#bUT THE SITH ARE RIGHT THERE

[auxxrat]

so sick and tired of the “jedi are an evil and abusive cult that steals children” as if half the reason they weren’t protecting these children is bc sith were out killing them or TURNING THEM INTO SITH. they weren’t even STEALING children to begin with I thought we all knew that was Palpatine’s game not Yoda’s.

[josephsaturn]

I think that “Anakin was a slave child who was groomed by Palpatine and raised by someone who wasn’t ready to take on a child, thereby leaving him in a social limbo state where he’s surrounded by people but only has a few close confidants, with the one he trusts the most actively trying to take advantage of him”

and

“Anakin was taught right from wrong from a young age, first by his mother and then by Kenobi, but any time he was presented with a choice, actively CHOSE WRONG EVERY SINGLE TIME”

are two sentences that can, should, and MUST coexist to fully understand Anakin Skywalker as a character

Edit: PART 2 of this post here

[loverboy-havocboy]

i think it's great that people who've suffered religious trauma feel a connection to anakin. i also think it's deeply troubling that the majority of them are either unable to recognize or unwilling to admit that the religion he was indoctrinated into and abused by was the sith and not, in fact, the jedi.

[ahhrenata]

‘how quickly power can change hands’ | X |

[thanks-for-the-crabapples]

mom? i need you to come pick me up...yeah, i just got out of revenge of the sith. i'm too emo to drive myself home. huh? ah, yeah. it's anakin again...listen, mom. mom. i can't control that he's the character of all time. mom, listen. he was doomed by the narrative so bad. so bad mom...no, you don't understand. he was a slave his whole life mom. i—just come pick me up.

[lukeslights4ber]

idk if anyone has done this for anakin already

[short-wooloo]

It's never not hilarious how The Clone Wars Season 3 Episode 7 "Assassin" is basically just "what Anakin should have done"

Like aside from the obvious-that Ahsoka actually talks to Yoda about what she's having visions of-there's also the fact that she doesn't avoid the visions either

In a bit that was cut (albeit still remains in most novelizations) from the final version of ROTS, Anakin stops sleeping altogether in order to stop experiencing visions (although I think you can still get the basics of this across in the final version of the film since we never see him experiencing more visions)

Assassin shows us why this was precisely a wrong move

Throughout the episode Ahsoka either meditates on her vision or experiences new ones as she sleeps, the results being the visions became clearer or they changed because of Ahsoka's actions, ultimately resulting in the vision not coming true

So basically if Anakin hadn't been all "gotta avoid things that make me uncomfortable!" (Or y'know just listen to Yoda's correct advice) and worked through the visions he would have either changed them or gotten a clearer picture

[hurricanek8art]

Need to ramble about SW to distract myself from everything going on.

Something that's stuck with me about Ahsoka beyond, like, everything is how happy I am for Genevieve O'Reilly? Because I mean, look at how insane the last twenty (!!!) years have been.

She was cast as young Mon Mothma around 2003 (I don't remember exactly when, but I remember seeing a pic from them doing a wig test that was dated 2003 a little while ago). She got all but one of her scenes cut out of Revenge of the Sith (don't get me started on that I'm still mad about those scenes being cut for so many reasons) and the only one that stayed in is a scene where she doesn't even speak, and that's it. There's publicity photos and some deleted scenes, and that was her Star Wars legacy for eleven years.

And then she gets a co-starring role in Rogue One, getting to play the character again.

And then again in Rebels, getting to deliver half of what I think is one of the best dialogue exchanges about the Rebellion's philosophy—so basically half of Star Wars itself's entire philosophy—that I've ever heard.

And then again in Andor, as a main character, with all her complexities and just like everything about it because it's so flipping good.

And now here she is again in Ahsoka, playing the character past the timeframe of the original role, as a leader, getting to build on practically everything she's done before now.

And now she's not just portraying 'younger Mon Mothma', she is portraying Mon Mothma, she's the definitive version (at least to me, no shade to OG actress Caroline Blakiston) and everyone I've seen and heard talk about her since Andor loves the character.

Just. I love Mon Mothma. I am so happy for Genevieve O'Reilly.

[blahblahblahviolentpain]

I was denied my Yuffie-Reeve interaction! So, I corrected it.

It shouldn't have been Aerith, it should've been Reeve.

[timetodiverge]

Shin stuck on Peridea like

Sabine: hey our wifi is down, can I come over and use your laptop

Shin: *shit shit shit shit shit*

Sabine's version here Memes: The Bad Batch | Ahsoka

[the-crooked-library]

so i'm facing a Sith in a deadly duel - and as my final blow, i slice him in half. surely he will not survive this, get robot legs, and fixate obsessively on me for the foreseeable future, pursuing me across the galaxy on his vaguely homoerotic quest for revenge.

it would be weird if it happened twice, i mean, really

[tragedy-for-sale]

Highly recommend not watching ROTS for a decade then watching it in theaters because you know what happens but then you're watching the Invisible Hand fall from space and you're like holy shit-

[agonyofdespair]

[brother-genitivi]

I think my favourite thing about The Revenge of the Sith novelisation by Matt Stover is that when Palps is trying to sow seeds of doubt in Anakin's head by making him think Obi-Wan is sleeping with Padme, before he actually namedrops her, Anakin immediately assumes Obi-Wan is shagging a guy.

'"The rumour is that he was seen leaving this Senator's residence this very morning, at an... unseemly hour."

"Who?" Anakin opened his eyes and sat forward. "Who is this Senator? Let's go question him."'

it's even italicised in the book I-

[short-wooloo]

It's been a few months now, and I gotta say...

My contempt and disgust for the acolyte has not abated

maybe it's to do with a good SW show just coming out (and one where love and admiration of the Jedi is foundational to the main character)

But I also think certain recent real life events have increased my revulsion for the show which demonized the Jedi and lauded the space fascists as being free and a good thing to aspire to, to the point that the showrunner likened the Jedi-good guys based off monastic Buddhism who believe in freedom, democracy, helping and defending the weak-to hateful christian fundies while saying the sith-insane fascist cultists who believe their right is to murder and enslave as they please-to the queer women oppressed by those christo-fundies

Like, i dont know about yall, but a show which depicts someone joining the evil space nazis as a good liberating thing while also doing all it can to shit on the pro-democracy good guys seems particularly irksome right now, after November of 2024

[lookingcampdirectlyintheeye]

Aleksander Rostov inspired Anakin & Obi Wan portraits I made :))

Been on a real Star Wars kick recently so don't be surprised if I post more content related to that....hehhe