#my favorite sw books

[ninjonnyuszi]

I’m done 🔥🔥🔥

[homehauntsyou]

seven scare tactics of horror x sam winchester

Day One (April 26th): Fusions: your culture, field of study, science, space, favourite music/books, interest, etc, & Sam Winchester

the seven scare tactics from "The Book of Horror: The Anatomy of Fear in Film" by Matt Glasby // 05x03 / 04x21 / 02x21 / 04x21 / 04x22 / 05x04 / 01x01

[littlekhada]

[mintelsa]

my interpretation of Thrawn’s girlies ✨

continuing to tell myself that they all defected or something before the battle of lothal 🥹

[charmwasjess]

WIP guessing game: Scout

OHHH, clever, Peeks! I was so tempted to actually give you a section with "Tallisibeth Enwandung-Esterhazy" instead from a totally different WIP where she doesn't have her nickname yet. ;D

But of course, you're looking for The Thunder Answered Back, my RotS not-fix-it-fix-it.

“A ceiling severed both of his hands?” 

“Ah, no. Anakin Skywalker’s work.” 

“Ew,” said Asajj. She paused to consider the fact. “It’s a pity, really. In a duel, Dooku was an artist. Those hands were the only good part of him.” She turned her eyes, pretty daggers, up toward Jocasta. “Small wonder he came crawling back to you.” 

That cut deeply, and Jocasta let herself feel it hurt. But in so many ways, this beautiful, wounded child of a woman was right. Over a decade had gone by since she had last spoken to Dooku. If he had thought of her at all in that time, it would be to wonder if she had yet discovered the mutilation he had made to her beloved Archive, her life’s work and shining pride, one last poison gift for her. 

“If he’s the one crawling back, how would you characterize what you’re doing here?” Jocasta asked, her voice as neutral as she could manage.

“What am I doing?” Asajj lifted her hands from the bath and looked at them. Water ran between her narrow fingers. “I, for one, don’t have any illusions about what has happened here. Now is the time for hiding, a time for rats and cockroaches.” She bared her teeth at Jocasta in something that might have once been a smile. “A time for me and you.” 

“Speaking of our mutual good, you and Scout need to stop trying to kill each other, if we are all to survive here in this place.” 

“What scout?” 

“The Padawan." Jocasta searched for any recognition on her thin face. "Her name is Scout.” 

“Oh. Her.” She gave a dismissive flutter of her fingers in the water. “She was littler the last time we met.” Asajj’s eyes reached for the corners of the room, found nothing, dismissed it. “I don’t recall why she hates me so particularly."

[zeb-z]

the starship battle between the Steadfast and Grysk warships with the 12 TIE defenders is the coolest battle I’ve read in a long while what the fuck. the usage of the slingshot strategy with masses and a tractor beam as shown previously in the book, along with a cloaked gravity-well generator? the way they use it to functionally teleport the defenders in and out of the battle to tear the ships to shreds, using Eli’s intelligence? tanking the fight that was basically 3 to 1 with odds not in their favor??

the fact that it takes place at the same time as the standoff between Faro and Thrawn against Savit? bringing back the little Checov’s gun of Savit’s music connections? even Ronan’s move with his stupid cape. phenomenal. Thrawn and Faro as well as Ar’alani and Eli, taking on incredible odds, and outsmarting them in a way that is believable (or believable for Star Wars lol) and just absolutely epic?? space fights can be difficult to read through but holy shit this one was so cool

[piratingconstellations]

when i see people talk ab eli in treason it’s mostly complaining about the lack of thranto content. however those people are wrong because eli has a fantastic character arc in treason!! so i am gonna share my thoughts on that, plus how it plays into thrawn's overall arc & characterization in rebels. below the cut <3

at the front of treason, eli is unsure of himself. he is a stranger among the chiss, feels undervalued, misses the validation and comraderie he received working with thrawn. he proceeds to spend treason slaying; in particular, his undercover mission and his deal with vah’nya. by the end of the story, eli has been reassured of his value and competency. he returns to the ascendancy loyal to the cdf, confident in his position and abilities, and most importantly he no longer requires thrawn's approval to feel that confidence. the fact he doesn't board the Chimera to have a final goodbye with thrawn is symbolic of that conclusion to his his character arc! (an L for thranto, a W for eli’s character)

in relation to thrawn's arc...it's sometimes difficult to consolidate the thrawn of the novels with the thrawn of rebels. but leading up to rebels, particularly leading up to the finale of rebels, thrawn has slowly lost almost everything that matters to him. he loses access to his culture when he is exiled. he loses the closest thing he has to a friend in the empire when he sends eli away. he loses eli again via eli's character growth toward independance in treason. he loses faro by recommending her for promotion. he loses ar'alani when she explicitly tells him they will probably never meet again. in the same conversation he learns he may lose the entire ascendancy to civil war. he loses credibility with the emperor, and those last two points are the justification for his position in the empire in the first place.

thrawn by the end of rebels has literally nothing except war. he has nothing except this battle at lothal, because after lothal he is supposed to return to coruscant to meet with the emperor. and he might not survive that meeting.

i think thrawn's total isolation explains his attitude in rebels and particularly in the finale, where he seems to finally lose his cool. what no community does to mfer. thrawn has nothing left to lose and nothing to live for so he enters his bonkers era <3

i think in the meantime eli is probably entering his slay area in the ascendency. eli and the admiralty are gonna be the thin blue line between the ascendancy and civil war fr

and so concludes my thoughts! 💙

[hurricanek8art]

NEW JOHN JACKSON MILLER STAR WARS BOOK WOOOOOOOOOOO!

I ADORE like most of the SW stuff he's done and he hasn't written a full-length SW book since A New Dawn back in 2014, I am SO EXCITED. And in-depth dives into the Jedi Council's characters before TPM? HECK YEAH!

MORE DEPA BILLABA AND YADDLE. I AM HAPPY. 😁😁😁😁😁😁

[celinamarniss]

I love all the “narrator” characters in The Illustrated Star Wars Universe

[varpusvaras]

So right now the fic schedule is this:

Last chapter to Even Across Distance (probably after new years, though I will try. I am just currently unwell ™️)

Second part to Jump Through the Hoops and Land On Your Feet, aka alternate ending/second chapter to You say jump, I ask how high (right into conclusions)

The Cody & Fox fic based on this post

Kesett oneshot

Fox chapters to Up that Mountain

Then it's the modern royal au and the horsegirl au, whichever I feel like writing first (also very slowly working on the next chapter to Not all is lost, I swear I am continuing that one)

[visitbespin]

star wars books i read in 2023!

total count is 15 this year! as you can see it's mostly high republic books ✨

[ninjonnyuszi]

I’m working on something 🤭🤫

[bdor1995]

fictional autistic representation spectrum

serious weakness <--------> spacewalking with you

[shield-and-saber]

so triple zero ch. 1 fucking destroyed me

Sgt Skirata, I'm so sorry I ever called you an abusive alcoholic father. I mean, maybe you were, idk I'm only 1 chapter in, but you really love these boys and it shows (when he called Ordo Ord'ika, I actively began crying). something something, he failed as a father with his blood children, but he found his purpose again with his adopted children

also, the fucking abuse that these little boys are put through on the daily makes me feel physically fucking ill

[doctorwenqing]

path of vengeance comes out in a week and i CAN’T WAIT for y’all to read it

[2dayihaveaheadache]

The one you left behind

(a tiny sneak peak into my current Obikin project, a modern AU, dark themes, grieving, strong language.)

"Why, Anakin?" he cried out, his voice cracked and filled with despair. "Why did you leave me? Why did you choose this path of punks and drugs?" He paused, curling his hands to fists, crushing the grass blades. "I hate myself for not being there, for not saving you from the demons that consumed you. And I hate you for leaving me behind, for abandoning our friendship, for leaving me with nothing but this overwhelming fucking emptiness."

I hate myself for pissing off like a coward once we got serious. I hate myself for being foolish and stupidly young. I hate myself for only taking and never giving you anything back.

I hate myself for never saying "I love you" out loud.

His words pierced the quiet air, a bitter mix of self-loathing and lingering resentment. Obi-Wan's fingers clenched tightly around the grass beneath him, as if trying to ground himself, to hold on to something tangible amidst the whirlwind of his emotions, a maelstrom raging inside.

He lowered his head, his tears falling onto the cold ground, mingling with the damp earth, it had rained yesterday, mud wetted his jeans. "I loved you, Anakin," he choked out, his voice laced with a mixture of pain and longing. "Even after all these years, that love still lingers within me, twisted and broken. I hate that I couldn't save you, that I couldn't mend what was shattered between us." but I was foolish, wishing for something the world didn't grant me.

Obi-Wan's words lingered in the air, the weight of his remorse filling the space around him. He felt the burden of guilt settle heavily on his shoulders, his heart aching with the knowledge that he would never be able to make amends, to offer his apologies to the one he had hurt the most.

I fucking hate myself.