#but ahsoka is like a combat prodigy/master

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ahsoka: here's my resume *briefcase full of purified inquisitor sabers*

Considering Ezra was missing in another galaxy and not even hat man will tell us what Ahsoka has been up to, Cal is probably the only one with any particular records and history that Luke could have heard of what with all of his wanted posters. Luke must think Cal is really cool and experienced, right?

oh absolutely, but can you imagine if cal had to apply for the jedi academy

(donation doodles! // tip jar)

[ooops-i-arted]

I'll start by saying that I have a rather basic understanding of Ashoka as a character, the only think I know is that she was Anakin's padawan.

And like... Where did Ashoka come from? In the Prequel Trilogy The Jedi Order doesn't want to make Anakin a master, so why would they give him a padawan? It just doesn't make sense and makes me kinda frustrated because I love the film and the PT and the way it shows how Anakin falls into the darkness and how he feels rejected by the Jedi. I love how his relationship with Padme developed, the way Obi-Wan tried to teach him to the best of his abilities.

And being completely honest, there just isn't a place in Anakin's story for Ashoka or any other padawan. He wasn't ready and the Jedi master wouldn't give him a student.

I'm just frustrated because it feels like Disney is taking this wonderful story and spiting on it just to place a badass girl boss in it. And they don't even need to do that, because the PT has Padme! She is cool and smart even if she doesn't have Jedi powers.

Thank you for reading this rant, I hope you have a good day/night

You are absolutely right. The MCU-ification of Star Wars is fast reaching that ridiculous point where you need to watch ten other things to get one thing, and that's BAD. You want to include your deep lore audience AND your casual fans. My mom (who watches all the live action shows but not the cartoons) said the same thing - "Who are these people?"

And you're absolutely right that there is no room or narrative need for Ahsoka and never has been. Anakin's attachment and issues are perfectly demonstrated through the more fleshed out female characters Shmi and Padme, not to mention Obi-Wan Kenobi. We even see it in the OT with his actions toward Luke. Ahsoka is completely unnecessary. (Even more egregious because "show following Jedi Master and Padawan and their clones through the Clone Wars" is a great premise imo that didn't need Anakin in it either.)

I'd also like to once again bring up that at 12 years old I couldn't wait for Episode III so I wrote my own, and in my Very First Big Girl Story there was Lia Skye, a super badass Padawan who was super good at combat and had special Jedi skills and was a prodigy and sooooooo important to my favorite character (Obi-Wan, also even at 12 I knew Anakin had no business around children) who then died tragically and was still The Most Important even in death because she was Anakin's first victim and generally took over the whole story. Filoni is writing the same fanfiction as a 12-year-old girl. Disney start paying your writers fairly, you clearly need them.

[anakin-alterverse]

Original Trilogy Anakin Never Turned Headcannons pt1

-Anakin and Padme still kept their relationship secret since the Jedi Order was still well established, therefore Luke and Leia’s true father is kept secret (though anyone close to Anakin and Padme knows who the father actually is- i.e. Obi Wan, Ahsoka, Bail, Rex). Luke and Leia aren’t told while growing up to stop it slipping out, though Leia senses it almost immediately with Anakin constantly visiting her, Luke, and Padme when he’s back from the war

-Leia and Luke not only enjoying when Anakin comes around because he’s their father, but because he brings Artoo with him and they absolutely love that droid (C3PO slightly salty about this)

-Luke is completely oblivious about who his father is until he reaches adulthood and he’s told by Anakin with Leia also present, frustrated at her brother’s own ignorance

-Rumours are spread throughout the New Order on who the father is, with Luke following Anakin’s footsteps and becoming a powerful Jedi Knight under Obi Wan’s tutelage and Leia rising through the political ranks, even serving a term as a Naboo queen. As two prodigies, there’s lots of gossip surrounding who their father is, some saying Anakin, some saying Bail Organa, some saying that it was actually a Separatist politician. However, anyone paying close enough attention could see that Luke looks just like his father and Leia has his exact same temper and passion.

-Obi wan partly terrified when Luke Amidala decides to become a Jedi and is assigned to him as his padawan ‘cause his father was such a handful, however is completely shocked when he actually turns out to be very sweet and quiet, only showing his father’s recklessness when other’s he cares about are in trouble

-Anakin and Luke sharing a love of piloting. Even though Obi Wan is his master, it’s Anakin who teaches him how to fly

-Luke constantly calling upon Leia for strength during his training and while on the battlefield. The Jedi Council initially apprehensive about this due to their hangups on attachment, but Anakin (now a master) and Obi Wan cover for him.

-Leia constantly following Padme around and therefore Bail is constantly in contact with her. Bail becomes basically another father to her still.

-Leia being secretly trained by Ahsoka to fight. She starts to learn  hand-to-hand combat and becomes one of the sharpest shooters of the New order. She also starts to learn how to control the force.

-Leia one day going to Tattooine on a peace mission to gain supplies and getting captured by the Hutts so that she can be ransomed to the Empire. Luke sensing this and seeking help from the council. Anakin and Obi Wan covering for Luke while he left to get her himself once the council refused. Luke crashing his ship and having to seek assistance to help with his rescue mission, finding help with a Smuggler called Han Solo

-Leia and Han still falling in love and still constantly arguing

-Padme smiling when watching them argue because she also has a soft spot for sarcastic bad boy pilots

-Anakin strongly disliking Han Solo until Han mentions podracing on Tatooine and how he wants to mentor future pilots (the novel Bloodline supports this) 

-Anakin, Padme, Luke, Ahsoka, Obi Wan, and Bail present at her wedding (only family, of course). Chewbacca is the one who cries the most. No-one questions why there are 3 Jedi and an ex-jedi attending the wedding of a princess and a smuggler

-Leia calling her son “Ben” as an injoke because that’s what Luke called Obi Wan when they were very young (he found it hard pronouncing his name and it morphed into bi-wen which everyone took as Ben. The Skywalker family all called Obi Wan Ben because of this) and to honour Obi Wan after he had died