#dressing a galaxy

[skywalkr-nberrie]

While it’s true that Padmé didn’t want Anakin to give up on his life as a Jedi, precisely because she was okay to settle, she’d have Anakin in her life regardless due to them being so intertwined in their lives, and because Padmé is loyal to justice and she knows Anakin is a hero most needed by the Republic, and most of all she couldn’t bare to see the love of her life give up on his life long career and childhood passion just for her (even if that’s what he truly wanted overall.) it’s important to remember that Padmé also shared Anakin’s dream of wanting to run away and live peacefully together, raising their kids. And that this was her heart’s true desire.

She wanted to leave behind duty as far back as AOTC, and she says as much multiple times in the novelizations. Or even that she could just have the luxury to be Padmé and not Amidala from time to time.

Even by the time of ROTS, Padmé is keen on running away with Anakin. She said she wanted to raise their baby on Naboo. They’ve talked about it so much, and after Anakin convinced her that he wanted this as well, they both agreed to run away.

Padmé is also shown constantly asking Anakin to just leave with her when things starts going downhill in ROTS, she even says that all she wants is his love. She knows the Republic was failing, that’s why she helped put together the Rebellion, but after all that had happened, she only true desire was to leave with Anakin and their baby. Go somewhere with they can live peacefully and stay safe. Her inner truth vs her duty. She finally chose herself, and was going to run away with Anakin. She became more desperate for this dream of theirs the more he slipped away from her arms and we can see the very truth of this in her dialogue and through her expressions. It’s truly heartbreaking.

(Granted that it’s worth the mention how if in an AU, Anakin and Padmé managed to run way together, and live peacefully. They’d still be doing their parts on working to make the galaxy a better place. Their loyalty to peace and justice, and fighting oppression is a core value they both share. They’d work on the sidelines and from behind the scenes, doing what they can to contribute and help. It’s apart of who they are.)

[korribancosplay]

Sharing this here as well - the well-known Star Wars costuming book Dressing A Galaxy has a limited edition that includes actual fabric samples, but is insanely rare and expensive. I managed to buy one of only 2500 of these in existence and I plan to scan the whole thing so noone else has to pay that ridiculous amount. If you pledge, you can get those scans as well!

Also I REALLY need that money back. No joke, this was four months' worth of my rent. Any little helps!

[bwootster]

I was possessed when I drew this. Princess Daisy mechanical dress that doubles as a self adjusting shield!!!!

Edit: Added a Princess Peach version, which can be found here!

[ellenent]

bride rosalina! ✨ design is by pastelpinkyoshi on dA!

[annamationsart]

been experimenting with the lasso tool. anyways if she were an avatar of the web we would have to call her spiders georg

[fordprefectyaoi]

saw this in the reblogs on a post about ford and arthur switching clothes when they teleported and i was inspired

[eumillipes]

Cant draw abything else

[dressupdragonne]

Competition Entry - Melody of Meteors Crossing

Final Rank: 11

[missilemarz]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN 🎃

[epic-sorcerer]

“Arthur can totally dress himself he’s just spoiled” why are you giving him that much credit

[skywalkr-nberrie]

Apart from the fact that Padmé had said she knew she’d no longer be allowed to serve in the senate, Anakin saying he wanted to leave the Jedi and be with Padmé, and Padmé outwardly saying that she wanted to raise her and Anakin’s kids on Naboo, and run away with him to the Lake Country (it’s even stated so by Trisha Bigger in Dressing a Galaxy, when asked about what Padmé’s funeral dress was supposed to symbolize):

We do see a bit more implications within the ROTS novel that tell us how Padmé and Anakin were keen on leaving behind duty, to live together peacefully, and raise their kids.

In this scene of the novel, we see that OW is encouraging Padmé to watch over Anakin (as he’s growing more concerned of his mental state) and somewhat asks her to “leave him” because her relationship to him strains his position as a Jedi, and it would be a mistake if he left. Padmé insists that it doesn’t matter, because Anakin is said to be the chosen one, therefore he would remain a Jedi as so the prophecy states. But on the contrary, OW tells her that he’s scanned the prophecy and it’s no where said that the chosen one had to be a Jedi. At this point, the parts I’ve highlighted shows to us how Padmé begins to hope, that she describes as desperate and leaving her breathless. She now knows that Anakin, her husband, doesn’t need to remain in the Order to complete his legacy as the chosen one. Leaving more room for her to hope for the future that she and Anakin so desperately crave together.

Up until now, Padmé didn’t want to take Anakin away from his duty and responsibilities as a Jedi, partly because of the Republic and it’s reliance on him, but mostly because she didn’t want to take away his dream of being a Jedi. Part of this feeling also stems from the prophecy stating that Anakin IS the chosen one. Knowing how Padmé is very prone to justice, and helping the galaxy especially for those in need of saving. It’s not hard to put two and two together that she’d feel guilt for making Anakin choose her over fulfilling his mission as the chosen one. (Even though to Anakin, there was never a choice. He would inevitably always choose Padmé.) This passage alone gives her the hope and confirmation she’s always desperately wanted that Anakin didn’t have to remain a Jedi to be the chosen one. So she feels a sense of relief knowing she can still have him, run away with him, and at the same time, not take him away from the grand destiny he was always meant for.

In this passage^^ Anakin also mentions that he and Padmé have talked about what would happen now that she was pregnant, and he says that they’ve decided that they would remain in their respective positions for as long as they could until the secret was no longer concealable. Another implication of how they HAVE talked about leaving their duties behind in favour of running away together. The result was made from the circumstances Anakin was in of course. He wanted to stay in the Order longer to find a way to save Padmé. Padmé only wanted to keep it a secret to protect Anakin, so that he could stay in the Order. (No mention of herself or her duty.)

Padmé had already gone through the consequences her pregnancy would lead too, and she didn’t care for them. She says she’d be “relieved” of her senatorial duties, and she made her peace with it. She was ready to move on and begin her life with Anakin. She was only worried for what everything would mean for Anakin. She was worried what it would do for him, and he, of course, decided that he didn’t care either. He also just wanted to run away with his wife and be together as one big family.

In Padmé’s words:

“Come away with me, leave everything else behind while we still can.”

[soriagravity]

happy birthday to her ✨💙

[kinopeachy]

rosalina wearing star sea!

(dress is from the dress-up games love nikki and shining nikki~)

[ellenent]

all rosalinas I did in november! which one is your favorite? ✨

[elpurppleone90]

🪐✨🌌👩🏼.

[goddessofbees]

King Phantom is a wedding dress