#peridea

[peachyhoolagan]

Peridea

Imagine if we actually got to see Ezra’s first few days on the planet. I think it could’ve been beautiful.

[aaeeart]

Thrawn or ezra ooooor (hear me out) thrawn AND ezra! Love your art btw!

I- I swear this was supposed to be a sketch I swear-

[sticks-and-souls]

NOT the way the stormtroopers were chanting “Thrawn! Thrawn! Thrawn!” like he was some WWE champion who would come jogging down the aisle, arms raised, before clobbering Ezra with a metal chair LMAOOOOOO

[gffa]

One Ahsoka live action design choice I have no issues with though were the Nightsister Mothers, they looked EXACTLY as I could have asked and the echoing voices like Mother Talzin's voice were perfect. I even like the choice to have them on such an otherwise bland, uninteresting looking world (no wonder they moved to Dathomir, that planet has a BALLER aesthetic compared to that lame ass looking planet) so they stood out more and those screaming monolith statues were extra creepy for being out there all alone, like you're traveling through a boring rocky wasteland and suddenly GIANT SCREAMING WITCH STATUE? Yeah, I'd be creeped the fuck out, too, just as the Nightsisters would have intended.

[flight0fthenavigat0r]

The Beauty of Peridea

“Something calls to me. Can’t you hear it? Something stirs here. Can’t you see it?

[spaceprincessleia]

Ahsoka (2023) + space in 1x07 | Dreams and Madness ↪ for Ahsoka Week Day 1

[bberry005]

ezra and thrawn both existing on peridea and minding their own business is so funny to me for absoltuely no reason. like yeah ezra does say thrawn's base and army is too big for him to takedown himself (and he's right) but thrawn 100% could've just taken ezra out with no consequences and i'm just imagining them chasing each other around for a few months before just standing on opposite sides of a field and shouting "truce? truce!" at each other and moving on with life. which i know is most certainly not what happened but it's funny to imagine

[tygendoughtryss]

Those are my personally highlights of photos from "605 Culture Pop Con" shared by Mr. Timothy Zahn so far. 🤩☺️

[loth-creatures]

Peridean white ravens

Lothwolfwalkers

A creature that I imagine lives on Peridea. They mostly scavenge washed up carcasses of sea creatures, but will also snatch up people if the mood strikes them. They don't usually mess with the wolves but can do serious damage with their razor beaks if they do have a disagreement.

Some of the Night Sisters might ride them.

[jedimandalorian]

The Path to Peridea.

Baylan Skoll says that Peridea is from a fairy tale known to Jedi younglings, a children’s story, but in reality Baylan says this to remind us that Star Wars is exactly just that, a fairy tale, a children’s story.

What does “Peridea” mean?

peri: (in Persian mythology) a mythical superhuman being, originally represented as evil but subsequently as a good or graceful genie or fairy.

ASTRONOMY

peri: denoting the point nearest to a specified celestial body.

from Greek peri ‘about, around’.

dea: Latin for “goddess”

The descent into the underworld is one stage of the hero’s and the heroine’s journey.

As @better-call-mau1 pointed out, the Path to Peridea sounds a lot like the “path to perdition.”

perdition: (in Christian theology) a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unpenitent person passes after death.

Perhaps this is where Thrawn is, in a kind of hell.

But as in the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, a brave lover is willing to descend into Hades to rescue the beloved. This is Sabine Wren’s mission to find Ezra Bridger.

There’s another meaning to “Peridea” though.

It is a genus of moths from the family Notodontidae.

The moth in The Lord of the Rings films brought Gandalf the Grey hope when he was imprisoned in the Tower of Orthanc. When the moth appeared, it was a sign that Gandalf would soon be rescued by the giant eagles, which are used as symbols of divine intervention in Tolkien’s fiction.

Please note that the letters on the star-map to Peridea resemble the Viking runes Tolkien used in The Hobbit. Both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are stories of a hero’s journey filled with danger and wonder. The brave protagonists have to go “there and back again” just as Sabine will in the Ahsoka series.

I think that Baylan Skoll reminding us that Star Wars is a children’s story is significant. Consider this quote from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling.

“Of house-elves and children’s tales, of love, loyalty, and innocence, Voldemort knows and understands nothing. Nothing. That they all have a power beyond his own, a power beyond the reach of any magic, is a truth he has never grasped.”

In all the great fairy tales, the love and loyalty of the protagonist is the key to the triumph of good over evil.

Although she isn’t strong in the Force, Sabine Wren’s love for and loyalty to Ezra Bridger will strengthen her resolve on her road of trials along the Path to Peridea. With Ahsoka the Grey by her side, Sabine is ready to leave the comfort of Lothal (her Shire) and go to Peridea to save the man she loves.

Update, post Ahsoka Episode 6:

Here’s Huyang reminding us that this is indeed a fairy tale, a children’s story.

And here’s Thrawn, showing us how the villain “knows and understands nothing.”

“You wouldn't understand,” says Sabine.

“Perhaps not,” Thrawn responds.

What he doesn’t understand is love. The love and devotion that Sabine and Ezra have for each other is the power the dark lord knows not, and it will be his undoing.

I have spoken.

[inquisitor-apologist]

You know, after Rebels, none of the Spectres shared the same sky. Ezra was far away on Peridea, Sabine back on Lothal, Hera and Chopper out with the Fleet, and Zeb on Lira San. Do you think they looked up at the stars and tried to imagine what the others were seeing? Do you think that Ezra would look up in the direction that the Purrgil came from and strain his eyes to find the galaxy?

[laughhardrunfastbekindsblog]

For some reason, Thrawn's statement to Morgan Elsbeth about being bested by a single Jedi, followed up by his rather determinedly sinister "Never again," always makes me think about how awkward the trip from Lothal to Peridea must have been.

I mean, imagine: we have Ezra literally holding the crippled Star Destroyer together through sheer Force of will, Thrawn tied up with the purrgils, troopers finally getting through to the bridge and either realizing or being told that they can't attack Ezra because if he dies they all die...

Ezra was DEFINITELY whistling or cracking jokes to pass the time despite having been shot, completely ignoring the death glares Thrawn had to have been giving him the entire trip... And I can only imagine that the troopers were either super confused or wondering if they dare ask when they can take their lunch break.

"Never again," indeed 😂

[sticks-and-souls]

[daniellescottart]

As a Scottish person - you all don’t understand the ROFL and glee at finding out Peridea is in fact filmed in Scotland…to quote the king that is Billy Connolly: “Scotland is just unbelievable…and there’s nobody else here! Miles and miles of nobody”

Ezra & Thrawn literally sent to experience every day Scottish life 😂

[netmors]

your eleventh fleet concepts are just *chef's kiss* as brilliant as they can be

Thank you, littlekhada! Your art is also beautiful!

I will continue to develop the “Eleventh Fleet”. My drawings haven’t received such a response for a long time - it’s very motivating. Also noticed that your really liked Thrawn's design during his exile in Peridea. Well… I have an "attempt" to make concept art of a landscape of a distant planet. I wanted to make the Purgills' final refuge more… dead? ashen? atmospheric? Yes, that's probably exactly it.

[septima-severa]

A bit of jealousy spikes in Thrawn

I finished - rather hastily - a standalone story from the ongoing series of Thrawn x Dr Lani Kordes. I fully intended to make Thrawn a bit jealous, but probably don't have it in me to actually write our favourite blueberry man as someone acting harshly towards their partner.

Anyway, enjoy A Party Belowdecks to your heart's content (NSFW in the last part on AO3 only - because after an argument... whelp).

Another excerpt (the previous one is here)

The bedroom was dark and cold, making goosebumps erupt on your damp skin. He had remained in the other room; you could spy a flicker of light through the hatch he hadn’t bothered to close behind himself. Donning some warmer clothing, you decided to go to him.

Thrawn was sitting in his private lounging area, reclined against the backrest with his eyes closed, taking in a sharp breath from time to time as his muscles twitched and protested painfully – an old injury making itself known. You knew that even though he wasn’t watching you at that moment, he kept track of your whereabouts by listening to the padding of your bare feet – you were too sore from all that dancing belowdecks to put on appropriate footwear, relishing in the coolness of the floor.

He didn’t bother looking at you when you perched on the edge of his seat, right beside his outstretched legs, either. He let you observe him in silence for a while.

“Maybe I could help with the pain?” you piped up after you noticed his jaw muscles twitch for an umpteenth time. He cracked one eye open, focusing on you.

“Can your miraculous abilities heal?” he huffed, uncalled-for annoyance dripping from his words. They were slashing viciously into your mind, making you wince.

I’m not a walking book of sacred Jedi texts, you jerk. If Force could heal, I don’t possess that knowledge. You had to bite your tongue not to say it out loud, opting for a softer voice. “I was offering you a massage, Thrawn. Nothing more, nothing less.” You looked down at your hands folded in your lap. “But you would have to lie down on the bed; I reckon it might be more comfortable than the settee. If you can stomach me doing it, that is.”

His brow shot up questioningly, making you squirm and stammer over the things you wanted to say next.

“You… you seemed content to spend the night here instead of your own nest.” You had to pause and take a shuddering breath. “If that’s… because of me, I can find sleeping arrangements elsewhere.”

“With them?” he couldn’t help a spike of jealousy.

“With – what? No!” you finally met his gaze, eyes wide with disbelief before you rose to your feet abruptly, taking a step back. “Claim me, mark me, do whatever you want with me, I give my consent. But it pains me that you would think so lowly of me.” On a verge of tears, you wanted to flee, but his touch froze you on spot. You couldn’t tear your eyes from his fingers circling your wrist.