#i just know he called anakin that til he was knighted

[person25]

I was thinking about how if i was a padawan and people kept calling me ‘youngling’ i’d constantly be pissed, like “i’m not a youngling anymore!😾”

but then i was thinking about how if i was a master i would 100% call my padawan ‘youngling’ 24/7

if only to see them look like an angry kitten

[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?"

[buggstuff]

CodyWan Week Day 4!

Honestly, I keep questioning what day I'm supposed to be posting because I'm putting it up on my ao3 at like midnight and either waiting til morning to post it here or I'm doing it minutes after posting it..

Prompts! @codywanweek

Force sensitive Cody/"This Isn't What I Signed Up For"/Secret Relationship, except I made a twist of my own. It's Pada-Wan x Padawan Cody. Because, frankly, I am obsessed with Pada-Wan aus, and it may be a problem, but that is not a problem right now as it's 0050(12:50am) and I'm running on a coffee flavoured protein shake I had at 1700(5:00pm)

Onto the reading!

When Cody was made, it was no normal.. making. Cloning. He was a clone. He had a number. He was a number. Just- Just a number.

That was until Shaak Ti revealed he had been specifically chosen, his DNA specially (and expensively) modified. He would grow at a normal rate after he hit 10 years old, physically around 20. Which was fine, well, he would live to see his brothers die but-

He was different.

Different in the way that- Well, he was a force-sensitive.

The only one of all of his brothers.

So when he reached age, he was told of this secret. He was sent off to the Jedi Temple. No one knew how this specific age growth would work, no one knew if his body would react to it well, no one even knew if he was actually a force-sensitive.

But if one person believed in him more than Shaak Ti, it was Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Obi-Wan was a senior Padawan at the crisp age of 19 when Cody entered the Temple for the first time. He was only physically a year younger than him, but still was learning and growing. Obi-Wan couldn't help but take a liking to him- He taught him what Shaak Ti wouldn't, allowing him to excel in the Force quickly. After all, this was war.

Their first meeting was.. nice, you could say.

"Ah, hello there!" Obi-Wan says, double-taking as he desperately tries to keep up with his Master's long strides. He was supposed to be greeting the new Padawan of Shaak Ti's, but of course his Master had other plans. He'll catch up with him later.

"Hello," The newcomer says, curiously watching as Obi-Wan almost calls for Anakin before the Knight disappears around a corner, and he sighs.

"You're Cody, correct? Shaak Ti's new Padawan?" Obi-Wan smiles, pushing his long hair back. The Council insisted it wasn't tradition, Anakin insisted it looked better.

"Correct," Cody repeats. "And, you?.."

"Obi-Wan Kenobi, pleasure to meet you," The Jedi shake hands, normally a bow was customary, but Cody.. was no normal Jedi, he had much to learn, and Obi-Wan thought it easier to ease him into it. He was quite nice looking, vibrant, dark skin with short, pitch-black curls. He found himself staring for a moment too much, quickly adjusting his posture and attitude, clearing his throat. Cody looks away, cringing when Obi-Wan chuckles quietly at the flush on his face. He had been staring too.

Oh well, that was a situation Obi-Wan didn't mind at all.

"I'll show you to your quarters, then around the Temple, then maybe I can take you to my quarters for a cup of tea. I'd love to get to know you, I hear we'll be working together very soon," Obi-Wan smiles as they beginning walking through the Temple, repeating what Anakin had told him to tell Cody.

"Uh.. Okay," Cody speaks carefully. Obi-Wan just smiles at him reassuringly.

It had been a year since then- Cody had grown, physically and in the Force. He finally reached the age where he'd grow at a normal rate, now he and Obi-Wan were physically the same age. And he liked that. Shaak Ti had trained him long before coming to the Temple, but she still thought the experience would help him adjust better.

And adjust better he did, mostly thanks to Obi-Wan and his very outgoing Master. Obi-Wan was always not far behind Master Skywalker, who was always running into a battle or a trap. He insisted he only followed because, well, Master Skywalker is his Master, and he's gotta be there most times, he is the Teacher- And in this war, there was less teaching from Anakin and more "Do as I do, you'll learn."

That of course led to Obi-Wan and Cody studying aboard their ship in their free time.

"Now that is just plain wrong," Obi-Wan sneers as he looks at the holopad, which was the debrief Anakin had given at the battle of Geonosis. "He either lied straight to the Council or they all decided they wouldn't include the fact that my Master was the one to get into the situation first. Unbelievable."

Cody chuckles quietly at Obi-Wan's frustration. They're sitting on the ginger's bed, leaning against the wall sitting close together, but ready to move if someone were to walk in on their canoodling.

And canoodle was what Cody wanted.

"Take a break from the debriefs," Cody finally replies back, moving the 'pad from Obi-Wan's hands and tossing it to the end of the bed. "I'm right here anyway."

"Oh, because you're not a bore on the eyes," Obi-Wan deadpans, lifting Cody's chin slightly. He only rolls his eyes and kisses the teasing Padawan, turning his body to not strain as much.

He practically melted as Obi-Wan pulled him onto his lap, holding him gently. His hands were rough but gentle to the touch as they kissed.

They rarely got these chances. Forever busy, as they would (forever) say. So the couple savoured the moments, drew them out as long as they could last, never moving too fast or too slow for the other.

Of course, moments were just moments.

A knock rang at the door and Cody removed himself from Obi, quick to lay on the bed at an appropriate distance, on his stomach as he looked at the holopad again.

"Come in!" Obi-Wan answers. An Admiral opens the door and begins speaking to Obi-Wan, explaining a request of Anakin's. Neither of them knew this relationship would.. evolve so much. And Cody definitely didn't like the fact that it was forbidden.

But, Cody just smiled to himself as he - pretended to - read the holopad, knowing fully well Obi-Wan would be craving for him all day once he leaves to speak with Anakin.

[grimthejedisith-archived]

My Strike

Parody of Hamilton's My Shot

Includes Grim

[Grim]

I am not throwin' away my strike

I am not throwin' away my strike

Hey yo, I'm just like my team

I'm young, strong and free

And I'm not throwin' away my strike

I'ma get a promotion to Knight

I probably shouldn't brag, but dang, I put up a good fight

The problem is I know the future but can't tell the past

Every situation I gotta act fast

With every act, 'saber clash

I'm a Kyber in the rough, a shiny piece of crystal

Tryna reach my goal my power of speech, unimpeachable

Only fourteen but my mind is older

These temple halls get colder, I shoulder

Every burden, every disadvantage

I have learned to manage, I don't have the chance to brandish

I walk these halls anxious

The plan is to fan this spark into a flame

But damn, it's getting dark, so let me call out my name

I am the future jedi we aren't meant to die 

A democracy that runs independently

Meanwhile, the Separatist keeps shittin' on us endlessly

Essentially, they fight us relentlessly

Then the sith turn around, run a killin' spree

They ain't ever gonna set their descendants free

So there will be a revolution in this century

Enter me, he says in parentheses

Don't be shocked when your history book mentions me

I will lay down my life if it sets us free

Eventually, you'll see my ascendancy

And I am not throwin' away my strike

I am not throwin' away my strike

Hey yo, I'm just like my team

I'm young, strong and free

And I'm not throwin' away my strike

I am not throwin' away my stirke

I am not throwin' away my strike

Hey yo, I'm just like my team

I'm young, strong and free

And I'm not throwin' away my strike

It's time to take a strike

[Ahsoka]

I dream of life without a corrupt democracy

The unrest in temple will lead to anarchy?

Anarchy how you say, how you, oh, anarchy?

When I fight, I make the other side panicky

With my, strike

[Rex]

Yo, I'm the captain of a battalion

And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis (loco parentis)

I'm joining the fight 'cause I know it's right

To finally advance, instead of training to fight those metal ants (woo)

I'm gonna take a shot

[Anakin]

But we'll never be truly free

Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me

You and I

Do or die

Wait 'til I sally in on a stallion

With the 501st battalion

Have another strike

[Obi-Wan]

Geniuses, lower your voices

You keep out of trouble and you double your choices

I'm with you, but the situation is fraught

You've got to be carefully taught

If you talk, you're gonna get shot

[Grim]

Master, check what we got

Anakin, you've got the other side panickin'

You're a risk worth takin'

Ahsoka, I like you a lot

Let's hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin' the pot

What are the odds the force would put us all in one spot

Poppin' a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not

[Rex]

A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists?

Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is

[Grim]

Oh, am I talkin' too loud?

Sometimes I get over excited, shoot off at the mouth

I never had a group of friends before

I promise that I'll make y'all proud

[Ahsoka]

Let's get this gal in front of a crowd

[All]

I am not throwin' away my strike (shot)

I am not throwin' away my strike (shot)

Hey yo, I'm just like my team

I'm young, strong and free

And I'm not throwin' away my strike (shot)

I am not throwin' away my strike (shot)

I am not throwin' away my strike (shot)

Hey yo, I'm just like my team

I'm young, strong and free

And I'm not throwin' away my strike (shot)

Everybody sing

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Ayy, whoa (woo), whoa

Should let 'em hear ya (yeah)

Let's go

Whoa, whoa, whoa

I said shout it to the rooftops

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Said, to the rooftops

Whoa, whoa, whoa

A-come on (yeah)

Come on, let's go

[Grim]

Rise up

When you're living on your knees, you rise up

Tell your brother that he's gotta rise up

Tell your sister that she's gotta rise up

When is this team gonna rise up? (Whoa, whoa)

When is this team gonna rise up? (Whoa)

When is this team gonna rise up? (Whoa)

When is this team gonna rise up? (Whoa)

When is this team gonna rise up?

Rise up

I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory

When's it gonna get me?

In my sleep, seven feet ahead of me?

If I see it comin', do I run or do I let it be?

Is it like a beat without a melody?

See, I never thought I'd get this far

Where I'm from I couldn't even fight a war

Ask anybody why we livin' fast and we laugh, reach for a glass

We have to make this moment last, that's plenty

Scratch that this is not a moment, it's the movement

Where all the hungriest brothers with something to prove went?

Foes oppose us, we take an honest stand

You've got to trust us we've got a big plan

And? If we win our long fight?

Is that a guarantee of freedom or that I'll get home alright?

Or will the blood we shed begin an endless cycle of vengeance and death with no way to make it right?

I know the action in the street is excitin'

But, between all the bleedin' 'n' fightin'

I've been plannin' 'n' writin'

We need to handle this battle situation

We've got to prevent the empire for a better nation.

I'm past patiently waitin' I'm passionately mashin' every expectation

Every action's an act of creation

I'm laughin' in the face of casualties and sorrow

For the first time, I'm thinkin' past tomorrow!

And I am not throwin' away my strike

[All]

I am not throwin' away my strike (shot)

Hey yo, I'm just like my team

I'm young, strong and free

And I'm not throwin' away my strike (shot)

We're gonna rise up (time to take a strike/shot)

I am not throwin' away my strike (shot)

We're gonna rise up (time to take a strike/shot)

I am not throwin' away my strike (shot)

We're gonna, rise up, rise up

It's time to take a strike (shot)

Rise up, rise up

It's time to take a strike (shot)

Rise up, it's time to take a strike (shot)

Rise up, take a strike, strike, strike (shot, shot, shot)

It's time to take a strike (shot), time to take a strike (shot)

And I am not throwin' away my

Not throwin' away my strike! (shot!)

[grim-on-the-darkside]

“According to Lucas' son Jett, he spent about a year before the Lucasfilm sale developing a sequel trilogy, which would have continued the saga.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnr18AUym-o

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George Lucas’ Episode VII - https://medium.com/@Oozer3993/george-lucas-episode-vii-c272563cc3ba

George Lucas' Ideas for His Own Star Wars Sequel Trilogy - https://io9.gizmodo.com/george-lucas-ideas-for-his-own-star-wars-sequel-trilogy-1826798496

STAR WARS: The Original Plans for the Sequel Trilogy - YouTube -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1dM9qFe4p0

https://ibb.co/jvph85c

"In late August 2012 Star Wars fans from all around the world gathered in Orlando, Florida for the sixth official Star Wars convention, Celebration VI. The lineup was strong despite the live action movies, always the brightest and biggest stars in the franchise’s galaxy, coming to an end seven years earlier. Though he was not scheduled to attend, series creator George Lucas was there. Publicly, he was just there to make a surprise appearance during the panel for the animated The Clone Wars TV show. But privately he was there to talk to original trilogy stars Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher. They were brought to a conference room away from the convention floor where George broke the news: he was working a new Star Wars trilogy and wanted them to reprise their iconic roles."

[Disney didn't buy Lucasfilm/Star Wars until October 30th of 2012. This meeting occurred months before the sale, and at that point, the sale couldn't be assured.]

[Now there is some speculation as to why Lucas made the treatments of his ideas for his Sequel trilogy if he was considering selling, but it should be noted that Jett Lucas, George Lucas's son has stated that his Father [George] had been working on his Sequel trilogy for an entire year before this.]

When George decided to make a new trilogy, he moved quickly. He reached out to old friend and all-star film producer Kathleen Kennedy sometime in the first half of 2012, hoping to bring her on as co-chair of Lucasfilm.The two then approached screenwriter Michael Arndt about writing the entire trilogy around May.

This means this was already being talked about and definitive actions taken for the creation of his Sequel trilogy in the first months of 2012, which could have been almost 10 full months before Disney bought Lucasfilm in October of 2012.  

The design team, or “Visualists” as Rick Carter would call them, would meet with George Lucas on January 16th at Skywalker Ranch, where he would be shown art of Luke Skywalker, the Jedi Temple he had exiled himself to, and the training of Kira. This appears to be his last involvement with the film.

Phil Szostak, author of The Art of The Force Awakens and The Art of The Last Jedi, revealed that the Luke Skywalker seen in The Last Jedi had his genesis in ideas from late 2012.

"So, the late-2012 idea of a Luke Skywalker haunted by the betrayal of one of his students, in self-imposed exile & spiritually in “a dark place”, not only precedes Rian Johnson’s involvement in Star Wars but J.J. Abrams’, as well."

And in 2016, Pablo Hidalgo confirmed that Thea (Kira), Skyler, Darth Talon, and the planet of Felucia were in George’s plans.

[Darth Talon was the only thing from the Expanded Universe in Lucas’s Sequel Trilogy.]

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"Fast forward to 2012, when we hear George is looking to make SW movies again, I though I thought 'I wonder what next Mon Calamari's gonna be. And it turns out, the Mon Calamari this time was huge swaths of the EU. There was no Jacen, no Jaina. No new Jedi Order. Chewie lived. Not surprising, but there it was." Pablo Hidalgo ~ 2016               

https://ibb.co/nmjWcBM

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"My question is, what did George's treatments for 7 look like? I would love to see if they fit the EU."

Answer [Pablo Hidalgo]- "They did not. For instance, there was no Jaina, Jacen, or Anakin."  ~ 2017                                                                       

https://ibb.co/N7HKCsF

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"Question from Today, but I thought this was pretty well known. George Lucas never considered Jacen, Jaina, or Mara Jade as part of his universe."

~ Pablo Hidalgo May 2016

https://ibb.co/VDX2qvY

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Question - 'So, if the 3rd season of Rebels was discussed in autumn of '14 [2014], how long was the reboot planned?

Pablo Hidalgo [Lucasfilm Story Group] - "Since at least the summer of 2012."

[Lucas still owned Star Wars than.]

https://ibb.co/1qTnLjS [direct tweet] https://ibb.co/C5rRTFc - [Discussion tweet is used in]

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“According to Mark Hamill, George’s overall plan for the sequel trilogy had Luke training his sister Leia in Episode IX before dying at the end of the film, though it’s unclear if Mark was referring to Lucas’ plans at the time of the sale to Disney or if this was from the numerous ideas he’d shared with the actor in the 80s.”

[It was a bit of both. Mark Hamill had always wanted [If Lucas made a Sequel Trilogy] - To have Leia learning the Force, it is even speculated that Mark Hamill wanted Luke to die a heroic death towards the end of the ST having trained Leia and have her be the one who restores the Jedi Order.

“No, there is another.” - Yoda, Empire Strikes Back

That is what happens in Lucas’s Sequel Trilogy. Disney didn’t use George Lucas’ storyline, but they did use certain plot points from it. Context matters of course. The following is a list of things that Lucas had created in his Sequel Trilogy that Disney pilfered from Lucas’s Story Treatments.

Please note while core points are confirm-able, some speculation of extrapolation  from various sources is included. I tend to think it’s fairly reliable, but I cannot swear to every detail.

* There was only one Grandchild of Anikan Skywalker ever born. Ben Solo. He was a student at Luke’s Jedi Temple, he did turn to the Darkside and slay some or all of the other students and set fire to the Jedi Temple before fleeing.

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"The Son falling to the Darkside was always in the mix, the movies just ended up having it as an already established fact."

~ Pablo Hidalgo, The Tweets of San Francisco: A QM Production, 2018

https://ibb.co/9WXZZQQ

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' Question - "How many students were at Luke's' academy'? Was ot even an 'academy'? "We'd likely never use that term. That's very 'EU', not very George. It'd be a temple. As for numbers, can't say now." ~ Pablo Hidalgo 2016

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* Han and Leia had been separated for about 5 years, but they were drawing closer again.

* Ben Solo does kill Han Solo in Episode 8. We don’t know how. Lucas wrote this into the story line because he knew that Harrison Ford wanted that. He just asked him to wait til Episode 8 for it. Harrison Ford was fine with that.

* Chewbacca never had a moon fall on his head. He was very much alive.

* There was no New Jedi Order.

* Luke did go into something of a self-exile and he did live on an island, he was in a ‘bad place’ [Not Darkside] , he did think he failed and he was despondent and didn’t want to try and train New Jedi again. He was not ‘disillusioned’ about the Jedi. He didn’t actually want them to end. He just was afraid of creating more Vader’s and Ben Solos because he never felt confident because of his own limited training and failing. - He was not hiding persay, but he did want to be left alone more or less - We also don’t have time frames. We don’t know how long he was on the island. - Once again, different story lines in terms of context.

"But anyway Luke in exile predates TLJ by a long time and came from someone who can very happily and rightly supersede anyone's feedback :)" ~ Pablo Hidalgo https://ibb.co/sKZnWKk

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"Luke was training a new generation of Jedi, it all went wrong because of 1 boy, and he's the 'Jedi killer' - that's the source [the source being George Lucas sequel trilogy treatments he made in 2011 and ended up selling to Disney later]. ~ Pablo Hidalgo, 2016 https://ibb.co/JjYtGtf

* At a certain point Luke realizes there is something wrong with the Force.It feels ‘sick’. He knows something is very very wrong and that it would have dire consequences if it couldn’t be stopped. He spent a great amount of time communing with the Force, desperate to find the answer to what is ailing it before it is too late. Because the Force is getting worse and worse, Luke communing with it as much as he does effects him as well. [The Whills are feeding on the Force]. He knows it will probably end up killing him because he doesn’t care what happens to him just as long as he can find the answer and hopefully how the threat can be overcome.

* It is believed at a certain point in Episode 9 he does find the answer. He tells the gang what needs to be done because he was far too weak and was dying and nothing could stop it. He put on a brave face. Leia leads the group to the ‘final battle’. Luke dies while they’re gone. His communing with the Force saves the Galaxy from the Whills by finding the answer to how to stop them. A heroic death befitting of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Master. [we have no idea how these things play out, what needs to be done, etc.]

* Luke did train and young girl. Her name was Kira. She was from Jakku and a tinkerer. We don’t know much about her, only that her training was never completed and she wasn’t a “Mary Sue”. Luke actually trained her.

* Luke does train Leia to become a Jedi. She becomes a full Jedi Knight towards the end of Episode 9.

* There is a scene that does take place in the Ruins of the Second Death Star [which is underwater]  in Emperor Palpatines Old Throne Room. The Emperor is as dead as a door nail. The Redeemed Anakin Skywalkwer’s sacrifice was not in vain.

  Princess Leia, fully trained by The Last Jedi Master, Luke Skywalker, becomes The Last Jedi Knight in Episode 9. “The Other” - It than falls to Leia to restore the Jedi Order, which if the speculation is true, is what Mark Hamill wanted.

 What I wish is that [Disney] had been more accepting of [George Lucas]’guidance and advice. Because he had an outline for ‘7’, '8’ and '9’. And it is vastly different to what they have done.

— Mark Hamill, 2017

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Mark Hamill quotes about Lucas Sequel Trilogy -

"George had an overall arc – if he didn't have all the details, he had sort of an overall feel for where the [sequel trilogy was] going – but this one's more like a relay race. You run and hand the torch off to the next guy, he picks it up and goes.

"I happen to know that George didn't kill Luke until the end of [Episode] 9, after he trained Leia. Which is another thread that was never played upon [in The Last Jedi]."

where Lucas would have taken the second set of prequels. Though Leia and Luke communicate telepathically, fans have never really seen her use the Force. Mark Hamill had this to say about Leia using the Force in George Lucas' original writings.

   "This is always something that interest me because we can communicate telepathically and I tell her in one of the movies, I guess the third one, you have that power too. So I always wondered, and I don't read the fan-fiction [The Expanded Universe] , why she wouldn't fully develop her Force sensibilities and I think that's something George Lucas addressed in his original outline for 7, 8, 9. I was talking to him last week, but they're not following George's ideas so we'll have to wait and see on that one. But it seems like a waste of an innate talent that she should utilize in some way."

https://movieweb.com/star-wars-leia-originally-used-force-george-lucas/

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"...Knowing that the film was made for a young audience, I was trying to say,in a simple way, that there is a God and that there is both a good side and a bad side. You have a choice between them, but the world works better if you're on the good side."

~ George Lucas

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“Friendships, honestly, trust, doing the right thing, living on the right side and avoiding the dark side,” Lucas said. “Those are the things it was meant to do.”

~ Lucas on Star Wars and what its about, 2017

https://www.polygon.com/2017/4/13/15288998/george-lucas-star-wars-celebration

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"The message of the Star Wars films is pretty classic. There’s good and evil and the hero’s journey, his quest."

~ George Lucas, May 2020

"Right or wrong this is my movie, this is my decision, and this is my creative vision, and if people don't like it, they don't have to see it."

~ George Lucas

An interviewer said to Lucas after he said he would be too old to complete the third trilogy:

"Do you know how many fans would be willing to feed you Cream of Wheat and wheel you around in your chair if you did [intend to complete the third trilogy]?"

"Everybody said to drop the stuff about the midichlorians, it makes it too confusing. But it’s a metaphor for a symbiotic relationship that allows life to exist. Everybody said it was going to be a giant turkey: “This isn’t going to help LucasFilm at all.” I said, “This is about the movie and the company is just going to have to deal with whatever happens.” That’s one of the reasons why there was so much hype on the first prequel: Everybody was terrified."

~ George Lucas, Rolling Stone Magazine, 2005

“The ones that I sold to Disney, they came up to the decision that they didn’t really want to do those. So they made up their own. So it’s not the ones that I originally wrote.”

~ Lucas on his sequel trilogy

"The Force has two sides - [Light and Dark]. It is not an inherently malevolent or a benevolent thing. It has a bad side to it, involving hate and fear, and it has a good side, involving love, charity, fairness and Hope."

~ George Lucas

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[gffa]

Sometimes I think about yelling at STAR WARS fandom to slow the hell down because I have so many things to read and so many books and comics on top of all the fic, but then I remember, THIS IS THE BEST PROBLEM TO HAVE, oh no I have so many fun things to read! How awful! I can’t keep up with everything that I know I’m going to enjoy, so I have to post a list before I’m finished catching up, because otherwise it’d take me another month! Terrible! The fandom really has put out some absolutely wonderful things lately and I’ve just felt really happy and fizzy about them, I’ve been excited to yell about them and now I want to yell at other people about all the stuff I loved. STAR WARS FIC RECS: TIME TRAVEL RECS: ✦ Hearts Entwined by KeeperofSeeds, obi-wan & shmi & qui-gon, time travel, 6.5k wip   stolen moments between Padawan Kenobi and Shmi Skywalker, glimpsed by Qui Gon Jinn, and his continued attempts to understand both this strange new addition to the Temple and the unexplained relationship between the pair PREQUELS RECS: ✦ And the Void Answered Back by Ghost_Owl, obi-wan & anakin & rey & finn & poe & ben & yoda & maz & cast, force ghosts, 37.5k wip   (Follows the Force ghosts of Anakin, Obi Wan, and friends getting dragged kicking and screaming through the events of The Force Awakens) ✦ Youngling by LostintheTARDIS, obi-wan & anakin & cast, de-aged!anakin, 65.5k wip   Obi-Wan is sent on a rescue mission to find his missing padawan, shot down after completing a mission of his own, but what he finds is not what he expects. “No, it… It’s not possible, Obi-Wan. How can Anakin Skywalker be this little boy?” ✦ Supreme Chancellor Obi-Wan Kenobi by stonefreeak, obi-wan & anakin & padme & cody & bail & palpatine & cast, 16.5k wip   By an old Republic law, all members of the Jedi High Council are senators in the Galactic Senate, and can thus be voted in as chancellor. ✦ The Orchards by Raven_Knight, obi-wan & qui-gon & cast, 3.6k   When young Obi-Wan Kenobi is injured on a previous mission, Qui-Gon Jinn refuses to accept further off-planet missions until his Padawan’s recovery. Yoda assigns the pair an in-Temple mission of utmost importance while Obi-Wan heals. Master and Padawan welcome the change of pace. ✦ Staggering Is For Those With Nothing To Live Up To by shiningjedi, mace & ponds & depa & yoda & obi-wan & cast, 4.9k   Ponds has fought side-by-side with his general for over two years, so if Windu thinks that he can’t tell when something’s off, then, with all due respect, he’s made a serious error of judgement. ✦ Blow me away, Master Kenobi by stonefreeak, obi-wan, 1.9k   An explosion at a spaceport caused by anti-war extremists leaves Obi-Wan to navigate his way up through the surface through the debris. And then he finds the children… ✦ Found Clan by silvergryphon, boba & ocs & obi-wan & anakin & cast, 18.4k wip   After the Battle of Geonosis, a Jedi Healer discovers young Boba Fett mourning the loss of his father. Not about to leave a ten-year-old boy on his own, she promptly adopts him with the full collusion of her Padawan. ✦ The Art of Dual Wielding (Specifically, How to Not) by F-117 Nighthawk (F117_Nighthawk), obi-wan & anakin & ahsoka, ~1k   “Hey, Master, can you teach me Jar’Kai?” ✦ On the political ramifications of a marriage between a Jedi and a Senator by Deviant_Accumulation, obi-wan & anakin/padme & cast, 9.4k wip   In a shocking revelation, Nabooian priest Father Herriem has come forward stating that one year ago, he has officiated a marriage between Senator Padmé Amidala, former Queen of Naboo, known for playing a major part in the Liberation of Naboo, current Galactic Senate representative of Naboo and leader of the liberal south-up faction, and Knight Anakin Skywalker, Jedi General of the Republic Army. ✦ The House of My Father by ReneeoftheStars, dooku & cast, 2.4k   Dooku has left the Jedi Order and returned to his homeworld of Serenno, where he claims his rightful place as the Count of House Dooku. His sister-in-law is less than thrilled with his arrival. ✦ untitled by stonefreeak, dooku, 2.6k   Yan Dooku looks out over the holotable, filled with recent battles against the Republic. Battles that has started to go increasingly well for the Republic, with the heightened morale from their new chancellor. ✦ Full of Charts and Facts and Figures by ambiguously, mace/depa, 4.3k   Mace and Depa get kidnapped by pirates. ✦ Shed by SingManyFaces, obi-wan & anakin & ahsoka, ~1k   Not long after being assigned to Anakin, Ahsoka becomes worried he’s hiding something serious and goes to Obi-Wan for advice. ✦ Tipping Point by Ria Talla (ronia), adi gallia & finis valorum & eeth koth, 3.3k   “I believe that if what’s happening on Naboo is allowed to continue, the other member systems will wonder what they owe to a Republic that can no longer protect them.” ✦ The Path of Totality by Raven_Knight, obi-wan & yoda & qui-gon & cast, 1.8k   Before going their separate ways into exile, Obi-Wan Kenobi shares with Yoda a lesson of wisdom he’d learned from his late Master, Qui-Gon Jinn. A lesson of darkness, light, and hope. OBI-WAN/ANAKIN RECS: ✦ Homecoming + Ben + To Love What Death Can Touch by Ripki, obi-wan/anakin & luke & leia & cast, western au, 3.7k   After a long absence, Anakin finally returns to the Lars farm. (Western AU.) ✦ The Missing Part by Nightstar269, obi-wan/anakin & ahsoka, modern au, 57.4k wip   Anakin Skywalker, a student of mechanical engineering, has always felt that his life was lacking something, a feeling that was made much worse with the deaths of his mother first, and of the woman he loved some time later. Still haunted by the pain and heartbreak, he tries to go on with his life as well as he can. When an initiative of the director of the university has the students attending the classes of another degree so as to enrich their knowledge, he will meet someone that will turn his world upside down. ✦ Across the Darkness by xpityx, obi-wan/anakin & anakin/padme, 19.3k wip   Obi-Wan knew they had hit the temple’s inner security measures when Anakin went from calm to clutching both Obi-Wan and his lightsaber between one step and the next. ✦ Desire by Ralph_E_Silvering, obi-wan/anakin, NSFW, mild d/s, 10.8k   Anakin Skywalker decides to take his investigation of an illegal smuggling ring in entirely the wrong direction when he finds a substance called “Desire"…and Obi-Wan cleans up his mess, as usual. ✦ What An Expensive Fate by FromDreamstoEmpires, obi-wan/anakin, NSFW, sith!obi-wan, sith!anakin, 1.3k   Obi-Wan raised an eyebrow at him, “But you like it when I tell you what to do.” He said softly, hand pulling on his curls until Anakin was forced to look at him, “Don’t you, sweetheart?” ✦ In the Details by SingManyFaces, obi-wan/anakin & anakin/ahsoka & obi-wan/anakin/ahsoka, NSFW, 2.3k   Anakin spends time learning the bodies of those he loves, and enjoys the same treatment. ✦ Collar by bell (belldreams), obi-wan/anakin, NSFW, d/s, 4.1k wip   “You have to be sure, Anakin. Once we’re in, we’re in.” “I think I can handle being your sub, Obi-Wan.” ✦ Pursuit by Icse, obi-wan/anakin, NSFW, modern au, 18.5k wip   Aka ‘Obikin Equestrian AU’ on Tumblr. ✦ Thank You, Dear Heart by supercalifragilistichespiralidoso, obi-wan/anakin, ~1k   Obi-Wan calls Anakin by a pet name when they’re not alone ✦ came last in the technical by destiny919, anakin & ahsoka + background obi-wan/anakin, 1.5k   “Okay, Snips,” Anakin said confidently. “We’re doing this. We’re making this happen.” ✦ my heart is an echo chamber by Burning_Nightingale, obi-wan/anakin, 3.4k   Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader don’t meet again until their final confrontation on the Death Star. Not in person, at least. ✦ Rebel with a Cause by planetary_retrograde, obi-wan/anakin & ahsoka & cast, 12.6k wip   A year after the fall of the Republic and the rise of the Galactic Empire, former Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi has formally joined the Alliance to Restore the Republic. His new mission: training Rebellion pilot and resident loose canon Anakin Skywalker. ✦ untitled by subskywalker, obi-wan/anakin, NSFW, d/s, cock warming, 1k   “Remember dear one,” Obi-Wan reminded him as he pet his curls with one hand while the other stroked his cheek gently. “If it gets to be too much or if your need a break just tap our signal, okay?” ✦ Out Of Control by Gildedmuse, obi-wan/anakin, NSFW, 4.2k   “All right. But you owe me, and not for saving your skin for the tenth time . .” “Ninth time. That business on Cato Nemoidia doesn’t count.” ✦ last one on the list by destiny919, obi-wan/anakin & cast, ~1k   TIL the Han Dynasty was founded by a sheriff who was transporting convicts when several escaped. Knowing the punishment for this was death, he freed the rest and organized many into a rebel band, eventually going on to help overthrow the ruling Qin Dynasty and install himself as Emperor. ✦ darling can’t you hear me (s.o.s.) by nessa_j, obi-wan/anakin & cast, 3.5k   Stranded alone on a planet, Obi-Wan thinks his transmissions aren’t being received, and starts sending private messages to Anakin, not knowing that Anakin can hear everything. ✦ a night full of stars by Ralph_E_Silvering, obi-wan/anakin & ahsoka, 2k   Obi-Wan, Anakin and Ahsoka are sent to Batuu on a mission by the Jedi Council. While there, Anakin and Obi-Wan finally act on the unspoken feelings between them. ✦ untitled by spell-cleaver, obi-wan/anakin & ahsoka, ~1k   So for the prompt mashup, Magical Accident, Accidentally Married, Obikin Thanks! ORIGINAL TRILOGY RECS: ✦ The Family Tree by frodogenic, vader & luke, 12k   In which Luke Skywalker is stranded in a tree waiting for a flash flood to recede. Too bad he’s got company… Post-ESB oneshot, can be read as canon-compliant. ✦ They rhyme by liv_k, obi-wan & anakin, 5.2k   Past and future, darkness and light, despair and hope meet one last time. ✦ Stitched With Its Color by lammermoorian, luke & hera & cast, 4.4k  Luke’s been all over the galaxy searching for clues about the Jedi - he should have started a little closer to home. REBELS RECS: ✦ in this world by xpityx, zeb/kallus, NSFW, 2.1k   It had been eight months. Eight months since he’d last seen Alex in person. He’d still been Kallus then, had still been convinced that the Ghost crew were taking him to his executioners. FULL DETAILS + RECS HERE!

[asknoeloftheresistance]

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY FROM THE PRIDELANDS RESISTANCE! 😍

😳💏💑👫👬👭👪👰🐶🐕🐩🐱🐈👼💘💓💚💚💖💖💖💖💙💙💙💙💗💗💗💗💜💜💜💟💟💕💕💞💞🍫🌹𷀽𷐽𳀠💎💍❌⭕❌⭕x💯% @hello-i-m-beck @askbeckandpaige @askkryptor @followingprotocol @thexgreenexfamily @woodrow-at-your-service @a-girl-and-a-bunch-more @deathwatch101 @pythor101 Noel once again turns on her Laptop camera screen as everyone especially her beloved B.F.F.E. (Best Friend for all Eternal), adoptive brother,and Platonic soulmate Lucario is all taking off and rushing out the door carrying several decorative packages,and dressed in formal wear all prepared to leave while she is still trapped in the age old struggle with her hair and rose colored Lipstick though she has managed to get her Black colored and pink rose design covered dress,and sandals on comfortably and presentably(though Bouquet helped tie her ribbon) and get her pink flower rose hair clip held and staying in the right place, while arranging several packages to carry on her own as she begins to explain “Well Happy Valentines day Everyone,as you can see Chaos as well as love is in the air this year pretty much normal for us,but well we’re in a hurry cus we made plans and promised to attend this year’s annual Pridelands Chocolate Festival,Lucario is especially eager since his wife Maisy got chosen as the Representative spokesperson this year,(Yeah being the wife of the Pridelands main resident Aura Guardian in training and hero,and has a mild chocolate addiction has nothing to do with it! :P) and it’s very Rare something like that happens to one of her social class standing,but anyway she plans to show off and distribute some of the many flowers as well as chocolate covered candy apples she has grown in her garden,and made especially for this occasion,and Lucario being the truly wonderful husband he is wants to make sure everything is absolutely PERFECT for her,and he doesn’t want to miss a second of her debut presentation,so as you can see it’s pretty insane at the moment”! She sighs yet is smiling “I even had to pull Lucario away from the chocolates he was preparing ,cus he was afraid they didn’t have enough strawberry filling his wife Maisy’s favorite! XD,and he was also worried that the white ribbon(which represents eternal love in Japan during Saint White’s Day if it’s tied around the box) and the Rosemary plant(which if a couple sees it together in bloom is also a blessing of eternal love in the middle ages) wasn’t tied on or attached to the box properly, But otherwise we expect everything to go brilliantly”! She whispers “I even made some special Valentine’s treats for all my friends and little critters”… She sees all her pets Including her Sylveon and even GB and Kotetsu bouncing up and sniffing her boxes and she pats their heads reassuringly “Don’t Worry you’ll ALL get some later I promise”! She laughs “Anyway It’s for my friends it’s these vegan and gluten free Karma Baker Brownies: https://karmabaker.com/recipe/sofias-brownies/ Which I made for made my guy friends(who are in a relationship and are of course all over each other,flirting, and being all Lovey-Dovey and stuff and though I’m course supportive I can’t help but feel like a third-wheel but hey they at least gave me a dollar and a nice lovely Valentine’s day card which I wasn’t really expecting so hey I ain’t complainin,! 😳 Still… I don’t even wanna THINK about what they’re doing right now,but hey! 😟😊) over the weekend and gave to them during our movie night and they and Sinya’s and my Family LOVED them,and plan to give to my Sister Elizabeth sometime this week,and for my pups and my friends pups and Weed’s Pack these Red Velvet Pupcakes: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LO3GLMyDIFU Since Dogs can’t have chocolate, (which my babies at my parents and my guy friends houses absolutely ADORED! :D) All treats are heart shaped, I even made some special tuna flavored ones for Seabert and my cat Miracle,and of course some special treats for all the animals I work with on the preserve,and Last but not least I even made Lucario’s Favorite chocolate pokepuffs to go with his brownies,which I know he’ll enjoy but of course Don’t Tell him that”! ;) She sighs but still smiles “Anyway after all the festivities and romantic gift exchanges there’s also supposed to be a Dance this evening,”… She then pulls and adjusts the ribbon tied around her dress “Which is why we’re all Dressed like this obviously”! She then sighs lowering her eyebrows and frowns slightly “I of course agreed to go with my co-worker and fellow intern Jeff even though I’ve made it clear to him several times, I only consider him a friend,but I let myself be his date so as not to be rude or hurt his feelings with him not wanting any other date and all,but Lucario also nicely offered to take me as a sister and friend so I won’t have to deal with him, THAT MUCH,so yeah that’s somewhat of a relief”! She smiles warmly “I’ll definitely have to thank Lucario Later,Shaymin and Marumaru I imagine are mostly going for the food but no need to fear they actually do have dates Shaymin even bought her signature Gracidea flowers for hers: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Gracidea,We’re also all surprised that Marumaru is actually getting serious about his girlfriend,considering his thing about women in the past but you know as we all say Love is a force that’s powerful and strange”! She sighs blissfully but soon caught and regains her focus and continues “Right, Anyway Anakin is a little bit Irritable but as Ahsoka says what else is really new,and we all imagine it has something to do with him of course wearing formal wear and a tie,and plus Padme has taken it upon herself to cater for the big Senatorial political thing she is doing at this whole event, here’s the dress she is wearing for it by the way: https://www.google.com/search?q=padme+clone+wars+red+dress&client=ms-android-verizon&prmd=sivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjdhd6SupDSAhUE3WMKHSMMCz0Q_AUICCgC&biw=360&bih=559#imgrc=bB4hBC-Fkb7yIM:,and when Anakin went into the kitchen this morning and she told him to stay out(As Kluke said Really Do you Blame her!? XD) ,she almost frosted him,plus just like all of us she’s rather concerned about Jar-Jar of course somehow unintentionally messing things up,but C-3PO has of course promised to help keep things in line,and R2,Chewie,Jann Tosh,and Jessica Meade have promised to Keep HIM in line,so yeah even though she already of course has it from all of us hopefully Padme generates the support she needs,and Don’t worry her and her brave and noble and by now honorable yet reckless shining Jedi Knight’s little spat should definitely die out by this evening knowing them, plus as Obi-wan reminded us despite it’s…Trials,their marriage has lasted this long,we all know for certain and have faith and hope that it’s going to last! 😇 And speaking of Ol Uncle Ben he’s generously and humbly offered to take Lota,and knowing and considering how they are we hope as usual they don’t draw too much of the wrong kind of suspicions to each other in public,we don’t how it’s going to go down but seeing how…frustratingly Hesitant and careful they are,it should be fine as well,Plus this is the first time Sakura and Sasuke, Naruto and Hinata,and all their friends are taking their kids and Sam and Mikaela’s daughter Tessa can go with her boyfriend Shane without any paternal dissaoroval,or any other problems as well and Lucario’s even going to use the piano to play a nice sweet romantic song to sing with Maisy,so that should be pretty special anyway here’s the ballroom: https://68.media.tumblr.com/ecd24aa160e262ac03d413ceeb95e3dd/tumblr_n9gq6si0oH1qf9tuno1_400.jpg Lucario’s home of cameron palace,sure knows how to host the best parties no wonder Nala selects it as the primary location for holding most events!” XD 👸🏰🌉🎆🎇 Noel then suddenly off in the background their “carriage” A.K.A. Ride sitting outside in the driveway anxiously waiting for them “And yes Bumblebee and Arcce Actually volunteered to get themselves temporary Pink Paint jobs especially for this celebration,though I personally love it,if it’s embarrassing to you I repeat…Just Don’t ask”! She then gives a wink “And while we’re still on the yes you Cybertronians we all know inuding them get heart shaped oil cakes Mikaela just had to get the recipe from Ratchet”! ;) She then suddenly hears Lucario call out to her “Noel Love,Come on Now We’re running out of time”! And she then pauses in brushing and putting on make-up which she is still of course epically failing at and sighs “Oh Screw it I’ll just ask Sakura and the girls to help me out when I get there,I’ve got enough to worry about with Lucario possibly getting even more flustered than I am as always when he runs into Maisy anyways”! As she gathers her stuff and prepares to follow her friends along with her pets for a lovely romantic holiday with LOTS of Chocolates “So Anyway guys What are your Special Valentine’s day plans!? we’d all love to hear them and how they go,we promise to let you know the same in return”! She places a hand over her heart then blows a kiss at the screen before sending a little note shutting it off “Til then Lots of Hugs and Kisses for Everyone from all of us, enjoy your day with your Loved ones may the entire universe soon experience Love as well,Anyway,bye now”! ❌⭕❌⭕😘😘😘😘💌X💯% Love,~Noel. https://www.google.com/search?q=chocolate+heart&client=ms-android-verizon&prmd=isnv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjgkuOSypDSAhVM52MKHTlCCzIQ_AUIBygB&biw=360&bih=559#imgrc=hZ9Jo0HT7ZBhfM: