#tattooine

[cursedjewel]

i was probably the last person on the planet to realize this "homestead" poncho was the pattern from the roof of luke's childhood home (and where shmi lived b4 she died).

i LOVED this poncho even before this because u find it on dathomir and i thought it was a zabrak pattern

[illustratinghan]

the sweetest couple on the whole of tattooine 🪐

jedi simon was absolutely thrilled when izzy agreed to go to the comic book convention with him dressed up like princess leia! 🫶

characters by @cassandraclare 🤍

[procoffeinating]

i can now share my full piece for @obikinzine ! the full zine is absolutely stunning, amazing pieces all around 🥰

[fandomowltrash]

this game is so pretty

[splosh-crime]

Star Wars: Galaxy-Wide Slave Rebellion

By the time the Disaster Trio are sent to Zygerria to be enslaved for an undercover mission to save the Togrutans, each of the trio already has intimate experience with slavery. Obi-Wan on Bandomeer, Anakin on Tattooine, and Ahsoka on a Trandoshan moon.

Palpatine made a mistake in manipulating the re-traumatization of Anakin and his family.

The trio had known the clone army were slaves but believed themselves helpless in the situation.

Being re-enslaved and liberating themselves and the Togrutans had been a shock like ice water, chilling to the bone but revitalizing.

The jedi family refused to stop at freeing the Togrutans, to hell with mission parameters. If being a Republic Jedi means being a slaver, they refuse to remain so.

Obi-Wan, Anakin, Ahsoka, the 212th, & 501st leave the Coruscanti Jedi and the Republic, going rogue. They will free the entirety of Zygerria and when they’re finished, the galaxy’s slavers better watch their backs.

[the-baddest-of-batches]

A BX droid's last moments. 2024.

[darth-memes]

[nothing-but-flowers88]

I personally see it as “Hey Mando why didn’t you tell me you were datin’ wormie?”

[artanis-draws]

Felt a little bit nostalgic and wanted to draw Boba in his ROTJ outfit ✨ And I really like how this turned out! What do you think? 😁

[alfredsmanor]

another Star Wars AU drabble

The blue-skinned boy was clearly unwell as he stumbled into Shmi’s home in the Mos Espa Slave Quarter behind Watto.  He covered in a horrid purple sunburn, bad enough to blister, and was sweating and feverish. And he probably had an eye disease too, solid red eyes with no pupil couldn’t be healthy on any species of near human, could they? 

Watto said he had bought the boy “as a replacement for Ani” at a bargain price, and that she was to nurse the boy to make sure his money was not wasted. As far as Shmi was concerned, every wupipi Watto spent on sentient property could be eaten by the sarlacc and it wouldn’t be nearly enough, but she didn’t want the boy to die for his own sake. Being a slave on Tatooine wasn’t much of a life, but it was better than dying of heatstroke at what looked to be around twelve standard. 

[beifongsupremecy]

rip Jawas you would have loved eBay

[jacks-the-flower]

ok so when's somebody gonna sing "i'm just ben" in totally-not-jedi robes

[bionicdragonguardian1]

I have jumped face first into the deep end of @fialleril Amavikka world building and even further into @booklindworm Amatakka dictionary and a thought has occurred to me.

With a phrase a heavy, both culturally and literal, as “dukkra ba dukkra” (freedom or death) I can’t help but ponder the further possibilities of how a change in the pronunciation of “ba” (or) could open this sentence to even more meanings.

I am by NO means an expert in ANY language but I’ve been exploring tonal languages- specifically how to pronounce the different tones nearly the same letter could pronounce depending on how it’s written- especially when comparing to more Eurocentric letter modifications.

(1st thru 4th tone marks or pinyin vs the vast spread of diacritical markers vs tones and accent contours. [see below cut for examples] Or something adjacent to those. All while considering consonant modifier options [specifically things like “ß, ł, ń, š, or ż” comes to mind].)

With a language as- theoretically- old as Amatakka and a culture as vast as Amavikka (looking specifically to A Call For Help by BarinSidhe on AO3 and specifically how the “freedom” euphemisms/terminology/ phrasing changes from one planet to the next [as is logical in my mind and nifty little tidbit {and it remembering Obi-wan’s time on Bandomeer which most fics seem to forget} I love this fic for] and can thus lead to some minor misunderstandings even amongst fellow Amatakka speakers and Amavikka who have been further removed from their culture when moved to new planets) I would be less surprised to find out that such things simply fell out of use and have changed greatly over time than I would be if it stayed consistent.

One of the things I’m considering that could’ve fallen out of use is tonals. Not entirely, of course, but I’m wondering if once upon a time Amatakka had words with far more nuance to them but in order to make it easier for newer learners the tonal forms of many words fell out of use, and new- different- words took their place.

Returning back to “dukkra ba dukkra” (because I SWEAR I have a point).

One: I’m half convinced that once upon a time Dukkra would’ve had two (or more) pronunciations, even if it was just the newer Amavikka doing so & it tended to fall out of use the longer they were enslaved.

Two: imagine if different pronunciations of ba had different meanings, different tonal sounds that could lead to the word meaning something entirely different than simply “or”.

Meaning, hypothetically, “dukkra ba dukkra” depending on the tones used could go from “freedom or death” to:

- freedom is death / death is freedom (these two feel okay to interchange)

- freedom from death

> death from freedom (I see a few ways this could swing interestingly)

- freedom and death / death and freedom (gotta love the implications of listing order)

- freedom of death (see next)

> death of freedom (these two are SO different that I think you’d need to have pronunciation differences between each “dukkra” to clarify which is which)

- freedom in death (largely implied already in Double Agent Darth AU)

> death in freedom (I just think this is an interesting concept)

Etc.

And Three: as a midwestern American I have the unique standing of hearing how even those of us on the same continent (the same country, the same region, the same state even) have minor changes in pronunciations of the same word that while it doesn’t change the meaning of the word it can immediately tell everyone around you where you’re from and truly shows off the limitations of the written word to correctly convey sounds in a way everyone will understand. (Long vs Short “a” sound in the word “bag”, if you want to get specific.)

While we know this occurs in Star Wars due to IRL ascents (ref: Leia), I’m ignoring it. As it leaves several more pronunciations up for grabs.

(But it also leaves me kinda scratching my head if I’m even approaching nearly half the Amatakka dictionary correctly. Which is why I bring the concept up in the first place, because I think for a Conlang these types of things need to be conveyed.)

But… yeah, that’s what’s been rattling around in my brain for the last few weeks.

Thoughts?

For reference:

Mandarin tones / Pinyin marks

Diacritical markings

Accent contours

[radiosummons]

It's been so long since I’ve watched the Clone Wars movie that I completely forgot that a major plot point is that Anakin (also Ahsoka, but mostly Anakin) was tasked with keeping Jabba the Hutt's son, Rotta, safe/alive.

And like ... wow, that's actually super fucked up. Like S-tier levels of fucked up. Congratulations. The writers really did put Anakin in a situation where he had no choice but to actually protect the child of a being who was directly responsible for his family’s suffering (as well as that of everyone on Tattooine, but this is Anakin-we all know he only cares about his special circle of people more than he ever will the “greater whole”). 

And Anakin’s immediate disgust, while confusing and probably even downright unfathomable to Ahsoka in the moment, is so absolutely justified. He knows that Rotta is going to live and grow into an adult that basks in absolute luxury at the expense of slaves. 

You just have to know that it absolutely infuriates him that his duty as a Jedi and, by extension, citizen of the Republic has put him into this position. He can’t even object to his responsibility to carry out this mission (although he initially tries). 

Now, obviously, I’m not saying Anakin should have abandoned Rotta, refused to protect him, or force forbid actually tried to harm/kill him (though, I could totally believe Anakin had a brief moment where he might have even seriously considered or fantasized about doing any of those). Regardless of how unjust and fucked up it is that Rotta is going to continue to benefit from his father/the Hutt Clans’ brutal supremacy, he’s still, well ... a child.

And no Jedi would willingly ever bring harm to a child, right? *cough cough*

I can only wonder what was going through Anakin’s head as he watched this random ignorant padawan he only just met an hour ago pick up Rotta and then proceed to call him “cute.” Like ... can you even imagine the sheer amount of conflicted emotions he must have experienced in that moment? 

And the fact that Palpatine directly orchestrated all this whole other level of sick fucking shit just to force Anakin specifically into this kind of fucked up situation ... bruh. Mister Sidious just couldn’t resist an opportunity to bring even more pain and suffering into Anakin’s life, especially when it had the added benefit of sowing more discontentment/doubt into his already shaky relationship with his own personal morals as well as his relationship with the Jedi Code. 

Fuck, what an actual maniacle bullshit fucked up thing to do. Creating a situation where Anakin has no choice but to actively protect an innocent life (a noble and moral thing to do), but with the full knowledge that this innocent being will only later grow to contribute to the cycle of abuse and trauma that he himself has been scarred by (and has already committed great atrocities in direct response to) ... brilliant.

Sith Lord in fucking deed.

(Also, don’t let this post fool you into rewatching the movie. There’s small gem moments in it, sure. Meeting Ahsoka, Captain Rex and Ventress for the first time are some highlights, of course. And maybe a few other mini moments between Anakin and Ahsoka as they start to sorta bond. But like ... you can just find some Youtube compilations of those moments. Don’t force yourself to watch the movie. It’s not horrible, but it’s definitely not up to the quality of the show and uh, yeah. Not worth your time imo).

Update: Sorry for reposting this again. Grammar mistakes and typos were driving me insane.

[bp6comics]

These are fun

[darth-memes]

HAPPY REBELS REMEMBERED DAY!!!