#star wars anti tros

[dalekofchaos]

Honestly, her taking the Skywalker name isn't the part that bothers me… if they had stuck to her being a nobody. If her parents really were just drunks who abandoned her, if it really was just luck of the draw that she was born with the Force, then that moment where she chooses her own destiny could have been really powerful. Where you start doesn't choose who you become, you do.

Instead they ruined it by making her related to Palpatine, so it's just HIS line stealing the Skywalker name after he destroyed all of their lives in his pursuit of power.

[vintageseawitch]

"omg i didn't know this book was based off a REYLO fanfic waaaah i don't like that 😭😭"

[hearts-keep-going]

The Acolyte getting canceled further validates my opinion that Disney only cares about catering to the racists and the misogynists of the fandom because they happen to scream the loudest. For some reason, they are seen as “true” Star Wars fans.

They catered to them after TLJ and then we got TROS. Now they’re catering to them again and we lose a good show…

[audreyii-fic]

4 year anniversary of TROS: a social media retrospective

[theweeklydiscourse]

Yeah…I really don’t see how the plan for Ben Solo to go down a path that ends in darkness and villainy is a preferable outcome for his arc. Also, I think that not enough people consider how that outcome would reflect on Han, Leia, and Luke as the individuals who raised him. Because if the child of two of the legendary heroes of the Galaxy suddenly turned to the dark side without warning, I feel like that would signify that something went wrong with the way they raised him.

And if that were the case, that means that those problems must be addressed meaningfully in order for the story to come to a satisfying conclusion. Delving into why he did what he did necessitates an interrogation of his family and raises suspicion on the quality of their care and family dynamic. This is why so many commentators on the state of the sequels argue that Ben was just inherently inclined towards the dark side, that he was evil from birth and there was nothing his poor parents could do to stop it. Because the notion that Ben was inherently evil absolves the trio (and the viewers by extension) from reflecting upon the mistakes or flaws that might’ve led to his fall to the dark side.

This is not me claiming that Ben had no agency in his decision to go dark, but I do think that my points are relevant in discussions about his arc in the sequel trilogy. It doesn’t make sense to me. It doesn’t make sense to have the child of the heroes be the character to reject redemption and lean into the inevitability of his supposed evil and the impossibility of any other alternative. Having him be irreparably evil undercuts the overarching themes of not just the sequel trilogy, but of Star Wars as a whole.

[local-fire-dumpster]

I'll never get over how dirty they did Leia in the Sequels.This woman lost EVERYTHING when she was 19. She was tortured in the cruellest ways possible by having to watch as Tarkin blew up her entire home planet in front of her. Gone. Her people,her family,her friends,her culture.She managed to escape, spend 4 years fighting the empire and after it's fall she learns that the monster who tortured her and her friends and slaughtered them like pigs is actually her biological father.

And then decades later when she finally had the time to deal with all this trauma some dipshit reveals her family secret forcing her to retire as Chancellor, her son turns into a cringy edgelord that kills his father and everything she worked for is in shambles as said cringelord blows up the entire system with the senate on it terrorizing the galaxy with his discount empire.

She is still a general but all she really does is sit there with all the other characters the producers forgot until she dies and it somehow convinces kyle ren that he's good again.

[caripr94]

Look what the news site for Disney has the audacity to say. In case you didn't have enough proof that they consider Hayden Christensen as nothing more than nostalgia bait.

Just when this guy is getting some respect and drawing in fans to their media, Disney is considering kicking him to the curb. And all they can say as an excuse is basically "we don't have any more stories for him" and "he's getting too old to make him look young". After they made up a canonically inconsistent adventure to drag desert hermit Obi-Wan into, CGI'ed up a 70-year-old Mark Hamill to play a mid-20s Luke Skywalker, and brought Palpatine back from the dead to cram into their sequel trilogy finale.

On the bright side, at least they can't butcher Hayden!Anakin anymore like they've done in these recent shows. But on the other hand, it gives me more reason to see Disney Lucasfilm crash and burn so that someone else can rebuild it from scratch and bring Hayden back in to give him the respect he deserves.

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[tljisthegoat]

Rey building a New Jedi Order makes NO FUCKING SENSE especially AFTER LOSING BEN SOLO (who would've been the best option for that specific task...)

I really hope they at least touch on the fact that Rey's basically doing this to cope & avoid dealing with her self-loathing & pain after what happened with Ben.

I just really can't help but laugh like Palpatine at Disney's desperate attempts to get money & fans after they sabotaged their own chance at a healthy, thriving cashcow instead of a dead one.

Star Wars deserves better. We all know that. In all our hearts their exists a vision of Star Wars going far beyond it's ending in ROTJ.

What's so heartbreaking is that we were denied a chance to end happily with Reylo. THAT caused a pain so indescribable that I thought I'd never be able to be happy about Star Wars again.

It wasn't just another ship. It was a chance to FINALLY see this war-riddled galaxy healing from the pain of the past.

Rey's story is truly a tragic one. I fucking hate that. But that's what we've been left with.

Dark Rey is the best future for her character being salvaged out of the abysmally bad position they've shackled her to.

[soloscavenger353]

Anyone ever watch the prequels/cw and think to themselves “damn, this is a lot of suffering, I sure hope the ending pays off?” and then remember that the Skywalker saga literally ends with the death of all Skywalkers? No? Just me?

[music-thestrongestformofmagic]

Where my Reylo Sylkis at

[typewriteringalaxy]

if dathan was kenobi?

If Dathan Kenobi, son of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Satine Kryze, father of Rey Kenobi, lacking perhaps a strong connection to the Force but not his parents' other traits, if such a character existed, star wars and particularly the sequel trilogy could have been a lot more cohesive: a Kenobi trying to save a Skywalker, and either succeeding or getting corrupted too by the end. Even without Rey in the picture, it would've been nice to see more mentions of Satine (how a whole show set in Mandalore forgets her escapes me). Dathan Kenobi could've been a pilot, a diplomat, a Mandalorian commando, anything.

But unfortunately canon gave us Dathan, failed clone of Darth Sidious, left to live only to continue that raisin's bloodline, and finally father of Rey Palpatine. Thanks, I hate it.

[dalekofchaos]

Episode IX Battle Of Knights by AJ Pratt

an concepts for an alternate Episode IX of Star Wars titled 'Battle of Knights

Rey

With the galaxy depending on her, Rey reforms the Jedi order and trains force-sensitive beings in secret to avoid being hunted by the dominant First Order. She develops expert skills in stealth and evasion, using these skills to become the first Jedi Shadow. As a shadow Rey is able to intervene when necessary and use the force in unique ways to help those in need without drawing attention. Her secondary responsibilities are to the Resistance as an officer of the New Republic. She guides her allies through the realm of scavenging, helping them rebuild with limited resources to survive the First Order's onslaught.

Finn & Poe Dameron

Poe Dameron embraces his role as head of the resistance and leads his honorable soldiers by example. Finn discovers his force sensitivity and trains under Rey and the other masters of the new Jedi Order. Instead of becoming a Jedi, he re-establishes the order of the Guardians of the Whills. (Finn utilizes scavenged jet trooper armor and a custom "powersaber")

Kylo Ren/Ben Solo

As Supreme Leader of the First Order, the systems under the control of Kylo Ren prosper under the firm grasp of the order. He becomes more respected than Snoke and his tyranny, though Hux's rampage across the galaxy continues to draw the righteous wrath of those outside the First Order's expanding jurisdiction (a fact that the citizens of the order conveniently ignore). Kylo Ren falls in battle to the reborn Palpatine, only for his spirit to return to his body with the help of Anakin Skywalker's ghost. The resurrected Ben Solo fights together with Rey once more to put an end to the true menace.

Darth Talon

Formerly a gladiator within the pits of Exegol, Taliann joins the First Order as Kylo Ren's right hand, the Dark Talon, executing any task assigned to her perfectly and without fail. She later abandons the First Order after its defeat to lead the Sith as Darth Talon.

The First Order

A surviving clone of Palpatine raises a clone of Rey into an assassin of the dark side. Phasma returns from her defeat full of hatred and serves the Sith as the head Jedi Killer. Hux ascends to the role of Supreme Commander of the First Order.

[theweeklydiscourse]

Could you imagine if someone said something like “ATLA would’ve been a better show if Zuko was tempted towards joining team Avatar and fighting to end the war but instead chose to pursue evil and staunchly rejected any chance of redemption . Wouldn’t it be so compelling if after the Crossroads of Destiny, Zuko just became more evil? Yeah, I mean fully embracing fire nation nationalism and becoming like his father. I would love it if the narrative presented us with the possibility of his redemption only for it to subvert those expectations and have him begin and end as an ontologically evil villain who remains static for all three seasons. What an amazing character arc that would be.”

This is what “Ben Solo should never have been redeemed” discourse sounds like to me. I know people have their interpretations, but I am genuinely so baffled by the idea that his character would’ve been improved if they had done what is essentially a retread of Anakin’s arc in the prequels. It’s complete and utter nonsense and I’m so annoyed by all of the people talking about that idea as if it’s SOOOOOO DEEP when in reality it’s probably the shallowest storyline you could come up with.

[allgirlsareprincesses]

The kindest thing you can do on Tumblr is tag your negativity.

I genuinely think it's fine to talk about the fandom stuff you just can't stand, but giving people a heads up and a chance to filter it out is great.

[caripr94]

Rogue One/Sequel Trilogy Salt

'A New Hope' is the story of a boy who grows up in a tranquil home and dreams of joining a war. What if we have the story of a girl who grows up in a war and dreams of returning to the tranquillity of home?

Gareth Edwards

This quote is evidence that Jyn Erso was written to be a foil to Luke Skywalker. Before Rogue One came out, I and a bunch of other fans were speculating Jyn to be Luke's wife and Rey's mom (due to the resemblance to Rey, the speculation about Rey being Luke's daughter, and the parallels between Jyn and Luke (and between Jyn and Mara Jade, Luke's Legends wife, to the point where it seemed like Jyn might become the Disney canon version of Mara)). Even after the film came out, I was still hoping for Jyn to pull a Phil Coulson for that, particularly with that kyber crystal necklace she had.

Years later, after Lucasfilm has mangled up Rey's origins along with the latter two sequels, I haven't completely given up on that idea, but it's been barely on my mind, and I've been torn between that and Jyn's relationship with Cassian Andor. But now, reading that quote has stirred up my feelings towards the former (and from what I've been recently reading about Cassian, he's kind of old for her anyway). It seems like a great opportunity that Lucasfilm has wasted.

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[agir1ukn0w]

it’s been five years and i am still haunted by those fucking movies