#like luke did on dagobah?

[oftenlyshitposting]

OH MY GOD THIS ACTUALLY MADE MORE SENSE

Ok but to have Baylan say that Sabine’s family on Mandalore died “because your master didn’t trust you” is an insane thing for them to drop and never pick up again. I am so fascinated. We know now that Sabine’s family died in the purge of Mandalore, and Baylan is obviously picking things from Sabine’s head to use against her in this episode, so it’s more that he’s picking up how Sabine feels than what exactly happened. So how did Sabine reach the stage where she has connected her family’s deaths to how she feels regarding how much her master trusts and believes in her?

[littlest-dark-age]

Obsessed!Luke who always knows where you are due to him reaching out to you with the force. It brings him a sense of peace to know where you are, and being able to tell if you're in distress or not. He will gladly use his training to keep a tab on you.

Obsessed!Luke not knowing why you have such control over him but you do. He'd get on his knees and crawl across the hot sands of tatooine, swim through the swamps of dagobah if you so much as hinted to wanting it. Luke will come to you with decisions that have no need involving you but he'd never wish to do something that you don't agree with.

Obsessed!Luke telling you of his parentage and what he's had to do because of it to get a glimpse of pity. He doesn't care if it makes him look weak, the way you coo over him with care after hearing what he did. How strong he is and how much courage that had to have taken. He'll play it up, tears welling in his precious eyes when he mentions his father, just to get a simple kiss on the cheek.

Obsessed!Luke grows anxious when he sees you talking to han for too long, having to insert himself into your conversation. It's not you, oh no, not his dear starlight, it's han. He knows han would steal you away, wanting you all to himself like the selfish man he knows him to be. Luke needs you to live, needs you to survive. You've become his home, how could he go on without you?

[limecakeluke]

first of all hii u r so funny and i love ur blog and art sm!

i was wondering what r ur thoughts on luke getting turned on by pain? cuz when i saw him whimpering during his training on dagobah and destroyed by the end of esb, something shifted inside me.

i’m FOAMING at the mouth at the thought of him shivering while his pitiful blue eyes are begging for more.. AND also i will stand by the fact that, though he may appear vanilla-ish, he’s the freakiest man in bed

hello anon!! i think ive finished grieving the work i lost when i first wrote this and my things refreshed but anyway ty for the advocacy, here we go again

nsfw under cut ☆˚⊹ (vague themes of masochism)

first off, literally yes i love your mind we are two in one

secondly, i think that luke would absolutely be the kind to look all nice and gentle, and maybe he is in the beginning but as he warms up to you he likes to let you go a bit rougher.

maybe pinning him or his hands down so that he can't touch you or himself, possibly a bit of hair pulling just to rip quick little whimpers from him everytime his head snaps back.

if he really wants to get into it, either because he's so drunk on the current moment or he just needs more, he'll let you scratch at him, bite at him, letting you leave your marks wherever you please

i think he enjoys the secretive signatures of how desperately you really wanted him.

if we're into a more submissive luke, he'd most definitely stare up at you with those wide puppy eyes as you mix his pain and his pleasure, his body trembling as he moans out in a vague confusion of sensation.

his little mumbling self only able to get out soft pleas and whines as he reaches for you, maybe the softest glint of tears in his eyes,,

pulling and grabbing at him hard enough to leave bruises and vague markings, just making him sore enough to physically remember everything you did the day before.

i also remember reading this one fic a few years back — i don't remember what it was called, so if you can find it pls tell me i rlly liked it… — where luke was comfortable enough to let you use force lightning when jerking him off.

not too much, of course, but just a vague buzz to send shocks down his cock and up his spine, a familiar adrenaline rushing through his body while you console him.

unless of course, you'd like to verbally demean him…

[gffa]

So, Favreau came out today and said that Grogu was training with Luke for two years and every response I’ve seen has been “the fuck he did not” because it absolutely is not conveyed within the episode and doesn’t feel like two years and I am baffled at this choice because okay look. This is apparently two years into their time together, I can understand some awkwardness still, not all people get along and it’s clear that Grogu’s heart isn’t really in this. But what you’re telling me is that it took Luke Skywalker two years to bring up Yoda’s name?  It took Luke two years to break out the training remote to help Grogu? You’re telling me that Grogu, at the beginning of the episode, was already two years into his training with Luke and had barely made much progress, until just now? Further, what gets me is:  The things Luke uses to teach Grogu in this episode are all things that are from the beginning of his training.  The blaster remote that Obi-Wan used on him was the very, very first thing he ever used to open himself up to the Force and using his senses through it. The time he spent on Dagobah may have been up to a couple of months, but the comment Luke repeats from Yoda, “Size matters not.” is something that was a foundation of his understanding of the Force, not something you break out mid-way through training someone. Setting aside that there’s no indication of that kind of passage of time in the episode itself, it’s a baffling choice because all of this feels like training Luke would start with, like what have they been DOING for those two years, if not starting with training remotes or Luke talking about Yoda?  Luke himself didn’t start with two years of nothing but meditation, I guess you could bend over backwards to make the case that Grogu was so traumatized, Luke felt he had to back up even further than his own starting point, and do two years of meditation before Grogu was ready to move on to where Luke started, but none of that is conveyed in the episode.

[dailydragon08]

Luke Skywalker who was bullied and called “wormie” and had a tense relationship with Owen and was lonely af, but who worked his ass off on the farm and was nice to people and dropped everything to help a stranger in need simply because they were in need anyway.

Luke Skywalker who was frustrated and impatient and chomping at the bit, but who took deep breaths and heard his mentors out but still did what felt right to him and went to save his friends even though he knew he was putting himself in danger by leaving before his training was done because they were his friends and he had to help them, there was no other option in his mind.

Luke Skywalker who lost the shining knight image of his father, his hand, his trust in his mentors, and his sense of identity all in one blow, but still went to the window to comfort Leia as Lando and Chewie left to look for Han anyway.

Luke Skywalker who had clearly learned a lot and become very powerful all on his own and blew up a crime lord’s palace to save his friends, but who went back to Dagobah to complete his training anyway because he thought “there’s always room to improve.”

Luke Skywalker who laughs at tiny teddy bears trying to arrest him and just hands his lightsaber over to them and is just chilling, absorbing everything while he’s tied up and pulling some harmless Force tricks while still perpetuating the idea that C-3PO is a god cuz it’s just too damn funny and he won’t be the one to shatter the Ewoks sense of how the galaxy works.

Luke Skywalker who comforts his sister even as he goes off to fight Vader and maybe die in the attempt (remember his line to the emperor “soon I’ll be dead and you with me,” man really thought he wouldn’t be coming back).

Luke Skywalker who was willing to cart Vader off with him to likely some remote corner of the galaxy and make up a plan as he went cuz he still loves his father and always believed he would come back to the light and just wanted a chance to be a real family.

Luke Skywalker who trusts in not only the Force, but connection, attachments, and himself.

This is my Luke Skywalker.

[stealingpotatoes]

Do you know where Yoda is in your Anakin-raises-Leia au?

Is he still chilling on Dagobah, with occasional visits from the X-many greats grandkids?

Did he see Anakin, Ahsoka, and (later) Obi-Wan trying to raise a baby and think Absolutely Not, they need Adult Supervision?

Did he choose to stay near Luke like OT Obi, but as a mysterious bog gremlin instead of sand wizard? is he punking any imperials that try to enter - think Shrek vibes

Is he taking advantage of the Vader free universe to go around looking for their lost padawans?

did he immediately retire to a vacation world, leaving saving the universe in his lineages' hands as he sips space piña coladas and watches the sun set?

Is he doing a mix of everything?

yeah he's pissed off to dagobah as per usual!! so yeah shrek vibes but on dagobah not naboo ): really not much difference, though Anakin and Leia do (carefully) visit a few times to get Jedi guidance or whatever! but yeah just bc vader isn't here doesn't mean yoda's 1. safe or 2. in a mental state to be a jedi after losing so many ppl he taught ): lad's in his depressed swamp boy summer

[aparott]

headcanon time

so, the extent of luke skywalkers lightsaber training was that one time on the falcon with obi wan, right? and three years later, he's shown to be keeping up with one of the best duelists in the galaxy in darth vader. how did he get there? so, since its established that he trained with yoda for like, weeks on dagobah, my theory is that yoda still has his lightsaber and lightsaber combat was an intense part of the training that we just didnt see onscreen. also, yoda would use ghost obi wan as a mannequin to show where on the human body is the best place to stab with a lightsaber. for being one of the most powerful jedi at one point as well as a top 5 duelist in the galaxy, after 22 years being a training dummy aint that bad

[the-chains-are-the-easy-part]

I was rewatching The Empire Strikes Back and a thought crossed my mind when I noticed Yoda’s behaviour toward Luke. We’re all so used to see Yoda as the one who knows, the one that is strong, that can come out on top no matter what because of his experience and strong connection to the Force, but during TESB you can clearly see that he is in distress, you can feel a certain disappointment. The moment he meets Luke can be seen as a culmination of a long, painful, and frustrating life experience. Yoda isn't just a Jedi Master, he's someone who witnessed the decline of the Republic and the fall of the Jedi Order, to which he dedicated his long life. His defeat led him to isolation on Dagobah, a place far removed both physically and emotionally from the world he once knew. In that isolation, he may have nurtured hopes of redemption, of a final reckoning, but the weight of his mistakes and failures must have burdened him deeply, and I think we all tend to overlook this. When Luke arrives, he's not just any student to Yoda, he's the last hope, possibly the last Jedi. But Luke isn't the malleable child Yoda was probably used to training. He's a young man, full of doubts, impatient, and most of all, shaped by his own personal experiences, not as easily molded as a novice in the Order would be. Yoda's frustration is palpable. He knows Luke's potential, but he also has to contend with his rigidity, his impatience, and his lack of self-confidence. Yoda has to reinvent himself as a teacher, adapting his lessons to this new reality. He must convince Luke that the Force isn't just about physical abilities or combat but a philosophy, a worldview that requires faith and trust. This might be why Yoda starts with humor, to destabilize Luke and try to break through his resistance, making him realize that he needs to let go of expectations and preconceived ideas to truly learn. Additionally, Yoda himself is aware of the risk: Luke could fail, just like Anakin did before him, and this only amplifies the pressure. His frustration isn’t just that of a teacher watching a student struggle to understand, but also that of a person who, in order to save the future, must once again confront the mistakes of the past.

[aroacedindjarin]

I know so many people have said this already and in much more coherent ways than I can but the way luke was depicted in tbobf (and im not just talking about the uncanny valley cgi… why did they not just recast him orz) makes me so frustrated even now. Especially now. Maybe i’m just a delusional dinluker but i really really believe that luke skywalker needed to be in the mandalorian season3.

I cannot believe luke skywalker would make grogu choose between his dad and becoming a jedi. It is just so explicitly ooc for him. I’m reading the destiny path comic right now and there are so many pages that show luke struggling with the worry that he can’t be a Jedi because he can’t let go of his attachments to his friends. and i know this is a core theme of luke as a character, it’s not new, but the comic is just so explicit about it and goes into depth in a way that it doesn’t have time to explore on screen

It explores luke’s worry about disappointing yoda when he left dagobah to go help leia and han in cloud city, and how he feels about ben and yoda refusing to talk to him anymore or help him through the force because he didn’t make his jedi training a priority above everything and everyone else, like a Selfless Jedi should. and grogu goes through the literal exact same thing. and luke reacts in the exact same way yoda and ben did to him?

In the comic, the radio silence from his teachers eats at him so badly and adds to the struggle he’s going through after finding out Vader is his father and losing his hand. He feels abandoned and afraid and, even though these feelings lead him to realise he can make his own way as a jedi, I just don’t think he’d inflict the same thing on grogu. Even if i were to look at it from a perspective of luke being forced to make his own way without his teachers made him a stronger jedi - so maybe he’s doing the same for grogu?

After all, I know grogu is such a young child so I also understand the series tries to come at it from the angle of respecting a child’s wants and needs, not forcing him to commit to training if he doesn’t want to. But I just don’t understand why luke couldn’t join grogu every now and then. Teach him some jedi stuff on the weekends. They make it seem like luke has nothing better to do anyways, he’s got droids building his school for him and seems to spend his days entirely with grogu anyway. If he went back to tatooine with grogu at the end of tbobf, i just think there would have been so much to explore between luke and literally any of the characters. din and boba specifically of course but if that led to luke in mando s3 there could’ve been so much potential.

Perhaps they just needed a reason for a big emotional scene for grogu to choose his path and his destiny. Perhaps they couldn’t put luke skywalker in the show too much for fear of throwing off the sequels. There’s the argument that luke already had his screen time and, trust me, I also hate the re-usual of existing characters to the point where they’re wringed out of any substance and have been so fleshed-out and developed it’s almost grotesque to force them to stay in the show any longer. but star wars doesnt have a problem with that for so many other characters anyway.

I just wanted to see grogu growing up to be both a Mandalorian and a Jedi. It would’ve been so perfect with the Mand’alor Din storyline too. Grogu, the son of the Ruler of Mandalore and the student of the strongest Jedi in the galaxy, the start of a new generation and so much foundation to explore between Mandalorians and Jedi!!!!!!!

[imabeautifulbutterfly]

l need Luke Skywalker x Jedi!reader x Din djarin imagine Please

Hello dear love,

I'm so sorry it took so long to have this written for you. But I hope I did it justice.

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CHOICE

SUMMARY: Your past and your future collide, what decision will you make?

A/N: Hello lovelies,

It's been a while since I have posted. Life has been one blow after another. Good news is that my mother is doing very well. I had COVID for two weeks almost, thankfully it wasn't too bad, but it did drain me quite a bit.

I don't write poly-ships, but I hope I did this request justice; also it's not necessarily a Jedi reader, but a reader who is force sensitive.

Thank you to the lovely @firstofficerwiggles for beta reading.

This will be a 7-parter. Updated weekly.

Love oo

Italics - flashback

WARNINGS: Angst, anger, sacrifice, force use

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Luke wiped the sweat from his face as he ran through his drills, he couldn’t help but think back to his time on Dagobah, running through that humid and dense forest with Yoda on his back. The jokes his old master would share with him, the conversations they would have, and the wisdom he could impart.

Now, he was alone. 

Sure he had his twin sister, Han, Chewie, and R2 but it wasn’t the same. They didn’t understand the responsibility of becoming a Jedi, and Leia all but decided she didn’t want this life. She wanted to raise a family with Han. 

A family.

His eyes focused on the stars overhead as he lay down on the grassy field, the breeze cooling his body, as he wondered what would happen if he did have a family. 

Someone to love. 

Who was he kidding, it would be a pipe dream. Who would he even have a family with? 

It’s not like he couldn’t find some random person to start a family with, but he didn’t want just someone he could pick up at a bar. He wanted to have a deeper connection. Someone who would understand the responsibility of being with a Jedi, and the issues a long distance relationship could have. 

Family.

That one word kept him up unsettled. Not because of the responsibility but because of you.

He tried to push you out of his mind, clearing his thoughts so he could focus on his meditation, however now whenever he mediated and that word kept popping up, there was one face he saw. It was yours, and all the firsts you two had shared. 

His heart began to ache when he thought of the last time he saw you. 

The music from the Ewok’s impromptu party still filled the night air, he looked around to find you, he hadn’t seen you since he told Leia he was turning himself in to the Empire, only to walk right into you waiting on the next catwalk. 

You tried to stop him, told him you’d overheard his conversation with Leia, that he was crazy and out of his mind for going to face Vader. He did his best to reassure you, but you weren’t hearing it. He did the only thing he could think of, he leaned in and gently kissed your cheek lingering for a few seconds longer than necessary. It was the sure fire way of making sure you stopped talking, he’d used once or twice to win an argument between the two of you. As you stood there, tears in your eyes, he wished you the best and left you standing as tears streamed down your face. 

He spent a good portion of the night trying to find you, and now that he had found you standing away from the party, looking out into the forest of Endor, all the words in that moment flew out of his mind as he remember the first time you two kissed. 

Turned out it was both your first kiss, you were both clumsy and awkward, however, it was special. A special moment that started the both of you through a journey of friendship and love that neither of you had expected. 

You looked beautiful, standing there with a drink in your hand, your eyes shined even though they seemed lost and sad. He was glad he made it back. He didn’t want to have any regrets about leaving things the way they had before he went to meet Vader, but he also knew things might never be the same between the two of you. 

He took a deep breath, calming down his racing heart, taking one step towards you, “I’m surprised you’re here” Luke’s voice called over, he could see how you flinched at hearing his voice, “I thought you would’ve been having a drinking contest with Chewie by now.”

You simply hummed an acknowledgement not bothering to turn to look at him. 

He ran his hand through his hair, letting out a sigh, he could sense your annoyance at having him stand beside you. He leaned on the balcony doing his best to keep his distance without looking like he was keeping his distance, he just needed to appear casual “Still mad at me?”

Your hand clenched around the mug that contained some obscure liquor the Ewok’s made, it wasn’t the tastiest thing but it certainly had a kick, you took a sip trying to calm the annoyance in your heart. Taking in a deep breath, you closed your eyes and exhaled doing your best to let your frustration go. “Let me ask you, what would you do if it had been me?”

“But it wasn’t you”

You squeezed the mug, “So because it wasn’t me, I have no right to feel anything?”

“That’s not what I said”

“Then what did you mean? I’m asking you to put yourself in my shoes, my friend … my partner or someone I thought loved me, goes to sacrifice himself, and the last thing you said to me was ‘I’m glad you’re my friend.’ Then you walked away. You didn’t turn back, you didn’t falter, you just left. If it had been me, wouldn’t you still be mad at me?”

Luke rubbed the back of his neck, “Yeah, I probably would be” he felt bad for leaving you standing there, “If there had been another way to save Vader, if it was possible for me to do it any other way, don’t you think I would’ve tried?” He looked over to you, hoping you’d understand his predicament.

A defeated sigh left you, you knew how much saving Vader meant to Luke. It was his father after all, what would you do for your family? 

“I’m sorry. I know, I shouldn’t hold it against you. I know what you went through with Vader, and how much it meant for you to save him, it’s just …” You ran your hand down your face, “It just … you scared me. I thought I’d never see you again.” Tears began to well-up, “Do you know how much I love you?” 

Luke stepped closer to you, resting his hand on your elbow, turning you to face him, “I know how much you care for me; it’s because I had your support I was able to do what I needed” his hand cupped your cheek, “I appreciate you more than you can possibly imagine.”

“Appreciate?” You clarified, as you stepped away from him, “You appreciate me?” You felt a nervousness rising, as your stomach fluttered, you could feel your heart breaking, “You don’t love me, do you?”

Maker how he wished he didn’t have to have this conversation, how he wished thing didn’t have to be this way. 

“I … I'm the last Jedi, and with that comes a responsibility. If things were different, if I wasn’t my father’s child, if …” Luke took in a shaky breath, as he stepped closer to you again, “If I had the freedom to say what is pressing on my heart to say, what you are wanting to hear …” his hand caressed your cheek, “However, I can’t tell you what you want to hear. It’d be unfair and cruel, especially since I’m not able to give you the life you want. It’s my responsibility to train the future generations, to pass on the knowledge I have gained.”

You couldn’t believe what you were hearing, “What are you trying to say?”

His hand dropped to his side, as he took a minute to steady his nerves, he closed his eyes using the force to give him the strength of what he needed to do. He took in a deep breath before looking into your eyes, as resolve settled within his heart. 

“We need to be honest about our future”

“Our future?”

“We’re heading in different directions, love. I can’t …” he cleared his throat, forcing the words to come out, “I'm not able to dedicate myself you. I am a Jedi Knight, like my father before me, my will is the will of the force, and you deserve someone who will focus on you completely”

“I don’t care what you think I deserve, I want you.” He could see how your mind was racing a million miles a minute to keep this from happening, “I can … I can help with training. I can provide support. I … I can’t …” your bottom lip started to tremble, as your eyes welled up, “I can’t walk away from you. I can’t …”

Luke wiped the tears that had slipped down your cheek, “I’m sorry. I wished things were different, but I can’t turn my back on the legacy that has been placed before me.”

You took another step back, you closed your eyes steading your nerves as much as possible, “I understand.” You did your best to fight back the tears, you were sure he could hear your heart breaking, “I know you’ll do an amazing job. I wish you all the best.” 

His eyes opened as the rocks floating around him plummeted to the floor, maker how he regretted walking away from you. The next day you had left without so much as a goodbye, he didn’t blame you, after all it was his fault for making you leave. 

Now, however, all he really wanted, was to see you again, to tell you he did love you. He never stopped loving you. Walking away, was the hardest and most painful thing he had to do. 

He realized his mistake, especially after Grogu decided to go back to his Mandalorian, to have his family.

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[walkawaytall]

Oh no, I’m participating in Star Wars discourse.

Uh, so there’s a post floating around that I’m not reblogging mainly because it’s just this person’s headcanon and, whatever, people can have headcanons, but the main points they make in the midst of talking about their headcanon that I’ll be addressing are:

Leia and Han getting married and having kids is the most boring thing you can do with Leia

Leia should be a Jedi like every other dang Skywalker because somehow continuing an assumed dynasty isn’t the most boring choice you can make for her

Leia is more cut out to handle lack of attachment than Luke which we know because of her lack of response to Alderaan being destroyed

Leia and Han shouldn’t get married or even be around each other much because Han is a wandering soul and needs to travel and go places

Leia never expresses a desire for marriage or children in the OT, so removing these things won’t contradict George Lucas’ canon

And, look, these are just…missing the point of the character growth that occurs in these two during the OT.

(there's just a whole-ass essay below the cut if anyone cares to read about the many thoughts I have on Leia Organa and Han Solo.)

So, I'm not saying existing or past canon/EU has done it right, but I disagree with the statement that having them marry and live kind of basic lives is the most boring choice. If that's all there was to it, sure, but those two choices by themselves show a monumental amount of character growth for both Leia and Han. (I mean, frankly, I think "Skywalker = Jedi every time no matter what" is a pretty boring choice storytelling wise, but I also think the Jedi on the whole are incredibly boring characters, so, uh...I'm biased.)

Leia was never going to live a quiet life even if Alderaan hadn't been destroyed. Like, she did not have that option, period. She would have either remained in politics or taken over as queen, may or may not have had to marry for political reasons, and may or may not have been involved with the Rebellion. Her life was chaos starting as a teen and she had no reason to believe she wouldn't die living a hectic and chaotic life.

And then she loses everything. This isn't emphasized in the movies obviously because they are fun family romps and not gritty dramas, but, good night, in a single second, she loses every family member, nearly every person she knows, every place she finds most familiar and comfortable, everything and to top it all off, the guilt that it's happened because of her unwillingness to give up the Alliance will probably always be there. She was tortured, they lost lives in battle, and, yeah, they destroy the Death Star, but at the end of that day, literally all she has left is the Alliance and those three pilots who managed to unlock her cell door without too much trouble.

I don't know about you, but I'd be straight-up shut down emotionally at that point. Like, I don't think PTSD even covers what Leia probably has going on in her head. And I think that's kind of what we see in ESB (I know the filmmakers weren’t thinking in terms of PTSD, but there are still hints of it there regardless). She's angry, she's afraid of losing people (she's obviously pissed Han is leaving after he said he'd stay, but also, there's a scene that was cut -- a good move in my opinion because the dialogue is beyond dramatic and Carrie seems out of it, but it stands that this was the intended source of Leia’s frustration -- where Luke is telling Leia he's leaving the Alliance for Dagobah and she is extremely upset that both he and Han are leaving, goes on a whole rant about how she should know better than to trust anyone but herself, etc.), and when she finally lets Han in, she promptly loses him and nearly loses Luke.

And then the events of ROTJ happen and she finds out that the man who tortured her, who stood idly by while her entire planet was destroyed, who tortured the man she loves and handed him off to the space mob to be murdered, who cut off her brother's hand and nearly allowed him to die, who has terrorized the Galaxy in general, that guy is her bio dad. And that guy is the entire reason she's Force-sensitive.

Leia stopping her Jedi training in the new canon was for a dumb reason, I agree there. Leia not wanting anything to do with the thing that, from her point of view, nearly ruined her life and the lives of those she loves about a thousand times over...I dunno, I think that's way more interesting than her just going, "Ope, I'm a Skywalker! You know what that means! Gotta be a Jedi!" And as far as her being more of a natural at it...do we know that Leia is better at healthy non-attachment than Luke? Like, any response to a planet being destroyed could easily just be a trauma response. Is shutting down like that good, actually? Or is it just going to cause problems down the road, Anakin-style?

I don't know, I just think that after living through all of that as well as a freaking war, girly might want a quiet life -- that she gets to choose -- with a husband -- who she gets to choose -- and kids -- who she gets to raise without the threat of the Empire or her nightmare of a biological father looming over their lives. And the very fact that she's able to open herself up to that sort of love and affection when the fear that it might all be ripped away from her is likely ever-present is a big deal. Her having kids knowing they'll likely be Force-sensitive even though that aspect of her biology terrifies her is a big deal. And as far as her not expressing a desire for marriage and kids in the OT...I mean, Leia isn't given the opportunity to express her desire for much in the OT, let's be real (she also never expresses a desire to become a Jedi in the OT either. We can't use what Leia didn't express in the OT to dictate whether she wants or doesn't want something is what I'm saying). They're at war. She's a military leader. She probably can't even hazard wishing for anything beyond waking up the next day. But that's not to say she didn't want such things or grow to want such things once she felt it was safe to do so. We literally don't know, but I don't think the absence of that expressed desire is indicative of anything.

As far as Han goes, I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure in every iteration of his story, his itchy feet weren't like...a part of his personality. He had a highly traumatic childhood that left him with few options and ended up living a transient lifestyle out of necessity. He actually seems remarkably easy to keep around if you don't treat him like garbage. I mean, he's given exactly one day of friendship, and he sticks around with the Rebellion for three years before some run-in with a bounty hunter makes him realize he needs to take care of his debt with Jabba. He's not leaving just for funsies or because he's bored or just really needs to be a smuggler again...and he seems legitimately sad have to leave when he's not busy getting pissed at Leia for not having the emotional response he wants her to have (first half of ESB Han is being a big ol' baby and I'm perfectly fine admitting that). And what character growth to see Han "I'm in it for the money" Solo learn to care for his friends, learn to support a cause, learn to love Leia when he's spent so much of his life unattached. Han making boring life choices is indicative of character growth and learning to care about others more than himself. What a lovely thing for this man to learn.

The call for Leia and Han to remain living separate lives but still committed to one another kind of demands that they move backward in character growth in my opinion. We have two people who are in rough places due, by and large, to trauma, who eventually open up to one another and seem better for it and then they...just go back to what they were doing before except they occasionally see each other? Why would they want that? They've grown as people, they've won a dang war, and they're finally able to live somewhat securely. Why wouldn't they want to live basic lives when they were denied the privilege of such choices for so long? And how is them making choices based on their love for another person — love that they had a heck of a time coming to terms with — boring?

[pomplalamoose]

Love your Luke relationship headcanons! How about headcanons for Luke x Force sensitive reader where you meet after ROTJ?

Thank you thank you thank you, this means a lot to me! I hope you will like these as well🫶🏻

• okay so I think for this we are going to assume you are about Leia's and Luke's age, maybe a little bit older or a little bit younger 

• based on that lets say you had a similar childhood as well, growing up with a loving family in a loving home, leading a calm and uneventful life 

• when you came of age you maybe wanted to help build the New Republic, simply travel or seek out a certain education 

• due to the extinction of the Jedi order before or shortly after your birth, you know nothing about it, even less so about the Force 

• maybe you were told some bed time stories when you were a child, but those always seemed too far away, too fantastical to be true

• unlike Luke you did not have a desert hermit, that then turned out to be the former Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi, come and pick you up for an adventure around your twenties 

• neither did you encounter Yoda on Dagobah or faced down Darth Vader and the Emperor; at this time the only known force sensitive people still alive

• you weren't introduced to the matter, no matter how brief, like Luke was

• and since it's mentioned during ANH that everything to do with the Jedi is dismissed as an old religion, useless and outdated (at least by many), it would have been pretty much impossible for you to even know about your force sensitivity 

• however you and those around you could have noticed certain special abilities of yours when you were growing up 

• maybe you had a way of easily getting what you wanted, being so charming that hardly anyone could resist you 

• maybe you often managed to be "in the right place at the right time" without planning on it

• maybe you always had an uncanny way to follow your intuition (e.g. because of a gut feeling, a dream, etc.) in certain situations that strangely turned out in your favor 

• maybe, just like Anakin, you were and still are exceptionally talented when it comes to something requiring quick flexes and incredible focus 

• maybe you are so "empathetic and understanding" that one could think you are able to read their mind

• despite these more or less obvious signs nobody thought anything of it, least of all you

• everyone has something they are good at after all and so that was that 

• when you meet Luke he is probably the one that will, after enough time spent with you, recognize your little "quirks" as what they really are 

• even if it might take him a while 

• he just fought a war, found and lost his true father and had to say goodbye to many loved ones 

• also he has shouldered the burden to rebuild an ancient order from scratch and additionally wants to support Leia in her political aspirations 

• plus, for most of his life, he wasn't aware of his own force sensitivity either, so spotting it in others can't be easy if you still have a lot to learn yourself 

• what was noticeable right from the beginning though, was the way you immediately gravitated to each other 

• or rather, how you were drawn to him like a moth to the light 

• obviously you are attracted to him too (many are, let's be real) but there is something else about him, something so familiar and intriguing, you simply can't stay away 

• before even speaking to him once you feel a strong urge to be in his company 

• you never had a crush this intense 

• (you are not aware this is not just a simple crush but the Force making sure your paths cross; instead you think you've gone slightly insane)

• also I feel like crushing on him during that time would be like crushing on a celebrity; he's not just some guy anymore, he's THE Luke Skywalker 

• but because he's Luke, he doesn't let it get to his head; in fact he is rather embarrassed about all the attention 

• so, following your intuition, you try to seek him out whenever you can, unconsciously using the Force to do so

• this will create lots of very embarrassing moments for you though 

• you find, you have a tendency to zone out as soon as you spot him and often get caught in places you have no business being in

• it's like your brain just short circuits in these moments and everything around you fizzles away 

• the more you try to stay away the worse it gets until, finally, he notices you as well

• he's really busy, okay?

• but since he feels pulled in your direction as well, he will make time for you

• in the beginning it's just for a little chat here and there

• Luke enjoys these, especially because you seem genuinely interested in him as a person and not only view him as "the hero" or "the last Jedi"

• so eventually he will ask you to spend more time together, for example inviting you out to take a trip to a market with him

• or, if you're a good mechanic, to tinker around with his x-wing 

• I like to think that there is always a lot of discreet blushing and shyness involved, mostly on your side (on Luke's too but he hides it much better)

• glad that the war is mostly over and he can focus on other things (you), Luke is happy to do so and you grow close rather quickly 

• this too is somewhat unusal, war changes people after all, and for a while Luke was somewhat withdrawn

• through meeting you he slowly comes out of his shell again 

• even more so when you find out about the certain similarities you have 

• while it took him a while to open up about it, you love listening to the way he talks about his life before the war and following that, especially about his time with Obi-Wan and Yoda

• in return he's curious about you as well and more and more are you able to find parallels between each other 

• you dare to admit to the way you felt about him since the very beginning then, trying your best to describe that strange pull towards his person 

• he immediately understands what you are trying to convey, has experienced it himself with Yoda and then you

• he shares his thoughts and together you come to the conclusion that you are either force sensitive, will be playing an important part in his life or both 

• he decides to teach you all that he knows so far

• if that's what the Force wants, who are you two to deny it, right? 

• while outwardly ever the professional, he's secretly relieved, even thrilled to have another reason to spend more time in your presence 

• from the outside it's painfully obvious how much you like each other; meanwhile you both stay unaware 

• you are convinced Luke doesn't return your feelings, instead only seeing you as a close friend 

• he deeply buries the part of him that desperately wants to pursue a romantic relationship with you

• attachment is not allowed and it troubles him a lot

• (Leia is loosing her mind)

[burnwater13]

Boba Fett speaking to the mayor of Mos Espa, Mok Shaiz. Quote and image from The Book of Boba Fett, Season 1, Episode 2, The Tribes of Tatooine. Calendar by DateWorks.

Grogu loved it when the Daimyo took the time to tell him stories. It wasn’t as often as he liked and because of his dad being a kind of impatient person when he wasn’t occupied with a task directly related to bounty hunting, like polishing his armor, Grogu rarely got to listen to more than one story at a sitting. 

Fennec had commented that it was due to the fact that the Mandalorian wasn’t much of story teller and hadn’t really done anything interesting. Grogu had giggled at that and was about to make a face at his dad when the Daimyo spoke up.

“Are you going to let her talk about you that way, Din Djarin?”

HA! Now his dad had to make a choice. Either agree that Fennec was right about his career as a bounty hunter being too dull to report on or tell a story that would impress not just Grogu, but the Daimyo as well. Grogu didn’t make a sound. Not a peep or a patu. He didn’t want to push things in either direction. Just watching his dad sit there and squirm a little was very entertaining. 

“Fennec’s right. I don’t tell stories. I don’t find the work all that entertaining. A typical bounty collection is pretty boring. It’s a fool’s tale and we end up being the people who have to listen to it, over and over. All those times you just walk into a tavern or cantina and there they are. The person who’s supposed to be hiding. Supposed to be aware of the danger they are in. Supposed to show some remorse at how they stole, cheated, or hurt another being. Instead, they are telling other fools about their exploits like taking credits from a blind man’s cup is some sort achievement. It’s boring, repetitive, and offers few challenges.”

Grogu sighed. His dad had found a way to scurrier out of the choice. The Daimyo had nodded his head as Din Djarin spoke and even Fennec looked thoughtful. Trust his dad to find a way to make the work they did, which could be very cold and calculating, sound like being a New Republic government official. 

“On the other hand, there was that one time, I had to go to Dagobah. Talk about a place that was just… wrong. From the moment I scanned it, the whole planet seemed to… I don’t have a better way of describing it… breathe. There were no population centers. No docks. No sign of civilization. But the place was teaming, absolutely oozing, with life.”

The Mandalorian paused and Grogu knew his dad was waiting for his audience to scoff or walk away. But no one moved. Especially not Grogu. He’d heard about Dagobah. Learned about it from Luke. Now he wanted to know more. 

“The puck I’d picked up was for some kid from near Anchor Head. How the heck they got from Tatooine to Dagobah was anyone’s guess. I didn’t pick up their trail until I bumped into an old friend on Takodana. Said they were too wet behind the ears to running from anything other than a wash cloth. They pointed me in the direction of Dagobah to save the kid from themselves.”

Din Djarin stood up and began to walk around the throne room as he continued to tell the story. 

“Once I found a place to land the Razor Crest, I realized that I wasn’t going to be able to just use the fob to locate the kid. As soon as I left the ship, the damn thing was pinging and blinking and doing everything to make me believe that I actually landed on them. I’d never had that happen before and, to make matters worse, I actually found a boot under one of the landing struts.”

Grogu cringed at the thought of that. He was small enough to have been stepped on by multiple people everywhere they went because he was too small to notice. Imagine a ship landing on you… yikes. 

“The boot was empty, which was good. I was able to collect scrapings of the kid’s ‘scent’ from it and programmed my helmet’s sensors to hone in on it. The fob had clearly scrambled it’s circuits, so it was no use.”

“With that done, I’d found a target and proceeded to go after it. Slowly, since every step I took, I sunk into the mucky, bug infested soils. I had to cut back brush with ever step too, because it seemed like the endless bog I was traversing wanted the kid to get away. I’d never seen anything like it. Vines, tree branches, bushes, even boulders, seemed to slip and slide into new positions as I made my way closer to the target. Then, what do I find? Another boot! I couldn’t imagine anyone wanting to walk through that terrain barefooted. The mud and muck getting everywhere. Uff.”

The Mandalorian shuddered for dramatic effect and it worked. Grogu watched as he, Fennec, and the Daimyo all shuddered at his words. Grogu knew why he found it creepy. That much mud and the Mandalorian would make him take a bath. He had no idea why the other two former bounty hunters were bothered by his words or actions. 

“That’s how it went that whole time I was there, searching for the kid. Acquire a target. Fight with the planet to get to it from wherever I was and then I’d find another piece of clothing. I wondered when I was just going to find a carcass, or if I would ever find one. I spent three full days winding my way through and around that fetid pit of a planet and finally decided to call it quits.”

The Mandalorian sighed. 

“Not an easy decision, but the longer I stayed there the less likely it seemed that I would find that young fool. I recalibrated by sensors and made my way back to the Razor Crest. It was dark and raining and occasionally I was sure I’d heard thunder. The canopy was too dense to see anything like lightning, but eventually I thought I saw a fire burning. It was surprising since everything was so water soaked. 

That’s when I realized that the fire wasn’t from a lightning strike. It was the kid. Sitting just outside the Razor Crest. Fool had run away from a desperation of bogwings and lost their boots and laundry to the critters. Apparently they’d been dropping that stuff everywhere, while the kid was waiting for me to come back to the ship. I made them rinse off and then put the binders on them. Kid could have died of exposure out there. Took me two weeks to get all of the mud and muck out of my armor and weapons.”

Fennec shuddered again, as did the Daimyo. Grogu frowned. Nothing about that story seemed unusual to him. He jumped down from the table and scurried over to his dad and asked a question. 

“What happened then? They tried to steal the ship, ended up in carbonite and I brought them back here. Apparently their family wanted them to take up moisture farming and they decided to skip out on that. Apparently they dreamed of being a pod-racer. I haven’t seen them in years.”

Dank Farrik! What kind of story was that? Where was the danger? The pathos? The drama?

“Kid, when your life depends on armor everyday, you’ll find stories about mud and muck a lot more interesting.”

The Daimyo and the Mandalorian nodded their heads as Fennec stood there, looking smug. Dank Farrik.

[theredhairedmonkey]

In your opinion was Callum right or wrong for using dark magic this season?

I think what he did was justifiable. Whether it was perfectly, morally right or wrong depends on your flavor of ethics, but suffice to say that in a show that has repeatedly taken a nuanced view on right vs. wrong, where dark magic is generally considered to be bad but there are definitely edge cases where it's definitely justifiable (Zaird using DM to save Elarion, Viren using DM to prevent famine across two kingdoms).

This is definitely such an extreme case: no good alternatives are possible, and Callum used dark magic to the minimum extent necessary to free himself and then switching back to primal magic for then on (in a way, proving Finnegrin wrong that Callum "loses himself" where Rayla is concerned). I wouldn't personally consider this "morally dubious," as it's a far cry from what people were predicting he was going to do.

But I don't think that means it shouldn't matter to Callum. First, he does have principles that prevent him from doing dark magic, and he does break those principles. Even if it's justifiable or even not wrong, that doesn't matter--to Callum, it was wrong.

Second, and more importantly: this isn't about Callum being all "woe is me" for doing chain-to-snake spell. Or at least not just. It's about what comes next. The inevitability of it all. That no matter what he does, no matter how hard he tries to avoid that "path of darkness," the ones he loves will always be the ones who pay the price.

This was essentially his "Dagobah Cave" moment from Empire Strikes Back where, like Luke, he fails the test and comes to realize his potential to become an agent of evil. So something has to change for Callum to avoid losing himself.

[gffa]

This hit me like a ton of bricks.  There’s another scene in this comic that really put it into perspective for me, it’s a Vader point of view scene, flashbacks of scenes from The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones where he was so afraid to lose his mother and then his wife that it was drawing a straight line to his fall to the dark side, which perfectly illustrated George Lucas’ commentary on Anakin’s story and why he fell. Then I get to this page. Another Vader point of view, the red boxes on black backgrounds that are inside his head.  “My son. I sense your anguish.  You still cannot bear the thought of losing your friends.  Good.  Now you’re ready... to learn what real fear is.” OHHHHHH THAT SHIT HIT LIKE A BRICK TO THE FACE. Anakin Skywalker, the core theme of his fall to the dark side, was his fear of losing his mother, losing his wife, losing his Master, losing his apprentice, losing his friends--he knows what that kind of gibbering fear is like and how deep it can cut. No one knows better than Darth Vader how powerful a weapon he’s just been handed.  He knows it because it’s the weapon that was turned on him to draw him to the dark side.  Luke’s fears for Han and Leia--and Vader will use this exact same trick again in Return of the Jedi and it will scrape away at Luke’s resolve, when Vader threatens Leia, that’s when Luke bursts into angry attacks, Vader senses his fear and anger then too--Vader is going to do to Luke what Palpatine did to him. This is why Obi-Wan and Yoda were wary on Dagobah--I recently rewatched that scene and their big point is that Luke’s not ready emotionally, that every step of the way he’s demonstrated he falls prey to his fears and defeatism, like in the cave when faced with the fearful vision of Vader, like when trying to lift the X-Wing out of the swamp.  This is why Obi-Wan says, “Luke, I don't want to lose you to the Emperor the way I lost Vader.” Because that unmastered fear for your loved ones is the tool that took down Anakin and now he’s going to use that same tool on Luke--and that’s the theme of Star Wars, that you have to master your fear, that’s Luke Skywalker’s journey, that he wasn’t born perfectly in control of himself, that even good people can fall prey to fear. There was a real chance it could happen, because Vader was an expert in knowing how to wield fear, no one knew better than him how deep that fear could cut.

[phoenixkaptain]

Thinkin about Star Wars bending AU andndhdj

Anakin should be the Avatar, obviously, but I think he would begin as a water-bender. I mean, his name literally means “water bringer” or whatever. It’s pretty clear.

But I also think he would have the most trouble with water-bending. Not the fighting part, but the healing part. He’s too impatient or he just can’t understand how to do it, no matter how often he’s shown or it’s explained, and that leads to him feeling even more guilty about everyone who dies. His mother dies and he thinks “This wouldn’t have happened if I’d just done better.” His fears of Padme dying are multiplied because he feels so useless.

Anakin is great at fighting. He’s intimidating. He can lift up mountains and hold them threateningly over the heads of his enemies. He can stop the very air they breathe and pull it out of their lungs. He can use their blood to manipulate them like puppets. He can reduce an entire village to ash in seconds.

But he just can’t heal people. Even as people say he’s mastered every other element, he feels like the very element he began with isn’t mastered. He feels like he’s failing, failing the moon and the Jedi and the water itself. He just can’t figure out what he’s doing wrong, and he’s tried for so long, and it makes him equal parts furious and depressed.

(Palpatine is the one who the Jedi get to train Anakin to heal with water-bending, and Palpatine sees how nervous he is about it (Anakin could never get it to work on Tatooine and is worried he’ll fuck up and the Jedi will send him back) and teaches him wrong on purpose so that he only gets worse. But, he promises to lie to the Jedi, because Anakin is so worried about it, and tells them he’s doing fine, the skill just needs to be practiced. Then, we still have his manipulations and Anakin’s reliance.)

When it comes to Anakin’s children, I think Luke and Leia should be different.

Leia fits earth-bending. She’s loyal and unyielding and absolutely bends metal in her fists when she’s angry. The ground shakes when she walks, mountains crumble when she looks at them, she’s terrifying to the enemy because she learned to lift mountains just like the Avatar did. The unyielding sturdiness of earth, but the softness too. Things like farming and building things and making games. There’s softness to earth, a springiness that makes it strong, and Leia is both the unyielding bedrock and the soft sandstone. I like to think she’s good at bending sand itself, because she uses techniques she sees other benders use and so doesn’t treat sand like rock. She treats it as water and so bends it accordingly.

This is a super unpopular opinion but hear me out! Luke should be a firebender. Hear me out hear me out hear me out-

Luke is the twin suns of Tatooine. He is immediately powerful and dangerous, despite his looks. More than that, he’s the life that fire brings. He’s the life that comes after all the Jedi are killed. He’s the lava that changes Anakin Skywalker yet again. He’s the warmth of a nice day and the heat of an oven. He appears harmless but can only be harmless because he’s learned to temper his ability to harm.

Luke has incredible self-control, especially later on in life. That self-control translates awesomely into fire-bending. And Luke being uncertain of his abilities is the weakness he would feel on Dagobah. Luke is hesitant because he doesn’t want to hurt people who don’t deserve to be hurt, and he doesn’t want to hirt himself. So he didn’t use firebending to fight, he used it for comfort. To light fires in hearths. To cook food. To amuse little kids. And he tries not to get angry because his explosive power when he’s angry is unstoppable. A star going supernova. It’s intense and destructive and terrifying.

But also, I imagine Luke learning to redirect lightning. I imagine him redirecting Palpatine’s lightning, the lights setting him aglow as electricity crackles over his form, his eyes glowing and intense as he directs that lightning harmlessly into the ground and smiles in the face of Palpatine’s abrupt fear.

And Leia being the earth and Luke being the sun is just kind of canon. Leia is the one who holds people together, who can lead people. Leia is the earth the seeds are sown in. Luke is the one who stands off to the side smiling ominously, but who is just as protective of people as Leia. He’s driven to protect them but he also holds himself apart, almost unthinkingly. Luke is the heat that gives those seeds the confidence to grow.

I think it fits nicely and I have the mental image of Anakin finally learning to use water to heal and using it to heal Luke. Luke, who got burned by his own fire because he was reckless for a second. An Anakin who learns to heal because Leia can describe it to him, because she studied waterbending for her sandbending. Just, a little family of people who don’t fit perfectly but are willing to learn and change and commit murder.

Also it’s just really funny to have none of the “Skywalkers” be airbenders pfft