#jedi quotes

[bisexualvader]

[david-talks-sw]

"In truth, Ahsoka really [cares about the clone troopers]."

"I think the Jedi did care about the clone troopers. And, you know, it's that compassion, which really is at the base-- y'know, [the] fundamental need, of being a Jedi, is they care about other people, even at the expense of themselves. They put themselves at risk for others."

"And... it's hard."

"I think especially as younger Jedi were pressed into service, in a conflict this big, it was hard for them. They were challenged by these emotions and these feelings of responsibility and regret and guilt... and it's kinda what Palpatine wants."

"To pressure all of these good people into a compromised position where they're fighting a war... and where people are dying and where they're having to make choices when people live and die."

"It's very hard. As Qui Gon says, it's a hard life to be a Jedi... it's a challenge."

- Dave Filoni, Ahsoka, S01E05, director's commentary, 2024

[magicandmundane]

*after Mon Mothma’s briefing*

Wedge: Hey, Luke! So where’ve you been?

Luke: Yeah, so I went back to Tatooine to break Han’s ass out of Jabba’s Palace. I had to fight a rancor first, though. Luckily, I killed it before—

Omega, on the other side of the room: YOU KILLED MOOCHI?!

[rex-meshla]

SWTCW | S7.E4 Unfinished Business

— This has to be one of the most iconic scenes of TCW

[mmelolabelle]

➡️incorrect star wars

[hayden-christensen]

STAR WARS WEEK 2024 DAY 4: I HAVE SPOKEN - FAVOURITE QUOTE

— Matthew Stover, Revenge of the Sith Novelisation

[illuminatedquill]

“Evil is boring. Right? I kinda believe in the banality and mundaneness of evil. Evil is just selfish impulses, which at the end of the day are really easy to understand. It's easy to understand why people do bad things. It's like ‘Yeah, okay, you're selfish and scared and cruel, I get it.’ Being good is complex and beautiful and hard.”

- Brennan Lee Mulligan

[bilbo-fettt]

Qui-Gon wrote this from beyond the grave..

I’m tired of all the Anakin hate lmao I’m gentle parenting him I’m giving him a juice box after a very deserved time out and nap combo he needs this someone just put him in the naughty corner and maybe he’ll calm the fuck down Rex could do it

[rebekadjarin]

Obi-Wan: They should have checked in hours ago. It appears your captain follows orders as well as you do.

Anakin: Perhaps Cody is boring Rex with standard procedures and protocol.

Meanwhile:

[david-talks-sw]

Dooku didn't leave because of the Jedi.

At least, if you're going by George Lucas' word.

In deleted scenes of Attack of the Clones, when we learn about Dooku's departure and his values, there's no mention of the Jedi or "the Jedi Order as an institution".

And every time Lucas refers to Dooku's disenchantment and reason for falling, he doesn't mention the Jedi.

"When you realize that Dooku is Darth Tyranus, it explains what Darth Sidious did after Darth Maul was killed: he seduced a Jedi who had become disenchanted with the Republic. He preyed on that disenchantment and converted him to the dark side, which is also a setup for what happens with Anakin." - Mythmaking: Behind the Scenes of Attack of the Clones, 2002

"[Dooku is] one of the few Jedi who became disenchanted with the Republic and left the order and he is leading a separatist movement." - Vanity Fair, 2002

"I wanted a more sophisticated kind of villain. Dooku’s disenchantment with the corruption in the Empire is actually valid. It’s all valid.  So, Chris plays it as, 'Is he really a villain or is he just someone who is disenchanted and trying to make things right?'" - Starlog Magazine #300, 2002

He probably meant the Republic/Senate in that last one, but you get the point. And you're seeing the pattern, right?

Dooku's problem isn't the Jedi, it's the Republic.

He's become disenchanted with a system that - according to Lucas' prologue in the 2004 book Shatterpoint - worked for 1,000 years...

"For a thousand years, the Old Republic prospered and grew under the wise rule of the Senate and the protection of the venerable Jedi Knights."

... but has been rendered ineffective because of 1) senators becoming corrupt and 2) corporations gaining political power.

"But as often happens when wealth and power grow beyond all reasonable proportion, an evil fueled by greed arose. The massive organs of commerce mushroomed in power, the Senate became corrupt, and an ambitious named Palpatine was voted Supreme Chancellor."

That's the message Dooku runs on, when he rallies the systems to form the Separatist Alliance.

"By promising an alternative to the corruption and greed that was rotting the Republic from within, Dooku was able to persuade thousands of star systems to secede from the Republic."

The Jedi aren't really a factor in his decision to leave.

Why would they be? Their political status isn't very high, they're virtually powerless, as illustrated by the film's narrative and stated repeatedly by Lucas.

On the contrary, as we already established in this post, Lucas full-on confirmed that Dooku actually carries the sympathies of most of the Jedi. Again:

Most Jedi agree with Dooku, ideologically.

As far as the Jedi are concerned, the politicians are effing up the Republic, and it sucks because the Jedi see this but aren't allowed to interfere in the political process. They have to resort to looking for loopholes in their mandates to actually get stuff done.

That's what that whole "she's a politician" scene is meant to hint at. In the commentary of Attack of the Clones, Lucas uses a similar turn of phrase as he does with Dooku.

"[This scene gives us] a chance to talk a little bit about politics and the Jedi’s disenchantment with the political process, due to the corruption and the ineffectiveness of the Senate." - Attack of the Clones, Director’s Commentary, 2002

Considering all this, it becomes clear that the intended narrative surrounding Dooku's decision to leave the Order is not:

"The Jedi are dogmatic and asleep at the wheel except for Dooku, who is ahead of the curb and sees the system is flawed, so he left."

It's actually:

"ALL Jedi see the system is flawed, Dooku's the only Jedi who decided to take it a step further and leave the Order so he can try to get into politics himself and change things."

That's why they hesitate to accuse him of murder.

That's why in an earlier draft of the Attack of the Clones script, by the end of the second act, Mace STILL has his doubts that Dooku would sign a treaty with the Trade Federation to attack the Republic.

As far as the Jedi are concerned, Dooku is out there fighting the good fight, making noise because whenever they try to protest it falls on deaf ears... until his betrayal on Geonosis.

After all, let's not get it twisted: the Dooku we're introduced to in the films and The Clone Wars, isn't really just Dooku anymore.

He's Darth Tyranus.

A point Lucas makes sure to highlight in his Shatterpoint prologue:

"Unbeknownst to most of his followers, Dooku was himself a Dark Lord of the Sith, acting in collusion with his master, Darth Sidious, who, over the years, had struck an unholy alliance with the greater forces of commerce and their private droid armies."

It's not about doing the selfless thing for Dooku, anymore. He's knowingly part of the problem.

He's all about ambition, now. His personal goals are things like overthrowing Sidious and becoming the most powerful Jedi.

"[Anakin's] ambition and his dialogue here is the same as Dooku’s. He says “I will become more powerful than every Jedi.” And you’ll hear later on Dooku will say “I have become more powerful than any Jedi.” [...] It is possible for a Jedi to want to become more powerful, and control things." - Attack of the Clones, Director’s Commentary, 2002

"If you put two Sith together, they try to get others to join them to get rid of the other Sith. [When revealing the truth to Obi-Wan], Dooku's ambition is really to get rid of Darth Sidious. He's trying to get Obi-Wan's assistance in that and help in that, so that he and Obi-Wan could overthrow Sidious and take over." - Attack of the Clones, Commentary Track 2, 2002

Y'know? Selfish things.

Dooku - like all other Sith, and like the very corporations and Senators he had sworn to destroy - is consumed by his own greed.

[nightsister-merrin-lover]

cal: what are you in the mood for?

merrin: world domination.

cal: that’s a bit ambitious

merrin: you are my world.

cal: awww

merrin:

cal:

cal: OH.

[incorrectstarwarslegendsquotes]

Star Wars Legends + text posts (part 4/?)

[finstanner]

The Acolyte Incorrect Quotes

[fallenorder-incorrectquotes]

Cal: Name a more iconic duo than my crippling fear of abandonment and anxiety. I’ll wait.

BD-1: Bwoop! (You and me!)

Cal, tearing up: Okay

[obes-kenobes-benos]

Quinlan: *getting arrested by Commander Fox* Handcuffs? A little kinky for a first date Commander.

Fox: This is serious Vos, you´ve been accused of poisoning the chancelor. Now, turn around and on your knees.

Quinlan: You don´t have to tell me twice Commander.

Fox: *sighs*

[fantasticgothicpeachsludge]

Cody, collecting seeds on every planet they go to: Enrichment for my beloved’s enclosure.