#minister tua

[kathrahender]

Have you noticed a lot of villains who met Ezra Bridger were redeemed? Alexsandr Kallus, the Grand Inquisitor, Anakin Skywalker, and Maketh Tua (and Darth Maul wasn't technically "redeemed" but I think he felt remorse at the end). And some of the morally grey characters also softened because of him or am I hallucinating???

What's happening here people?

[lieutenantselnia]

You ever get that feeling like you're f/o-ing characters by proxy? Like, you don't necessarily want to f/o them yourself, but you still want them to be f/os to someone and see other people self ship with them? Well, because I think I do ...

So I started rewatching Star Wars Rebels a few weeks ago and oh boy I think my dormant Star Wars hyperfixation is no longer dormant but instead coming back full force - AND NOW I WANT TO SEE THESE DORKS GETTING KISSES GODDAMMIT

These are just the first few that came to my mind but there's more (it's just that it's half past 5am and my brain is soup), but I'd love to see some self-inserts (or OCs) being shipped with them! And even if you don't like Imperials you could also just make them defect with/for you😌

In oder: Lieutenant Yogar Lyste, Commandant Cumberlayne Aresko, Minister Maketh Tua, Admiral Kassius Konstantine, Agent Alexsandr Kallus, Grand Admiral Thrawn

I wasn't quite sure about including Kallus (bottom left) and Thrawn (bottom right) in this list, because 1. they're not nearly as underrated as the others (although I haven't really seen them around in the self ship community), and 2. I also very much ship Kallus with Zeb (I'm rarely crazy about canon x canon pairings but those two are really cute), and well Thrawn is also on my own f/o list anyway xD (I usually don't mind sharing though)

Bonus: Admiral Yularen, however I prefer his look in The Clone Wars, but he makes an appearance in Rebels too!

(I really want to rewatch TCW as well once I'm finished with Rebels it's always been such a joy to watch when I was younger😭 I hope I can get my sister to watch it together with me like we used to)

[seth-shitposts]

Soon >:]

(Re: we are scrapping the clock for time to write and string things together properly so WE CAN GET FUN STUFF DONE)

In the meantime, have these Playlists

[locitapurplepink]

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[gia-batmm-crickle22]

From the video you posted yesterday, how would it be in an au if Tua never died, and she just expressed her feelings to Pryce, who knew Thrawn and Eli?

I finally have a response to this :D

So my take on this AU, where Tua and Pryce are together, would be Tua expressing to Pryce her problems and her fears after the execution of Grint and Aresko. Pryce is a little close to the Chimaera Trio in this AU too, and she asks them a favor.

They manage to save Tua from the explosion, but now Tua has to hide out, so Pryce keeps her hidden in her home in Coruscant, away from Lothal. Then Pryce commits her own act of treason in Batonn, so she hides away with Tua.

In the end, Thrawn sends the three of them to the Ascendancy for safety and usefulness.

[thecrusadercomrade]

Rebels day. The start of season 2 how was The seige of Lothal. Minster Tua switch sides but it was to late, figure Vader knew this, sending up assassination to turned people against the heros. Kanan reluctantly makes sense After everything during the Clone Wars it just lend to the Empire. Wasn't excepting to see Lando again but it was nice. Vader learning Ahsoka alive.

Quite a way to start off the season! Vader is causing serious problems for the group, the rebel fleet is taking some bad damage. I can't wait to see where it goes from here.

They're really killing off all the milder villain characters from the first season, huh? They really want us to know that things are getting serious.

Vader knew exactly what to do to take them down. They were lucky to survive.

Definitely wouldn't have expected to see him, but he's always fun to have around.

Vader knows! It's going to be insane to see how that works out. Poor Ahsoka had no idea all these years...

[ideemthatsheyetlives]

65: Empire Day and Gathering Forces (Rebels 08 and 09)

In which the podcast crew discusses the racial profiling policy on Lothal.

[jedi-enthusiast]

You've already heard all about it, but I will now be inflicting my Rebel!Pryce AU on the wider Tumblr community---so here we go!

Basic Concept:

Pryce is the rebel spy, Kallus stays the bad guy but he's more scary/competent, and we're removing all the unnecessary villains that weren't really used well and didn't serve any point.

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First, Main Villains:

Grand Inquisitor and Kallus are the main villains, the other inquisitors can still be around to pop in every now and again for some drama/higher stakes but they're framed more as Grand Inquisitor's underlings than they are in the original Rebels---Vader can maybe have a cameo in an episode or two, but he's still given minimal screentime.

Every other villain character is tossed into the trashcan, they're not needed.

Kallus and Grand Inquisitor work together a lot more than they do in the original, since Grand Inquisitor is hunting Kanan and Ezra and Kallus is supposed to "know the Ghost crew better than anybody" just because of how many times he's faced them.

Kallus is formidable, even without the Grand Inquisitor, and he's allowed to actual win and win well.

He's actually a threat and not just some loser who thinks he is.

Grand Inquisitor gets a little longer runtime than he does in the original, maybe 2 seasons since there's 4. When he does die, Kallus gets a cushy promotion because of how successful and formidable he's been against the rebels- (maybe he can destroy a really big rebel base and force the rebels to have to run and find another one, like they had Thrawn do, and that's what gets him this big promotion---or maybe the higher ups just recognize his potential).

The next 2 seasons, Kallus is one of the worst thorns in the Rebellion's side---winning some battles, losing some battles, but always persistent and good at what he does.

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Now, Pryce:

Pryce joined the Empire when both she and it were young, when it was still possible to believe that it stood for something more than the horror it really was. She joined with Minister Tua, a close childhood friend of hers, and the two of them watch each other grow and succeed and change. Maybe this is where they put the queer romance, rather than what- (imo) -was implied between Kallus and Zeb at the end of Rebels.

Pryce loves Lothal, it's her home, and maybe deep down as she gets older she realizes the Empire isn't what she thought, it isn't good. But she has nothing else---her family is either dead or estranged, the people of Lothal hate her, and Tua is working for the Empire too- (Pryce doesn't know that Tua's questioning her place in the Empire as well, and they're both too scared to ask---she never finds out until it's too late).

So.

She has no one to turn to, and nowhere to go, and she's in too deep now to turn things around. She tells herself a lie, she convinces herself that maybe she's just not seeing the bigger picture, maybe the Empire is good and she's just blinded by the fact she grew up on Lothal.

But then Tua dies and Pryce's world crumbles from beneath her.

Now she really and truly has nothing. No one.

Because of her potential and prowess, she is assigned to Kallus's detail. The Empire doesn't care that she lost the one person in her life that truly made her happy, the only good she saw within those stark gray halls, it only cares that she works.

And she does.

Pryce had heard, through whispers, that Kallus had really been the one to cause Tua's death---but she refuses to believe it. It's too painful to think that the system---the man---she's working for, she's worked her entire life for, killed the one she loved. She can't face it, not now.

But then she meets Ezra---maybe in a similar situation to Kallus and Zeb, where they have to work together to survive.

They both care so much about their home planet and she can see that he loves Lothal just as much as her, but she's still trying desperately to hold onto the only thing she has left in her life. The Empire. Her work. The last bit of control she has over her life.

During their time together, though, Ezra manages to get through to her and tells her that Kallus is the one who killed Tua---and this time she finally accepts the truth for what it is, and that coupled with what Ezra has told her the Empire is doing to their homeworld, what she can see the Empire doing to their homeworld, is what finally shakes her free of her loyalties---ones built by fear and desperation.

And she gains a new loyalty, to the Rebellion---one built by hope for a brighter future, by the good she wants to bring into the galaxy, by her love for Tua and in honor of her memory.

She goes back to the Empire and becomes a spy, Ezra doesn't know until they eventually have to save her because the Empire has found out they have a spy in their midst.

Now "by the light of Lothal's moons" actually means something.

I am proposing two alternate ships for poor Zeb whose only popular fanon love interest is apparently the dude who committed a genocide against his entire species and honestly Zeb deserves SO MUCH better.

The first is Chewie because, obviously. They've got a lot in common they can bond over!

The second is Rex because if I'm going to give Zeb a human love interest who was a soldier that has trauma in his past, it's not going to be the fucking fascist dickhole. Rex is RIGHT THERE, he's beautiful, he's strong, he's a sarcastic bastard with the best of them, he's loyal and honorable. Why WOULDN'T Zeb be interested in Rex? Plus, they could probably both use some stress relief and they often work together on the same team, so the proximity is helping my case here, too.

[bikananjarrus]

it does make me a little crazy that the secrets of the lothal temple (ie the world between worlds and palpatine’s search for it) were foreshadowed in the very first ep of s2 and then it’s not addressed again until s4. like we’re there bigger plans for it? was there supposed to be more lothal mythology? it could mean nothing (most likely means nothing) but it’s a very deliberate bit of foreshadowing and for it to not come up again for so long seems strange.

[itstimeforstarwars]

It wouldn't be star wars if it wasn't at least a little bit shitty and regardless of the medium this seems to hold up across all of star wars.

[astheforcewillsit]

i'd be so interested in seeing the inner psyche of imperials who join the Rebellion and can no longer murder anyone who gets on their nerves. Kallus kicked a storm trooper to his death because he asked him if he'd seen a Jedi before. He killed Minister Tua because she wasn't being useful anymore.

Everyone in Imperial High command is constantly trying to kill each other and is just overall SADISTIC. Even Thrawn can be sadistic to people who aren't in the 7th Fleet and he's supposed to be the better of the Imperials.

even eli vanto wanted his death troopers to kill all the pirates around him because he was frustrated, which is an imperial thing to do.

violence is just incredibly acceptable in the Empire.

Like the work environment is just so interesting to me, that a transition would be an amazing exploration

[imakequestionablechoices]

Starwars: Rebels as Brooklyn 99 quotes!

part 1

Dude I have so many of these it’s a problem

Kanan: nice work

Ezra: thanks dad

Everyone on the Ghost: …

Ezra: Why is everyone staring at me?

Sabine: Dude you just called Kanan your dad

Ezra: No I didn’t.

Kanan: Do you see me as a father figure?

Ezra: No! If anything I see you as a bother figure. Cause you’re always bothering me.

Zeb: Hey! Show your father some respect.

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Sabine: What’s the first thing you notice when a man approaches you?

Ahsoka: The audacity.

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Minister Tua: I’ve made promises to my superiors that I most certainly cannot keep.

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Sabine: They’ll deny everything. We need proof.

Chopper: *translated from bianary* So, let’s get it. Step one: put a delicious pie in the fridge and cover it in poison.

Sabine: That’s step one? What’s step two?

Chopper: Tell their widows they were thieves.

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Thrawn: I’m fine at parties. I stand in the middle of the room and don’t say anything.

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Hondo: Great! Who are we killing? I won’t do kids, that’s a rule. But that rule is negotiable if that kid is a dick.

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Cham: I don’t want my only daughter dating a screw up.

Kanan: Well, I don’t want my only girlfriend daughtering a jerk-dad.

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Hera: I want to show you a picture from last night that really upset me.

Ezra: Okay but in my defense Sabine bet me 15 credits that I couldn’t drink all that shampoo.

Hera: That’s not what I wanted to- you drank shampoo?

Ezra: What? No. You’re the one farting bubbles.

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Derek “Hobbie” Klivian: Please, whatever your idea is, I just don’t want to get shot again.

Hera: Hobbie, it was paint-ball, suck it up.

Hobbie: Isn’t this supposed to be an apology?

Hera: You’re right I’m sorry.

Hera, to Ahsoka who’s standing next to her: I mean I shot my husband with a real blaster two years ago, and it comes up way less than this.

Ahsoka: Way less.

[southeastasianists]

In Tuas, on the westernmost edge of Singapore, a lamp post has become an unexpected monument, a source of joy for cyclists, and a rare exception in a country with strict laws against vandalism.

The story of what makes this lamp post special started in 2014, when a group of cyclists pasted a sticker reading "Pedal Until Shiok" on the post, marking the end of a 50-kilometer bike ride. (Shiok is a Singaporean and Malaysian word used to convey excitement and happiness.) According to Singapore's Vandalism Act of 1966, pasting that sticker was an illegal act. It was soon removed by authorities.

A while later, other cyclists started flocking to the lamp post to take pictures and paste their own stickers. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, and then during the so-called "circuit breaker" period from April to June, cycling gained popularity among many Singaporeans, and even more people were leaving their mark on Tuas Lamp Post 1.

Although most citizens know of Singapore’s vandalism laws, cyclists expressed their unhappiness when the stickers were removed from the lamp post. The government took notice of their concerns, and in January 2021, Singapore's transport minister Ong Ye Kung announced that the stickers could stay. Kung acknowledged the unique appeal of the lamp post, and its importance to local cyclists. He expressed, "These are little exceptions to the rule, which do not cause disamenities or pose safety hazards to the public, to brighten up life in Singapore."

[seth-shitposts]

Random thing i find interesting and think about from time to time.

Beginning of s2, Minister Tua and Agent Kallus both were served a heavy reminder of what happens with repeated failure, a demonstration performed by the Grand Inquisitior ordered by Grand Moff Tarkin.

Under the stress of the pressure and knowing what her fate was going to be after her final failure, Tua made the choice to defect. Not for any other reason other than to save her own life. Which is a response that many people would have, realistically. She offered up valuable information for the rebellion in exchange for safe passage out of the empire.

It had been cowardly and purely to save her own hide, her resolve and loyalty fizzling out, and in the end, her only goal was to secure her own life.

And then, on the flip side, there's Kallus.

Throughout most of s2 he threw himself at walls, certain that he'd accomplished his goal. Serve his empire. Loyalty unwavering, not even questioning it. And when the rebels flew head on into a destructive space anomaly and won, he realized that this will only ever end in his failure. He was inadequate and slipping. He knew he had an expiration date that was quickly approaching. He served his purpose to the empire and his line of failures will only lead to the same fate given to Tua. So the pathetic attempt in the station above Geonosis wasn't another attempt to successfully capture the rebels, it was a just a desperate struggle to go down with a fight. At this point, his loyalty to the empire may have already been in question to him, to some level. The speech he gave to Zeb may have been him trying to convince himself.

And then he does as Zeb dared him; looked for answers. And he found them. And rather than wallow, or immediately run off to the rebellion to fight, he took action. He took action that aligned with his morals. He stayed to his morals despite the grave danger he was in by remaining within the empire as a defector.

Even when he was warned about the empire closing in on him, he chose to keep fighting, to keep being of use to the rebellion.

Tua and Kallus both have immense faults, their defections from the empire similar yet couldn't be more different. Kallus choosing to do what would save others while Tua chose to do what would save herself. And then Tua leaving immediately to flee to the aid of the rebels while Kallus rejected the aid from the rebellion in favor of trying to help them more.

Dunno, it's just a train of thought that crosses my mind often.

[laughhardrunfastbekindsblog]

I love it when what may at first seem to be a minor detail or throwaway line in a show turns out to be critical information that comes into play several seasons later.

Things like this, from Rebels season 2:

Minister Tua: "I've discovered the true reason the Empire came to Lothal."

Hera: "We know that one. The Empire has a factory and they are stripping the planet's resources to fuel it."

Minister Tua: "No. There is another reason, known only to a few and ordered by the Emperor himself."

Given that we don't learn about the Emperor's true intentions and the portal to the World Between Worlds until season 4, it's just awesome to see hints that the story was so well thought out early on.

[ahsoka-its-all-of-us]

I am never gonna shut up about Kallus and I’m making it all of your problem

He hid it very well, even for himself, but deep down he was horrified to find out Minister Tua was shipping T-7 disruptors to Lothal. Just like Zeb, he knows very well why they were banned, and the cries of the Lasat are something he still hears echoing in his mind at night sometimes. While he has been very careful not to let it outwardly show, he had privately agreed with the Senate’s decision to ban the weapons.

Skystrike was his first official Fulcrum act. He overheard three cadets planning to defect, and, knowing exactly what the Empire does with defecting cadets — not that long before he had arrested Swain, a former ISB trainee he had coached himself in Yularen’s brief attempt at having him become an instructor, for defection —, he decided he did not want them to die, so instead he contacted the Rebellion using his skills in tracking them down.

Even while he was already working as Fulcrum, at first he did not support the Rebellion’s mission. This one act of kindness became two, then three, and then even more as he continued running into situations in which the Empire didn’t do what he thought was right, until eventually he grew fully disillusioned with the whole corruption of the system, and turned against it.

Zeb didn’t recruit him, back on Bahryn, but he did open his eyes. Where earlier Kallus would have just looked the other way when encountering something like Skystrike or the disruptors on Lothal, now he couldn’t anymore. And not one to simply sit around in horror, he immediately turned to taking action instead.

He never actually intended to join the Rebellion, even after fully betraying the Empire. He would send them whatever intel he could as Fulcrum, protected as many rebel operations and lives he could, and expected to at some point get caught and executed for treason. When Ezra came to extract him, he was genuinely surprised and annoyed because the idea hadn't even crossed his mind, and also it would end his usefulness to the Rebellion.

For that reason it takes him a long time to adjust to being a full-fledged rebel, because he deep down doesn’t believe he can be one, doesn’t believe he should be one. He should have died in the Empire, and now he’s living in borrowed time. Both Zeb and Rex can relate to him in this; feeling guilty about his perceived failure on Lasan, Zeb knows what it’s like to think you should have died before, and Rex knows better than anyone how difficult it is to become something other than a soldier for a specific cause when that’s all you’ve ever been.