#The republic

[academic-vampire]

𝔠𝔩𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯

[short-wooloo]

Another way I realized the opinion that "the Jedi got too involved in Republic politics" is stupid:

How in the fuck are they supposed to be effective at their job of peacekeeper-diplomats if they aren't involved in politics?

You can't eat your cake and have it too! No one listens to people who have no political authority!

Politics involves you, whether or not you're involved in politics!

[darth-memes]

[shiversdownyourspleen]

Just thinking about how the clones - a group engineered purely to be a faceless military to die in the name of a Republic whose ideals they would never experience - have infinitely more humanity, personality, and individuality than the stormtroopers that replaced them, a military made of the everyday people

And how of these two, only one of them is truly faceless

The clones fought to find their humanity, the Empire sold theirs

[mudwerks]

(via Best monsoon photos from photographers at The Arizona Republic)

ROB SCHUMACHER/THE REPUBLIC

[laylacl9ck]

Hey so Here’s a thing about Madeleine cookie I was thinking about for a while now

So I was always wondering why the heck does most of the cookies in the republic for example often talk badly about Madeleine and sometimes saying stuff like “he could have been better than that” and then I realized that

Madeleines are a type of cake

OKAY SO NOW IM GOING CONSPIRATORY MODE BUT HEAR ME OUT ONN THIS ONE

Y’all probably are familiar about Espresso cookie being a little rude with Madeleine cookie but we know that at the end they consider themselves friends but here’s a thing , in a dialogue in a chapter (I don’t remember which one ) he says something like “if I don’t continue this I’ll end just like *gasp* MADELEINE COOKIE !!!” And when you see financer cookie’s dialogue in the game she says “sir madeleine could have ended up better than that” so ITS NOT JUST A FRENEMIE THING GOING ON THAT ONLY ESPRESSO DOES THERES MORE PEOPLE WHO THINKS LIKE THAT

And wanna know what’s more crazy is that there’s no actual bad treats about Madeleine not even on his status as a paladin so what’s the actual problem with him that everyone has ???

At first I thought that this perception of him was because of the misinterpretation of his self love with narcissism or some shit but then when I remember that madeleines are types of cakes and that cakes are basically seen as those heartless beast that doesn’t deserve anything got me thinking… is he actually victim of discrimination????? Cause I can’t found anything else to explain this , HES A PALADIN , HE RESPECTS THE HIERARCHY AND THE PEOPLE ABOVE HIM , HES WILLING TO SACRIFICE HIMSELF IF HE HAD TO , HE EVEN WAS THE FIRST TO CONSIDER ESPRESSO AS HIS FRIEND AND HE HELPS PEOPLE IN NEEDS WHO ARE BELOW HIM SO WHATS THE BEEF THEY HAVE WITH THIS CUTIE?!???????

[sporadicsweetswitch]

My friend is playing KOTOR for the first time and has now come to four conclusions so far...

PARTS HERE [1] [2][3][4][5]

1. Carth and Mission being a dad-daughter duo was a missed oppotunity.

2. Jolee is not very jolly and therefore his name is false advertising 🙄

3. They would like to adopt a Gizka as a playable pet and teach it to fight and eat people.

4. Malak is in no way qualified to run a sith empire. He took the Zapp Brannigan approach and failed upwards to the point of being in charge and having no clue what the eff to do now. He should at LEAST be going through basic training.. because the course "How to run an empire 101" must exist somewhere

[hymneminium]

[...] But the right thing to do is to take up the third dimension right after the second. And this, I suppose, consists of cubes and of whatever shares in depth. You’re right, Socrates, but this subject hasn’t been developed yet. There are two reasons for that: First, because no city values it, this difficult subject is little researched. Second, the researchers need a director, for, without one, they won’t discover anything. To begin with, such a director is hard to find, and, then, even if he could be found, those who currently do research in this field would be too arrogant to follow him. If an entire city helped him to supervise it, however, and took the lead in valuing it, then he would be followed. And, if the subject was consistently and vigorously pursued, it would soon be developed. Even now, when it isn’t valued and is held in contempt by the majority and is pursued by researchers who are unable to give an account of its usefulness, nevertheless, in spite of all these handicaps, the force of its charm has caused it to develop somewhat, so that it wouldn’t be surprising if it were further developed even as things stand. The subject has outstanding charm. [...]

(The Republic, 528b)

This is very cute. Plato is sad that people aren't researching 3D geometry

[httpschrys]

On The Allegory of the Cave by Plato

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[vickybiblecampsurvivor]

Autism rant time

Part one:

Let's talk about why the designs are different based on philosophical reasons and the war at the time. The star destroyer is a representation of oppression, Its sign is designed to oppress worlds and destroy worlds from orbit or at least destroy bases and cities. It has no front facing turbo lasers and if it does they're extremely weak. All the turbo lasers face downwards towards a planet or a base of some kind. It is meant to show up the strength of the empire and to keep people in check, always reminding that in a single notice could wipe out your existence. In addition The hanger bay that houses all the transportation for shuttles used to distribute soldiers, heavy armor, light armor and artillery of all kinds, making it very easy to release a swarm of imperial might onto a planet to oppress or conquer a world. This Represents The empire's philosophy of control: you'll have 1 officer in control of everything, all the goings on in the ship, maybe a separate force commander used to command the troops on the ground, maybe they would be on the bridge Usually once the battle begins they would be on the ground. 

Now for the venerator, The venator is based in the philosophy of the republic which is strength through unity and freedom, The best example used with strength of unity  and freedom is the 2 bridges designed 1 bridge controls all the going on the ship the other 1 controls the district distribution of fighters and transports. this allows for an easy and equal distribution of power, Now factoring in they usually there would be a some type of Jedi general on the ship and they would be controlling everything going on in the ground or they would substituting for the other naval officers that would be controlled the fighters depending on the Jedi's style and the battle going on but you would have 1 naval officer controlling the ship. Needs and then 1 Jedi  or naval officer controlling the fighters and their needs. Seldom would a Jedi have control over a ship It was rare and generally frowned upon. 

Now let's talk about the other designs And why They were different  for starters the venerator came first of course it's going to.be different and the type of war was different while both were a clash of ideologies the wars were fought drastically different. The empire was trying to oppress its people as well as crush a rebellion. The republic was Trying to reunite the separating systems And generally wanted to build a ship that was great for offense and defense and all of its cannons, well almost all of them. Were frontwards facing  And the hanger containing fighters Was directly in the center (that little red part that red line opens up for anyone that hasn't seen it before) It would open up and all the fighters and transports would come out of that But a lot of times When a battle was over they would just land and release most of the soldiers that way. But the vanguard would be dropped off through shuttles and gunships.

 This perfectly shows the difference of war, I will reiterate, both were clashes of ideologies. The difference is the rebellion was trying to overthrow an empire that was corrupt and oppressive. While the republic was also corrupted and oppressive, But so was the confederacy of independent systems. So it was a much more equal conflict And it was fought that way, With tons of ships battle battling With tons of ships battle, side-by-side trying to constantly 1 up the other. when the empire would just send out a super weapon to crush a small fleet Ships held together with duct tape and a dream. Continuing this The empire Again wanted to crush their opponents And remind everyone their place. While the republic  Wanted to crush their  Opponent Through Strategy and tactics to show why they were the better choice. 

[short-wooloo]

I just cannot understand why people think the Jedi being a part of the Republic and answering to the senate is so bad

"OH no! The space wizards are held accountable by a democratically elected legal authority! How terrible!"

And more importantly, it worked, for 25,000 years it worked

Why does a few decades at the very end mean the whole several thousand year system needs to be written off?

"But the senate was corrupt!"

But the Jedi weren't, they continued to do their job, it's not on them if the senate stopped pulling its weight, not to mention there were still senators who were trying to do their jobs till the very end

Not to mention how the sorry state of the Republic near its end was a product of the sith's efforts to destroy it

[nikkidafox]

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[timaeuslover001]

The Jedi Order

Above all, the Jedi shouldn’t be despised or look down upon because of their certain rules that they’ve had previous orders.

The whole purpose for doing what they did was to serve the people as well as serve the side of the force For selfless purposes.

it was always the betterment of other people and their practices in their ways and their discipline prove that.

Even though some people didn’t agree, it may have caused some bitterness, and some sadness isn’t disappointments as well as confusion in the Order, it was also possible.

For 1000 years according to Master Mace WinWu, no one has left the Jedi order (before Ahsoka and Dooku)

Their Goal was to keep people from falling prey to the dark side , and that was possible.

Not saying it right or should be done anymore but don’t hate on them form this fact.

They didn’t ban emotion, nor did despise or look down on anybody who did have these attachments.

Their ultimate goal was to prevent over attachment. Often we see people in film media in real life who go off the deep end because they’ve lost somebody close to them family friends loved ones marriage whatever. And we hardly ever see somebody discupline or balance their motions enough to not make bad decisions in time, grief, or pain or heartache or heartbreak.

So to combat the over attachment, the Jedi just abstain from making these sort of attachments. In for forces users, this is very dangerous territory because these people are very close to that energy in spiritual life force that they deal with and being so close to the light as well as the dark. It’s a very sensitive thin line they have to walk to keep themselves from being sued and either direction.

The TEASON why the Orderbanned “attachments”

1. martial attachment :

The closes peopel to us and the most influential are our loved ones, family and spouses.

General lives are so purely dedicated to the force and so non-traditional in a lot of cultures and even seems countercultural in a lot of cultures because of their non-materialistic nature.

And that can seem often causing friction with somebody who is a Jedi who life is dedicated in a particular way.

Not to mention the over attachment of one spouse because of that unique bond that somebody shares with another person in the intimacy of that bond, someone who, if they lose that bond often react in a negative way and it can cause this person to feel embittered and angry and sway them to the dark side of the floor so Not even have that possibility they just abstain from these types of relationships and became dedicated servants of the light side of the force.

2. Familial Attachemnts:

kids is biggest problems can be their parents. if you go on social media right now they’re a lot of teachers who deal constantly with terrible parents due to the carelessness or overbearing this or neglectfulness harming their child.

Influences are also their parents and a parent can also be a hindrance to kids and their potential , because they’re teaching them selfish or bad habits that counter act the Light.

A lot more less crime in the world world would happen if people just had good stable homes. It won’t be perfect. It won’t eradicate it, but it’ll definitely be a lot less.

Children often receptive to teaching and learning and discipline that adults lose overtime, especially when they hit middle-age. A lot of adults get settled in their way and don’t really change.

In the movie avatar when Jake Sully met with the priest queen of her tribe, she said they stopped treating outsiders because it’s hard to fill a cup that’s already full, and Jake being very open and receptive to a lot of things about the culture because his culture lacks a lot of what he’s been missing, he was very receptive, as well as being the leader of this Tribe eventually.

And when they take them as children, they’re able to dedicate them solely to the ways of the force, and not have outside influences counteract that teaching or to make them dark side, force users.

Conclusion:

The Jedi wasn’t perfect but they served the forces of good over evil every time.

Not only that, but they served the good at their own expense as well, even if that meant the ultimate sacrifice of their lives.

Whether there be personally or literally.

Luke order was perfected by standing on what they had accomplished.

so was his better absolutely but the previous order regardless of the certain restrictions they still served the public in, made friends and connections with each other .

[captainsophiestark]

The Level-Headed One

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Written for Fictober 2023!

Fandom: Star Wars

Day 8 Prompt: "Give that to me, before anything happens."

Summary: Obi-Wan and his partner (in life and on this mission) break into a smuggler's den in search of information the Republic needs, when things go a little sideways.

Word Count: 1,262

Category: Fluff

Requested by @ghostofskywalker! Hope you like it Tori!

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"Missions like these are my favorite," I muttered, smiling up at my best friend and partner, Obi-Wan, as we ducked down a darkened bar hallway, his arm wrapped tightly around me and my arms around his neck. Obi-Wan hummed, leaning down and towards me until we disappeared from the sight of the rest of the bar, when he pulled back.

"They are more fun than rushing into battle on a dusty planet."

I smiled, leaning up to give him a brief peck on the cheek before we both returned our focus to the task at hand. We'd come here looking for information about smuggling routes the Separatists had been using to run supplies past our blockades, but with a cover as two people on a date in a seedy bar. Away from the Jedi Council, on missions in dives like this, were some of the only times Obi and I got to spend as a couple.

Unfortunately, they also often included people trying to kill us at some point or another. We'd just have to keep surviving long enough to get to the other side of the war and retire happily.

"Do you want to take care of the door, or should I?" asked Obi-Wan, both of us scanning our surroundings as we reached the locked door of the club owner's office. If we were right, all the information we could hope for and more would be in there.

I shrugged. "I'm probably going to kick it down, so if you have another way..."

"Hold on."

He closed his eyes, raising his hand ever so slightly as he concentrated and worked through the force. I turned to watch our backs, until I heard the telltale 'click' of a lock unlocking itself.

"You did that by moving the lock from the inside with the force?" I asked, turning to my boyfriend with a raised eyebrow. He shrugged.

"I've needed to develop that skill more than a few times in the course of the war."

"Still. Impressive."

With one last glance around the hallway, the two of us ducked quickly into the office, carefully shutting the door behind us. I relocked it before turning to take in the room with Obi.

We'd definitely found the right place. The office was a disaster zone, papers, boxes, and filing cabinets scattered everywhere. This was going to be a long, long night.

"I'll take the left half if you take the right half," Obi-Wan deadpanned. I sighed.

"We didn't do nearly enough dancing and drinking in the bar before hand to deal with all this."

Since neither of us knew when an enemy might next appear, we tried to work quickly while still doing a thorough job. I kept one eye on the time, all too aware that every minute that ticked by was another increasing the risk of our death.

I'd been getting jittery as we neared the half hour mark, but Obi-Wan and I had almost made it through the entire room. We'd started at the edges and gradually worked towards the middle and each other, and finally, we'd met at the desk.

I huffed a sigh and popped the top off yet another box and started digging through, until a large, familiar object made me pause.

"Oh boy," I muttered, reaching into the box and pulling out the flashbang grenade. I held it up to show Obi-Wan, turning it over in my hand. "Look at this. Who leaves something like this in a box on their desk?"

"Seedy smugglers who might need to throw one at someone coming in the door?" he suggested.

"Yeah, I guess so." I tossed the grenade lightly in my hand, testing its weight and getting a feel for it. "Interesting."

"Give me that, before anything happens," Obi-Wan said, holding out his hand with a sigh. I rolled my eyes, but dropped it in his hand anyway.

"I'm not going to blow us up, Obi-Wan. I might be best friends with Anakin, but I'm not completely stupid."

He snorted, which made a smile tug at the corner of my mouth. I nudged him with my shoulder as we both continued our search, the feeling of him in the force putting me at ease and bringing a smile to my face even in the middle of a mission like this. A few minutes later, I smiled for a different reason.

"I think I found what we're looking for."

Obi-Wan leaned over my shoulder as I fanned out a stack of documents, all detailing several shipping routes and smuggling runs designed to get around Republic blockades.

"Excellent work," he said, eyes still scanning the information. "Let's take that with us and get out of here, shall we?"

"Neither of you is going to be going anywhere, ever again."

Obi-Wan and I's heads snapped up to find the club owner standing in the doorway, flanked by two burly guards cracking their knuckles. I sighed.

"Two more minutes, and we would've been gone," I muttered.

"Nobody gets away with stealing from me, in my own club, with their lives."

Rather than returning fire with our new enemy, Obi-Wan leaned in to whisper in my ear.

"Can you gather those papers quickly if we were to run?" I nodded. "Good. Then close your eyes and cover your ears."

I turned to give him a questioning look, only to see him pick up the flashbang grenade I'd found and pull the pin, hurling it at the club owner without a second thought. I ducked and covered just in time as it went off before quickly springing into action, grabbing the papers off the desk and following Obi-Wan as we pushed past the stunned club owner and his guards.

We rushed back into the noise and confusion of the club, angry screams following from behind us. Obi-Wan reached back and took my hand as we wove through the crowd, finally making our way to an exit near the back and ducking out the door.

"You got all the papers?" he asked as we jumped into our speeder and he quickly guided it into the sky. I nodded.

"Yes, I did. And I'll absolutely never understand how you got your reputation as the level-headed one."

Obi-Wan chuckled. "It's easy. I got the reputation because I'm constantly surrounded by you and Anakin. And when he dives out a thousand-story window without a plan to catch himself and you run into an ambush with nothing but the force to get you out of it, a little flashbang grenade in a pinch becomes the most rational thing in the world."

I snorted, but he wasn't wrong. I caught him grinning out of the corner of my eye, so I turned to him more fully with a grin of my own.

"So... mission success, but I still think we got run out of that place a little early. Do you want to go somewhere for a little victory celebration before we go back to the Temple?"

"...What did you have in mind?"

"Padmé told me about a jazz club not too far from here."

Obi-Wan chuckled. "You certainly know me well." He glanced at the still-dark sky, then sighed. "I suppose we do have some time. Just tell me where to go."

We shared a smile, blending in amongst the lights of the city as two other people, no Jedi Order or war following us like it did everywhere else. And for tonight, we'd enjoy that escape for a little while, to help remind us exactly what we were out there fighting for.

[darth-memes]

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