows the deep lore please inform me—it can go either way—if there really were young Padawan commanders in the original vision that’s a really strong argument about the systematic power and fear-based, cruel actions by the Senate, I just would love to know
Edit: question answered in several different ways! I will get around to summarizing them at some point.
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dragon-of-the-soutn · 1 year ago
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I think it’s really fucking funny that Kylux has absolutely destroyed Finnpoe in terms of how many ao3 pages it has. Like Finnpoe, that ship we were all in the trenches with the actors fighting for to be cannon back in the day has been steamrollered by Darth Tantrum and his evil space ginger.
Hilarious. I too love evil gay people with fucked up dynamics and a tendency to kill other people and then each other. Excellent work everyone.
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sunsetgloom · 10 months ago
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i did it. i made another timeline.
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this time it's about the disaster lineage! though, surprisingly, making this was less of a disaster than i had expected. i was consistently able to find dates and ages for pretty much everyone. comes with the territory of being related to the main characters i guess lol
not going to make an entire essay this time - this is all basically canon anyway (apart from the Feemor thing but HOW ELSE IS HE SUPPOSED TO WORK) - apart from rael and qui-gon's ages. all i did was take qui-gon's d.o.b. and give it to rael and then give qui-gon a new d.o.b. based on the fact he was taken on as dooku's apprentice at 12. simple. literally everything else had a year or age to go by, i had so few problems it was beautiful.
i think i have written down every main event related to these folks but if i've somehow missed something please do tell me and i will fix it!
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(i am still taking timeline requests if you would like to see others)
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vadertyrannus · 20 days ago
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Darth Vader in Return of the Jedi is (mostly) just as evil as in the prior two films
Oftentimes, I see discussion acting like Darth Vader in Return of the Jedi somehow experienced "badass decay", and/or that he's more subdued and conflicted the entire movie.
Some even claim that he abandoned his plot to overthrow the Emperor with Luke.
I disagree.
Darth Vader is just as evil, badass, and independent in ROTJ as the prior two Original Trilogy films, even if he's simultaneously made more sympathetic (but is still fully culpable for his villainy; more on that as we go on).
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While Vader's internal conflict is made a big story point in the third act, people overstate it's presence in the film.
Vader's Introduction
I'd argue that the very point of this scene is to reinforce that Vader is still the ruthless badass he is in Empire Strikes Back.
I genuinely believe that this is Vader's best entrance. Hell, the best entrance in Star Wars. The buildup is masterful, the score is suspenseful and dramatic, and that low-angle of Vader walking down the ramp is just magnificent. Powerful and sinister.
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Being real, I think it's more epic then the Emperor's entrance (though this is likely unintentional, and I'm bias, of course).
Immediately, the dialogue reinforces that Vader is just as cold-blooded and cruel as he is in ESB.
JERJERROD: Lord Vader, this is an unexpected pleasure. We're honored by your presence. VADER: You may dispense with the pleasantries, Commander. I'm here to put you back on schedule. The commander turns ashen and begins to shake. JERJERROD: I assure you, Lord Vader, my men are working as fast as they can. VADER: Perhaps I can find new ways to motivate them. JERJERROD: I tell you, this station will be operational as planned. VADER: The Emperor does not share your optimistic appraisal of the situation. JERJERROD: But he asks the impossible. I need more men. VADER: Then perhaps you can tell him when he arrives. JERJERROD (aghast): The Emperor's coming here? VADER: That is correct, Commander. And he is most displeased with your apparent lack of progress. JERJERROD: We shall double our efforts. VADER: (sarcastically) I hope so, Commander, for your sake. The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am.
Vader is being incredibly blunt, dismissing the Jerjerrod's politeness. Furthermore, he even threatens to torture/murder DSII construction workers to "motivate them". Now keep in mind, these construction workers are likely civilians just trying to put bread on the table.
The only way this scene could be read as more "subdued" on Vader's behalf is if you want to interpret that last line as genuine, but it's clearly not. Vader's being sarcastic; he wasn't actually accepting Needa's apology in ESB, either.
Leading us to the next point.
Did Vader abandon his plot to overthrow the Emperor?
No.
While Canon Vader is my favorite interpretation of him, and I'm no Lucas purist, Lucas himself has stated that this isn't true. Since Canon doesn't contradict it, I chose to interpret it this way as well (my interpretation of Star Wars doesn't strictly adhere to any particular continuity anyway, as it's all a mess).
Quotes from The Making of Return of the Jedi:
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Furthermore, there's proof within the film itself.
In the Emperor's introduction, he outright points out that Vader has still been actively seeking out Luke. Vader only took a break to put the DSII construction back on schedule.
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VADER: The Death Star will be completed on schedule. EMPEROR You have done well, Lord Vader. And now I sense you wish to continue your search for young Skywalker. VADER: Yes, my Master.
You can even notice that before responding, Vader pauses and studies the Emperor, trying to decipher if he's caught on to his deception.
Then we get to the next part, which tells us why Vader is going along with the Emperor's plot.
EMPEROR: Patience, my friend. In time he will seek you out. And when he does, you must bring him before me. He has grown strong. Only together can we turn him to the dark side of the Force. VADER: As you wish.
Vader doesn't send Luke to the Emperor because he's given up on his plot: he does it because he believes they can only turn him if they work together.
Even the way Vader says "As you wish," sounds rather sinister, as if he's thinking about how he's gonna backstab the Emperor.
This matches what Lucas says in the above quotes:
"What is operating in his head is: "The Emperor will turn Luke to the dark side because I can't do it, because *I am not strong enough; he will turn Luke and then I will be able to [...] join with Luke and eventually turn him to destroy the Emperor. Once he is on the dark side, then it will be easy; then we are a team, then we are father and son."
*When Lucas says Vader is "not strong enough", he is referring to strength in terms of mental manipulation.
Vader failed to convert Luke in ESB, despite forcing him into a situation where it was "Join me or die".
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"Come with me. It is the only way."
Vader tried to turn Luke through assertiveness, forcefully. This makes sense for his character.
Darth Vader is the brute force, the warrior.
The Emperor, however, is the sly puppet master.
This is why, in Canon, despite Vader being more powerful then the Emperor (in terms of raw Force power), Palpatine is still able to hold Vader back; he has contingencies.
To briefly summarize: Palpatine has a button to deactivate his suit (technically Cylo had it, but he's under the Emperor's command), his royal guards, and Vader's suit is weak to Force lightning.
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This is why Vader wants Luke to join him to help him overthrow the Emperor. His son is insurance, to guarantee his chances of winning. Vader's trying to cancel out Palpatine's contingencies with his own backup.
Part of Vader's arc in the 2015 comic run (post-ANH/pre-ESB) is becoming more sly, conducting more conniving, under-the-table missions, with less total reliance on brute force and battle tactics.
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In-line with this, Vader isn't any less independent in ROTJ then he is in ESB.
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PIETT: Shall I hold them? VADER: No. Leave them to me. I will deal with them myself.
Notice how this shot is framed, with Vader shot at a very low angle, emphasizing his power. Vader handling this himself instills dread into the audience. He has something sinister planned.
Vader's betrayal of the Emperor is foreshadowed further, when he outright disobeys him, trespassing in his throne room after being told to stay on the command ship.
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EMPEROR: I told you to remain on the command ship. VADER: A small Rebel force has penetrated the shield and landed on Endor. EMPEROR (no surprise): Yes, I know. VADER (after a beat): My son is with them. EMPEROR (very cool): Are you sure? VADER: I have felt him, my Master. EMPEROR: Strange, that I have not.
This can even be considered an escalation of Vader's rebelliousness in ESB. He's not just scheming behind his back, he's defying him to his face.
There was even a deleted scene that showed that Vader had to force his way in, Force-choking the Emperor's guards.
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68 INT DEATH STAR - CORRIDOR TO EMPEROR'S TOWER Darth Vader walks down the corridor to the Emperor's Tower and private elevator. The Emperor's private guard steps in Vader's path. GUARD: Halt! The Emperor does not wish to be disturbed at the moment. VADER: (raising his gloved hand to the two guards and choking them with the Force) The Emperor will see me, now! GUARD: (repeating Vader's command) The Emperor will see you, now.
Vader was gonna have a Force-choking scene in ROTJ, and in fact, has one in every draft of the screenplay (with him at one point killing Jerjerrod, in earlier drafts).
After scouring The Making of Return of the Jedi, there's no mention of this scene being removed for character reasons. All I could find regarding the deletion of this scene was a paragraph that says the scene was gone after an edit done to improve the pacing.
One thing I love about how Canon has recontextualized Vader and Palpatine's relationship is it's effect on this betrayal on Vader's behalf.
First, it makes even more sense that Vader gets away with disobeying the Emperor without punishment: Palpatine knows how powerful Vader is. He's not gonna risk pissing off and starting a fight with the Son of the Force, which will be deadly for both of them.
It's not even the first time Vader's done something like this.
In the 2017 comic run, Vader gets away with refusing a direct order unless he gets his own world, and Palpatine completely indulges in his request.
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He doesn't even physically punish him for the loss of the Death Star after A New Hope.
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This is in stark contrast to the old EU, where he was tortured with Force lightning and had one of his limbs cut off.
The only time he physically punishes Vader is an occasion where Vader's connection to the dark side was weakened due to internal conflict.
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He also punishes Vader after he attacked him immediately after ROTS (in the panel shown previously, when talking about Vader's power level). However, this was right after he had manipulated Vader into letting him go, who just became a cyborg after hours of surgery.
Point being: Palpatine hardly physically punishes Vader at all, in Canon. And Vader being more powerful (most of the time) explains why.
Second: while before, Vader sensing Luke when the Emperor couldn't is due to their father-son relationship, now it also makes even more sense. Vader is more powerful then him.
Vader's Conflict
Another thing outright established in the scene where Vader disobeys the Emperor is that he isn't conflicted, at this point in the story:
EMPEROR: I wonder if your feelings on this matter are clear, Lord Vader. Vader knows what is being asked. VADER: They are clear, my Master.
While this can be chalked up to Vader denying his feelings, not only have we not been given reason to believe this at this point in the film, but Vader's next scene reinforces this.
COMMANDER: This is a Rebel that surrendered to us. Although he denies it, I believe there may be more of them, and I request permission to conduct a further search of the area. He was armed only with this. VADER: Good work, Commander. Leave us. Conduct your search, and bring his companions to me.
Vader conducts himself in the exact same way as in ESB, even upon reuniting with his son. He's concocting a plan to kidnap his friends to use as leverage, without the Emperor's knowledge, as far as we know.
Vader proceeds to talk to Luke the same way he always does.
VADER: The Emperor has been expecting you. LUKE: I know, father. VADER: So, you have accepted the truth.
It isn't until Luke says the name "Anakin" that we see a shift:
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LUKE: I've accepted the truth that you were once Anakin Skywalker, my father. VADER (turning to face him): That name no longer has any meaning for me.
Vader's reaction is immediate and aggressive.
As Luke talks, Vader remains silent, seemingly softened by his words.
LUKE: It is the name of your true self. You've only forgotten. I know there is good in you. The Emperor hasn't driven it from you fully. That is why you couldn't destroy me. That's why you won't bring me to your Emperor now. Vader looks down from Luke to the lightsaber in his own black- gloved hand. He seems to ponder Luke's words.
However, Vader immediately returns to his cold Sith persona, talking about Luke's new power in the Force.
VADER (indicating lightsaber): I see you have constructed a new lightsaber. Vader ignites the lightsaber and holds it to examine its humming, brilliant blade. VADER: Your skills are complete. Indeed, you are powerful, as the Emperor has foreseen. They stand for a moment, Vader extinguishes the lightsaber.
He's glad, because he knows this means he'll be useful for overthrowing the Emperor.
By turning on the lightsaber, Vader is also subtly threatening Luke, reminding him that he has all of the power in the situation. It's a defense mechanism against his son's armor piercing words.
Then Luke says another thing that actually gets a vulnerable response from Vader (likely because these are also Padme's words).
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LUKE: Come with me. VADER: Obi-Wan once thought as you do. Luke steps close to Vader, then stops. Vader is still. VADER: You don't know the power of the dark side. I must obey my master.
He solemnly admits that Obi-Wan once believed he could walk away, but he can't.
Because Vader has been retconned to be more powerful then the Emperor, in Canon, I choose to interpret "You don't know the power of the dark side" as him saying that his addiction to the dark side is too strong for him to let go of it. If he's gonna rule the galaxy, he needs to go along with the Emperor's plan.
Even if you go by the power-scaling of G-Canon or the old-EU, in which he's only 80% as powerful as the Emperor, Vader still has a choice. He can join the Rebel Alliance, as Luke offers.
He doesn't. This vulnerability is short-lived, and Vader returns to his ruthlessness.
LUKE: I will not turn... and you'll be forced to kill me. VADER: If that is your destiny.
Vader coldly tells his son that he will kill him, if he refuses to turn. Goosebumps.
And this is exactly what he did in ESB.
VADER: There is no escape. Don't make me destroy you.
A similar line is repeated in their fight on the DSII.
VADER: You underestimate the power of the dark side. If you will not fight, then you will meet your destiny.
Luke then manages to get Vader to actually admit regret.
LUKE: Search your feelings, father. You can't do this. I feel the conflict within you. Let go of your hate. VADER: It is too late for me, son.
Then Vader doubles down again.
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Vader signals to some distant stormtroopers. VADER: The Emperor will show you the true nature of the Force. He is your master now. He and Luke stand staring at one another for a long moment. LUKE: Then my father is truly dead.
Vader is unwilling to let go of the power of the dark side, of the Empire. He's too addicted to it.
Deep down, he regrets his choices. But he doesn't want to face that sadness, that guilt. He believes those feelings to be weakness, and willingly buries them with callousness, rage, and egotistical pleasure from lording his power over others.
He wants to be that invincible, monstrous Dark Lord of the Sith.
His feeling that he doesn't have a way out is born out of ego and self-centeredness, it's an excuse.
He knows he has a way out. He's been shown this.
But he's prioritizing his feelings of self-worth, his power-hunger, over doing the right thing for the galaxy.
He's rather embrace being a sadistic monster then face his guilt, admit that he messed up, and face the consequences.
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Furthermore, Vader is prioritizing his own plot to finally rule the galaxy without the Emperor over the well-being of his son and the galaxy.
As Lucas said, in the quotes shown above:
"The way to do it here is to make Vader evil and terrible and turn his son in, and they go before the Emperor and they have a fight."
This scene isn't meant to convey, "He knows he's a dead man walking, that there's no way out, and so is just scared, hopeless, and following orders."
Vader still has a selfish motive, and is doing this for selfish reasons.
This scene is meant to reinforce Vader's agency, not rob him of it.
Vader does it for selfish reasons, because he's evil, not helpless.
In this scene, Vader is more vulnerable then any scene in the prior two films (which is why the title says "mostly"). Now, this isn't a bad thing at all. This is one of the best scenes in all of Star Wars. In all of film history, in my opinion. The depth it gives both Luke and Vader is fantastic.
Yet, I feel people extrapolate this vulnerability to other points of the film and even other material involving Vader to the point of ridiculousness. Not everything he does is meant to be viewed in this sympathetic "he's a victim" mindset. He's hardly even a victim in ROTJ. He's only a victim of his own actions.
People seem to struggle with the concept that, for most of his time as Vader, Anakin is practically dead. All that's left is the cold, merciless Sith Lord. He spends decades committing horrific atrocities throughout the galaxy for the sake of power.
If anything, this conflict being brought to light, emphasis placed on the fact that Vader was once a good person, enhances his villainy: Vader actively chooses to be evil, he actively represses his light side.
During his duel with Luke, Vader aggressively denies there is conflict within him and continues attacking his son.
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Vader even sadistically lords the leverage he has over Luke, due to his feelings for his friends and sister.
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VADER: Give yourself to the dark side. It is the only way you can save your friends. Yes, your thoughts betray you. Your feelings for them are strong. Especially for... Vader stops and senses something. Luke shuts his eyes tightly, in anguish. VADER: Sister! So...you have a twin sister. Your feelings have now betrayed her, too. Obi-Wan was wise to hide her from me. Now his failure is complete. If you will not turn to the dark side, then perhaps she will.
The first thing he does upon learning he has a daughter is realize she could be used as a tool, gloat about Obi-Wan's failure, and make a threat to her brother to turn her to the dark side, insinuating that he'll just kill him and use her instead.
This is one of Vader's scariest moments of all-time, in my opinion. He's really sinister, and the lighting emphasizes this, a monster lurking in the dark.
There was but an ounce of that good left in him, and it came when his son was on the brink of death, after watching him be excruciatingly electrocuted by lightning for over a minute.
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Vader/Anakin's arc in this film only reinforces that he had agency all along; it's about choosing to be selfless, compassion over greed.
As Lucas says:
“Anakin can’t be redeemed for all the pain and suffering he’s caused. He doesn’t right the wrongs, but he stops the horror. The end of the Saga is simply Anakin saying: ‘I care about this person, regardless of what it means to me. I will throw away everything that I have, everything that I have grown to love - primarily the Emperor - and throw away my life, to save this person. And I’m doing this because he has faith in me, loves me despite all the horrible things I’ve done. I broke his mother’s heart, but he still cares about me, and I can’t let that die’. Anakin is very different in the end. The thing of it: The prophecy was right. Anakin was the Chosen One, and he does bring balance to the Force. He takes the ounce of good still left in him and destroys the Emperor out of compassion for his son."
Vader's character is all about the choices that he makes, just like Luke is.
Luke's entire journey is about rejecting the dark side and choosing to walk the path of the Jedi. Vader is the evil father, the Devil on Luke's shoulder tempting him to choose evil. He is used to contrast Luke, show who he will become if he chooses the wrong path, like his father did.
Darth Vader is not Norman Bates - a trapped victim suffering from a mental disorder due to a traumatic upbringing by a failed parental figure. Darth Vader is Walter White - a once-good person who became evil, choosing to do terrible things out of a lust for power and desire for dominance, but in the end, chooses to stop the horrors he created and save his family before his death.
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crim-bat · 8 days ago
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Star Wars Rant: The Jedi Dogma Lie You Fell For
The older I get and the more of a movie centric perspective I take in star wars (books and comics and games are good, but they either tell stories that aren't relevant or fill in the gaps), the more I've come to believe that the writers lacked the media literacy as much as the fans in regards to how dogmatic the jedi actually were
Palpatine said the order had a narrow and dogmatic view of the force once and the fanbase and writers immediately went "YEAH HE WAS RIGHT" without understanding what was going on and 20 years of telephone later it's become accepted as fact so much that it's permanently poisoned the well.
In the prequel trilogy list of things "explaining" jedi dogma, we have...
The jedi did not want to train Anakin as he was a ball of Trauma. This is fair when your magic system runs on being able to not need let your emotions control you. Anakin needed help, not jedi training.
The jedi not believing Qui Gon when he said there was a sith afoot. The sith have been gone for a thousand years, or so they think. That, enough, is reason to not be sure about it. In the EU/Legends, Dark Jedi cropped up every couple of years so it could have easily been one of those instead. One of them was Qui's former student. AND the jedi didn't just say "that's not a problem, ignore it". They very pointedly say to go investigate the problem. And Qui is good enough at his job that they kept him on the case
The jedi don't allow marriage. It's a monastic order and they are free to leave. There is literally no penalty for just bouncing as long as you don't burn the bridges yourself
In AOTC, we see Obi Wan being especially down on Anakin the whole movie and the other jedi in the scenes, Mace and Yoda, express concern and try to defend Anakin from his own master. Genuinely, Obi Wan is the bigger problem here than any other jedi. He's my favorite, but he's an asshole in AOTC
On Dooku, Mace doesn't think Dooku would do assassination because that is, at that time, super out of how the jedi operate. Dooku was a jedi so it should not have been in his character.
In Revenge of the Sith, Anakin goes to Yoda for advise about Padme but is vague as fuck so he gets vague jedi advise about detaching yourself from the situation and being happy they're going to jedi heaven. He Cannot Give Better Advise because Anakin is being Anakin.
Same movie, Mace says he doesn't trust Anakin with spying on Palpatine because he doesn't think he can handle it. And Anakin is only treated like a shitheal in the film when he acts like one. Yes, there's the undercurrent of him trying to save Padme but the movie doesn't at all explain that he's trying to get into the archives. No one can help him because he's not letting them.
Same movie, Palpatine points out the Dogmatic and Narrow view of the jedi according to the force.
There is really no part of the prequels that doesn't make sense and doesn't exonerate the "dogma" of the jedi in some way unless you're looking at what writers did after the fact.
Do the jedi have issues within the films?
Yes
Are they too beholden to the state?
Probably
But those are different issues and the official writers and the fans have both permanently poisoned the well because they took the big bad of 9 films at face value without criticism
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revanknightwoman · 26 days ago
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Unfortunately there wasn't space for more ansfers. Follow for more star wars polls, any more ideas would help me for catering future posts
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starryyknights · 5 months ago
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i love how the high republic shows that the jedi visualize the force differently in their mind’s eye. avar kriss sees it as music and a melody, where each living being is a separate note, elzar sees it as an all–powerful ocean, stellan gios envisions the skies with bright stars in constellations and nebulae.
even the padawans and apprentices have their own vision, ram jomaram sees a machine and it’s components, others see threads woven together or the warmth of light.
it’s such a small detail but adds so much to the story and to the character’s personalities as well.
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