#tales of the jedi spoiler

[skyyworker]

i loved this episode because it really shows that it wasn't just anakin who lost padmé. yes the narrative followed him and focused on his point of view but. padmé was loved.

she was a great senator who fought for the people, who pushed to make the republic a better place for everyone, who personally showed up where she was needed, no matter the planet, no matter the distance.

she was sweet, compassionate, strong, determined, and the people of the republic loved her.

seeing bail and mon grieving her loss, seeing ahsoka, who was supposed to be as far away as possible from that place, showing up to grieve her. well it hurt.

[darthdisasterous]

Tales of the Jedi: Dooku Thoughts

I love that Dooku’s portion of episodes was just stories about how the actions of these father’s led to suffering for their sons while underscoring the importance of Qui-Gon as the one part of Dooku’s heart he got to keep.

The Senator in “Justice” kept his son siloed away from all the poor choices he was making so that the boy would never know anything but what being the son of a Senator brought him. And yet when the boy did learn, he sided with those who were suffering. He wasn’t angry. He understood that they had been dealt a terrible blow by his father and wanted to see that changed.

However, he still loved his dad, so when given the chance to do anything to help protect him from those choices leading to his death, he did. Even if all he did was provide a sympathetic face because Qui-Gon understood he wasn’t getting through to his own father figure and wanted to protect him from making a terrible choice himself. Which is hardly the first time that’s happened because in Dooku: Jedi Lost, a 14 year old Qui-Gon has to keep his master from killing an assassin that threatened to murder him just because he was 14. It’s this dangerous part of Dooku that Qui-Gon can stop, but also seems to have gotten harder, even for him.

Then in “Choice”, we see how, even when a pair are on the same page, their choices can have unseen effects. Be this Dooku’s choice of figuring out how a fellow Jedi died, against Council orders as Mace helpfully notes, or how choosing to commit murder might cost a man someone important to him. Because those guards had a clear, concise plan that was working until some Jedi couldn’t let it go.

And what did it get their supposed leader? The Senator was killed, which would be no small loss for them since the man was selling out their home to the the control of others, but it also cost him his... son? Partner? Really not certain what the relationship was there, but it was clear that he didn’t expect him to die like that. Despite killing a Jedi, their senator and attacking two more Jedi, he still expected them both to make it through everything.

And it’s in “The Sith Lord” where we see Dooku embody the roles of both those fathers. Like the guard, he is acting on a mission he feels is justified because the Order he was once a part of had allowed themselves to become the weapon of a Senate that ignored Outer Rim planets like his own. They’d become blind to a clear warning from Qui-Gon about the Sith--a problem Dooku knew to exist because he was working with the Sith Master himself.

But he’s still a dad.

He’s still someone who stopped by the Temple and saw his old Padawan. He still loved the boy. He still believed like the other fathers that his future would involve the other man because, sure, he was siding with the Sith, but it was for a cause he believed he could sway Qui-Gon into joining up with. In the eyes of Sheev, the man seemed to be consolidating power underneath him but honestly? It just seemed like Dooku wanted his boy with him. Because even in Master & Apprentice, he had made the same offer to his other padawan, Rael Averross.

He never pictured a world where one son would turn him down any more than he pictured a world where he wouldn’t have the other out there, regardless. He didn’t think his actions would ever cost him so much because he was right. The Council was blind and too heavily tied to the Senate. Qui-Gon agreed. Hell, even Yaddle said she agreed. Being right, even siding with the Sith, wasn’t supposed to cost him the man he used to visit a tree at the Temple with.

And you know that while it’s not a thought he seems to let himself have often, in Attack of the Clones, when he does--for that brief moment where he looks ready to cry over that death like it hasn’t been ten years since Qui-Gon died--it’s one of the most devastating moments for him because whether he means Qui-Gon helping his causes or just being able to pull him from the darkside just one more time... it doesn’t matter because he’s gone thanks in part to Dooku, who just never thought that was possible.

[ladykagewaki]

My favorite Tales of the Jedi moment, so far.

[itsagrimm]

random inquisitors 0:4 Ahsoka-not-a-Jedi-Tano

[celandineitsaflowerdickward]

“she was my friend.”

[thekenobee]

Anakin, u little sadist

[chissjedi]

Star Wars is about coming back to the light, healing, forgiving others and yourself, being selfless and protecting the innocent and vulnerable. Star Wars is about hope that things and people will someday get better. Star Wars is about redemption and kindness. Star Wars always has been about love and I pray it always will be.

[darth-memes]

[papanowo]

with the new lore provided ive decided this is the only way this interaction could have gone

[gffa]

#LINEAGE #I’M CRYING ABOUT HOW EACH GENERATION OF JEDI SEES THE NEXT AS WISER THAN THEMSELVES #EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE JEDI MASTERS GENUINELY ADORED THEIR PADAWAN #EACH ONE OF THEM SAW THEIR STUDENT AS A JOY TO TEACH #AND EACH ONE OF THEM TOLD THEIR APPRENTICE SO #YEAH THEY MAY BE THE DISASTER LINEAGE #BUT THEY WERE SO GOOD TO EACH OTHER

[lightwise]

Life and Death

Guys...guyssss...GUYS.

Remember what the first episode of Tales of the Jedi was called?

Life and Death.

"What's the lesson, Master?"

"Live...or die."

Baby girl was born for this.

[skyyworker]

baby kanan with his master is something that can be so personal actually

[hayden-christensen]

STAR WARS: TALES OF THE JEDI - PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT (2022) STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES (2002)

[ladykagewaki]

OUR BOIZ ARE BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!

[itsagrimm]

Tales of the Jedi shows a few things:

Disney is bent on milking the Star Wars Franchise for whatever money it can get away with semi well produced content.

Dave Filoni has about a 50/50 hit or miss quota on telling short, contained stories. Some of them turned out interesting (The Sith Lord, Practice Makes Perfect, maybe The Choice) , others are predictable and feel like cute but essentially filler fan service with a plot line we could have guessed from the trailer (Life and Death, Justice, maybe Resolve).

[xxviolet]

… and I will not be there to protect you, my old Padawan.