#jedi blogging

[redjennies]

on one hand, you could very easily argue all of star wars is an anime, but kotor2 is definitely an anime. like, between Kreia's constant obvious villain monologuing and the weird underlying horniness of the whole game and the wild mood whiplash from cute, silly space adventure to "we are still haunted by our part in the war," literally all of these characters belong in an anime.

[badsithnocookie]

people who get weirdly hung up about the jedi proscription on romance frequently approach it, i think, from the same perspective as they would approach, say, proscription on romance for disabled people on the basis that they are disabled. it's a human rights issue, how dare you forbid people from forming relationships, love is a human right, etc. and it's like

you have. missed the point entirely

infantilisation of disabled people (no matter the disability/condition we are talking about) is bad because it is stripping human beings of agency to live their lives. but the whole thing with becoming a jedi (or a priest, or a nun, or anything of that ilk) is that like. it's a choice.

it is inherently an expression of agency, it's just one that you either don't like or just plain don't understand. it's as much making a commitment to a lifestyle as getting married and having kids. it something being done entirely voluntarily, as an adult. and if you're not down with it? that's fine! you do not have to get married. you do not have to be jedi. you do not have to join the circus. and if you do get married? you can get divorced. the problem isn't ending the commitment, it's pretending to commit while breaking all the rules on the qt.

it's 2024 and i am still exhausted by this stupid ass fandom

[jedi-enthusiasm-blog]

Friendly reminder that if you're gonna critize the Jedi, they have to be wrong.

"They told Anakin he wasn't fit to be a Jedi" Yeah, was he? He was unhappy the whole time, broke all their rules and eventually slaughtered them.

"They massacred the Sith Order" Yeah. Those "I'm better than everyone and everything and they all should kneel to me or die" people? I see no issue here.

"They fought in the Clone Wars as peacekeepers." Yeah. What was the alternative? Standing by as the clones, civilians and the Republic itself (the best government out those in the galaxy, although admittedly that's rather a low bar) were massacred by the Separatists? Yeah no. And peacekeepers ≠ pacifists.

"They forbid marriage." They are a religious organization, monks. Fobidding its members from marrying is pretty standard in monasteries. They also aren't celibate, friendship isn't discouraged at all and it's all but stated by Obi-Wan in TCW S6 that romantic feelings are perfectly allowed. Several of the Order's members practice their home planets' culture and religion and language (Barriss has a Mirilian Idol in her room, she Luminara Quinlan etc have cultural tattoos, many characters have accents which implies Basic isn't their first language and others don't speak Basic at all,etc). They have no dress code, they are allowed to drink, smoke, etc., even become part of other religions organizations (see Plo Koon)! Marriage being forbidden is nothing, literally meaningless next to the freedom Jedi have.

If you're gonna critize the Jedi, they have to be wrong.

No, they shouldn't change their whole way of life just because you don't like it.

[justmebeingabitch]

One of the things I particularly love about jedi and that gives me hives when people get wrong is their attitude towards attachment (and I mean what THEY mean when they say attachment which I suspect is a faulty ish translation in the "listen it's not perfect but it's the best word there is in your language" sense)

If Anakin loved Padme instead of just being attached he would have 1 dream of her dying and go straight to the healers to ask for a medical examination no matter what he thought the council would do because love is selfless so as long as she was fine what would it matter? But he's attached so she doesn't actually matter just this idea of their relationship so even while thinking he may be causing her death he doesn't open his trap

Yoda fucking asked and Anakin lied to his face! Worse! Jedi are able to tell when someone's lying so Yoda knew he was lying and respected his boundaries!

#YodaShouldHaveWhackedAnakinOnTheHead

Everybody in the goddam franchise acknowledges the Jedi love but some people in the real world have skulls apparently made of bricks

[fellthemarvelous]

Jedi and attachment

The Jedi Order was around 25,000 years old when it fell at the end of the Clone Wars.

And I've seen people say "the Jedi don't teach emotional regulation" I guess because there are some Jedi who fell, but like, the number of Jedi who didn't fall far outweighs the number of Jedi who did fall.

And that's not to say that Jedi never made mistakes, but none of them gave into their anger and fear and hatred. Mistakes are normal, even for Jedi. Failure is the greatest teacher. They were apparently able to regulate their emotions well enough to actually learn from their mistakes and grow.

I'm not sure which part of "the life of a Jedi is not easy" isn't exactly translating well for some people.

What do people think Qui-Gon meant when he told Anakin being a Jedi would be challenging?

As Yoda said, it is a lifelong struggle not to allow fear to bend into anger. Fear leads to anger leads to hate leads to suffering. The Jedi never stop learning.

The reason they avoid attachments is because attachments distract them from the bigger picture, from their purpose. They are protectors and defenders of life, and they cannot be picky about who they choose to help, regardless of personal feelings.

As Obi-Wan has said, Jedi do not hold grudges. They cannot. They can be upset, yes, but they are given the tools to handle their emotions and often utilize them.

Anakin damned an entire galaxy when he fell to the dark side. The Jedi are not to blame for Anakin's fall. Anakin made his choice, and while he spent thirteen years being groomed by Palpatine, he made the choice to follow Darth Sidious.

ANAKIN FELL BECAUSE OF THE CHOICES HE MADE.

He is the one who slaughtered Jedi younglings. He's the one who slaughtered the Separatist leaders, and even though they were the enemy, they were defenseless and trapped in a room with the most powerful being in the galaxy after being sent there by Sidious and Grievous.

The reason the Jedi were so hesitant to accept him into the Jedi Order was because of his age. He was attached to his mother and his anger over her death is what caused him to slaughter an entire colony of Tusken Raiders. He didn't do it out of love. He did it out of hatred, and revenge is not the Jedi way.

It is not the fault of the Jedi that Anakin could not properly regulate his own emotions. He lied to the Jedi for three years. He hid his relationship with Padme, so how was Yoda supposed to know how to help him properly when he didn't have the full context? Of course his advice seemed bad because Anakin was not being forthcoming about the nature of his relationship with Padme. Yoda did not have a complete picture of Anakin's anxieties at the time, and while you can teach someone how to do something, you cannot control how they put the teachings into practice. You can only hope and trust that they are doing the right thing.

And the thing is, the Jedi would have helped Anakin and Padme. Yoda and Obi-Wan loved Anakin. We saw several instances of just how much Yoda cared about Anakin, especially so at the end of season six of the Clone Wars.

Anakin betrayed the entire Jedi Order because he allowed his fears to consume him. He participated in the genocide of the order he had been part of for thirteen years just to save the life of ONE PERSON who ended up dying anyway BECAUSE of him.

No one has ever said the Jedi Order is perfect because there is no such thing as perfect, but they were not ever the villains. They were never the bad guys. They were pulled into a war orchestrated by Darth Sidious who weaponized the compassion of the Jedi as a way to destroy the order.

When you look at the handful of Jedi who fell and claim that the Jedi "don't teach emotional regulation" you're just erasing all personal accountability from the fallen Jedi WHO MADE THEIR CHOICES.

There is only ONE Jedi (that I am aware of) who fell to the dark side involuntarily, and that was Ahsoka Tano. She was corrupted against her will and then killed. Anakin was able to resurrect her, and while he did a good thing, it only made his fear of losing her again even worse.

Maul murdered Satine and forced Obi-Wan to watch, but Obi-Wan managed to control his emotions and not go on a killing spree. He actually held a dying Maul in his arms. Ahsoka was failed by the Jedi Order, but she didn't fall to the dark side. Yoda lived for 900 years and never once fell to the dark side.

There are a variety of factors that went into Anakin's fall, but he is the one who made the choice to do the monstrous things he did. He was not being mind controlled. He had Jedi training, but he threw all of that away for one person. He gambled the fate of the galaxy on the belief that Palpatine would help him save Padme from dying, knowing that Palpatine was a Sith Lord and knowing that he was the one who was actually responsible for the war. He made a selfish choice at the expense of everyone else in the galaxy and the only person who won in the end was Darth Sidious. It was the biggest lesson that Anakin ever learned.

This is not a failure of "teaching emotional regulation". This is the failure of someone who allowed his personal feelings to overshadow his Jedi training, and he is responsible for the consequences of his own actions.

End note: This is not an Anakin Skywalker bashing post. I love Anakin Skywalker, but he absolutely is to blame for his fall to the dark side. He's a fascinating character. I could write a whole ass separate post on why I love him so much. Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader is an icon.

[redstuffs-ig]

Time to get burned at the stake but here's my hot take: Both sides were justified in the "You are on this council but not a Master" debacle

Anakin had been moved to the Council to play triple agent for the chancellor. It was already a sham, a purely political move, so to still be a Knight - essentially rubbing in that he was a member in name only, was a slap in the face after all the chicanery the Order had put him through, and he was justified in getting upset.

HOWEVER.

The Council had no obligation to promote Anakin. He was twenty-two years old, and an exceptional warrior, but if Jedi promoted based purely on combat ability they'd be closer to Mandalorians than the peacekeepers they are meant to be. Jedi Masters are spiritual leaders, and Anakin was still a kid, not to mention a notorious hothead and maverick. Mace Windu probably respected Anakin as a warrior and as a Jedi, but he had the wisdom to understand he wasn't ready to be a Master. Anakin felt he was owed the position as a reward, and though his thought process is understandable it wasn't right. This argument only happened because someone tried to strongarm the Jedi... Hmm...

You know, it's almost like Palpatine's scheming wearing down the Jedi through difficult situations and impossible choices is a theme of the trilogy.

[sierrabravoecho]

Hypocrisy is alive and well in the Harrenhal baths

[hyperspacethoughts]

“For centuries, dance had been used at the Jedi Temple to facilitate rhythm and timing. On any world of the galaxy, when one found males or dominant females dancing, it was often a warrior art in disguise.”

-Star Wars: The Cestus Deception, Pg 148

Apparently Jedi were good dancers? What do you guys think?

[darkcrowprincess]

I kind of hate when people miss the point of anakin skywalker's character and why he thinks and acts the way he does. He was a slave as a child. He grew up in a culture till he was ten where everyone he loved and knew where slaves and could easily be blown up if they disobey. He was than bought(not freed, bought it happens in the movies so you obessesive pro jedi order people don't come after me) by the jedi and was told he was a peacekeeper now, but also how to fight. He was told he was the chosen one, but not really because no one was sure and no one was 100% sure what to do with him. All while his mother was left to be a slave. Again this all happens before he was ten! Of course Anakin is going to grow some resentment and confusing feelings about the jedi and the republic and poltics. Of course he's going to have complicated feelings about that. That doesn't mean he's wasn't good. That he wasn't capable of seeing good in people. But that's the thing, Anakin trusts people, not organizations, not groups, not politicians. Groups with power have screwed him over all his life. Why I can see why he would think the way he does and want to give Padme (the kindness person he knows) the universe so she can make everything better. It's not an excuse, but it is a reason. Anakin has trauma, and the jedi did not know how help people in their cult with trauma. So I really hate when people say Anakin is creepy or intense or this and this before his fall. Because hey news flash he's like this for a reason and it's trauma. It's not black and white thinking of he was always evil and here are the reasons why. Anakin has trauma and other than the few handful of people who really get him( Padme Obi wan, Ashoka, his clone troopers) no one knew how to help with it. People were either making it worse or grooming him. And don't come at me that they didn't need to help him, because they were the ones who bought him and never helped correct him of that mindset. Was it still Anakins fault for the choices he made in ROS? Yes, but the blame is not his alone. In fact a lot of it is the fault of the Jedi. It's amazing in fact that Anakin stayed good that long with everything he was dealing with. Of course he would break like that with his wife and child in danger.

(Don't like don't read. Post hate and I'll block you!)

[tarisilmarwen]

Frankly all Acolyte did was confirm my long-standing suspicion that a lot of anti-Jedi people are projecting their issues with God/religion onto the Jedi and reacting to that rather than responding to anything the Jedi actually do in-narrative.

[redjennies]

Kreia's warning about not trusting Visas Marr would be a lot more meaningful if it wasn't possible to max out her influence and light side points in literally your first two conversations with her entirely on accident. like you don't even have to leave the ship, and Visas is already like: "Friendship Ended with The Sith. The Exile is My Best Friend Now."

[adragonsfriend]

Use this one trick to instantly fix all childhood trauma (Jedi Masters don’t want you to know this)!!!!!

That is what every “if Obi-Wan had just— *adds one extra scene to canon* —then Anakin would’ve had perfect mental health and never listened to Palpatine at all,” sounds like to me. Look I am not an expert on any kind of psychology at all let alone early childhood development but,

It is possible to do your very best to help or raise someone and still have bad or imperfect outcomes, especially when you have someone actively, secretly working against you (cough cough Sith Lord of the month cough), (for many reasons, but in this case particularly), because unravelling the mindset built in early childhood is hard, actually.

Coming at this from the “raised in a safe and loving environment” side of things, it took me years to figure out and internalize that my friends whose parents weren’t as great as mine were functioning in an entirely different landscape when it came to their interactions with adults.

Many years ago when I was in middle school a friend (acquaintance? idk I think most people thought I was annoying) told me that her ankle kept giving out and causing her pain. I asked if she'd told her parents so she could rest or go to the doctor. She told me she had, but her mother either hadn't listened or refused to help. My (approximate) responses?

"So it's not actually that bad then?"

"You should tell her again."

"Are you sure you explained it right?"

The only explanation I could comprehend at the time was that there must have been some unclear communication about the situation or its severity--if her mother had understood she was in pain, she couldn't possibly have just not done anything about it? Adults are responsible, caring, etcetera! They wouldn't do that?!

With more experience, I've come to understand better, and learned to respond in kinder, more helpful ways, but the shift in mindset was not and is not intuitive.

And I had the luxury of figuring all that out whilst being safe myself. Coming from the other direction, being in danger and trying to figure out why other people act like the world is safe? I can't say for sure, but I imagine it’s a lot more complicated.

Point with regard to Star Wars being, it really is harder for Anakin, coming in later, to acclimate to the Jedi ways and thought processes than it is for his peers who grew up in the safe environment of the Temple. And whatever arguments people want to have about how much psychology and therapy exist in the Star Wars universe, or how much “Jedi just do cognitive behavioral therapy” (not totally inaccurate, but reductive on several levels), no matter what the answers to those questions, it will still be harder for Anakin.

There is a reason the council changes its mind on training him only after he is suddenly famous and the Sith are proven to be back. When Anakin was not in significant danger of being snatched up by someone else, it was genuinely probably the easier and safer option—for him and everyone else—for him to live a different life.

The Jedi are not necessarily fully prepared for a child with Anakin's history, and, there is nothing bad about living an ordinary life. Anakin would not have been somehow unforgivably robbed by living life as a mechanic or an engineer or something, rather than being a Jedi.

Anakin is a victim of many things in his life—Sidious, Watto, Gardulla, Tatooine’s everything, his own conscious choices—but he is not a victim of malice, incompetence, or idiocy by the Jedi just because they couldn't—in only a decade or so—help him fully and perfectly unravel the mindset he developed in his early childhood. If there was any lack of qualification on their part, it was one they were aware of—but which was outweighed by the danger of little Anakin getting kidnapped out of normal-kid elementary school.

Being brought up in and around slavery absolutely made him more vulnerable to Sidous and became the basis of their dynamic as master and apprentice. Acting like the trauma that affects his mindset and actions for his entire life can be obliterated just by making minimal changes to the plot is wild to me.

And don’t get me wrong, fics and headcanons can do whatever they want, not everyone wants or is trying to write a deep psychological character study (also fanfic and even fiction in general cannot and should not be held to any standard of realism if it's not serving the story and the author)—simple fix-it’s (my love) are fun and an excellent short-cut to other things like happiness and fluff (my other loves)—but don’t act serious about the idea that adding one conversation about his feelings or one extra explanation about Jedi philosophy would automatically lead to Anakin having perfect mental health outcomes and always making good decisions.

Disclaimer (if the ones throughout weren't enough) : please go forth and do whatever you want. the moral of this post is actually just that (1) you won’t convince me, (2) I wanted to talk about this, (3) the clickbait title was too funny not to post, (4) i literally can't open my mouth without phrasing things like i'm in the middle of a heated debate, and (5) i continue to not be an expert in early childhood development—my evidence is very literally anecdotal

[jedi-enthusiasm-blog]

Many people have taken one look at this and inmediately leaped to the conclusion that Jedi forbid emotions. Which is, huh… interesting.

What people don't realize is that the Jedi Order are a religious organization, and as such they have their own sacred texts, such as this meditation mantra (because yeah, that's the only time it's ever mentioned, during meditation).

And the trick about this kind of texts is that they're not meant to be taken literally. You're not supposed to take it at face value, you're supposed to think about it, reflect about it, and then interpretate it. I'm sure the average "fan" hasn't actually thought about it beyond "code bad Jedi evil", nevermind that it's not actually the Jedi Code mentioned in the films.

Since it's a meditation mantra, one used to focus to make connecting with the Force easier, it makes perfect sense that this is how you should feel when using the Force.

You shouldn't be overwhelmed with emotions or passions, you shouldn't act if you don't have knowledge. This is obvious: if you can command the essence of life, then maybe you should actually be in the state of mind to do it.

However, the other lines of "no chaos but harmony" and "no death but the Force" don't fit into this. So, what do they mean?

Here is the other version of the Code. It was seen for the first time in the Kanan comics, and is arguably more canon than the previous one.

(People have called it the Gray Jedi Code, which is hilarious in and on itself and another point in favor of the argument that the so called Gray Jedi are just canon Jedi.)

I'm sure everyone can agree that this one is good.

Feel, but find peace in your emotions. Know nothing, but figure it out. Suffer, but look past it to find serenity. Just like there is chaos, there is harmony. And just like there is death, there is the Force.

But what if I told you that both Codes are saying the same thing?

I know, I know. You probably think I'm crazy, but… what if they're saying the same things, in different ways?

To expand on the interpretation that the first one is how you should be when using the Force (and I admit with my whole chest that this is my interpretation), we can say that the Force isn't naturally things like emotion and chaos. They are only what we bring with us.

That doesn't make them any less real. They are, and they are important, but they are subjective experiences. Everyone will have different emotions, different passions, different things they are ignorant of. Even death, even as it will come for everyone, is something private and personal. I don't know what X person felt or thought when they died.

However, things like peace, harmony and the Force are universal.

Chaos (noun): "complete disorder and confusion." "the property of a complex system whose behaviour is so unpredictable as to appear random"

Dictionary definition, bear with me. "Whose behavior is so unpredictable as to appear random". It isn't random, it has patterns and reasons to happen just like everything else. We simply don't know those patterns. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Just because we don't know something doesn't mean we can't learn it. There is no ignorance, there is knowledge. Therefore there is no such thing as chaos, not really, just a pattern, an order, a harmony, we don't know yet. First definition is about human reaction, not anything about the object itself. There is no chaos, there is harmony.

Emotion, ignorance, passion, chaos, even death. They are all feelings, subjective experiences, things that, ultimately, can change as you find new understanding (well, death only happens once and is permanent but you get the point). But inner peace, knowledge (about situations, about people's reactions), serenity and harmony are all universal. They exist, and will exist long after we die, we just have to find them.

And, long as we remember people, as we understand that all lives have left a mark, big or small, we will keep those who have passed alive within our hearts.

Death, yet the Force. There is no death, there is the Force. Or, perhaps…

"(The Force)'s an energy field created by all living things" Obi-Wan Kenobi, ANH

"Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter" Yoda, ESB

"No one's ever really gone" Luke Skywalker, TLJ

Death, yet the essence of living beings. There is no death, there is life.

[starbeltconstellation]

Helloooo, to all SW fans! 👋

Sooo, I have decided to make this like a… monthly? 🤔🤔 Reblog, to search for other like minded pro Jedi individuals like myself in the SW fandom, so I can find more of my little fandom corner.

So! 😁 I humbly ask those that are Pro Jedi, and do NOT blame them for their own genocide (🤦‍♀️🤢🥶) to reblog or like this post, so I can follow more SW fandom blogs.

I also would follow fans who are Anakin critical/anti Anakin. Although I’m more of a pro Jedi fan who still has sympathy and SO much love for Anakin’s character (🥲💔❤️), while still realizing the fault lies with himself, I also enjoy reading a lot of critical analysis on his character too.

But any Anakin fans who love him to death like me and aren’t afraid to hear criticism are welcome to like this post too! ❤️

The same goes with pro Jedi/pro clone blogs. The Jedi are my ultimate favorite blorbos, but the clones are also so very dear to me, and I love to read headcanons about them. 💕

Hopefully this isn’t a weird post. Lol. 😅🫣😂 I just thought this was a good way to expand outward into more fandom territory.

Thanks! 😜💕❤️✨

[stealingpotatoes]

WIP TITLE GAME (except i havent got an open askbox so you're using comments to get snippets)

@dramaqueen243 commented: ahsoka cal chat rewrite!

As she grew older, it became a sharp survival instinct. Inquisitors bled loudly into the Force, a scratching, scraping presence that warned her to stop reaching and start running. A warning she too-often ignored, but a warning nonetheless. It had been rare to find anything else.  Reaching out now, she expected the quiet peace of the sleeping academy. The padawans’ signatures hummed gently at the back of her mind, all varying levels of untrained brightness. Stronger, she could sense Ezra (a presence so intertwined with his planet that if she were any more tired, she would’ve thought she was back on Lothal) and Luke (so strong even in sleep and far, far too familiar). Merrin’s Nightsister-foreign signature was always a little harder to sense, but all Ahsoka had to do was sense for Cal, who… Ahsoka blinked her eyes back open, her markings forming a solid furrow on her brow.  Cal, whose half-shielded presence sung loud, panicked, and very much awake.

[mvst4far]

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Anakin Skywalker x f!reader

summary: A Jedi Knight, protecting your older sister, Padmé come visits Naboo for hiding. Little did you know, your life was never the same after. warnings: a little age gap but mostly just pure fluff for this fic. reader is freshly 18 while Anakin is 22.

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Boys had never crossed your teenage girl mind─not one. Your head was far too stuck in books and the desire to draw and paint to ever notice any princes falling at their feet for you. With the loneliness of being the youngest child, you found peace in being alone instead of being the life of a party. Though you had your older sisters, Padmé was far too busy being a Senator in Coruscant, and Sola just never liked socializing.

But, there you stood, in the main room between your parents and eldest sister, staring up at the pleasant surprise of Padmé returning home with a handsome Jedi Knight beside her. Anakin Skywalker, was what they called him. He was quiet, respective but for sure had a smart mouth. Cocky, even.

"Oh, dear, it is so nice to see you again." Your mother broke the silence with her sickeningly wide smile plastered on her face.

Padmé's lips curved into the same smile, wide and bright. "Hello, mother. It's been awhile."

"It sure has,"

Your mother soon brought Padmé into a tight embrace before letting her go. She looked most like mother, almost a carbon copy. It was uncanny.

After warm hugs were shared, Anakin was then introduced.

"Ah, Skywalker, the Jedi." Your father gave a nod in acknowledgment, which Anakin returned.

Once Anakin greeted your father, mother and Sola, he then divided his attention to you. He was a lot taller than you─almost a whole head. Most would find it threatening, but his soft blue irises were the only thing you could focus on.

"M'lady," Anakin brought your hand to his lips, pressing a light kiss to your knuckles as you acknowledged him with a quick courtesy.

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The dinner table was rather quiet, the soft sounds of slurping filling the awkward silence. You sat beside your eldest sister, Sola, across from Anakin who sat next to Padmé. Your parents on each end of the table.

"So," You started, causing everyone's heads to lift. "What's it like knowing the ways of the force?"

Anakin's eyebrow cocked as you, very obviously addressed him without needing to speak his name. "It's alright," He simply replied. "Just different."

"Different how?"

He was somewhat taken aback by your interrogation, the cleverness in your words wasn't something he'd expect from an eighteen year old girl. Before he could respond your question, your father cut him off.

"Now, now, let's give Anakin some space. It's his first night here." Your father shot you warning look, causing your head to dip down and continue eating your dinner.

That was weird.

The dining room was now surrounded with silence again, the tension still heavy. Anakin's eyes were glued to you a second too long after the interaction, which your mother noticed. With a clear of her throat, her sickeningly smile tugged the corners of the mouth once again.

"Padmé, darling, what's it like being a Senator in Coruscant?" She questioned sweetly, almost a hum.

"It's fine, mother. Very, very busy for me." Padmé smiled politely, though the exhaustion was evident.

"Very well then,"

The rest of the night was quiet. You quickly finished your dinner then hurried off to your room, which was the last time anyone saw you that night.

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The first rays of sunlight seeped through your lace curtains, stirring you awake with a soft sigh. You were always one to wake up before anyone else─an early bird for that matter. You liked to spend the peaceful morning by yourself, sometimes even cooking breakfast for your family to wake up to. But, for this morning, you spent it outside in the garden, reading your favorite book─Pride & Prejudice.

Your corset hugged tightly around your waist, the off-the-shoulder sleeves to match your cream colored ballgown. It wasn't extremely heavy, due to the less fabric added. You could move freely, enjoy the nature freely.

After collecting flowers, which could easily be transformed into a bouquet, you sat comfortably in the tall grass─leaned up against a large tree. Your tree. The tree you sat by everyday, the tree you spoke to when times got rough. The various of flowers sat in your lap against the top lace of your dress, your opened book in your hands.

The silence was comforting. Birds chirping gently which satisfied your ears like a prayer, subtle wind brushing over the tall grass and the pages flipping in a quiet rustle. Though, that silence was quickly interrupted by heavy footsteps approaching.

Anakin looked down at you with those same icy blue irises that first caught your interest. He didn't say anything for a few moments, just holding your gaze like his life depended on it.

"I see you're up early, m'lady." He finally spoke, his hands intertwined together behind his back.

"I like to get an early start to the day." You replied casually, eyes flickering back down to your book. Even though you've read Pride & Prejudice almost fifty times, you still appeared interested in it like the first time you read it.

Anakin nodded at your short response, his mind racing with other things to talk about so he didn't feel awkward. His eyebrow quirked at the sight of the book you were reading, a smile threatening to curve but he held it back.

"Classic,"

"Sorry?"

"Oh, I─uh, meant the book. Classic." He quickly corrected himself, clearing his throat.

You nodded and let a weak smile slip, "You've read this before?"

"Pride & Prejudice? Of course. Who hasn't?" Anakin scoffed, the cockiness very much evident in his already high ego.

Oh, he was just your type. Cold, cocky, mysterious and into books? Especially Pride & Prejudice? Maybe this was the one.

Or maybe, you just needed a Jedi Knight instead of a snobby prince.

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A/N: this is quite a short fic, so i will be making another part to this or maybe even more!! feel free to suggest ideas for this mini story, if u have any 🤍