#star wars pt

[threebea]

I have started to think of the Jedi being blamed for the Fall of the Republic like blaming firefighters for wildfires.

They have been fighting fires (corruption) for years, but the fire is getting bigger and hotter and spreading farther. They're doing their best but there aren't enough of them to go everywhere there are fires. The Senate points them to where really big fires are, but sometimes it turns out they just want their property saved and there weren't that many people in the building. The Jedi still save lives but they have to look at the bigger picture and hope volunteers will put out the little fires because they simply don't have the people for every little fire even though they wish they did. The Senate starts restricting their use of water. Then an arsonist, Palpatine, is made mayor and takes control of their budget.

Dooku and the CIS start lighting fires on purpose. Palpatine let's Dooku know where the most flammable places are.

And the firefighters (Jedi) keep fighting the fire. They can't not fight the fire. People will die if they don't fight the fire. Then the government is like: there are not enough firefighters to fight the fire, but here is a large population of people we will force to fight the fire with you. You shouldn't have qualms, apparently an individual that used to work for you is the one that paid for their training so really they're your responsibility. You'll be in charge of them on the field and get to watch them die, but we control their lives and have decided they're not people so we don't have to pay them. Good deal. We are good at fighting fires.

And the Jedi can't say no because they need to stop the fire and they can't do it alone at this point. Many of the Jedi are killed in their attempts to stop the gasoline fire Dooku lights and it shows how badly they need these new people.

Luckily, the people drafted to fight with them, the clones are also good at fighting fires! It's dangerous many clones will die, but despite having no choice they stand beside the Jedi bravely. The Jedi do everything in their power to protect them. They fight alongside them and try to minimize loss.

There are a few Jedi that get overwhelmed by anger or trauma. They become arsonists themselves, but the number of those that do can be counted on one hand compared to the thousands of Jedi that continue to fight fires.

Sadly, the clones have explosives inside them that Palpatine, the mayor, has the trigger for. Just when it feels like the fire is under control and the people lighting the fires have been stopped, Palpatine sets them off.

Most of the clones are never the same. They think the Jedi had to have set off the bombs inside them, even though they would have never thought them capable of it before. Most never learn the truth. They hate the Jedi for being traitors.

Most of the firefighters die. And their families too. Their children and uncles and aunts and grandparents, and cousins even if they weren't capable of fighting fires they all get burned to death.

The mayor declares it was the firefighters lighting fires and outlaws being a firefighter.

Some of the Jedi survive. Some of them can't bring themselves to fight fires anymore. Some of them keep doing it because it's what they were trained to do. A lot of them are novices who didn't know all the best techniques, but they find their own methods to put out fires and teach others how to do it as well.

And the rebellion begins because when you see fire the logical thing to do is put it out, but all the firefighters are dead or in hiding and being a firefighter is illegal. There's no one to call so the town's people start doing it themselves, inspired by the Jedi.

This becomes extremely important when the mayor makes a device that can light entire cities on fire at the push of a button.

Anyway that's my metaphor and maybe explains my point of view when it comes to the Jedi.

[lavenderlemonrose]

I’m looking for new mutuals, so I figured I’d make one of these posts and see if it got me anywhere. I’ve been on tumblr officially for close to four years, but I’ve been lurking for probably five years before that. My blog is a mix of a Lot of fandoms, but I’ll list my biggest ones:

- star wars (original and prequel trilogies mostly)

- taylor swift

- all for the game

- a darker shade of magic

- captive prince/dark rise/fence/anything by cs pacat

- throne of glass/acotar/crescent city

- shadowhunters (mostly infernal devices and some dark artifices)

- the raven cycle

- if we were villains

- six of crows/shadow & bone

- bridgerton

- castlevania

- percy jackson

- marvel comics and mcu (mostly black widow, uncanny x-men, and dazzler)

- I’m also currently working my way through the west wing, the vampire diaries, and black sails, although I haven���t finished any of them

I also have a full list of fandoms on my blog! I’m pretty shy, but I rly want to find more ppl to talk to on here, so if you reach out I’ll be thrilled and probably won’t stop talking to you.

(also if we’re already mutuals and you wanna reach out please do!!)

[artbypockets]

spiky boy...

[graaid]

Little girls don't quite care about the sensitivity of Imperial politics

[timothy-kaplans]

Happy May The 4th to my favs ❤️

[eruthros]

[Image description: Mace Windu feeding and interacting with birds in a forest. He is holding birdseed in one hand, a small brown bird pecking at it; a green bird and a pink bird are perched on his other hand, and a floofy yellow bird is sitting on his shoulder. There's a big purple and yellow bird with a dramatic long tail on a branch nearby. Mace is turned back towards the viewer, smiling.]

Area man deserves the world, but will settle for some peace and quiet

[stealingpotatoes]

You know how Anakain won the pod race back in episode 1 when he was a kid?

You think Han would have heard stories of this anakain Skywalker kid winning the race while he's out bounty hunting in the outer rim? Maybe inspired the guy to try and fly faster and better.

Can you imagine how han would react in any AU to finding out Leia's dad won that race as a 9 year old????

omg that would make his dynamic with Luke 100x funnier

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[anakinisvaderisanakin]

There they all are. In live action and cartoon form. Glorious.

Most people seem to willfully forget Padmé. I'm not most people.

[comebackali]

every time i watch the 212th's half assed order 66 attempt i think of that time that in tcw where cody and the rest of the 212th watch obi wan get drop kicked into a steel wall at 90 miles an hour and barely even glance his way cuz he pops right back up and they're like, "nah he's probably fine." and it just makes their, "sir, no one could have survived that fall" SO MUCH FUNNIER because they have SEEN that man survive much worse and they're just like, "well we did our best." like sirs,

[hayden-christensen]

STAR WARS PREQUELS + SCENERY Cinematography by David Tattersall

@pscentral event 27: scenery

[morgan-n-cheese-91]

old Obi-Wan is so funny to me because his sass and overall bitchiness is like the last thing he's got and I'm so proud it survived the great depression of his 40s.

[astudyinimagination]

In a related note, Hayden Christensen freaking nails it as Anakin. Anakin Skywalker as a young adult is a walking pile of traumas in Jedi robes, and his behavior is reflective of that. And Hayden's acting — tone, looks, posture — is reflective of that. He is one hundred percent the troubled young adult who is trying to do his best.

He is freaking excellent.

[eggdrawsthings]

“Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believing both.” ― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

[anakinnaberrie]

star wars week 2023: costumes

text from Dressing a Galaxy by Trisha Beggar (part 1, part 2)

[melinavostokoffkisser]

Ahsoka only survived through childhood cuz she had Scary Dog privlage.

[kenobes]

The Disaster Lineage as Cursed Images That I Have Saved on My Phone

Yoda

Dooku

Qui-Gon

Feemor

Xanatos

Obi-Wan

Anakin

Ahsoka

Asajj

Luke

This lineage is very aptly named, they're all stupid in their own special way and I love that for them.