#and then also anakin's job and negotiations

[tennessoui]

Hope you had a lovely Xmas, Kit, you deserved a break to celebrate grad school victory! I re-read umbtbyf and then the tumblr tags for it as a lil treat and you said Obi-Wan was going to wait till things were more stable and build a place for Anakin then lure him into it and I was hoping for more details of this loving but sith plan? If they hadn't met what was the plan to lure Anakin in, what was the place/trap, and when was Obi-Wan going to introduce himself? Also how would it have gone? I imagine even Anakin would have seen the news of fallen Jedi murderous traitor Kenobi by then!

this is such a good question that i'm answering a year later and im very sorry <3

so in use my body to break my fall, if companion anakin hadn't been tapped to like. honeytrap the sith lord, i think parts of canon would have happened as they do - many jedi/most jedi die in an order 66-like event

(palpatine is interested in having anakin's raw power on his side and under his thumb still of course, but decides that he may be more influential as emperor in swaying anakin - and that anakin may even come to believe that the fall of the jedi was a good thing because they didn't want him in the first place and sidious wants to train him to be powerful and strong which is something the jedi didn't want to do and wouldn't have ever happened if they were still around)

but sith obi-wan hears rumors about this interest that sidious has in anakin (gossip about how this one companion is so picky even the emperor keeps getting rejected?) and he makes some leaps in logic that aren't even necessarily wrong and he immediately requests to see anakin under the name obi-wan kenobi

and anakin is both interested in seeing obi-wan kenobi and also curious about the man and also incredibly horny for the holo pictures he looks up of him, and hey, like....the separatists won the war and he's not like totally got his thumb on politics so he's not going to turn away a very handsome childhood crush customer because he was a separatist general, like it's not as black and white when youre in the middle of it all and also anakin is pretty horny at the idea of fucking obi-wan kenobi

and i bet obi-wan is very good at seduction (duh) and after one appointment gets anakin to agree to travel with him to a small cabin in the middle of nowhere (horniness makes anakin pretty stupid, theres a few canon examples of this im sure). when he's there and safe and successfully lured, obi-wan has a weekend long fuckfest and then leaves when anakin is asleep and kills sidious and then comes back 'from the grocery store'

(obi-wan in use my body is less interested in ultimate power and more interested in getting what he wants and thinks is his by rights, i.e., anakin and maybe some other stuff, so with anakin secured, he basically cancels the empire and makes it a republic again and then fucks off back to the cabin where he has left anakin)

(anakin wasn't necessarily tied up but it might have been a close call between what obi-wan wants and what he understands anakin would hate him for)

(i think there's still a lot of relationship negotiation, but i don't think obi-wan would have to try that hard to make anakin look past separatist war general - especially post the death of the emperor)

[david-talks-sw]

Hello. You and GFFA are probably the two most reliable blogs I know when it comes to what GL actually intended with star wars and also have the most on point finger on the pulse of fandom and such without letting the discourse get to you. So I just have to ask. Where does the idea of the jedi being space cops come from in canon? Especially in more left leaning circles. Haven't they seen that there are indeed actual cops in SW? And who are portrayed like how leftists view cops?

Hey there!

Firstly, it's always an honor when someone puts me and Lumi in the same sentence 😃 been a while since I reminded people, but my blog started because I read hers (and a few others) and I was like "oh shit she makes great points!" and started doing the research on my own.

I mostly attribute my rediscovering my childhood love for the Jedi to her early meta posts. Like, you think I'm good, wait til she gets started again! So thank you, for that!

Onto the subject itself: I've seen the notion pop up in all circles. And it's not exactly wrong, it's just not entirely accurate.

You can find a large collection of George Lucas quotes here, about the Jedi's place in the Republic.

You will see that he uses varying terminology and that's what I think partially muddies the waters.

For example, early on, Lucas describes them as "police officers", but years later he says "they're not cops, they're Marshalls of the Old West" but actually "they're mafia dons" or "intergalactic therapists."

But the one that explains it best, for me, is the following:

"They're not like [the kind of] cops who catch murderers. They're warrior-monks who keep peace in the universe without resorting to violence. The Trade Federation is in dispute with Naboo, so the Jedi are ambassadors who talk both sides and convince them to resolve their differences and not go to war. If they do have to use violence, they will, but they are diplomats at the highest level. They've got the power to send the whole force of the Republic, which is 100,000 systems, so if you don't behave they can bring you up in front of the Senate. They'll cut you off at the knees, politically. They're like peace officers. As the situation develops in the Clone Wars they are recruited into the army, and they become generals. They're not generals. They don't kill people. They don't fight. They're supposed to be ambassadors." - The Star Wars Archives: 1999-2005, 2020

Bottom line: yes, they're authority figures. But they're not "beat cops" chasing after robbers and criminals.

They're, first and foremost, ambassadors/negotiators/diplomats. They're police for planets and their governments, not the people of the Republic. Again:

They're peace officers.

Now, they can investigate and take more active "police-like" roles during their mandate, but they're not gonna be called upon to investigate a murder (unless that murder is very strange and local authorities are unable to make sense of it).

It's why, when Anakin is talking about "we'll search for the killer, Padmé" Obi-Wan is like "uuuuh... no we won't?"

[yanderes-galore]

How do you think platonic yanderes working together between Obi and Satine with one of Satine hand maids reader  (since boi can’t marry her or have kids so their low key adopt reader without them knowing ) please sorry if this doesn’t make sense 

Welp... You're adopted now... Have fun with your new parents. Sorry if characterization seems off, I watched lore and read it the best I can! This is a generalized view.

Yandere! Platonic! Obi-Wan + Satine Kryze with Servant! Darling

(FT. "Uncle"! Anakin Skywalker)

Pairing: Platonic - Sharing

Possible Trigger Warnings: Gender-Neutral Darling, Obsession, Overprotective behavior, Manipulation, "Adoption", Anakin just sort of accepts the role as uncle, Dubious companionship.

You've been around Satine for what feels like forever.

You were appointed as her personal servant years after her first encounter with Obi-Wan.

Despite this, she's still quite in love with the Jedi... Even if such beliefs prevent the two from properly being together.

Your job was often to attend to Satine's needs and help her with political work.

In fact... you're quite acquainted with political work due to her status as Duchess.

Satine is a pacifist who wants the best for her people.

She has the ability to fight, yet she prefers to negotiate when she can.

Satine has always viewed you as the child she could never have for years.

When you first became her handmaid/personal servant... you were merely 15.

Now, it's been 4-5 years since then.

She views you protectively, like a parent ever since you were assigned the role.

Satine likes to ask for your opinion and is quite defensive about you.

Many close to her comment on her attachment to you.

Like a mother to a child.

Such characteristics only become more prominent when Obi-Wan is dispatched to deal with the Death Watch issue.

Due to Satine wanting pacifism for Mandalore, she has been met with opposition.

The planet is typically one known for a violent culture.

Pacifism was bound to create issues.

Which is why Obi-Wan was sent to try and not only protect the Duchess, but clear up the issue.

The two are not very open about their feelings with one another.

But even people like you and Anakin can tell.

Obi-Wan has never met you until this point, until he sees you following Satine around with a worried and stressed expression.

When the Jedi asks the Duchess about this, she explains that you are her personal servant.

Due to how well they know one another... I bet even Obi-Wan can sense the maternal feelings Satine holds towards you.

It... oddly makes him happy despite everything, really.

To talk about this generally... I like the idea of Jedi pairings being very subtle and essentially "adopting" someone they view as a surrogate child.

This could go for any platonic Jedi with their partner....

Yet I like this version of it quite a bit.

Obi-Wan and Satine know they can't actually have children.

They can't even show that they love one another except for some affectionate language.

So... you, Satine's personal servant, is the best the two can get.

The two would be such protective "parents".

You may not even entirely view them as parents, but the two certainly feel that way.

Satine knew you the longest, yet the longer Obi-Wan sticks around Mandalore for Satine, he gets it.

Satine talks about your youth like a mother, and Obi-Wan can't help but feel endearment.

Satine really does care for you, Obi-Wan begins to just for that reason at first.

Yet even as the Jedi gets to know you and sees how Satine coddles you, Obi-Wan can't help but imagine what a family with Satine could've been.

... Actually... Does he have to imagine now?

You may not be related to either of them, but at this point they're going to become your found family.

Even if you aren't entirely aware of it.

The idea of them secretly conditioning you to think of them as your parents is... unnerving yet also amusing.

It's small things, like extra care, protection, support....

Yet they keep it subtle enough for your own mind to fill in the blanks.

The two would be ecstatic if you accidentally called them 'mom' or 'dad'.

Just means what they're doing is working.

You may just be a servant politically...

To them you are so much more.

The first time you start showing signs of falling for their subtle manipulation, I can see Satine tightly hugging you.

Obi-Wan can't be as affectionate, but he is definitely fond.

Although in private with just Satine, I can see him hugging you.

The two are obsessed with the idea of becoming parents in your eyes.

It's a way to show their love.

The situation you're all in is stressful, yet you're constantly with at least one of them and coddled all the same.

Most of the time you aren't even serving anymore.

The two treat you like you're their kid and are insistent on you doing other things than those duties.

Like self-defense....

In public they're even more subtle with their care.

Obi-Wan really shouldn't have any connections like this.

No matter how natural they feel.

Despite this, he can't help but focus on how Satine keeps you so close to her.

You really do have a bond.

Since the two aren't overly violent, they'd just be protective.

Satine is a pacifist and Jedi are mostly meant to be peacemakers.

If anyone's dying... It's because you're threatened.

Many might find this baffling.

You're merely a servant, yet the Duchess and a Jedi are willing to get their hands dirty the moment Death Watch or any other threat points a gun at you.

I feel naturally Anakin may notice and decide to help out, for Obi-Wan's sake.

Obi-Wan and Satine remind him of Padmé.

So imagine if Anakin helped Obi-Wan protect you?

Safe to say, regardless, you are quite protected.

An assassin can't get close without somehow being dispatched.

The attachments the two have with you is endearing... yet may also come off as disturbing.

You appreciate the protection.

Yet it's also overwhelming.

Satine has introduced you to two Jedi that may treat you like a father and uncle.

In fact, when Satine dies and you're left alone, Obi-Wan may break the rules to take you off Mandalore.

You help him remember Satine, and while you can't be a Padawan, I can see Obi-Wan evacuating you to another planet where he can keep an eye on you.

Overall, the idea is cute... if not a bit disturbing and overwhelming for you as the obsession due to all the chaos and manipulation

Although, it does make me wonder about what could happen after Satine's death.

Would Obi-Wan constantly check in with you, even if it's against The Order?

That, and if Anakin views you like a niece, would he be in your life?

Would you get Darth Vader as an uncle?

It's not like he'd kill you... you're no Jedi and by this point, are not a servant anymore.

This one idea opens up so many interesting possibilities...

But those last few ideas are just food for thought.

[marvelstars]

So I was thinking about a post I saw a while ago and it made me realize that I believe it didn´t really occur to Anakin that Padme was too young as a 14 year old Queen because he was a 9 year old slave and already making adult decisions, like:

Sure, I will risk my life to give you the ship parts you need new friends.

I will sacrifice the pod I built with many sacrifices that I wanted to use to escape with my Mom once I got her and my slave chip out of her body with my self made slave chip detector.

I know exactly how to cheat on my owner, I have know him all my life actually and he loves gambling.

Sebulba, leave Jar Jar alone, you could kill me instead but then you would have to pay for me so go away.

I built a droid to help Mom around the house and I am also looking after grandma Jira here, fixing her things so the heat doesn´t get too much for her.

Do you need the droid army that is invading Naboo stopped? No problem, I will just destroy their main star chip and I didn´t even get out of place as Master Qui-Gon Sir asked me to.

Then Anakin became a padawan and was send to missions in which he had to use his lightsaber to get out of "negotiations"

So of course he defended Padme being a Queen at 14, to him her words about being happy for being relieved of so much responsibility sounded as if she thought she was doing a bad job with her planet, that´s why he told her he heard people were so pleased with her they wanted to keep her more time as their Queen. He thought she was selling herself short.

I believe the whole, "too young to be doing this" only beat Anakin in the face when he was send Ahsoka in the middle of a war zone.

I mean, he called her a "youngling" not even a padawan, he most definitely didn´t want to be training a 14 year old youngling in the middle of a war zone and he only accepted because he saw how sad Ahsoka looked when she thought he didn´t want her.

Ahsoka just had to invoke a little bit of tears and she already had him grapped around her little finger.

Anakin: Sure I am supposed to be your Jedi master and you should call me master but we are in the middle of a war zone, we both could die tomorrow, your situation sucks Snips and you are too young yet to notice it so of course you may call me skyguy to your heart content.

He is actually worse with Luke, honestly, it didn´t matter to him his little boy already destroyed the death star in ANH and his Master was calling for his head because he could become a Jedi and try to kill both of them, to Vader he was just "a boy"

In ESB Vader was at the parenting stage of thinking about Luke like, that´s my baby, nobody can touch him or his friends until I say so ok?

So he can recognize when someone was too young to be send to war, slavery or fight his Sith Master and he was right most of the time, except when it´s about himself and his perfect Queen Padme, they were veteran kids just doing their jobs.

Love him honestly :D

[paracosm-draw]

Promptober Day 23 - Jealousy ☄️

Tags : have a jealous Obi-Wan for a change

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The ballroom is already crowded when Obi-Wan and Anakin enter, both of them dressed for the occasion.

They’re on a diplomatic mission for the Senate, on a peaceful system whose resources are based on trades with the neighboring planets. Resources the Republic would like to pay a lot of good credits to gain access to.

They already spent the day negotiating with their leader, a fierce and smart woman with a talent for turning every conversation to her advantage. Obi-Wan handled most of it, Anakin simply following in his shadow.

After long hours sitting around a table, making little progress about their deal, the woman decided it was time for a break and invited them over for dinner as well as the following ball in their honor.

Anakin knows Obi-Wan has no desire to participate in it. Fatigue and frustration are tinting his side of the bond but he has no other choice than to accept the invitation. After all, they're here to win this negotiation so they better comply with all of their host’s fantasies.

“Remember.” Obi-Wan whispers when they move to the center of the room. “Don’t do anything that might offend anyone’s susceptibilities, understood ?”

Anakin has to restrain himself not to roll his eyes in front of the entire audience. Obi-Wan tends to fall back to his old habits when he's stressed, treating him like the padawan he was five years ago. A lot has happened since then, starting with their relationship.

“Yes, Master.” He whispers back, voice dripping with sarcasm.

Obi-Wan barely takes note of his tone, looking around with a tired sigh.

“Good. Now, I need a drink.”

Anakin follows him to the bar, observing him more attentively now that they were exposed to the bright lights of the ballroom’s chandeliers.

Obi-Wan had changed his Jedi apparel for something more distinguished and aligned with the event, courtesy of their hosts. He chose a white tunic tightened at the waist by a thin golden scarf matching the embroideries on the edges of his collar and sleeves, falling on white tight pants that did an excellent job of bringing out his toned thighs and ass, in Anakin’s opinion. The color married perfectly with the pale complexion of his skin, highlighting the honey-like nuances of his hair and beard and making his eyes look even clearer. To sum up, he looked handsome. Irritated and exhausted but handsome.

Anakin can’t take his eyes off him as he leans on the counter, asking for two unidentified drinks, the soft fabric of his tunic clinging to his broad shoulders and hugging his back and waist so well he can almost guess the muscles flexing underneath. He stops his eyes from getting lower as he already feels a tiny puddle of warmth forming into his belly.

It seems like Anakin continues to discover things about himself, even five years later. Learning about his thing for armors at the beginning of the war, especially when they were worn by Obi-Wan, was not enough, apparently. Now he has to suffer through the realization that Obi-Wan in formal wear is also something that makes his cock twitch in interest.

Maybe the common point is just Obi-Wan, after all. Anakin likes the idea.

He’s lost in his contemplations when a light touch on his arm makes him jump.

“Good evening, darling. I believe we’ve not been introduced properly.”

Anakin turns on his heels only to be faced with the woman they've been bargaining with all day long. Lady Shey’ra, he recalls.

She too, changed her outfit for a floor-length dress of a deep red so dark it almost looked black. The fabric held tight onto her body, revealing more than it hid, enhancing the plump curves of his breast and hips. With her vertiginous heels she was almost as tall as Anakin, who didn’t know where to look at, a faint blush appearing on his cheeks.

He has to admit she’s gorgeous, with her dark hair flowing freely to her waist, only held back by a golden band on her forehead, eyes dark and brown skin enlightened by a subtle touch of golden glitters. She painted her lips a bright red that catches Anakin’s eyes, and she smirks when she notices.

“May I borrow you for a dance ?” She asks, sliding her bare arm under Anakin’s one.

He can feel her warmth through the sleeve of his own tunic, black and simple, adorned with discreet dark-red patterns on the front and back. Obi-Wan said it makes him look very regal but he just feels uncomfortable.

Speaking of, Obi-Wan had turned around, two glasses in hand when he heard the woman’s voice. He looks at Anakin with a raised eyebrow, knowing about his talents for dancing.

“Uh…”

Anakin gaze flickers between the both of us. He can't really decline, can he ? Obi-Wan insisted enough about the importance of this mission.

“I- I don't really know how to dance.” He finally replies, deciding to settle on the truth and let the woman decide if she wanted to humiliate him or not.

“Don’t worry about that, sweetheart.” Lady Shey’ra smiles, pressing closer. “You just have to follow my lead.”

Anakin can feel Obi-Wan tense behind his back but before he can say anything, the woman pulls him to the middle of the dancefloor, where other couples are already whirling to the rhythm of the music. He has no other choice than to follow her steps.

Once they’re in the crowd, Shey’ra turns to face him and lays a hand on the small of his back while the other grabs Anakin’s mechano hand, intertwining their fingers. The young man blushes and squirms a little when he’s pulled against her chest, close enough to smell her perfume and to admire every detail of the many jewels decorating the shell of her ears.

“Just relax.” She smiles at him, her warm breath leaving a trail of goosebumps on Anakin’s neck.

Her hand is firm and hot against the small of his back, resting just above the curve of his ass and guiding their movements with confidence and grace. Anakin tries his best not to step on her toes, hand barely brushing her waist. He doesn't know what to say but he doesn’t have to because the woman seems interested enough to lead the conversation.

“Are you Master Kenobi’s Padawan ?” She asks while they twirl around between the other couples.

“Not anymore.” He replies, focused on trying not to shove other people on their way. “I- Uh, I’ve been a Jedi Knight for five years.”

“Mm.” Shey’ra hums thoughtfully. “Then how come I didn't hear your pretty voice all day ? Aren’t you supposed to support Kenobi on this mission ?”

“I… do.” Anakin swallows. “But he's way more experienced and I still have to learn, I guess.”

The woman looks at him for a while, making him blush once again under the intensity of her gaze.

“How old are you ?” She asks then.

Anakin blinks, surprised.

“Uh… I’m 24. Why ?”

“I’d like to present you to my husband.” She smiles, and before he can protest she leads him to the other side of the room where a group of men are talking and drinking and smoking something that makes Anakin feel sick as soon as he inhales some of it.

All eyes turn to them as they arrive, the sound of conversations hushing to silence and Anakin immediately wants to disappear. He stands awkwardly behind Shey’ra while she stretches out her hand to one of the men.

“Darling, I want you to meet someone.”

The man, who Anakin supposes is her husband, gets up with a little wave of the hand to the others. As he walks to them, conversations resume in his back.

“Who’s this ?” He asks, his low voice sending a thrill down Anakin’s spine.

He’s handsome too, with his dark brown hair and beard, piercing green eyes and adjusted costume. Anakin can't remember ever having seen such a well-matched couple.

“This is a young Jedi Knight.” Shey’ra replies before turning to Anakin. “I’m sorry love, I didn’t catch your name.”

“It’s, uh… It’s Anakin.” The young man stutters, a bit uncomfortable between the two of them. “Anakin Skywalker.”

“Anakin.” Shey’ra repeats, lifting a hand to brush her fingers against his cheekbone. “A pretty name for such a pretty boy.”

Anakin feels his face grow hot once again. He doesn’t really understand what’s happening, what he’s doing here, why they’re looking at him like that and especially, why the husband doesn’t seem bothered by his wife’s obvious flirting.

“Isn’t he beautiful, darling ?” She asks her companion and the man draws closer, his gaze still fixed on him.

Anakin can't decide if he wants to kill him or to agree with his wife’s compliments, but he’s ready to defend himself against any false accusations.

What he didn’t anticipate is the hand the man puts on his hip, sinking his fingers into his soft flesh as he leans closer to his ear.

“Why don’t you join us tonight, after the party ? We could teach you things the Jedi order will never be bold enough to show you.”

It takes a few seconds for Anakin’s brain to fully understand the implication. When it hits him he blushes from head to toes, heart racing in his chest.

“I- I… It's not…”

“Don’t be shy.” The man murmurs, fingers traveling down to dig into the muscles of his ass, making him gasp. “A young man like you must have urges.”

Anakin lets out a shaky breath, unable to compel his body to move, suddenly. It's like he’s frozen in place, his brain deciding to go numb instead of helping him out of this situation.

He feels the flash of anger in their bond a second before he witnesses Obi-Wan’s fist crashing into the man’s jaw, the impact sending him a few steps away with a surprised cry.

“Who gave you the right to put your filthy hands on him ?!”

Anakin is as stunned as the rest of the audience. He very, very rarely saw Obi-Wan lose his temper to the point of attacking someone physically. He can maybe remember two times, and he had a very good reason to do so.

Right now he’s not sure if that is worth it. He can already see himself trying to explain to the Senate why their mission was a total failure and why they were now on the planet’s black list.

But as he turns to Obi-Wan who looks a bit feral, cheeks red and eyes burning in fury, he realizes that…

Oh no, he’s drunk.

“Obi-Wan…” He whispers, taking his hand in his own. “We should go. Like, right now.”

Without waiting for an answer, he drags the older Jedi to the doors while people start to come out of their haze behind them. He can hear screams and orders being shouted so he runs, tightening his grip around Obi-Wan’s hand and hoping that he would not trip on his feet.

He runs until they reach their ship, not stopping once to verify if someone was following. He doesn’t think they would be prone to talk after Obi-Wan threw a punch at their leader's husband, and he doesn’t want to end up in a cell.

Once they’re in hyperspace, Anakin finally relaxes a bit, taking a long breath to calm his racing heart. Then he turns to Obi-Wan who hasn't said a word, slumped over on his seat, looking a bit yellow.

“What the fuck was that ?!”

Obi-Wan shrugs weakly, trying to straighten up to appear in control of his own body but failing pathetically.

“He was touching you.” He mumbles.

“And so you decided that hitting him in the face was the sensible thing to do ?” Anakin asks incredulously.

Obi-Wan shrugs again and Anakin rolls his eyes. He can’t believe he has to be the responsible one of them.

“And you were the one telling me not to do anything that risked offending people. Good job. Now the whole galaxy will hear about this. Good luck explaining that to the Council.”

“Don’t talk to me like I’m a child.” Obi-Wan grumbles. “I’ll take full responsibility for my actions.”

“Mmh.” Anakin sighs and leans back in his seat, eyes on Obi-Wan. “Why did you do that ?”

“I told you, he was-”

“No, I heard the first time.” Anakin interrupts him. “Other people have touched me before, you never reacted like that.”

Obi-Wan crosses his arms on his chest, looking straight ahead.

“You seemed to enjoy the attention.”

Anakin raises an eyebrow, gaping at him.

“Are you kidding ?"

When Obi-Wan doesn't answer, Anakin shakes his head, torn between amusement and disbelief.

"Oh no, you're not. You’re jealous for real.”

“I’m not jealous.” Obi-Wan huffs. “I don't like other people trying to seduce you, that's all.”

“You’re jealous.” Anakin can’t help the grin spreading on his face. “Damn, and I thought you didn't care all that time.”

“Of course I care !” Obi-Wan replies, offended. “You’re young and tall and strong and insanely beautiful, do you think I don’t notice the attention you draw to yourself ?”

Anakin’s eyes widen, he blinks, leaning towards Obi-Wan like he can't believe his own ears.

“You’re jealous.” He repeats, delighted. “And to think I might never have known.”

“Will you stop ?” Obi-Wan mumbles. “I’m feeling stupid enough like that.”

“Nah, I think that's cute, actually.” Anakin smiles, leaving his seat to slide his young, tall, strong and insanely beautiful body on Obi-Wan’s laps. “I like it when you defend my honor.”

Obi-Wan rolls his eyes but his arms wrap automatically around Anakin’s waist, securing him on his laps.

“To answer your interrogation…” Anakin leans forward, brushing his lips against Obi-Wan’s ear. “The only attention I enjoy is yours. I don't care about anyone else.”

“Prove it.” Obi-Wan whispers, hands slipping under Anakin’s tunic to press tightly against his back.

Anakin hums and grabs his face to crash their lips together.

[tideswept]

Obikin pretty woman au 😏😏😏😏

anon, this has been in my inbox for ages. just. torturing me. tempting me. winking lasciviously at me.

and I have to ask myself every time I come across it, do I really want to write another prostitute!Anakin AU? Does it have to be Anakin? And in my heart of hearts, I know that the answer is yes, and I should accept it. Because damn, could he pull off the outfits.

but I dunno. I'm weird? I like to do weird things? also never actually adapted a movie to a fic? Not yet anyway.

(Practical Magical AU fic, when will it be your turn?)

so I think

.....

okay, let the brain percolate

I think it should be Anakin who finds Obi-Wan. Who is just. He's had a bad day, okay? Like, fantastically fucking bad, big rich money business deals, he's stressed and tired of being the Negotiator but lives are at stake here, employees who need to keep their jobs, so he has to swallow back the stress--but he's been swallowing back that stress for years now.

He's tired.

He didn't mean to just walk out of the 5-star hotel. What he needed was a drink, and not the kind they served at the hotel bar, charging 50 credits for a shot. No, he needs it cheap and dirty and burning on the way down.

"Shit, you look awful," the voice says, and a body sits down next to him on the curb. Normally Obi-Wan wouldn't appreciate a stranger appearing out of nowhere and getting so close to him, but this stranger smells nice, actually. And they're warm, whereas he seems to have lost his jacket at some point between the first and third bar.

"You can't be out here like this, you know? Gonna get mugged and left for dead."

The voice is young enough that it bothers Obi-Wan. And that's how he meets Anakin Skywalker, who's also tired, except he's only twenty-two and hasn't been further than a hundred miles from where he was born. Anakin's got a black eye because he got a fight with a nerfherder and he's not that bothered, some people think that's hot. It's not really going to cut into his profits.

He lights up and offers the death stick to the strange, classy man that definitely shouldn't be sitting on the street after midnight on that liminal strip of road where respectable turns to grimy, and pulls off his high heeled boots and tucks them to the side, switching them over for practical running shoes he keeps in his bag.

Obi-Wan just sort of stares. And then takes the death stick. And for some reason, he's just drunk enough that he starts talking about the shit day he's had, and the even worse week he's about to have.

Anakin snorts and makes catty comments that have Obi-Wan smiling, because that's exactly what he's too polite to say. Too much the Negotiator.

"God," Anakin says after the death stick has long crumbled to ashes. "You need either a serious marathon fuck or drugs. Maybe both. And then to quit your job and do something that doesn't make you want to die."

And Obi-Wan thinks that's the greatest idea he's ever heard.

"Are you--" he nods at the boots. They're rather unmistakable in purpose. And the boy is hardly dressed for the cold night.

"If you're a cop, no," Anakin answers. "If you're asking for how much for the night, you're too fucking drunk, my guy, and I'm too tired to get vomited on. You want me to call you a car or are you just gonna sit here until someone does decide to mug you?"

Obi-Wan chooses the car.

(He comes back the next day to find Anakin. Cue the rest of the movie? CLOTHING MONTAGE. Uhhhhh Qui-Gon as the hotel clerk?)

[vgilantee]

how would cody / rex react if they saw you hurt?

for both of these, i'm going to say that you're a field medic, working with the 212th or 501st respectively. which means you, my dear, were injured in battle

cody

look, both cody and rex are in positions of authority within their battalions, but cody is the marshal commander. he has the highest rank a clone could possibly have. so for cody, everyone is his responsibility. does this mean he's constantly a little stressed? yes.

he wasn't all that happy about having a nat-born as a field medic when you first joined the 212th, but you proved yourself many times over, so cody trusted you with his men's lives, and with your ability to hold your own on the field

until one day you couldn't. until one day you were injured. and boy cody has never moved so fast

it was a poorly timed grenade throw mixed with superbattle droid blaster fire which resulted in an explosion that threw you against the wall of the cliff the republic army were using for cover

the commander shot his blaster with one hand while he used the other to vault himself over rocks to get to you

he'd never have admitted that he cared more for you than he should, more than a commander to a medic, more than friends. but in that moment, where your body is slumped against the wall unconscious, cody wanted nothing more than for you to know just how much he cared for you

could cody have gotten another clone to scoop you up in his arms and carried you away, behind the general who was cutting down droids? yes. but all he wanted was to get you safe, this man was tunnel visioned on you

he doesn't leave your side when you're back on the negotiator, even when Bench (hi yes i have a 212th clone medic OC and his name is bench and yes i know how he got the name. i love him) tells cody to rest, because you'll be sedated for a few more hours

when you wake up, cody is slouched in a chair clearly dragged from another section of the cruiser. your head is pounding and there is a slight ache in your side, but you were more worried about the terrible sleeping position of your commander

cody wakes up to you calling his name, and he's immediately out of the seat and sitting on the side of your cot, hand going to reach for yours but he decides against it (you take his hand)

rex

alright so rex and anakin and basically all of the 501st are definitely the type for dramatics, so you probably get shot, let's be honest

you keep working despite the blaster-wound in your arm and rex just heart-eyes at you for a moment before realising "oh my maker y/n was shot"

you're already in a relationship with rex (this is the best friend and right hand man of a jedi who is married to a senator. he does not care lmao) so he's so stressed. not only is he the captain, in charge of his men and all those who are apart of the 501st and are generally on board the resolute, but also you're his partner. he cares about you so damn much

as soon as he reaches you, he orders kix to tend to your wound, but you brush him off, saying that you will be deal with yourself once you are back on board the cruiser. the man currently dealing with broken armour in his side was your priority

rex holds you to that. the second you are back on board the resolute, rex is walking you to the medical wing - honestly he would carry you if he had to

the entire time kix is patching you up (literally just a bacta patch), rex is asking if you're okay, telling you off for being reckless and not being in complete cover, apologising for not protecting you better. all the while you're telling rex that it's your job and that he was doing his, and that he wouldn't be if he was hovering by you

he definitely has you share his bunk with him that night because he was so worried about you

[shadowmaat]

A lost life explored

Many moons ago I got an ask inviting me to speculate on what would have happened if Obi-Wan had stayed on Melida-Daan. At the time I didn't find that likely, but I fudged a workaround for the anon who asked.

While my opinions have shifted a lot since then, I still lean towards the idea that Obi-Wan would still have found his way back to the Jedi, no matter what.

HOWEVER.

I read a fic today wherein a holocron of Sifo-Dyas apologized to Obi-Wan "for the life I took from you" by manipulating him to come back to the Jedi. The fic itself is very streamlined, so it never really goes into detail about what Obi-Wan's life would have been like without that interference.

In the fic there's brief mention of how Young!Obi had been meditating and "lost time," regaining awareness only after his friend had been shot and the peace talks began to fall apart. This is when he decided to call the Jedi for help and eventually wound up rejoining them.

If you want to take it literally, you could say that the "life" Obi-Wan lost was Cerasi, but now I want to play around with that a bit.

Let's say that, if Sifo-Dyas hadn't interfered, Obi-Wan would have been awake and aware and able to stop Cerasi's assassination. The peace talks would have continued. Perhaps the assassination attempt would have been used to help levy stronger compensations from the Olds. Obi-Wan becomes the Negotiator and a tentative ceasefire agreement is reached.

He does NOT call the Jedi for help, but does send word to the Senate in order to get some official ratification going via a lawyer or other legal representative. No loopholes allowed, no backing out, the Melida and the Daan are going to cooperate, dammit.

As "payment" for the Senate's generous help (ha), Melidaan agrees to a little more oversight from the Galactic Senate. This, at least, helps to unite the three warring factions, who don't want Big Government encroaching on their planet and their resources. A Senate Oversight office is set up in Zehava (the capital).

Obi-Wan also reminds the fledgling united government that they're entitled to have a representative in the Senate. No, not Obi-Wan, he's too, ha, young for the job, though he is elected as an aide to the new senator and everyone is expecting him to take over when the time comes.

Obi-Wan isn't exactly happy to be back on Coruscant, but he's determined to do all he can for his adopted planet. ...And maybe help out a few other unfortunates who've been pushed under the carpet.

Basically he becomes a very small thorn in the Senate's side, one that becomes progressively larger until it's too late.

He charms the other aides. He befriends the panhandlers on the surrounding streets. He makes inroads among the criminal element. Very little happens without Obi-Wan noticing it, and very few pay him any mind because he's "just a kid."

Obi-Wan, who goes by "Bee," now, always seems to be buzzing around the Senate- when he isn't getting into mischief. The Jedi who come to the Rotunda never seem to encounter him; he's very good at playing least-in-sight when they're around.

By the time events in the prequels roll around, he has indeed become the Senator for Melidaan and has a vast network of informants. He isn't able to stop Palpatine from becoming Chancellor, but thanks in part to his whisper campaign the vote is closer than Palps expected.

All efforts to have Bee eliminated fail, usually in ways that seem to be accidental or coincidental. Some of the assassins even develop a rapport with him, particularly Zam Wessel, who is both delighted and annoyed by his ability to identify her no matter what face she's wearing.

He also interferes on Anakin's behalf, once he notices Palpatine's interest in the boy. Not through anything dramatic, just by adding distractions. Mechanics looking for help with ship repairs. Droids who obviously need some TLC. Leaving his office door open as he watches podraces just as Ani happens to be passing by. Even when Palps refuses to let Ani get sidetracked, all it does is generate resentment rather than unwavering loyalty.

As a courtesy, Zam tips off Bee about her contract on Amidala, only to find herself waking up in his office later on with no idea how she got there. Amidala is safe and has a couple extra security guards who absolutely are not criminals or reformed assassins.

The clones are still discovered and the war still kicks off, but there's a lot more questioning of why, how, and what. We'll says Palpatine's initial grab for emergency powers fails, though I don't know enough about what those are to say how it affects things, other than pissing him off.

Commander Fox isn't sure if he wants to shoot Senator Bee or marry him. The man is a menace, but can be damn scary sometimes. He also connects Fox into his whisper network, which the Corries will then help expand.

I dunno how things will play out in the end, but Palpatine isn't going to have an easy time with anything and I don't think the Purge will happen. Or not completely.

Bee will also eventually find out that the he wasn't as "hidden" from the Jedi as he thought; they knew who he was and where he was, but respected his decisions to live his own life.

[vodika-vibes]

I love your Griffyn Industries AU! It’s so cool and I think it’s all really cute. The clones get a shot at a happy ending. ^_^

But I imagine Anakin is slowly losing his mind (well, he already is, but put that aside) as more and more of the clones of 501st end up MIA, allegedly killed, or willingly look at the industries and are like “yeah this is a better deal.” And then you have Ahsoka who gets hired too.

Anakin: “You’re taking all my associates away from me! I’ve had my suspicions ever since this company prevented me from catching the clone suspected in the assassination attempt against Palpatine. What kind of evil schemes are you planning?! I demand you give me back my men and let me investigate!”

Employee, messaging to Ahsoka to go hide Rex, Fives, and Dogma: “Sir, this is a Wendy’s.”

Anakin: “. . . What?”

Employee, giving Anakin the good ole customer service smile when Ahsoka texts a thumbs up: “Sorry. It’s an old meme from my home planet, Earth. I apologize, but we don’t have to submit to an investigation without substantial evidence against us. You are not allowed to search the premises until you have a warrant.”

Anakin: “I’m a General-!”

Employee: “I am aware, sir, but your status does not nullify the fact you are on the brink of getting banned from the premises. Now, I must ask you to leave before I am forced to call the Corusant Guard and report this infraction to the Jedi Council.”

Thank you! It's one of my favorite AUs, tbh

But this. This is exactly it.

Like, canonically, Anakin cares less about the clones than the droid his wife gave him, so you can't even really call him friends. So Anakin sees this company taking the clones, and taking Ahsoka, and barring him from investigating and he loses his shit.

And he can't do anything about it, because in the grand scheme of things, keeping Gryffin Industries happy is better for the Republic than one Jedi, and even the Chancellor knows it.

Plus big expensive companies tend to come with big expensive lawyers who can smell blood in the water and have been slowly circling the Jedi and the Senate since the war started. They're really just waiting for someone to make a mistake so they can swoop in.

Anakin has been warned away from the company not only by the Jedi (poor Mace has a ulcer and his hands haven't stopped shaking since his first meeting with Dre Gryffin), but also by the Chancellor (who thinks he's playing chess with the company, but Gryffin Industries has switched out the gameboard and keeps adding more and more Queens to the board and he hasn't noticed-).

But Anakin can't keep himself away, and in the end is barred from Gryffin Industries, and even ends up slapped with an Order of Protection keeping him away from anyone who works for Gryffin Industries.

Meanwhile, Obi-Wan is considering applying for a job (he never wanted to be on the Council, but there's the war and he's the famed Negotiator and it wasn't so much a choice as an arm-twisting-) and Cody has already sent his, and Obi-Wan's, applications to Gryffin Industries and is just waiting for the first interview-

Wolffe didn't even wait that long. He's already dragged Plo, and the Wolfpack, to Gryffin Industries and camped out in the lobby until they were all hired.

[fionajames]

Hey!!! How’s the concussion? Hope it’s almost healed. How are you since the last time I’ve asked?

Requesting time: may I pretty please with a cherry on top have a story about an AU where the wars over and all our fav clones have been recognized as citizens and all have their dream jobs (what do you think they would be) please?

If that’s too hard, may I substitute it with a little story about Xi (I believe that’s his name?) the clone who got sick from one of my other requests and has a little crush on General Skywalker?

Thank you so much, hope you’re well, have a great day! -Sha 🫡

fix-it-fox au

HI SHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3

I MIGHT DO UR SECOND IDEA LATER, BUT RN IM DEAD

ok so guys, originally i was also gonna do headcanons for all my clone ocs and i wrote a few but gave up cause its been hours.

also, yes, normal dogs and cats and their various breeds exist in this.

have some headcanons:

(writing below the cut)

Overall

The Clones get like, idk imma just say money but basically they get a bunch of money to make up for not getting paid but especially to make sure they’re not gonna end up homeless.

Most Clones live in groups as it feels unnatural for them not too.  (i feel like im doing a david attenborough documentary rn, read: ‘most clones live in groups’ in david’s voice, go check him out if you dunno him)

The Clones are then all ‘employed’ by the GAR (they’re not rlly given a chance, as the senate wouldnt fully permit them to just become civvies, padme, chuchi and bail as well as some others managed to negotiate this, which was the best why could do). This means they can have other jobs and are only called upon if there is a problem that requires them. Sorta like how the Jedi were before that, but different.

Most Clones move to planet Nay-Mets (an anagram of amnesty, i think this is funny because the definition of amnesty is ‘an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offences’ which is kinda what the anti-clone people would think about them, so its like the clones r saying ‘we dont care what you think’ and owning it) - which I have made up. Nay-Mets is a planet of earthy terrain, with lakes and rivers running through it. Its beautiful, and had a sparse and small population until the clones arrived. The clones are careful with what they do to the land and care for it dearly. The Non-Clone civvies are very welcoming and help the Clones build homes and other things. They moved into a town that had been uninhabited for a year or so for no real reason. Only a month after the end of the war, Nay-Mets is busy and buzzing, with Clones and Non-Clones.

Bail Organa has become Chancellor and is pushing everything for Clone rights. Between him, Chuchi and Padme - plus some other senators - they’ve gotten good and better rights for the Clones.

Anakin lives with Padme on Naboo. When the war ended, he ended up telling Obi-Wan about his marriage who happily informed him the Council was changing the code to allow such things. 

Anakin is off-world when Luke and Leia are born, but feels it through the Force. He rushes home (Obi-Wan orders him to, claiming he can finish the battle by himself) and cries upon meeting his children.

Obi-Wan visits Naboo before returning to Coruscant and immediately feels the tug towards Luke, who’s Force is a blanket of warmth and sunlight. Ahsoka comes as soon as Anakin comms her (which is pretty quickly, and rather excitedly) and upon meeting Leia, she can’t help but hear the raindrops and feel the moonlight she emits to her. Luke has a special bond with Obi-Wan, just as Leia has a bond with Ahsoka. 

Even though Palpatine is dead, the events of the other seasons take place, but slightly differently. The battles that do take place (no way im specifying, i dont have the patience for that) are run by Dooku. He’s keeping the war going, but without Palpatine, it’s hard. He’s captured by Anakin, then Grievous is killed by Obi-Wan. Dooku goes to jail.

Ahsoka still gets the message from Bo-Katan and frees Mandalore. She captures Maul who is taken to trial and he is the reason that the trial against Fox finally proved him not-guilty (well, guilty but fairly).

Order 66 never happens (no shit) and the Kaminoans are ordered to de-chip every single Clone. They are taken to jail immediately afterwards. Some Clones remain on Kamino to raise the youngers, and Shaak Ti ends up taking control of the whole place.

During this time period, after the Kaminoans were arrested, the Bad Batch stumble upon a certain blonde girl hiding in a lab. Hunter - seeing no reason not to - immediately ‘adopts’ her. 

Some cadets and baby Clones leave Kamino, but these are only ones who have an older Clone who has managed to snag legal custody over them. These guys aren’t very common, as they didn’t have much exposure to older Clones, but it’s not so bad.

Shaak Ti begins to make the Clones’ training intertwined with schooling, and also give them excursions off-planet. The young Clones no longer hate Kamino like so many of their elders did.

Alongside the de-chipping process, Clones are all given a vaccine that returns their ageing to normal, meaning they get to live normal, long lives.

Oh and Ahsoka is paid for helping Mandalore, so she’s no longer broke.

Rex

As soon as the war is over, Rex goes and visits Cut.

He isn’t really sure what to do at first, as he’s put his heart and soul into the GAR, and now he doesn’t have to.

He follows Ahsoka around like a lost puppy because she’s got more experience with civilian life, and frankly, he’s missed his sister. He does help Fives whilst he’s recovering from his trauma and as a result, it's Fives and Rex bunking at Ahsoka’s place for a bit (she pretends to be annoyed but she really isn’t).

Eventually she convinces him to take Fives and Jesse (who’s been crashing on her couch and making ramen at 3am for a few weeks) and go get a house. This is because the Clones are given… like, money, because they didn’t get paid during the war.

So Rex, Jesse and Fives get a place next door to the Bad Batch (including Echo and Omega) and end up knocking down the fence separating the two houses and building a hallway between them so it’s like one big, slightly separated house.

Rex slowly begins to relax as a civilian, but still is a bit too rigid. He’s the third person to meet Luke and Leia (aside from Anakin and Padme, ofc) - first being Obi-Wan and second Ahsoka. He’s utterly honoured but immediately uneasy, as he hasn’t had much exposure to children. 

But Luke, with his mighty force connection, sees Rex and is instantly puppy-eyed, and won’t stop crying until his uncle holds him. This boosts Rex’s confidence a lot, and he finds himself visiting a lot.

Rex wears mostly hoodies and baggy/cargo pants. The first time he put a hoodie on, he did that thing where you pull it over your knees and curl up. He didn’t move for hours. Ahsoka went out the next day and put him a ton, mostly blue ofc.

His favourite hoodie is the custom one Fives got for him (although he’ll never admit it aloud). It’s blue and white - the 501st’s colours, ofc - with his jaig eyes on the front. On the back is his CT number, but with a line through it and below, his name. Fives says he wants everyone to know that they’re not numbers, they’re people. Rex cried when he heard.

Rex doesn’t get a job at first, and instead helps Fives, Jesse and Echo out in their cafe when needed. Eventually, he turns his farming hobby (something he’d picked up to use his time) into profit and attends the farmers’ market to sell products.

Echo

Echo didn’t really know when the war ended, until the Bad Batch came and rescued him. 

Even after being sweetly reunited by Fives, he struggles mentally and physically, unused to being a cyborg. 

He finds himself staying with the Bad Batch the most, because of his newly found troubles. When it comes to house-arrangements, he has a talk with Fives, and they agree to live separately, but everyone knows you can often find them in the other’s house anyways.

He ends up running a cafe with Jesse and Fives that becomes popular very quickly. His favourite thing to have is a hot chocolate with a choc-chip cookie, which he often does whilst reading a book at the counter.

Speaking of books, Echo is finally exposed to books, like, fictional books. Although others were shocked, Echo prefers fiction over non-fiction, as he likes the made-up stuff. He wishes desperately he had it growing up and with that thought, he and Shaak Ti teamed up to get the cadets and baby Clones on Kamino books.

Echo cries when he gets his custom hoodie. It’s like the rest of the Bad Batch’s with the grey, black, red and white pattern and ofc his crossed out CT number and name on the back, but there’s also a blue hand print where it was on his armour. 

He wears his hoodie everywhere, much like Rex.

Other than his hoodie, Echo mostly wears baggy long-sleeved stuff in an attempt to cover his robotic screwdriver-thing hand. Anakin offered to get someone to remove it and replace it with a prosthetic hand like his own but Echo denied it. He's proud of it, but a little self-conscious.

Echo’s a lil more shy than he was before, but still his sarcastic goofy self. He buys a bike (bicycle) when he arrives on Nay Mets, and rides it everywhere. Its not uncommon to see him riding his bike through the hills at 6am.

Fives

Because of the whole ‘Tup’ incident, Fives’ mental health has deteriorated drastically. Rex is his biggest help, alongside Echo and as well as Jesse and Ahsoka.

Because of this, he goes with Rex when he moves into Ahsoka’s apartment temporarily. They basically get two mattresses and chuck them in an empty room, sleeping on the floor (on the mattresses tho) with blankets, but its so much comfier than their bunks.

Fives starts becoming his usual self a bit quicker than expected, especially when he arrives on Nay Mets.

He ofc runs the cafe with Jesse and Echo, and is the main drink maker. He makes the best milkshakes.

After a bit, Fives ends up assembling a group of Jedi and Clones to help him get hoodies for almost all the Clones. It takes a few months but with him learning to sew, dozens of others doing the same and various people across the galaxy being paid to make them, the hoodies are distributed everywhere.

He designs his last, and its pretty simple with the blue and white markings and his crossed out CT number and name.

Like most Clones, he prefers comfy and baggy clothes, wearing mostly hoodies and baggy pants. He develops a love for beanies.

Fives takes up electric guitar as his hobby, and thoroughly enjoys it. 

When he first meets Padme, she hugs him and comforts him without a second’s hesitation. He cracks immediately and cries. She spends the entire day calming him and comforting him, and she’s self-employed herself as his unpaid therapist.

He returns to Naboo to visit Padme regularly, and his General, ofc. 

To everyones’ delight, when Leia is toddlerish age and her rebellious side is evident, Fives becomes more like himself as he assists her in getting into trouble.

Anakin and Padme don’t mind having to clean off the noticeably washable marker from the walls when Fives starts laughing again. They’re grateful he’s getting better, and that he chooses to use materials easy to clean up.

Jesse

Jesse spends the first few weeks of his civvie life going absolutely nuts in trying to experience stuff. 

He quickly realises that he has no home and ends up crashing on Ahsoka’s couch. She pretends to get annoyed at him when he constantly gets up at unholy hours to make ramen but she frankly is glad he’s doing well.

He’s the one to organise a house for him, Rex and Fives on Nay Mets.

He ofc runs the cafe with Echo and Fives, and he’s the cooking expert. He’s well known in the town for his delicious foods and alongside Fives’ excellent drinks, its what gets the cafe popular quickly.

His hoodie is the same as Fives’, but with his number and name, ofc.

It’s only been six weeks since the War ended when Jesse arrives home with a sheepish grin and a box that moves. He giddily reveals a black and blue merle mudi dog (such a cute breed, go google it, you wont regret) that he names Tundra. Tundra is rather quiet for his breed (never had this breed but during researching, it says the bark a lot, sorry if thats not true) but filled with energy and affection. 

Jesse and Tundra are rarely separated. When Jesse has work, he brings Tundra. He either sleeps on the floor whilst watching or will go out to the fenced-in area through the dog door they installed in the cafe.

Jesse adapts rather quickly to civvie life and really enjoys it. 

Kix

Kix has pretty mixed-feelings post-war.

He loves being a civvie but can’t help but find himself up late at night, waiting to attend to a wound of sorts.

At first, Kix is really anxious and uncomfortable with being aware from the battlefield. Jesse tries to get through to him but ultimately fails, as Kix needs alone time.

Anakin sees his medic in distress and tells Padme. She immediately agrees to let Kix live with them on Naboo until he can regain his footing, no matter how long that takes. 

Kix spends his almost-three months on Naboo recollecting himself and then turns to Jesse, who immediately agrees to let him move in with him, Fives and Rex. 

Kix ends up taking a job at the hospital, and instantly finds himself better footing. Its much easier for him after he takes up the job.

His hoodie is the usual but with his red medic symbol on the shoulder. He wears it as much as possibly, and thanks Fives almost daily for the gift.

When they were de-chipping, after he got his removed, Kix worked tirelessly to remove the other Clones’ chips. He was thrown a ‘thank you’ party afterwards by all the Clones he helped. 

Cody

Cody’s immediate reaction is relief.

He’s just grateful the war is over.

The first few weeks he spends living with Obi-Wan (idc if you see this as a ship or platonic, basically the embodiment of the ‘and they were roommates vine’ tbh) as he doesn’t really have any where else to go.

Eventually, he moves to Nay Mets like many others, and takes Meerrt and Vick with him. They have a room for Obi-Wan which is used a lot more than expected, but they love having their Jedi over.

Cody’s hoodie is the usual, in yellow of course. 

He spends most of his first few months reading and experiencing life as a civilian (alongside making the best cinnamon scrolls you’ll ever taste) but eventually gets a job at a kindergarten, of all the places.

Unexpectedly, Cody works really well with kids, and it really shows. He becomes an idol to a lot of little kids on Nay Mets.

Upon meeting Luke and Leia, he takes up a job as unofficial babysitter when Padme and Anakin need a break. 

Cody wears mostly sweaters and cargo pants - like so many other Clones - and a golden bracelet with a sun charm attached. He doesn’t take it off.

He also starts learning violin, and really enjoys that too.

He’s one of the first to get de-chipped, and waits until his battalion have also been de-chipped to even leave Kamino. This is mostly because Obi-Wan got annoyed when he found out Cody wasn’t sleeping out of worry.

Wolffe

Wolffe’s immediate reaction was also relief, but in a sarcastic way. Like, ‘oh we’re finally done?!’ But deep down, he is super glad.

He stays with Plo and several others from his battalion before finding a place on Nay Mets with them. Plo lives more on Nay Mets than Coruscant, just like many other Jedi do too.

When he gets his hoodie - the usual but in grey with a small wolf symbol on the front - he breaks and grins, giving Fives a huge hug. But he then blackmails him into not telling anyone he did.

Wolffe wears his hoodie everywhere, rarely takes it off. He likes the ‘not a number’ statement that comes with it.

He also wears like thick, fluffy winter coats and cargo pants a lot, with the occasional bad-ass leather jacket.

He attempts to get a job somewhere, but can’t really find one that works, so he stays unemployed. 

After a little while, Wolffe adopts a grey, male tamaskan dog (also beautiful, check it out, they look like wolves) he names Fang. Everyone thinks its hysterical he got a dog that looks like wolf.

Wolffe and Fang are also inseparable.

Wolffe finds himself enjoying hiking and does it almost daily, with Fang joining him. He finds it peaceful and enjoyable.

Fox

Fox is ofc the one who basically ended the war, or at least he majorly turned the tables.

He’s so relieved when its finally over.

He’s one of the first Clones to move to Nay Mets, and ofc Dhole, Vector, Menace, Dice and Bloodshot tag along. They live in one great big house.

Almost immediately, Fox impulsively adopts a ginger tabby she-cat he names Pumpkin. She’s a beautiful, silly cat and Fox has zero regrets in getting her.

He lets her be a very free cat as he feels bad for being any other way.

His hoodie is red and white with the usual and a fox symbol on the front. He loves sweaters.

He wasn’t really looking for a job at first, and eventually decided to stay unemployed.

Fox picks up piano as a way to calm himself, and grows to become a great pianist. He practises practically all day with Pumpkin sitting on his lap.

He regularly goes for long walks and takes Pumpkin, cause she’s that kinda cat. 

Once there was an incident in town when a guy lost it and started shooting or smth and Fox just calmly tackled him (that's an oxymoron lol) and got someone to arrest him. He was really quiet afterwards.

When he got his chip removed, Fox became a lot more quiet for a little. This was because he could finally hear properly. When he had the chip, he always heard a little voice in his head, something he now knew was Palpatine.

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[leofrith]

Ok I have 3 for you now that Mando is back but only do the ones that interest you:

1) top 5 dinluke moments that live only inside your head

2) top 5 din and grogu father-son moments

3) top 5 choices made by filoni and favreau across shows that make you want to Kill

you fool!! you absolute silly goose!!! i am answering all of them <3

top 5 dinluke moments that live only inside my head:

these are all just concepts for scenarios/whole ass fics that i'm currently turning over in my brain like a rotisserie chicken that i may or may not actually write someday lmao. dinluke is beginning to overtake my brain again like a parasite so i rambled a lot. sorry 🤡

the original trilogy au where din and luke meet on tatooine just before anh and when din is still relatively new to being a hunter, and they spend maybe a few weeks hanging out together and there's something there but nothing ever comes of it before din has to leave. and by the time they finally meet again a few years later, luke has become the hero that blew up the death star and din is essentially just a freelancer working odd jobs for the rebels sometimes and is convinced luke won't remember him but he does!! and as they become more entangled luke makes it his mission to convince din to formally join the rebellion but din keeps refusing because his first responsibility is to his covert and they keep getting pulled in opposite directions by duty :))))

force sensitive din au in which din has repressed his connection to the force since he was a kid and went through the trauma of watching his parents die but it forces itself to the surface in a situation in which he needs it to protect his son (because i adore parallels and i will drag this father-son dynamic into everything wherever possible). and now he's saddled with being a father to a little force sensitive powerhouse while dealing with his own abilities that he had buried down so deep that he forgot they even existed and it feels uncontrollable and unbearable and loud and luke teaches him to quiet his mind and train his abilities. when the Just Some Guy is suddenly overcome with an immense amount of power and has to figure out how to deal with it. <3333

din gets a bounty with just a vague description and a location and he gets there and realizes THAT'S MY HUSBAND so he obviously doesn't follow through but he very quickly realizes that half the other bounty hunters in the galaxy are ALSO after luke. so he spends the next little while batting away bounty hunters with a stick while also just trying to pay them off (which doesn't really work because, as always, he is flat broke) or negotiate because he knows most of these people through ✨networking✨ and he doesn't want to cause tension in the workplace by murdering his colleagues. and perhaps luke is mostly oblivious to all this, but i think he knows exactly what's going on and is just watching it all go down because it's extremely funny and he could easily take care of himself.

din (and possibly also grogu, but one thing at a time here) dies in the destruction of luke's jedi academy and he's toeing the line of the dark side to resurrect his husband from the dead. and he needs to navigate the world between worlds to get him back so he recruits ahsoka who has spent time there before but she's like absolutely the fuck not!! i've seen where this path leads, please stop. but luke, who is the force's favourite little guy, says fine i'll do it myself then. :) and....... idk i have some ideas of where this could go but i don't want to spoil anything. <3

din and luke are getting married and anakin (who maybe never fell to the dark side in the first place or.... something) is very unimpressed with this guy and din and anakin are going at it like jane fonda and jennifer lopez in monster in law because din dislikes anakin in every universe and this is a non-negotiable fact thank you. :)

the rest of these are going under a read more because this post is so fucking long dude 💀

top 5 din and grogu father-son moments:

chapter 15 the believer aka the best episode when din takes off his helmet in front of a bunch of imperials in the first instance of showing his face to any (living) being since he was a child and absolutely none of them can even begin to understand the significance of it. grogu obviously isn't even in the scene but din did that for his son so it counts. sickening i'm gonna be SICK.

the whole sequence when din goes back for grogu after delivering him to the imperials in chapter 3, but especially when they're surrounded and din is looking down at the baby bundled in his arms and knows they're both about to die. but i think he's at peace with his decision. and later when they're back on the razor crest and din gives grogu the ball he had just taken away from him at the beginning of the episode. that's growth, baby. clawing at the walls about it. din djarin you are a father now.

the entirety of chapter 10 the passenger. i don't care how many people want to complain about that episode being "filler," it is perhaps THE father-son episode of the show and one of my favourites of the season. just an entire episode of din being the World's Worst Uber Driver and grogu getting into Predicaments that his dad has to fix. it also gets a high rating on account of grogu's little baby run to his dad at the beginning of the episode. Kill Me.

chapter 4 sanctuary when din is contemplating leaving grogu on sorgan while watching him play with the village children and then when he's asking while not outright asking omera to take him in. the voice cracks. fuck you fuck you fuck you fu-

their goodbye in the s2 finale like I HATE that he showed his face for no reason don't get me wrong but the kid seeing his dad's face for the first time? if they had just fucking left the room to say their goodbyes and if that moment had just been for them as it should have been? SICKENING!!!!!!!

some honorable mentions include:

din trying to teach his son mechanics (badly, with osha violations)

din saying grogu's name repeatedly after finally learning it just because the kid's reaction is cute 😭

din holding grogu while he sleeps when he thinks grogu is going to stay with ahsoka 🥺

"this is the seeing stone, are you seeing anything??"

grogu holding his dad's boot while he's dying of a head wound in the s1 finale <3

top 5 choices made by filoni and favreau that make me want to Kill:

(i could literally name 5 from the past week. every day favriloni come up with new and exciting ways to piss me off)

ending season two of the mandalorian with din and grogu being separated, a massive event for the show, only to then have them reunite almost immediately and barely making an attempt to first explore what they were like and how they were feeling during their time apart and doing so ON A DIFFERENT SHOW. i will not elaborate. it's been done to death already. i want to Kill.

the mcuification of star wars is real and it is terrifying. every day i live in fear of cameos of beloved characters who have no reason to appear except to advertise their upcoming disney show and are completely out of character. i want to Kill.

din taking off his helmet in front of a bunch of people for absolutely no reason. it was so unnecessary. they could have at least gone to another room to say their goodbyes. i want to Kill.

literally everything they've done with live action ahsoka. who the FUCK is that? hashtag not my ahsoka. i want to Kill.

this one is a filoni specific crime. why do the clones look like that in tcw. do you genuinely think that's what temuera morrison looks like. i demand BLOOD!!!!!

[heaven-s-black-box]

Sleep- Anakin & Rex ft. Anidala

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Recovery date: July 8th, 2022

Description: Anakin doesn't know how to take a break, it worries Rex.

Notes: An entry from my 2022 research project into the universe of Star Wars. You can find the next entry here.

Word count: 656

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Anakin slumped into his desk and rubbed at his tingling eyes. It was barely two in the afternoon and his eyes were already stinging from exhaustion. The prickly and heavy feeling made it hard to focus on the holoscreen and his eyelids were starting to feel dry.

A loud yawn escaped him as he pressed the heels of his hands into his eyes.

“General Skywalker?”

Anakin jumped back in his chair, hitting himself in the face and nearly falling to the floor.

Rex watched in concern as the general steadied himself and tried to stifle another yawn.

“Re-Rex,” he covered his mouth and cleared his throat, trying to hide another yawn. “I didn’t hear you come in, what can I do for you?”

“I have the reports from the last mission, are you alright sir?”

“Ya, I’m fine. Just a little tired, you can leave the reports here, thank you.”

“General, when was the last time you slept?”

He stopped reading through his report on the holoscreen, it was almost completely incomprehensible and most of it was in huttese. The last time he’d slept had been before Padme had left on a trip to negotiate a trade route in the outer rim, whenever that was. Not that he could say that.

“I don’t know, when did Padme leave for her negotiations?”

Rex frowned and grew more concerned when Anakin didn’t flinch or try to correct himself after using Senator Amidala’s given name. Normally the general would splutter and correct himself halfway through, but it was like he hadn’t even noticed the slip up.

“Sir, that was two weeks ago.”

“Really? That can’t be right.”

“Sir, with all do respect I think you need a break.”

“N-no, I’m fine. I’ll be done after this report, thank you for your concern.”

Nodding, Rex stared at him skeptically. First he hadn’t heard him knock, then Rex had been able to enter the room without Anakin noticing, and finally he’d referred to senator Amidala by her first name and made no attempt to correct himself. Perhaps he should inform general Kenobi.

“I think General Skywalker hasn’t been sleeping.”

Obi-Wan took a sip of tea, completely unphased by Rex’s observation.

After visiting his general, Rex had gone to find Obi-Wan. He’d found the other general having tea with Master Plo Koon, Cody, and Wolffe as they discussed another mission.

“Young Skywalker’s sleep habits have never been the best,” Plo Koon said, “is there something specific you’re worried about?”

“I was able to enter his office without him noticing. If he were to go on a mission in this state he would be putting not only himself in danger but also everyone else.”

The line about the mission sounded rehearsed, and Rex cringed internally. He hadn’t even come up with that reason until he was outside Obi-Wan’s office.

“Now that is a problem, but I’m not worried. It’ll sort itself out soon enough.”

“Sir?”

“Senator Amidala is set to return today.”

“I don’t understand.”

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“Ani,” Padme sighed, standing in the doorway of his office with her hands on her hips.

“Ah- Padme,” Anakin smiled, pushing himself away from his desk.

A soft smile pulled at Padme’s lips as Anakin placed his hands on her hips and leaned in to kiss her. She stopped him, cupping his cheeks and brushing her thumbs under his eyes.

“You haven’t been sleeping.”

“I-I’ve been busy.”

“Well you’re not going to be when you pass out and get yourself hurt,” she frowned. “Come on, you’re done for the day.”

“But I still have a report-”

“That’s probably incomprehensible and not in common,” she dropped her voice to a whisper, “come home and take a nap.”

“Hm,'' Anakin pouted, “you drive a hard bargain.”

“Comes with the job, now come on. Captain Rex is worried about you.”

“How-”

“Master Kenobi left me a message, apparently Rex was able to sneak up on you.”

“He didn’t-”

“Alright, less talking.”

[ooops-i-arted]

i feel like ppl need to get it through their thick skulls that not every rule is unnecessary. Some Rules Are There For A Reason And Are Good Actually! in society! ESPECIALLY if you’re a space warrior monk with a powerful Force at your fingertips and a fucking laser sword that can cut through practically anything!

YES, USE CAUTION AND RESTRAINT. BE MINDFUL OF YOUR EMOTIONS. but they see someone like dumbass anakin doing the awful shit he does and go “yeah stick it to the oppressive man!” or “pwoor bwaby” like no? They’re Right!

he just wants to do whatever and break the Code without consequences? bc he’s selfish and greedy and impulsive and doesn’t care abt what the Order believes in? also he’s not a baby? he should know better by now. like luke didn’t get raised as a jedi from a toddler age either but he still got the right gist of it! hell, anakin was trained from 9 to adulthood and he still couldn’t get it/didn’t want to apply it to himself.

let’s not let mr. unstable “i’ll try to have my cake and eat it too. surely nothing horribly unfortunate is going to happen by me doing this” slide. mr. unable to let things Be. mr. darth vader himself! i know ppl are getting dumber and crueler by the day on and off here but c’mon.

I've said it before but there's a method to the madness here. I have seen kids have major epic tantrums and I have worked with kids who have hurt me and would hurt me with their mind if they could. There's a reason for the rules. Remember Grogu choking out Cara over a friendly arm wrestling match because he misunderstood the intentions?

Also Jedi are supposed to be diplomats and stuff and need to maintain a neutral viewpoint just like, as part of their job. Imagine if Anakin got sent to negotiate a dispute between Naboo and another planet. You think he wouldn't favor Naboo the entire time just because it's Padme's planet? He 100% would. Selfish/possessive love for Padme would absolutely overrule compassion for all involved. That's exactly what happened in canon, really. Do you think Padme would be okay with Anakin killing younglings if he said "It's okay, I did it to save you"? No!!

[corellianhounds]

For the ask game, I’m curious… 3. What’s your favorite fic that you’ve written?

Oof, this one’s tough because I like the different stories for different reasons. I’ll stick to the ones that have already been posted because I think that’s only fair

Stranded In the Desert is one I like because it feels like a scene that slots in naturally to the show’s canon in voice, tone, and idea, addresses themes and established material I don’t think the show has done a good job handling, and feels interesting visually. There’s a little bit I would change in the ending convo he has with the kid, but I haven’t quite figured it out, and it otherwise feels like it fits in the world of Star Wars without breaking any rules of the setting or characters.

But then Amidala the Resilient feels like a solid gut punch of raw, messy, tragic events and emotions that gives the end of the prequel trilogy more of the severity I think it deserved, and it gives Amidala a lot more action and agency as a character moving in and driving part of the story. I think if the idea is that Anakin has become somebody entirely different in the end, then his actions force the other main characters to do things that, up until that point, were also contrary to their nature (Amidala going on the offense instead of trying for peaceful negotiation, Obi-Wan feeling a loss of control in both their escape and in being the one forced to help Padme with the twins). One of my biggest complaints with the prequels as movies is the lack of people doing anything (as opposed to the sheer amount of scenes that are just people talking calmly while sitting, standing, or walking), and this was a way to get things moving and making it more interesting (and giving Padme a better reason for why she dies the way she does). It’s a war trilogy, but it never felt like one. It’s supposed to be a tragedy, but it never felt like one. Given the circumstances, these characters should be having more heightened responses to the things that happen.

One I’m more satisfied with the full writing of than others (and that I also feel is a bit underrated) is Disparity which is the first part of a few loosely connected one-shots comparing and contrasting Jyn and Leia. That one was born of the frustration I have at seeing too many writers (professionally published or otherwise) not knowing how to write from children’s perspectives, and I thought it was an interesting scenario I hadn’t seen anyone else do before.

Jyn and Leia are also characters I don’t have to worry about screwing up the depiction of, so there’s a freedom in writing what I think they would say or do when in conflict (where I don’t have to worry about contributing to harmful stereotypes or misrepresentation). I can write them mean and scowling and spiteful. They can have candid, blunt conversations about heavier topics because those characters have those experiences to pull from. I think Jyn would be tempted to yank Leia’s hair if she had the chance. Thats what angry little girls do. I think Jyn would be mad at seeing Leia have the life she misses and would direct that anger towards her. That’s what envious, hurting little girls do. Seeing how that will translate to a scenario where they’re both still alive and working for the Rebellion is already shaping up to be interesting.

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[officialleehadan]

So, for those who are counting, I’m now about nine months pregnant and so full of baby I’m about to pop, so I thought I would revisit this post.

Let me tell you what’s changed.

Remember that zero chill I have? Well the fun update is that I now have exactly two settings. My default setting is “I am FUCKING CALM.” I hold onto it with both hands, because my other setting (and there are no additional settings by the way) is “HOMICIDAL RAGE.”

My adoring husband has been a pillar of strength, sanity, and understanding even though ‘almost started crying because I wanted the other ice cream out of the freezer’ is a thing that happened. I am clinging to my serenity because the other option is going off like a bomb and killing everyone in the room.

So when I say that Padme, our lady of negotiating with a blaster, who never had any chill to begin with, hits this phase, she is not weeping. She is not begging. She is not negotiating.

She is getting on a ship with murder on the mind.

If Anakin is half as Force Sensitive as he supposedly is, he would feel that wall of rage coming for him about the time she got on the ship and would be, very sensibly, on his knees begging for mercy before she even hit Mustafar’s atmo.

(Obi-Wan has at this point been regulated to getting Padme snacks every twenty minutes or so, and given the constant job of helping her up, because she can no longer stand without help. He is being very very very quiet because the last time he tried to say anything, she politely and clinically explained where she would stick his lightsaber if he offered any more helpful opinions. His kyber crystal is afraid of her. It’s smarter than he is.)

If for some reason Anakin had not realized that his wife was about to hit the planet like a nuke from orbit, he would be treated to a very, very pregnant woman waddling off the ship. I do mean waddling, too, because lemme tell you, between the baby fatigue and the very determined baby kicks directly to my liver, my max speed is about the same as a geriatric slug. I only have one baby in there. Padme has twins.

She feels bruised inside all the time. She has to pee every four minutes, she has not one but TWO babies trying to scramble out through her cervix (which also fucking hurts by the way) and she has heartburn so bad she could swallow Mustafar whole and it would be a cooling sensation. This is a woman who hasn’t had a good night’s sleep in months, because every time she tries, a baby tries to crawl into her lungs.

And now her husband, who has been swanning around while she deals with morning sickness, doctor appointments, an increasing loss of self and agency over her life, and now notable physical discomfort she’s not even allowed to be grumpy about because “it’s so magical to feel your baby move [it is. It absolutely is super magical. In the way a 6d6 firebal roaring directly at you is magical] has gone fucking crazy.

Remember that two moods thing I mentioned? Remember how that second option is HOMICIDAL RAGE?

This is where that gets important.

So we have established that Padme is at this point in pain, feeling bruised inside, can’t even complain about it, or Anakin, to anyone because they’re supposed to be a secret, has to pee, and can’t get up from the goddamn couch without help.

And you think THIS is a woman who has not given up entirely on being calm and has simply decided that being a widow will be better for her, and she’s gonna make it happen right now on the spot.

Force or no Force, a plasma cannon is pretty hard to block with a lightsaber, assuming she didn’t just grab a Mandalorian slugcaster (shotgun) to settle his hash.

Anakin ‘cannot judge danger worth a damn’ Skywalker is, at this point, starting to get worried. He should be terrified, but in his defense, he’s pretty crazy at this point.

Padme ‘watched democracy die this morning’ Amidala is so far in fuck debt that she doesn’t actually care about consequences anymore. (She never did, but she did sometimes consider them in passing. That’s not happening anymore.)

So, Anakin gets shot. What he gets shot with depends on what she had handy and how very justifiably terrified he was to realize all that fury was pointed directly at him. If he begs pretty enough, she might not aim for the face, but I wouldn’t count on it.

(I’m imagining it being rather like taking a supernova to the face, from a Force perspective.)

When say that she walks off that ship with absolutely no peaceful options in mind, I mean that she could glare the emperor down and then make Obi-wan cry.

I’m here to tell you that tears and rational thought haven’t been around since Month Five. She hasn’t seen them WHILE and is not currently rational enough to stop a charging elephant in its tracks.

Really, the only question is how many times Anakin gets shot before he falls over long enough to pack him into the ship.

The safe money is on at least four times. She might get as many as ten.

Anakin is very pretty but also kind of dumb, and has no idea that she is mad enough to shoot him a bunch.

And this is all BEFORE she goes into labor.

(Obi-Wan is still being very, very quiet. His job is to carry Anakin onto the ship and pretty much nothing else. He can’t help but notice that Anakin’s kyber crystal is also afraid of Padme. He agrees that this is sensible and prudently hides Anakin’s saber at the bottom of the ship’s freezer, under the approximately ten different flavors of ice cream Padme has been living on since they left Coriscant. She can give it back when she’s feeling better.)

I wouldn’t want to be Anakin Skywalker just now

At about six months pregnant myself right now, I can’t help but think of that scene in Star Wars when Padmé shows up on Mustafar after Anakin swan-dives off the cliff of crazy and like.

There would not be tears. There would not be asking nicely or sobbing about a broken heart. Padme would waddle her nine-months-pregnant-WITH-TWINS self off that ship, grab her idiot Sith husband by the hair, and drag him into the ship, all without saying a single word that wasn’t profanity.

That woman negotiates with a blaster when she’s NOT pregnant. You think she magically got more chill once she was full of babies, couldn’t breathe, was leaking fluids from every orifice including several that didn’t formerly leak, felt like she was about the size of a gas giant, and had just discovered her husband apparently WENT CRAZY AND MURDERED CHILDREN??

I am here to tell you that I can accept aliens, and space wizards, and whatever the hell is going on with Palpatine.

But a pregnant woman tearfully hoping to talk reason into her batshit crazy space wizard husband?

No.

She would make extremely hostile eye contact, say his name through gritted teeth, and point at the ship meaningfully. Anakin, realizing that there is no hell like a very angry, very pregnant woman with a blaster, would mumble apologies, and slink onto the ship, with Padme waddling furiously behind him.

I’m having a peaceful, easy pregnancy. My husband has been adoringly getting me absolutely anything I want and is complaining frequently that I’m not asking for things enough. Even so, I have just about zero chill right now. I get irrationally outraged because the trash bags aren’t put in the bin just right. I can’t imagine the level of GET YOUR SORRY SITH ASS ON THE SHIP that I would be feeling in Padme’s shoes.

[notthestarwar]

From a reply to a comment I got on a fic

For me, canon Obi Wan is someone that's liable to ignore the truth of a situation for his own comfort. He's a Jedi master, he knows the importance of not letting your emotions lead you and yet, he ignores that when it comes to Anakin. He doesn't let himself see how lost he's getting until its too late and then when it is too late, he then can't accept the part Anakin plays in his own fall.

In rots Obi Wan has all these conflicting emotions, he's devastated, he's guilty, but also he's angry with Anakin 'killing him would be merciful, Obi Wan isn't feeling merciful'. His reluctance to process those emotions, even though he so obviously knows how to, and the importance of such a thing, leads to old Ben. Old ben still hasnt processed the reality of things. Is it the trauma of what happened to the Jedi? If it were someone else i think maybe, but for Obi Wan, i do think that he had the potential to live a different life than the one he did on tattoine, i think that would have been better for him and for everyone.

But i think he always would have done things as he did, as that's just who he is, who he's always been.The contradiction of him being a master teacher in 'dealing with emotions healthily' of him understanding that so fully that he's got everyone thinking he's a master of his own emotions, he is a really good Jedi but I don't think he applies any of what he knows to himself, he just pretends, but deep down he isn't doing it. Deep down he's always been the person that would turn a blind eye to his brother falling, that would be unable to kill him even tho he knows that would be the 'Jedi' thing to do.

I think Obi Wan had the potential to do better by Luke, he could have done better by the galaxy by joining the rebellion, he could have done better by anakin by being harsher from the start, by not letting his love blind him, he could have given him a kinder death than leaving him to burn. But instead, he does barely anything, he chooses sticking his head in the sand every time even tho as a master Jedi, he'd be the first one to guide anyone else away from that.He lives a miserable life on tattoine for 20 years cause he thinks he deserves it, its a kind of self punishment, and it's completely unnecessary.

He could have taken luke anywhere else. He could have found funds to give himself, hell even Owen and beru a better life (like bail wouldn't have given him money, like he couldn't make his own in a job that took advantage of his skills. He easily could have stolen money, which we know he wasn't averse to prior to the Jedi's fall). But he doesn't want to accept the reality of things and so refuses to live. Even before he knows vaders identity, he's given over his life to right anakins wrongs and he won't allow himself to be comfortable for a minute of it. He goes to live on Anakin's planet, living as a pauper in a cave. Its all about anakin and the guilt he feels. He won't confront the empire himself, he's convinced himself the only way is playing this passive part in a plan, that I don't think he really believes in. Luke defeating the empire is yoda's plan. For Obi Wan it's a convenient excuse to avoid looking for an alternative. It's pure luck that luke and Leia do bring down the empire! Obi Wan played barely any part in that. He chose to give luke to Owen, yeah Owen didn't trust him but Obi Wan is the Negotiator, he could have fought for luke to be trained, he should have, for lukes own safety. He leaves leia to it, only just stepping in at the last possible moment when she's kidnapped. He also leaves her untrained. We know that untrained force sensitives are dangerous and difficult to raise, that's how the order gets every one of their members, because non force sensitives struggle with force sensitive children and so they give them to the Order. So he leaves both of these powerful children with non force sensitives and gives them no input? It's illogical. It's asking for the empire to find them. As is using his own name. Going to tattooine of all places. Letting luke use Skywalker? No matter how common the names it doesn't make sense. And we know Obi Wan isn't stupid so the only conclusion I can come to is that he's caught so deep in denial he's doing stupid things without acknowledgement.

How might Obi Wan have developed the conflict that allows him to be like this? I think certain extended universe materials indicate that he had a pretty messed up early apprenticeship, which I think could easily lead to problems with self worth and a desire to hide that. Looking at the prequels, he wasn't ready to take on anakin. Taking on a parenting type role when you aren't ready leads to blurred boundaries. He was not his parent, but I think he acted like one. His love for anakin tipped in to attatchment. He couldn't do what was right in general or what was right for anakin, because he was influenced by that love.