#star wars Houk

[bluemilkandcookies]

When will we get the romance options we deserve?

[sullustangin]

Fluffy February Day 19: Shadow

SWTOR

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They said she came from the stars.

They said she came and went.  Nobody knew when she was really there.

Better behave then.  Didn’t want to be caught being bad. 

At least, that was the fear of the grown-ups.  Because they did the things that made her angry, like leaving the little ones to starve to get more blasters.  Like turning bigger ones into soldiers.  Like making it impossible for everyone to stay together, because there was too much poor land and too little food. 

One time, a Selonian den came through.  They kept to themselves.  They sought a place safer than Corellia or her twin sister worlds.  The small ones, with their sleek fur and their excited chattering, hadn’t quite learned the art of excluding non-Selonians – and perhaps these never would.

Yes, they’d heard of her.  They’d seen her, moving as a shadow across the face of Corellia and merging into their tunnels.  She had freed several adults from each of their septs. 

And she had not let a single hair be harmed on their heads – which was quite numerous, given they were Selonian.  One told of how a friend from another den had nearly been killed by a Houk, only to be saved by her, so small and lithe. 

They’d heard of her, even before the Selonians came through and even before she had first come here, now years ago.  She was bad to the governments. Some of the traders that came and went talked about her.  The Cartel hated her too.  They all called her a criminal.  Some, with a little more respect, called her the greatest criminal. They hunted her down.  Never caught her.  She defied their authority, and just like parents, governments didn’t like people who talked back and disobeyed… even if she was right and they knew it. 

But it never seemed that children had anything to fear from her. 

When she had walked in their streets, at night, the great coat she wore fluttered around her, so wide and soft that if someone was bold or too young to fear, they could walk beneath it, protected from the elements.  Her shadow was shelter and safety.

Her people – all shapes and sizes, their faces ever changing – had supplies that went to them, directly.  Children were trustworthy.  Grown-ups were not. 

Some on this small planet wondered if she would come, soon.  Corruption always grew.  It always needed to be fought.  The war inside the government – with her --  was not always large and violent.  She was a precise instrument that culled what was needed to go…and no more.  She could not remain.  No, she always returned to the stars, because they had to fix things.  Not her.

…but she gave them a chance to grow up.

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A/N: This sort of evolved as a colonial child's perspective on the Voidhound. How would they understand this semi-folkloric person, who never seemed to age and always managed to slip the noose and brought good things to the deserving?

@fluffyfebruary

[mortallyclearwonderland]

Star Wars Alien Species - Houk

Houk's homeworld, Lijuter, an arid and inhospitable planet in the Reibrin System, located in the Outer Rim. A number of Space Stations orbit Lijuter and its two moons, many of them serving as offworld settlements for Houk and various unscrupulous traders and sordid passers-by.

The Houk came from the planet Lijuter in the Reibrin system, though they spread out to colonize several nearby systems after being contacted by Vaathkree traders. All Houk colonies had their own societies and systems of government, though they all answered to the Lijuter Congress which administered their homeworld. By the Imperial era, they had thirty-one offworld colonies, mostly in the Ansuroer sector. One of their colonies was in the Lesser Cueva Expanse on the Weequay homeworld of Sriluur. The presence of these two belligerent species on the same world led to a fierce rivalry, culminating in a civil war which began in 10 BBY and lasted for nearly a decade.

Though their tempers were not as explosive as those of Wookiees, Houk were known for their tendency to solve problems violently. In politics, they would often wage war without formal declarations, negotiate in bad faith, and ignore treaties. Though this preference for violence tended to cause the Houk problems in dealing with other societies, it often got them what they wanted. Surprisingly though, in personal combat, Houk preferred to use stealth rather than direct confrontation. This gave them a reputation for deceit and cowardice. However, just as each Houk colony had a different culture and government, Houk individuals had varied personalities. Though all Houk came from a culture with high levels of corruption and violence, many Houk were hard workers who had learned to get along with other sentients.

The Houk produced little technology of their own, though they adapted themselves to the standard technology of the rest of the galaxy, including hyperdrive-equipped starships and modern weapons such as neuronic whips (a weapon many Houk particularly enjoyed using).

The Galactic Empire abducted many Houk for experimentation, intending to use their physical strength as part of a program to create a "perfect slave." Those Houk who were kidnapped by Imperial science teams were never heard from again.

One of the most famous Houk was Anchor Blue, a fierce gladiator who fought in The Cauldron on Rattatak. Other members of the Houk species included cantina owner Gorb Drig and criminals Lun Rask and Egome Fass.

Gundark, the infamous arms dealer, was suspected to be a Houk by CorSec.

Houk are hulking bipeds with thick skin (Usually dark blue or violet), hairless heads marked with bony ridges and a pronounced brow, flabby jowls, beady yellow eyes, and no visible ears or nose.

A typical Houk stands 2.2 meters or 7.2 feet tall and weighs 120 kilograms or 265 pounds.

Houks age at the following stages:

1 - 12 Child

13 - 15 Young Adult

16 - 44 Adult

45 - 59 Middle Age

60 - 79 Old

Examples of Names: Gorb Drig, Egome Fass, Agamor Krin, Morg Nar, Roath Vogog, Krelba Voss.

Languages: Houk speak Houkese, a language of grunts marked with subtle tonal inflections that differentiate words that otherwise sound the same. Written Houkese uses a simple primitive alphabet in which each letter represents a simple verb and intricate pictograms represent nouns.

[in-a-nook-with-a-notebook]

Reunion | 21st Time’s The Charm

Franchise: Star Wars

Pairing: Poe Dameron x male reader (reader’s pronouns are he/him/his)

Word Count: 3151

Warnings: angst, swearing, angst, more angst

Series Summary: You met Poe Dameron on twenty separate random occasions before you even remotely considered joining him in any sort of way, as part of the Resistance or otherwise. And while a lot happened in those twenty times, nothing really happened until the twenty-first…

Chapter Summary: Some loss of contact with Poe causes you to lose yourself and your mind a little bit. When he suddenly comes to you with an offer, you’re forced to do what’s best for both of you.

A/N: I’ve been working on this part for way too long so enjoy 💀

Y/N = your name // L/N = last name // Y/N/N = your nickname // E/C = eye colour // H/L = hair length // H/C = hair colour

Series Masterlist // Prologue // Part 1 // Part 2 // Part 3 // Part 4 // Part 5 // Part 6

One day, you were messaging Poe, thinking he’ll get back to you quickly like he always does. Except, he didn’t. At first, you don’t think much of it; he’s probably busy working with the Resistance, or maybe he’s back into running spices. But then one day of waiting turns into two. Two days turns into three. Three days becomes a week, which becomes two weeks, which becomes a month.

Nightmares start coming back after that first month of radio silence from Poe. Back when you lived with your family, the nightmares were about them. Now? Fear of losing Poe. Every single dream you have may start out great; you and Poe hanging out and chatting like you always do. Then, typically, he gets called away on a mission for the Resistance. Your nightmare always decides to show you a visual of his x-wing blowing up with him and his astromech droid BB-8 in it, or Poe making the sacrifice play.

Just like every morning, you wake up in a cold sweat. You crawl out of bed and sit at your desk with your radio and record a message for Poe.

“Hey, man. This is… what, the thirty-second day without hearing from you? I won’t lie to you, I’m pretty worried. I know the Resistance is keeping you busy. Of course they are, you’re one of the best pilots in the galaxy. I just… well, it would be nice to hear you’re alive once and a while, you know? I’m not really up for losing my best and only friend. Anyways, things are going pretty well here. Making some money, which is nice. Miss you. If you hear this, take care of yourself, please? I can’t lose you.” You clear your throat. “Answer when you can. I’ll be here. Probably.”

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You and Poe were out of contact for a year and a half. You weren’t quite sure what he was up to, but you know you spent every damned day of that year and a half thinking about him, leaving him messages.

Out of the blue, you had lost your best friend. Your only friend.

On your eighteenth birthday, your parents take you to a casino in Canto Bight on Cantonica, though you’d rather be anywhere but there. While your parents got a room, you stood awkwardly in the lobby waiting and wishing you could just leave. Everyone here are your parents’ kind of people; people who got rich by working for or with the First Order. This is your parents’ idea of a good birthday event, though, so here you are.

Your E/C eyes scan the crowded room boredly, hoping not to make eye contact with anyone. Or anything, for that matter. Then, your gaze rests on a young man with dark hair and the most breathtaking eyes. Well, they’re only breathtaking to you, really. You would stare into those brown eyes of nostalgia all day if you could, but you’re almost too startled to comprehend who’s eyes you believe they are.

Your eyes make you think it’s him.

“Poe?” You call out. The young man looks around and you get a better look at his face. It’s definitely Poe. “Poe!” You shout again. He keeps looking, but can’t seem to find you. You start to weave through the crowd, muttering apologies as you go. Then, a small group of Houks passes you and you lose sight of Poe for a second. By the time they move out of the way, you see the back of his leather jacket as he slips out the entrance.

“Poe!” You holler, now pushing urgently through the crowd. From what you can see through the translucent doors, he makes no show of turning back, still walking away. You rush out the doors and proceed to be drenched with the rain – and you had just started to fucking dry off. Dammit.

You look around desperately as either water or tears or both streak down your face. Your hair gets flattened to your head and in your face as you look around. Even in the layers you’re wearing, you begin to shiver in the cold, wet air.

Dejectedly, you slip back into the casino and shake your head like a wet dog to get rid of some water. What you didn’t know in that moment was that a certain Resistance pilot was watching from afar, making sure it really was who he so desperately hoped it was calling after him.

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One morning weeks later, you wake up in a cold sweat after a long night out with your family at a different casino, this one on Corulag. Your parents had been making a deal with the owner over something you decided you didn’t care enough to attend the meeting about. You’ve snooped through their files already anyway.

It was another nightmare, of course, that woke you. You’ve been having them for so long that you’re not entirely sure when they started, maybe a few years ago or something; you had started having bad dreams about the shit your family would get up to working in favour of the First Order.

You shake your head to rid yourself of the remnants of the nightmare. Your feet hit the warm carpeted floor of your bedroom in your family’s home on Coruscant. Rubbing sleep from your eyes, you pad out towards the bathroom, flinching a bit when your feet make contact with the cold tile. You shiver a little, your bare torso having to adjust to the temperature drop in the cool room.

You stare at yourself in the mirror, combing your fingers through your H/L H/C hair, frowning at yourself.

You peer at the symbol tattooed on your cheekbone. You’ve been feared by some because of it. A great many people are terrified of your family, for the system they created. Whenever you go out on your own, you cover it with your sister’s makeup.

You tilt your chin up, looking at the scars on your neck from a fight a couple years ago after a pod race, your second big circuit. You’ve learned to hide them. You were sort of proud of them, if you’re being honest. You got them for a good reason. The tattooed symbol on your cheek? All you feel is shame from it.

You sigh and look away from the mirror, shedding your pyjama pants and getting in the shower.

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It doesn’t take you long to pack. You knew your parents were going out today on another meeting in a whole other system; it was your chance.

You pack two bags, one with clothes and one with belongings. Then, you return to the bathroom with some of your sister Aria’s makeup, which you’d stolen from her bathroom earlier. You carefully cover the symbol on your cheekbone just like you do all the time, even though you were planning on wearing a hat and a hood anyway.

There’s a knock on your door, and you freeze in place. Then, someone speaks.

“Y/N/N?”

Your heart soars and your jaw drops at the sound of the voice. You immediately rush across the room and tap the button to open the door. Your gaze meets the brown eyes that always bring back memories.

“Poe?”

Poe Dameron is leaning against your doorframe, breathing heavily like he ran across the planet to get here. “I don’t have much time-”

“Yeah, no shit!” You drag him into your room and close the door. “What the fuck are you doing here? You can’t be here, why are you here?

“That’s a lot of questions,” he states.

“I have a few hundred more, starting with why didn’t you answer me for over a year and why did I see you in Canto Bight, followed by why the fuck didn’t you see me?”

“Y/N/N, I will answer all your questions as soon as possible but I need to tell you what I came here to tell you, so can you shut up and listen for a sec?”

“First of all-”

“I’m sorry, I need to-”

“You can’t tell me to shut up when I’ve-”

“This is really important-”

Another knock on your door startles both of you into silence. “Y/N?” Your dad calls out. “You alright, son?”

“Yeah, I’m fine, Dad, why?” You answer, masking your anxiety about Poe being in your room, in your house, this close to your shit family.

“I just heard some yelling. Are you sure you’re okay?”

“Yep! Just this thing I’m working on, I was watching a video someone made as an instruction manual and the guys in the video started fighting for some reason.”

“…Okay,” you dad replies unsurely. “Well, your mother and I are heading out for the deal. Are you sure you don’t want to join us?”

“I’m sure! I wanna get this project finished. You guys have fun, though!”

You hear your father’s footsteps recede, and you exhale sharply. “Okay. You have a lot of explaining to do, starting with whatever the fuck you’re saying is so important.”

“I’ve been promoted to Commander in the Resistance,” Poe says quickly.

You blink. “Dude.”

“What?”

“Dude.”

“What?”

“Dude, why didn’t you call me? Poe, that’s amazing!” You hug him with the biggest grins on both your faces and he hugs you back. For some reason, you’re acutely aware of just how exactly his arms are around you. You can feel one of his arms around your waist with his hand on your side. His other hand is bracing your head, holding you as close to him as possible.

He’s hugging you like you’re about to disappear into thin air, never to be seen again.

After a moment, you realize you’re hugging him that tight too.

“I’ve missed you,” Poe says, his face buried in the crook of your neck. “So much. You have no idea, Y/N/N, oh my god.”

You laugh, then realize there are tears rolling down your cheeks. No wonder your eyes are stinging. “Fuck,” you mumble. “Sorry, I’m getting your jacket all wet with my stupid tears.” You try to pull away but Poe holds on tighter.

“I don’t care.”

You smile even more, gripping his jacket even tighter. After another long moment, the two of you pull apart. “Is that all you came to tell me?”

“What?”

“That you joined the Resistance, is that all you came to tell me?”

“Wh- no, actually. Your parents.”

Your nose wrinkles. “What about my parents?”

“They’re worse than either of us even thought. I went through a bunch of records with the general and all those deals? Big big deals for the First Order. Your parents and their system are one of their number one suppliers of, like, everything. Even stormtroopers.”

“Stormtroopers? How? I thought they were raised to be troopers from birth.”

“Yep.” Poe stares at you, waiting for it to process in your mind. It finally sets in and you turn to Poe in horror. He nods. “Yeah.”

“My parents are baby smugglers?” You whisper.

“Unfortunately. Still, though, not entirely why I’m here.”

You frown. “What the fuck else could you need to tell me? Poe, you’re not making any sense anymore, man.” You walk back to your bed to make sure you’ve got everything you need in your bag, one last once over.

“I have an offer,” Poe says.

You scoff. “Yeah? And what would that be?”

“A place in the Rebellion.”

You freeze in place, one hand still in your bag. Thoughts run through your mind, scenarios of everything that could happen if you do the one thing you’ve wanted to do for as long as you could remember: join the Rebellion.

“Y/N/N?” Poe murmurs.

You still don’t answer, standing there by your bed with your hand in your bag.

“Hey,” your best friend whispers, carefully walking over to you. “Talk to me. What’s going through your mind right now?”

“I can’t,” you say, so quiet that Poe barely hears you.

“What d’you mean you can’t?”

“I mean I was about to ditch this place tonight,” you say, your normal tone returning. You turn around to face him. “My parents know I’m still sympathetic to the Rebellion, they’d tear you lot down to pieces looking for me. I can’t let that happen.”

“But you could fight against them instead of running, Y/N/N, please,” Poe mutters, gradually getting closer and closer to you.

“Poe, please.” You feel another tear slip down your cheek and you make no effort to wipe it away. The makeup you’d used to cover your family symbol is probably washed away by now with how much you’ve cried since opening the door for Poe.

“Y/N/N, we need you and you need out of here. Even if you don’t want to fight yet.”

“Well, what am I supposed to do for the Resistance if not fight?”

“Intelligence operative? I dunno! The possibilities are endless but the point is, you can join us. We can see each other again and I won’t lose contact.”

“You still haven’t explained that,” you say.

“Deep undercover missions,” Poe replies. “I’ve been sent on a few. In between that, I’m flying into battle against the First Order and believe me, you are the only person I’d like to talk to before or during or after a battle and I couldn’t.”

“Couldn’t or wouldn’t?”

“Couldn’t,” Poe emphasizes. “My radio, the one we were using from The Edge to talk, it was smashed and I got so busy I was never given a chance to fix it.”

“…Okay, that’s fair,” you decide, the little bit of resentment you held for Poe’s lack of communication ebbing away a little. “What about Canto Bight? That was you, wasn’t it?”

“It was,” he says slowly. “I saw you.”

“Bullshit, if you saw me, you would have talked to me!”

“I couldn’t bring myself to!” Poe exclaims desperately, starting to pace around the room. “After unintentionally blowing you off for so long, I was scared you’d be mad at me.”

“I was,” you say softly, barely holding back more tears that threaten to spill from your eyes. “Poe, you were all I had. You are all I have. I can’t have friends with the family I’ve got, with the person I am- I won’t let myself! Then, I let myself get close to you and maybe this is bold of me to say but you were my lifeline, you have been for a long time. So yeah, I was mad at you but I was furious with myself for letting all that happen, for allowing myself to be hurt like that and I want to be mad at you still.” You scoff. “Gods, I want to be so mad at you right now but I can’t bring myself to be angry with you.”

“Come to the Resistance,” Poe whispers.

You close your eyes and tears are released. “I can’t. I can’t let my family hurt you or them in the ways I know they will. It’s safer for me to leave, Poe. You don’t understand.”

“Y/N/N…”

There’s a knock on your door. “Mr. L/N?” It’s one of your parents’ servants, Daymien. You’d recognize his voice anywhere. “Are you alright in there?”

“Yeah, Day, I’m fine!” You shout back.

“May I come in?”

“That depends, have my parents left?”

“Long gone, sir.”

“C’mon in, then,” you answer. Poe looks at you like you grew three heads in that moment. “Relax, Poe, he’s more loyal to me than them.”

The door slides open and Daymien steps in, closing the door behind him. “Greetings, Mr. L/N. Your shuttle is ready in the hangar downstairs. Your parents have already left for their deal, so you have time.”

“Thank you,” you murmur, shaking his hand and clasping his shoulder. “Keep in touch.”

“Of course.”

You turn to Poe, not really sure what to do with yourself. He smiles almost sadly. “Go on, Y/N/N,” he says gently. “We’ll meet again, I know it.”

As you quickly make your way down to the hangar, you think about what Poe said.

We’ll meet again.

That’s the problem, though, isn’t it? You’ve already met, but now you want nothing more than to stay with him. Fuck parting ways. You want it to be safe enough for the both of you to be together for a while.

You climb into your shuttle, setting yourself up for a long flight to… well, you’re not sure where yet. All you know is that you need to get far away from here and far away from Poe. You won’t let him get hurt because of you.

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[Poe’s POV]

I haven’t left Y/N’s place yet, still standing on the balcony of his room. I was just gonna stay to watch him take off but I haven’t moved.

“Sir? Mr. Dameron?”

I turn around to see Daymien is still here. “Sorry,” I say to him. “I should probably go, shouldn’t I?”

“Before you do, though, sir, I have a question, of sorts, for you.”

I frown. “For me?”

“Yes, it’s about Y/N. About the both of you, really,” Daymien says, wringing his hands. “I’ve been really worried about him lately, especially after the two of you lost contact. He’s been… well, he’s been different.”

“Different? Different how?”

“He’s… he’s quiet, he’s reserved. I always see him with plans and books, blueprints and stuff. I just, I dunno, ever since you two stopped talking, he’s been weird. You gotta take care of him, Poe, please.”

“Y/N can take care of himself, we both know that.”

“That’s not the point,” Daymien replies. “He’s in danger and he’s not-”

“Danger? What danger? What’s wrong?” I ask immediately. Daymien hesitates. “Dude, come on, I need to know.”

“Not long after you guys lost contact, his parents got him in with the wrong crowd. Well, more like crowds, plural. He made some enemies while you were gone and he pissed off a lot of people with his political stances; siding with the Resistance and all.”

“Then he’s in danger out there on his own!” I exclaim.

“Poe-”

“I-I’ve, I’ve gotta radio him, I should-”

“Poe-”

“…be out there with him, I-”

“Poe!” Daymien says loudly. I shut up. “You can’t do that.”

“What? No, that’s bull- that’s bullshit, man, I need to be there for him! I can’t lose him again, please!” I take a deep breath when I realize that there are hot tears streaming down my face. “Daymien, I have to help him.”

“Poe, I’m sorry,” Daymien says quietly. “We can’t help him now, you can’t make contact. But I need you to keep an eye on him. You need to give him time, though. He needs time.”

“Fuck time,” I say, marching towards the door. “I don’t need time.”

“What do you need, then?” Daymien calls after me. I stop as the door opens and look back at him, tears still staining my cheeks.

“I need him.”

[depizan]

Star rating meanings for the Character Danger Meme. Or some approximation there of. Even trying to adjust for Force Users vs not, some of the categories still feel a little skewed by the very nature of the kinds of characters it's meant for.

Raw Power (non-Force User)

★ smaller/weaker species

★★ averagely fit human/near-human/etc

★★★ very strong/powerful human/near-human/etc

★★★★ enhanced human/near-human/etc type, or average Wookiee, Houk, etc

★★★★★ dear god, it’s a cybernetically enhanced Wookiee

Raw Power (Force User)

★ has the Force, yay? (Jedi Service Corps; in the Empire, you’re probably fucked)

★★ has the Force, yay! (low end of standard Jedi; in the Empire, you actually have a chance)

★★★ absolutely average Force User

★★★★ exceptional Force User

★★★★★ dear god, you ate a planet

Formal Training

★ no training

★★ a little training

★★★ good, solid, professional level training

★★★★ exceptional training

★★★★★ top of the line specialty training (Cipher Agents, Spec Forces, etc)

Combat Experience

★ none/none as a participant

★★ has been in fights/combat

★★★ professional fighter/combatant or equivalent (think martial artist, police, bounty hunter, etc)

★★★★ active professional soldier or equivalent

★★★★★ veteran of many conflicts. So many conflicts.

Willingness to Kill

★ in self-defense/desperate defense of others

★★ still not eager, but has a longer list of acceptable reasons, or less guilt

★★★ accepts killing in a professional sense (might feel different outside of profession)

★★★★ accepts killing in a professional sense without guilt (might feel different outside of profession)

★★★★★ enjoys killing or has no guilt in any circumstances

(I would consider an absolute pacifist no stars to properly capture their rarity.)

Previous Victims

★ very few, not out of single digits

★★ more than that

★★★ a notable amount (they’ve actively fought in war, worked as an assassin, etc.)

★★★★ they’ve left a veritable trail of bodies (their name is associated with battles, etc.)

★★★★★ they’ve committed history book level atrocities

(“Victims” is a little vague on a list that includes combat and power in general as well as killing, making this a little harder to define/chart. Is this a death thing, or is this an intentional significant harm thing too? Is this a direct thing, or do indirect victims count as well?)

[libertineangel]

One thing I'd like to see more in Star Wars is visibly varying gravity.

Gimme an assault on a moon base where the defenders roll tanks out and the infantry strike teams can just leap the fuck over them, or a lightsaber duel on a huge planet with a crust heavy in metals in which the fighters are trying to do the typical fancy acrobatics but are getting visibly more exhausted, or a pilot desperately trying to get a starfighter off the ground before a planetary shield engages but it was only ever meant for ship-to-ship engagements and can't take off properly from ground level.

Even better, show us how different species handle the same gravitational circumstances - like a Houk fighting one of Yoda's species through a star cruiser as it plummets toward a high-gravity planet, and the Houk struggles more and more as they're weighed down by their own massive frame while their opponent remains untroubled, or a Nautolan accustomed to moving with water resistance being constantly off-balance and imprecise on a dwarf planet while its residents move with ease.

Gravity is such a basic fact of existence that playing with it can create such cool and interesting results, it has such potential but never really gets explored.

[baraste-legacy]

Star Wars/SWTOR Fan Art Collection Masterlist

A collection of SWTOR Fanart and Fanon-related reblogs, and a few fully attributed reposts (tentatively adding Tumblr-only orphaned art, too). Entries may contain adult themes. Each post’s last tags show the artist or author of the original work. More of their art in this blog can be found by clicking on or pressing their tags.

If tagged as "orphan art", it means the original artist is no longer reachable on Tumblr or elsewhere (or that my Google-fu has faltered. I'm eager to be corrected about those 🙂).

Searches might yield less results than tags, due to how Tumblr works. I suggest that, when you find something interesting out of a normal search, you look for such tags and use them immediately for more complete results, especially while using the mobile app.

In the case of popular characters such as a Darth Maul, Feral Opress, Asajj Ventress, etc., it's better to use their name tags, or their species tags without the "art" word (I'm sort of favoring OCs in the "art" ones).

These masterlists are a work in progress. If you can't find some XYZ term or item in them, try a tagged search (preceding the search term with a "#" hashtag character) such as "#XYZ art" (or without the "art", too).

Remember that, while in a custom themed blog (baraste-legacy.tumblr.com instead of tumblr.com/baraste-legacy), you can show the results of those links or any tag search in chronological order by adding "/chrono" to the end of the URL.

HELP THE ARTISTS: REBLOG THEIR ART!!! 🙂

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OTHER FAN ART REBLOGGERS AND COLLECTORS

SWTORpadawan: lots of SWTOR fan art, including great "orphaned" material they are saving from extinction.

SWTOR Fan Art Appreciation

SWTORHUB

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SWTOR COMPANIONS ART

(This section has been moved to its own post due to having reached the links per post limit)

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ART BY SPECIES

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Darth Acina · Darth Arkous · Darth Bane · Darth Baras · Darth Caldoth · Darth Cognus · Darth Jadus · Darth Maladi · Darth Malak · Darth Malgus · Darth Malora · Darth Marr · Darth Maul · Darth Plagueis · Darth Revan · Darth Sidious · Darth Talon · Darth Thanaton · Darth Tyranus · Darth Vader · Emperor Vitiate · Darth Vowrawn · Darth Wyyrlok · Darth Zannah · Darth Zash

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Thrawn stories' characters · Thrawn · Ar'alani · Eli Vanto

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• BadSithNoCookie's Worldbuilding Master Post. • FluffyNexu's Worldbuilding Master Post. • InquisitorHotPants's Worldbuilding and Constructed Languages Master Posts.

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STAR WARS/SWTOR 3D Art My SWTOR assets-based 3D Art (Images produced through the use of 3D assets extracted from SWTOR) A guide on how to extract and auto-assemble your SWTOR characters' models in Blender It's far easier than you think! 🙂

   A SWTOR ARTISTS DISCORD SERVER (NOT MINE!)

This might be of interest to both SWTOR/Star Wars fanartists and fan art appreciators: it's a Discord server that started life in 2019, hosting both fanartists you surely know by now (Spaceling, Moonlitalien, Luniara, Ahuska, Swevenfox, The Archnerd, Aphroditenx… Sorry to omit a ton of other great people there) and their patrons and admirers, plus folks that are dabbling at this or just giving it a try:

SWTOR ARTISTS DISCORD SERVER

It's a nice place, well moderated. The usual detours aside, the theme is Star Wars/SWTOR art and artists-centric. You can interact with the artists, ask for advice, post your own art and your commission data if any, or use the directory and galleries to find who to commission for art. (I'm just an admirer there that was somehow invited and later allowed to start a little 3D corner 😅)

[starwarsoldrepublictales]

May the force with you.

Hace mucho mucho tiempo en una galaxia muy, muy lejana… La república se enfrentaba a una potencial  crisis económica, con el Canciller Supremo Turd Gratham cada vez siendo más estricto sobre los negocios de la república y pasando un voto para prohibir el comercio con los Hutt, el futuro se veía gris ante estos sucesos. Mientras tanto los Hutt se encontraban en su auge, disfrutando de una época de negocios sin igual, liderados por Gubba el Hutt quien se había hecho con el poder durante la guerra contra el imperio Houk, subyugando a todos los demás carteles Hutt. Y cuando la esperanza de la república recayó sobre la Orden Jedi, fue cuando fueron conscientes del débil estado de la misma orden. ¡Star Wars: OLD REPUBLIC TALES ! Día 4 de Mayo abrimos las puertas de nuestro proyecto. Aún estamos en fase beta, pero nos orgullece que os unáis a nuestra galaxia.

[depizan]

I found a fan created Old Republic conversion for the West End Star Wars game, and it’s hilariously biased. Or just wildly inconsistent. I can’t decide which. I don’t usually pick on fan created things, but this is so weird.

Quick primer on WE Star Wars stats: there are six of them (Dexterity, Perception, Knowledge, Mechanical, Strength, and Technical), 2D (2 six sided dice) is average, player characters start with 18 dice to allot. (While an average, non-adventuring person in the universe would only get 12 - giving them 2D across the board or some below average attributes. Important NPCs get statted like player characters, with 18 dice.)

It was kind of an unusual game because the attributes aren’t statted across a very big range. 1D-4D is the human range, with some other species going up to 5D. (Like strength in Wookiees, for example.) Also, as you might have noticed, it assumes that player characters are pretty consistently above average.

(It was also my first Star Wars RPG, and I have a soft spot for it, which is why I was looking at the fan conversion in the first place.)

Anyway, at first the character statting looked reasonably normal. For example, Elara Dorne is statted out: Dexterity 3D+2, Perception 2D+2, Knowledge 3D+2, Mechanical 2D+2, Strength 2D+2, Technical 2D+2. (18 dice, unless I’m mathing wrong. Exactly what an important NPC should be statted with)

But then I started noticing some characters who were statted...oddly. A whole ton of companion characters are statted at 2D across the board. Maaaybe companions the creator didn’t like? (I’m guessing this because said listing includes companions some people consider “boring” like Felix Iresso and Nadia Grell, companions who are divisive, like Malavai Quinn and Kaliyo Djannis, and companions everyone hates, like Skadge. (Shouldn’t he be D4 Strength? At least? He’s a Houk!))

Then I started looking at the “Average [SWTOR player class]” stats and that was the point at which I decided I had to share the WTFery. I’m just going to share the four non-Force Sensitive classes because I can’t quite remember how Force Sensitivity fits into character creation. (Yes, I could just go look it up. I’m lazy. It’s late.)

Havoc Squad Trooper: Dexterity 3D+2, Perception 2D+2, Knowledge 1D+1, Mechanical 2D, Strength 3D, Technical 2D+2. (15 1/3 dice. ... Where’d the other 2 2/3s dice go?)

Bounty Hunter: Dexterity 3D, Perception 3D, Knowledge 2D+2, Mechanical, 2D+2, Strength 3D+2, Technical 2D (17 dice. Well, that’s better. We’re still short a die somewhere, but it’s close.)

Average Smuggler: Dexterity 2D+1, Perception 2D, Knowledge 1D+1, Mechanical 2D+2, Strength 2D, Technical 1D+2 (12 dice. 12 dice? That’s the number of dice for an unimportant NPC. They need six more. Six. What the heck? All the Smuggler companions get 18 dice worth of stats! But not the Average Smuggler. Whyyyyy? At...at least their highest stat is the one they’d use for flying. *grasping at straws*)

Average Imperial Agent: Dexterity 3D+1, Perception 4D, Knowledge 3D, Mechanical 3D, Strength 3D+2, Technical 3D (20 dice!? What the everliving fuck??? Did they steal the dice from the other classes? That’s not even the statting for a Cipher Agent (there isn’t one. thank the stars.) just, you know, an average agent. Holy Shinkies, Batman! This isn’t a Galaxy Guide, it’s Imperial Propaganda!)

I so want to know how the person (or persons) who did the conversion came up with their stats. They make no sense. None at all. Not on the companion level (Corso is stronger than Skadge? Guss is stronger than Skadge???), not on the apparent character class level. (who stole all the Smuggler’s dice???). Not even on the important other NPC level (you don’t even want to know how wonky that all gets).

But holy hell are some of the weird stats funny.

Twenty dice!? No! You don’t get twenty dice to stat out your character! Bad!

[absolutebullsith]

Precipice

Welcome to the first real piece of AbsoluteBullSith: Precipice, the first of the Lost Tribe of the Sith series by John Jackson Miller. Precipice focuses on Captain Yaru Korsin, who is on a ship quickly plummeting toward an unknown planet. He must make tough decisions to ensure his crew's survival, as well as the survival of a large bundle of Lignan crystals, whose buyer will not be happy with the delay. The Book Itself

(Warning: There Will Be Spoilers!) I really enjoyed Precipice. It starts off very high energy and really pulls you into a wonderfully established world. Once the ship lands, I was worried I'd get bored. Luckily there are plenty of things going on, like the mysterious deaths of the Massassi, who were on board the ship as crew members/slaves, or the presence of mysterious creatures no one can name or control. The driving conflict, however, is between Korsin and his half-brother, Devore. Devore is strict and disciplined where Korsin is not. Devore is angry at his half-brother's promotion to captain when he feels he is more deserving. Until, of course, Devore is killed by Yaru, due to his volatile nature and drug use threatening the safety of everyone. What we learn about Devore through the few interactions we get is that he has a "woman", as Yaru claims is the only thing to call her. He has a child with the woman, named Seelah. We also know about Devore's addiction to spices, which given the context appears to be a slang word for drugs. Other notable characters include Seelah herself, an intelligent woman who aided in the landing of the ship and who suspects Yaru's treachery after Devore is deemed dead. There's also the gunnery officer, Gloyd, who serves as Korsin's trusted confidante and, seemingly, a friend.                                                                 The entire book brings back the recurring theme of the word precipice itself, mostly physically. The ship is literally on the precipice of falling, and the crew is on the precipice of turning against one another. Korsin is on the precipice of completely failing, or just bringing it all together. 

Notable Quotes I'm reading the books as documents on my phone, so I can't offer page numbers. But here are my top 3 quotes: 3. "The Houk was the kind of bridge officer every Sith captain wanted: more interested in his own job than in taking someone else's."             This is talking about Gloyd. Though the book is in thurd person, it focuses on the feelings and musings of Korsin himself. The quote resonated with me because I, too, appreciate people who aren't looking to get ahead, but in doing the best job they can. That isn't to say people who want to get ahead are bad/wrong in any way, but that my personal ideals are more strongly rooted in staying in the moment. 2. "And while the ship's resilience had saved his life, it had betrayed him first. Not a thing to be forgiven."               What's so great about this quote is that it completely solidifies the ideals of a Sith. My first thought after reading it was: "Only a Sith deals in absolutes." The quote personifies the ship in order to give it blame, despite the fact that the ship had done nothing the Captain hadn't made it do. It's a great furthering of Sith behaviors, and cementing the idea that Sith are stubborn and absolute in their conclusions. 1. "You and me, we're about the job. Other Sith are about what's next...Trouble is, this whole place is about what's next. You're trying to keep 'em together when you've really got to show 'em there's something after this rock. There's no time to win people over. You pick a path. Anybody won't walk it."               This one is number one because it does both of the things I liked about the last two: it supports my personal ideals as well as establishes Sith personality/behaviors. Gloyd says that he and Korsin are about the now, while other Sith are about the next. Sith are generally ambitious people, which is why they're commonly associated with Slytherin from Harry Potter. Korsin and Gloyd are exceptions to this. More than that, the message behind it is pretty universal. "You pick a path. Anybody won't walk it." Basically, there's no easy way to do things. There are always going to be naysayers. Just be the best you can be. Vocabulary I usually only write down words I personally don't know, so I'll explain what I can within definitions. Feel free to ask questions, or look it up on your own! Tech Vocab             Attitude Control: Attitude on a craft is its orientation, or the way it's 'pointed'. In Star Wars terms, attitude control is the orientation of a ship within realspace. Realspace is separate from hyperspace, but that's a different conversation.              Reactors: a reactor is a device that generates power. There are three common typed within the SW universe: chemical, fission and fusion.                   Chemical reactor: these reactors contain chemicals that have a reaction, therefore generating the power                    Fission reactor: Fission is when a nuclei splits in two, creating energy. A fission reactor contains a large atomic nucleus that splits into, producing a larger amount of energy.                   Fusion reactor: Contains two atoms that join together to become one, producing energy Species Vocab             Houk: a humanoid species, typically very large with small eyes and skin tight to their skulls. Their eyes also tend to be very small Massassi: humanoid species native to Yavin 4, enslaved by the Sith              Khil: humanoid species, warm-blooded and hairless with grayish skin. Captain Barbosa face aka tentacles at the mouth. The tentacles are called hullepi,and they are used for breathing. The Khil were big supporters of the Republic Location Vocab              Primus Goluud: a red supergiant star located in the Deep Core              Kirrek: planet within the Empress Teta system with a "highly advanced population". The site of two large battles, one in the Unification War and the other in the Great Hyperspace War Other Vocab              Lignan Crystals: lightsaber crystals regarded for their ability to create a longer-lasting, hotter lightsaber             ��Tapani Empire: government that ruled over the Tapani Sector for over 6,000 years (I would explain the location of the Tapani Sector but it is far too complicated for me to put within this post)              Naga Sadow: a Dark Lord, heir to ancient powers              Spice: slang word for drug or name of drug (not entirely sure which) Final Thoughts Precipice was an exciting read, and I'm ready to continue with the next eight books (they're not that long, I assure you!) If anyone has any questions, let me know! I'm happy to elaborate further. If it would help, I can make a basic vocabulary post so that nobody gets confused. Goodbye for now!!

[andrewezellwash]

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