#unnamed cassian andor show

[okdeedee]

Okay so I feel that Cassian will be someone who shows his love through actions instead of words. So maybe a Cassian x reader where it’s little acts of service over the course of their relationship?

ease my mind - cassian andor x gn! reader a drabble from the latch verse.

you don't need to read the latch series to understand this - it's post-scarif, canon divergent (everyone lives). the only context you need is that a couple ocs are mentioned - they're the reader's colleagues.

an: thank u for this request/prompt anon! it's so sweet. i'm coming to it late, but i wanted to write something when i felt inspired, instead of churning it out for the sake of writing. for any latch readers this is the first foray into post-if i could (post-scarif)

warnings: mention of surgery/amputation (not graphic), very vague almost unrecognisable mention of a sexual situation, fluff. angst.

wc: 1.4k

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It starts even before you and Cassian are romantically involved. 

You can’t bring yourself to call it ‘dating’ because you’re in the middle of a galaxy-wide war and calling Cassian your ‘boyfriend’ just feels… trivial. 

And it feels too casual and light for whatever the two of you have. 

But it starts after you cry in Cassian’s arms about not being able to handle combat - without you even asking, he works alongside Melshi to get you your placement, to vet out the team you’re joining. The night before you start, he wishes you luck. 

Soon after you start, Cassian visits you while you’re on shift. He brings tea or caf, sometimes. 

If you’re really busy, he won’t say a word, he’ll just set a mug on your toolbox or on a crate near you, smile, and walk away. 

He’s good at talking; at emotional conversations, communication. He likes complimenting you, being complimented back. He loves physical touch - the way he holds his friends and the way he constantly seeks out points of contact with you shows you that. You know he values spending time with you. 

But he’s always been good at being covert, and it turns out, he uses that skill to do little things for you. 

Once, you forgot you’d put a spanner in the pocket of your coveralls, and it stayed in your room overnight. Then, it fell out somewhere in the mess hall during breakfast before your shift the next day. 

You complained about it to Greda when she resurfaced from a G-75 an hour into your shift, because you needed it for your next repair, and now you’d have to go and search the mess hall for it. 

You went to help Yemmi with something for ten minutes, and when you came back up to the Y-wing you were working on, your spanner was sitting there in your toolbox. You were baffled at the time, but life went on, and you brushed it away as one of those weird things that just happens sometimes - maybe you had remembered to bring it after all. 

You only found out later, after you and Cassian got together. 

It was your second or third time staying the night in his room, and you’d made the same mistake - this time with a drill-bit and a spring you found in your pocket. Cassian smiled fondly, tiredly, while picking up his sleep-shirt and said “Make sure you don’t forget them tomorrow like last time.”

You managed to tear your eyes away from his bare chest long enough to ask “What do you mean, ‘last time’?” 

He pulled his shirt on and you mourned losing the sight of his torso for a second. “When you left that spanner in the mess hall.” 

“How do you know about that?” 

He looked sheepish, almost. “I heard you telling Greda about it and I brought it to the hangar.” 

You thought you might cry. This gentle, loving man. “I always wondered how that just appeared in my toolbox. You did that for me?” 

He heard the waver in your voice, his brows furrowing with concern. “Of course.” 

Your chest was full to bursting with something so vivid it was entirely unnameable so you just walked over, held his face, and said “I love you.” 

You’ll remember being able to feel the heat that bloomed in his cheeks for as long as you live. 

He did your laundry with his once, when you left an undershirt and a pair of socks in his room. He picked up your favourite brand of caf during a mission. 

Sometimes when he has a couple free hours, he’ll sit with you in the hangar and pass you tools when you need them, without you even having to ask. 

It’s an effort to get him to stop focusing on you in bed, to convince him to let you do something for him.

He gives, and gives, and gives. 

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Ever since Scarif, the tables have turned. 

The initial surgery went well, but not well enough. The reconstruction of his hip and spine succeeded, but the nerve endings in his leg were irreparably damaged, the muscles atrophied.

They hold out hope for a while, the doctors; of his leg making a recovery with enough physical therapy, but he’s still in a coma, and without proper exercise, the blood flow gets weaker and weaker. It’s soon clear that his leg will need to be amputated.

He’s still in the coma when they amputate, and it’s only a week later that he wakes. 

It’s a massive blow for Cassian. 

He’s used to a level of agility, elasticity, that will be altered by the loss of a leg and the gain of a prosthetic - even if current prosthetic technology is incredibly advanced. 

He’s not one to sulk, per se, but you can tell from the look in his eyes that he sees this as a great loss. 

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It’s a few weeks after he’s woken up, and it’s his first day of physical therapy - his first day out of bed, using crutches, trying to rewire the pathways in his brain to understand the absence of one of his limbs.

Eyroa kindly offered to take your shift, and you thanked them profusely. They just smiled in their calm, peaceful way and shooed you out of their workspace.

So, you’re sitting in the visitor’s chair in the training room, watching the therapist work with Cassian on strengthening exercises, writing notes on her directions.

Cassian’s frustrated – you can see that – he’s always been good at most of the things he does, he’s incredibly smart and scarily observant.

But no amount of logic and intelligence can make the human brain absorb the loss of a limb any quicker. He fumbles, subconsciously expects to have his right leg catch him when this torso shifts forward.

It’s a long day, and by the end of it, Cassian is bone tired and understandably glum. He’s back on the hospital bed, staring down at his feet.

Something in him died on Scarif, you think. He’s still fiercely devoted to the cause, but his fire is dimmed. There’s less light in his eyes.

You don't know what to do - a brush with death like that is not something you've experienced. You want some way to make him feel better.

You’re holding his hand, looking up at him. His beard is unruly and flecked with dry skin, he hasn’t wanted to touch it – hasn’t wanted to do anything much, the last few weeks.

You have an idea.

You lean forward and kiss his cheek. His eyes flick to you.

“I’m going to grab something from your room, I’ll be back in a minute. Is that ok, Cass?”

He grunts softly in response.

“Alright.” You kiss his hand for good measure before you let it go.

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You come back ten minutes later with his razor, scissors, shaving cream and a little bag for rubbish. Balanced in your other hand are two mugs of tea.

You set your tea on the nightstand and place the other mug in his hands. His eyes close drowsily as he gently inhales the steam that rises from it.

“I’m gonna shave your beard, is that alright?”

“Hm.”

“That’s not a yes or no, Cassian,”

He laughs ruefully, but it’s just an exhale through his nose. “Okay.”

“Okay.”

So you lean in, prop one leg on his bed and stand on the other.

You trim his beard first in little clumps so you can drop them in the bag without getting hair everywhere. Then you spread the shaving cream on gently, lovingly, and feel your heart sing with the victory of him leaning the weight of his head into your hands.

It’s quiet as you shave his face. Just your soft, mingled breaths. His shoulders loosen, his jaw unclenches. Every once in a while, he lifts the tea up to his lips, you pause in your work, and he takes a sip.

When you’re done, you wipe his face with a washcloth that’s on the nightstand and run your fingers over his jaw and neck. You pepper achingly soft kisses along his jawline, and his brows furrow just a touch. Then you press your foreheads together gently.

You can’t magically rewire his brain to accommodate for the loss of his leg in an instant. You can’t take away his pain. You can’t make his physical therapy sessions go any better. But you can make him feel more normal, human, in these little ways while he recovers. Until his new normal is a prosthetic, or moving around with crutches.

Let him focus on what’s important while you keep up his routines from before.

You kiss him on the lips, just once, and lean away.

There’s a faint smile on his face.

“Thank you,” he says groggily.

You move away to sit next to him again. You take the mug out of his loose grip and set it back on the nightstand, “Sleep well, love."

[thegirlwholied]

just willing this into existence: surprise cameo by Keira Knightley in the Cassian Andor prequel followed by a Sabé movie or miniseries in the Rebellion v. the Empire era

[wantonwinnie]

Having heard Nemik's Manifesto in the Andor finale, as well as reviewing his previous dialogue, I've been thinking about his writings' wider importance to the Rebellion.

First and most obvious, Nemik's statements and the Manifesto have a profound impact on Cassian's worldview. Before Aldhani, Cassian is mostly self-interested, only really caring about his inner circle of Bix and Maarva. Cassian on Aldhani questions the broader purpose of the mission, telling Nemik to "be careful for what you wish for" [referring to getting the Empire's attention]. Nemik challenges Cassian to think more broadly about the Empire's evil, asking Cassian whether "we should just submit and be thankful." While Cassian doesn't think of himself as giving up, he initially gives up on fighting for others beyond his inner circle. The after effects are immediate, e.g., Cassian killing Skeen to protect the Rebellion's winnings.

The show in S2 could limit the Nemik's direct impact to just Cassian, but I think this would be somewhat of a disservice, and further, it seems like the show is headed in the opposite direction. My impression (current headcanon?) is that the Manifesto helps fully unite the Rebel Alliance into the organization it was by Rogue One. Not every rebel group ends up under its umbrella (see Saw's Partisans from Rebels), but there is a huge difference in its reach from Andor S1 to even Rebels. Saw explains to Luthen in Ep. 8 that there are many different (named and unnamed) cells that don't at all agree on the reasons behind their revolts. I don't think Mon or Bail's presence alone is what brings these groups together. They are eloquent speakers, and evoke a time when Republican government was a reality, but they have limited capacities to provide a new vision.

So what explains the difference in unity? I think the Manifesto could. Saw mentions to Luthen that "I [Saw] am the only one with clarity of purpose." Saw sees the bigger picture of fighting a large scale Empire, and the other groups don't. I think his take is a reasonable one given the state of the galaxy and how rebellions are forming. So someone else has to give these rebel groups "clarity of purpose" that they can all rally around, because Saw's particular ideology isn't as universal as required.

The Manifesto would do exactly that. As Cassian (and Jyn) said in Rogue One, "rebellions are built on hope." Because of necessity, they are both right. The Manifesto acknowledges that the struggle is difficult, but not hopeless, and it builds hope in three key ways:

(1) Appealing to universal freedom. The Manifesto emphasizes that "Freedom is a pure idea" that does not need someone else to explain its importance. The only reason for this could be that everyone has a natural inclination toward freedom. The Empire, meanwhile seeks control that is "desperate because it is so unnatural," which makes such control susceptible to erosion over time. The Manifesto's characterization of freedom puts the Rebellion in the right moral camp, gives a principle different groups can rally around, and makes the fight more worthwhile. This is the "clarity of purpose" the Rebellion needs.

(2) Redefining what "victory" means. The "scale of the enemy" seems daunting at first, and it seems like it requires large acts to take it down. But the Manifesto says that "random acts of insurrection" can shake the Empire's grip, because even "the smallest act of insurrection pushes [the Rebellion's] line forward." Every successful act of defiance is a victory, because putting these acts together (especially locally) will erode the Empire's legitimacy and reach over time. I.e., the Empire will die by a thousand cuts, not a large swing of the sword. Thus, disparate Rebel groups have hope that their local efforts are working toward greater ends.

(3) Explaining that unity is inevitable. The cause has already enlisted "whole armies [and] battalions" that are fighting the Empire. And because the pursuit of freedom is natural, not only are the allies of the Rebellion (as well as "the frontier") everywhere, but they might as well fight together to be more effective.

There is some evidence that Nemik has already had an influence on the Rebellion's unity. In Ep. 6, Skeen tells Vel that "this kid [Nemik] is the reason that we are here." Skeen's other lies aside, I don't think he had a reason to fool Cassian into thinking Nemik was ideologically influential (beyond maybe getting them to go to the doctor's specific planet to better get off-world?).

So yeah, if the Manifesto had been distributed by Cassian to other leaders and followers, it would have been quite the rallying cry through its succinct appeal to universal freedom and its endorsement of guerrilla warfare.

Even if not, the influences are still there (e.g., the Nemik-Cassian-Jyn line that inspires the rest of the Alliance to go to Scarif). Less consequential, Nemik's "The Role of Mercenaries in The Galactic Struggle for Freedom" from Ep. 6 could have been a direct link to the Alliance's acceptance of Han in A New Hope, but who knows. Cassian's efforts on Aldhani and Scarif probably proved Nemik's point to them anyway.

Whether the influence is direct or indirect, the Manifesto and Nemik's other statements do outline the purpose and patience the Rebellion needed in order to be successful, and I appreciate the meaning given to them already.

[jyndor]

top 5 rebelcaptain parallels? 👀

im- okay in no order

kyber crystals in general (maarva having one in her space dashboard or whatever and kassa seeing it as he looks out to the sun ruined my life) but the pendants like ??? cassian seeing jyn with her kyber crystal over jedha when he's already having an existential crisis about her ~need is just such a thought *steals the kyber back for him*

vel and cinta, i mean ALL of it lol but specifically cinta saying that vel loves her because she's a mirror that shows vel what she needs to see - and knowing that the mirror goes both ways, vel shows cinta what SHE needs to see as well. anyway diego luna doing the work to further the rebelcaptain are mirrors agenda <3 AND also the gay agenda

sleeping and dreaming of childhood trauma

"I UNDERSTAND" / "I DON'T" KILL ME oof like the fact that jyn couldn't have possibly understood what galen was telling her but she was a child so she couldn't have KNOWN that she didn't get it, versus cassian being grown enough (he's still 21 kiss my ass lucasfilm) to know that he doesn't understand maarva essentially choosing the rebellion over her own child (grumble grumble rip to his festian separatist parents NOT THE POINT CAIT) and asking him to go find some peace, just like galen's message in the novel saying he hopes she's been able to have a family and have some peace of her own. delusional parents amirite

the eye of aldhani and stardust oml enough said - also she has green eyes, the eye is green, and in the novel cassian seeing that galen has jyn's eyes is the final straw for him (I handwave that a bit as cassian realizing that to kill that part of jyn would be killing a part of himself since he was thinking about how it would kill her fire and her ~~~need~~~~ and obviously cassian sees her need because he has it in him too)

i do not like the retcon of his background as a child soldier for a number of reasons and therefore i did not include that one BUT i will give dishonorable mentions to:

cassian being on mimban at sixteen (and im sorry luthen's full of shit cassian fought there *lives in delusion*) and jyn being with the partisans as a child soldier until sixteen. so... there's that happy thought LOL

also also i do not allow saw slander and maarva Irks me but yes the adopted kiddo (lol she just stole that child ffs thats some white savior white adoptive parents taking indigenous child and then erasing their culture shit) parallel is interesting. jeron andor and his unnamed wife rights forever.

[myrddinderwydd]

Upcoming Star Wars Series/Movies and Their Character Focus

The Mandalorian - men, Din Djarin/Mando

Book of Boba - men, Boba Fett

Andor - men, Cassian Andor

Obi-wan Kenobi - men, Obi-wan Kenobi

Ahsoka - women, Ahsoka Tano

Rangers of the New Republic - probably men

The Bad Batch - men, clone troopers

The Acolyte - women, unnamed dark-side force user

Lando - men, Lando Calrissian

Any patterns obvious to you?

Women are rarely the focus, and if they are they're probably evil or young. We came to know Ahsoka as a padawan and Acolyte is framed as a coming of age story so far,

Bounty hunter, bounty hunter/warlord?, soldier/spy, soldier/Jedi, soldier/former Jedi, military police, soldiers, spy?, gambler/smuggler... Can't Star Wars move away from the war zone a little!? I'm hopeful for some of these, but damn that's a trend.

Old, playing it safe. Only 3 of these (Mandalorian, Acolyte, and Rangers) are about characters we don't already know.

[imaginethatawriter]

WIP I have stored away

I feel like this is something interesting for people to see. I have a lot of ideas and most of the time they just sit in my folders waiting for me to get back to them if I ever do. This is also a reminder to everyone who’s thinking of starting writing that you should always write your ideas down no matter what they are. Even if you never end up writing them at least you have them. 

Have fun reading through these things. Some of them belong on other blogs. Some of them were never meant to see the light of day. But here they are. 

Unnamed Stephen Strange x Reader 

This is an enormous piece of writing that started out as an imagine for my best friends birthday. But looking back at it a couple months ago I saw how open ended it was and I decided I wanted to continue it and make it into something longer. 

Rough Summary: You move to New York in order to pursue your acting career on Broadway but you end up running in to an old school mate Stephen Strange. Except he is a very different man from the young boy you knew in school. You find yourself drawn to the man despite his attempts to distance himself from you. After digging further into the reason for your connection you’re told that Stephen Strange may be your “soulmate” or whatever the cosmic equivalent of that is. Yeah right. You’re just trying to act on the big stages, not get caught up in life and death situations. 

8662 words 

Nearly Fully outlined

Unnamed Jim Kirk x Reader

This is one of those ideas that just kinda came to me. I watched Star Trek: Beyond and fell in love with Kirk again so my mind quickly came up with a nice little self-insert story where I could be the hero and get the guy. But it developed further to the point where I felt like I should write it down. I’m actually pretty proud of the idea for this story and I want to eventually go back to writing it. After all James T. Kirk is fine as hell. 

Rough Summary: You’re part of a patrol ship that keeps out of touch colonies safe from harm. It’s a pretty boring job and nearly nothing happens until your fellow patrol ships begin disappearing one by one. And then your ship is next. It’s only by the fate of the stars aligning just right that The Enterprise arrives in time to save you a small number of your crewmates. Unfortunately for you this is only the beginning of the rest of your life. Now including adventure, injury, and a very dashing Starfleet captain. 

686 words

Half outlined

Rebel Barber Cassian Andor x Reader

If you’re not at least a little familiar with this piece then you haven’t been around my blog very long. I started writing this when Rogue One first came out and it’s probably one of my most fully fleshed out story that I’ve ever planned but never actually finished. There are a few parts on my blog already. Once again this is another story I’d love to get back to eventually. 

Rough Summary: Being the medic for the rebel forces is a job that simply never get’s boring. From treating the common blaster wound to giving haircuts no day is quite the same. But when Captain Cassian Andor becomes a regular in your makeshift barber’s chair you find yourself pulled into a plan that you can’t begin to understand.

8991 words

Fully Outlined

Unnamed Peter Parker x Reader

I think I was sitting at work with nothing to do except a couple pieces of empty paper when I wrote the idea for this one. It’s a fun idea, but not really fleshed out. It’d be fun to actually do but it’s not on my priority list. 

Rough Summary: Reader is a high school student who works closely with Pepper Potts as an assistant to get a feel for the business world. When Pepper Potts has Tony Starks child the reader is the only person Pepper trusts as her emergency babysitter. It’s a good thing the reader used to babysit her neighbors kids a lot. Along the way you make fast friends with Peter Parker, Tony Stark’s protege and biggest fan. But Tony Stark’s baby is somewhat of a liability and it shouldn’t be surprising that you find yourself, the baby, and Peter Parker kidnapped and held for ransom. 

No words

No outlines

Only vague ideas

Unnamed IkeSen Story 

If you don’t recognize the name of this one then you definitely are not in the circle that involves this fandom. It’s an otome game that I got into less than a year ago that has a lot of compelling characters and stories. So this was my attempt to write something for the small fandom. I even made a completely separate blog for this story because I was actually going to finish it and I knew the people that follow me here would have no interest in this fandom. And maybe some day I will. But for now it will remain in the work in progress folder. 

617 words

Fully Outlined

Unnamed Frank Castle x Reader

 I don’t really have any background for this. It was a request I started to write a very very long time ago and then I did a purge of all of my requests so i could stop stressing. Which is why this was stopped half finished. And it may very well stay that way. 

Rough Summary: Frank Castle is doing his usual thing taking down drug rings and taking breaks by taking down dog fighting rings. He’s in the middle of breaking apart another crime syndicate when he finds you as a hostage. He rescues you, but you had things under control. Clearly. 

280 words

Unnamed Poe Dameron x Reader

I was supposed to write this in honor of the release of The Last Jedi but I never quite got the motivation to actually come up with anything. This is the most abstract and incomplete a WIP that I have. I tried to brainstorm some ideas so here they are. 

Reader is from a farm planet where everyone kinda just minds there own business until they get the distress signal. Reader joins in and goes with a small group of people to find the new Resistance.

Reader is part of the small remaining resistance, but she is very much in shock and doesn’t believe that she belongs in the group. She’s a regular grunt who can kind of fly a ship but she doesn’t excel in anything. She ends up brushing shoulders with Poe a lot on the Falcon and while rebuilding the resistance. The story would basically follow her and poes budding romance while the resistance takes down the First order

Nil x Reader (Horizon Zero Dawn)

This story is for such a nonexistent fandom and from so long ago I literally had to look up the name of the character it was supposed to be for. This is a story that I started writing a long time ago during a very bad writers block spell for me. It’s purely self indulgent and will never see the light of day. I have over a thousand words of this story written but I never bothered to write down an outline so I no longer remember what it was supposed to be about. But I’m including it to show that even if you don’t ever intend to show it to the world, you can still write it. Write for yourself because it’s fun. Not because you’re going to get a bunch of notes or because it;ll make you popular. Write it because you want to. 

[mynockrp]

Under the cut, you’ll find a timeline of major events leading up to the point when the site starts.  Hopefully, this clears up a few questions you might have concerning what’s happening with certain organizations.

note: for convenience, we've chosen to use the BBY/ABY dating system from the legends timeline. this is not the standard dating system in the new republic! 1000 BBY the ruusan reformation establishes the galactic republic as it will remain for the next thousand years. an era of "peace and prosperity" follows. 32 BBY after an attempt to kidnap queen amidala and a failed negotiation, the trade federation blockades naboo. chancellor finis valorum's inaction against the trade federation results in a vote of no confidence by the senate, and he is replaced by sheev palpatine. 22-19 BBY rising tensions between the galactic republic and confederacy of independent systems finally erupts into a pan-galactic war. the military creation act is voted into law, giving emergency powers to supreme chancellor palpatine and effectively putting the clone army (created by kaminoans from the dna of mandalorian mercanary jango fett) into use. the conflict, known as the clone wars, spreads the jedi thin and forces many padawans to be knighted early. the republic begins work on a battle station the size of a moon for use against the separatists. 19 BBY in a sweeping reformative vote, the republic is reborn as the galactic empire, with sheev palpatine as emperor. the jedi order is dissolved following the activation or order 66, a protocol that causes clone troopers to shoot down any jedi on sight. order 66 begins a period known as the great jedi purge. 14 BBY former seperatist worlds begin to rebel against the galactic empire. cham'syndulla of ryloth attempts to kill darth vader. the galactic empire, claiming to be expanding their might and strength, begins to bleed planets dry of their resources. this course of action leads to the creation of hundreds of independent rebel cells. 13-4 BBY the alliance to restore the republic, known as the rebel alliance, strengthens in might and begins to unify. rebels from cells across the galaxy begin to work together in the face of the empire. intelligence agents, known by the title of fulcrum, pass information between the different groups. fulcrum agents include ahsoka tano and cassian andor. galen erso, an expert on energy enrichment and crystallography is coerced into joining the empire's project to build the death star. as part of the great jedi purge, darth vader has a legion of imperial inquisitors trained and dispatched to dispose of any remaining jedi and their students. inquisitors are force-sensitive beings trained in the dark side of the force, and are referred to as brother or sister as well as a numerical designation. 4 BBY the rebels of lothal, led by hera syndulla and known as spectres, strike several blows against the empire. 3 BBY mandalorian leader fenn rau agrees to let rebels travel through the concord dawn system unhindered. the freedom fighters of ryloth double down on their fight against the empire, leading to the capture of an imperial light cruiser for the twi'lek rebels. a sith holochron is discovered on malachor and is retrieved by ahsoka tano, jedi knight kanan jarrus, and his padawan ezra bridger. 2 BBY the rebellion begins to extract and recruit imperial tie pilots for the rebellion. imperial agents defect to the rebellion in secret, becoming a fulcrum operatives. several rebel cells are forced to find new bases after being found by the empire. grand admiral thrawn is brought in to thwart rebel plans, striking a heavy blow to the rebellion and forcing a retreat to yavin iv. dathomir temporarily loses its connection to the force before it being restored by former sith lord darth maul. 1 BBY more mandalorian houses and clans ally with the rebellion. rebel saw gerrera and is followers become more and more militant, to the point of hindering the rebellion rather than aiding it. 0 BBY/ABY the empire's battle station, a planet-killer known as the death star, is completed. galen erso dispatches bodhi rook to deliver knowledge on where to find the plans to saw garrera on jedha. the rebellion, aided by cassian andor and jyn erso, intercepts bodhi and the location of the plans. against the rebellion's orders, the team known as rogue one infiltrates scarif and retrieves the plans for the death star. the battle is costly but is deemed a victory against the empire when the plans are delivered the princess leia organa, who is quickly captured after sending a call for help to the surface of tatooine. alderaan is destroyed as a show of force by the empire. the imperial senate is dissolved, leaving the leadership of planets to imperial governors. after the rescue of princess leia, an attack is launched against the death star, using the plans retrieved by rogue one, and is viewed as the rebellion's first major victory. in retaliation to the renewed strength of the rebellion, the empire creates several special forces units for the express purpose of hunting down rebels and crushing their newfound hope. among these groups is inferno squad, led by commander iden versio and vice admiral garrick versio. 4 ABY the empire recieves a crippling blow with the loss of darth vader, the second death star, and emperor palpatine during the battle of endor. upon news of the emperor's death, operation cinder in enacted, causing disasters on at least a dozen worlds as a final act of terror by the emperor. the new republic is established. inferno squadron defects. 5 ABY the galactic empire finally surrenders to the new republic following a devastating defeat at the battle of jakku by signing the galactic concordance. in a secret meeting, grand admiral rae sloane decides to reform the empire as the first order. supreme chancellor mon mothma demilitarizes the new republic, reducing the active forces of navy and army by 90%. 6 ABY an unnamed resistance is formed in secret by senator leia organa, who rightly believed that the empire could not be trusted to abide by the concordance. luke skywalker begins to search for force-sensitives throughout the galaxy to begin a new jedi order. the first order begins to kidnap children from poor and impovrished sectors of the galaxy and training them to be the new stormtroopers, using techniques from the clone army and the empire. 15 ABY luke skywalker offers to train ben solo and a handful of other young force-sensitives at a secluded location, they range between the ages of ten and eighteen. 16 ABY the first order's partnerships with corporations and inventors in the new republic draw worry from several parties but is dismissed by the senate as they believe the first order isn't a threat to the galaxy and believes that the galaxy has entered a new era of peace. 20 ABY the knights of ren begin to target luke's students, hoping to lure them to the dark side. with them is the mysterious supreme leader snoke, who seeks a partnership with the first order. 22 ABY senator leia organa expands the unnamed resistance to include more pilots and spies. 23 ABY site start.

[bellsyblue]

star wars the last jedi spoilers ahead

I went to see the film as part of a work function tonight (ty Jesus) and I need to get some stuff out of my system bc I can’t discuss with my housemate until she sees it tomorrow, so --

No real structure, just streaming it out.

The most important thing this film showed me was that Leia learned how to use the Force. It was beautiful. The universe that opened up retrospectively when she pulled herself out of the space wreckage to safety (let’s ignore the plausibility of surviving that for a second). I thought of Luke and Leia, fresh off their victory over Palpatine, bonding in the quiet safety of Leia’s senatorial apartments, Luke patiently talking his sister through the ideas of the Force; to quiet, listen and trust her feelings. Imagining her excitement and the joy on his face when she makes that datapad tremble on her desk, the first time she actively reaches out and senses him through the Force, the way they would laugh together the first time they test it on Han and freak him out. Imagining the euphoria of sharing something that’s just between them.

That moment Leia saved herself using the Force shone a beacon on a beautiful past of potential and I think that sustained me through the whole movie.

Thank god.

Because I have not facepalmed so hard nor so often since I had to watch Anakin and Padme “fall in love”.

I am sympathetic to the fact this film had to find its feet in the unexpected wake of Carrie’s death, but WHY DOES THIS FRANCHISE HAVE A 1/3 SUCCESS RATE IN WRITING BELIEVABLE ROMANCE???

On one hand, it’s a good day for you if you’re a Reylo shipper. On the other hand, it was like watching 6/10 fanfiction play out to a rushed pace. Finn and Rose were cute together but even their dynamic felt too fast. The flirtation between Poe and the Vice Admiral. Why so many close-ups??? Also, the Han/Luke shipper in me was mad that Luke didn’t already know Han was dead, but sure he closed himself off to the Force, so he was behind on the news.

the author acknowledges her impressions were exacerbated being forced to sit three rows from the screen

As this film played out, it sounded like it was written straddling the fourth wall: in some ways too aware of its meta wish list and headcanons from the audience, fandom in-jokes, and performing as an echo of the Empire Strikes Back (once was enough with TFA, but again??? seriously?) and Return of the Jedi mashed together “with a twist”.

I waited two years for this film. I read and discussed so much about its potential with so many fans, I think it was bound to fall short of my expectations.

I was really heartbroken when I found myself wishing the movie would just end. It felt way too long. I had waited two years to see Poe, Finn and Rey (okay and Kylo the human disaster) again.

Everything was so rushed. Characters were introduced in a rush. The editing felt rushed. In critical moments where you needed to linger, let the gravity of dialogue or exchange sink in, process who we had just met and why we should care about them, we were instead thrust onto more characters, more spectacle, it was all spilling out faster than Vice Admiral engaging light speed through an entire First Order fleet. Bringing Benicio del Toro in like a passing ship in the night, a darker, shallower tribute to Han Solo’s archetype (don’t bring him back and redeem him, please, you failed to make me care about him, it’s tired and I cbf sitting through that). Bringing back my beautiful Phasmum for two minutes of nothing just to kill her properly. Wtf, film, wtf.

I found myself really hoping Rey would join Kylo, just for something different to  untangle in the third film. Let Rey realise too soon what a stupid choice she’s made, but also wrangle with that commitment she’s made, following that dumb instinct that made her seek and have faith in Kylo. I don’t believe the film is done with those two yet.

“I can feel the conflict in you--” Omg every other time a force user opened their mouth in this film, I just wished to end my hearing. This kind of writing flew thirty years ago, but not today, ad verbatim.

I was actually enjoying the moments Rey called him “Ben” and he didn’t flinch, when they were finally fighting back-to-back, and I was like, “Okay, this has potential, the penultimate light and dark come together, now rule together and muddle your way through your problematic commitment, please, that would make fair drama.”

I like that Rey’s parents were revealed to be nobody of worthy note in the “legacy” of the Star Wars universe. I like the message that the greatest hope of a warrior could come from humble beginnings.

I liked that we discovered what really happened with Ben and Luke, and what really sealed Ben’s decision to go dark side. I like that the story made Ben and Luke both share the blame for this. Luke got lost in the airs of his own legend, and Ben had many chances since then to turn back. It’s still shit Snoke clearly got to him young and was manipulating him from a young age; but that doesn’t excuse the shitty things he’s doing by today’s events. He’s a survivor of abuse and sadly, it’s warped his capacity to make rational decisions that take courage by the average person’s measure.

I liked the moment Yoda and and Luke were reunited. Yoda has a levity we often see in older people who have all the perspective, but no fucks left to give. Threaten to burn the foundations of your religion? The old codgers will always call your bullshit. These kind of people bring you back down to earth for #realtalk.

This film smacked of some of the problems I suffered in Justice League, it rarely let people connect as real people with all the awkwardness, tentativeness and vulnerability we often have. Everyone was charging ahead. Everyone was so sure of themselves, even when they were supposedly crying, heartbroken or scared. That moment when Rose’s unnamed sister dropped the bombs and clutched her amulet, and we lingered on her face in slow motion as she closed her eyes? One of the best moments.

War and resistance are fucking scary, exhausting and heartbreaking. This is why I maintain Rogue One is still one of the best films of the film franchise, because it was on the ground where the highest costs were being paid. In war, most people don’t have the means or luxury of fucking off to an isolated planet to nurse the agony of our failure. We have to stick around and muddle through, take actions that compromise our morals and break our hearts in the process, and it fucking sucks (read: Cassian Andor).

I like that everyone in the First Order looked stressed and unglamorous af in comparison to the Force Awakens. I cracked up the moment I saw the shadows under Hux’s eyes, leaned over to my boss and was like, “Yo, that’s my bro, he’s wearing our look.” And seriously, compare Kylo’s unmasking scene in TFA to TLJ. In TLA, they took serious care to unmask him as beautifully, coiffed and confidently as possible. When his mask comes off in TLJ, the camera is tight to his face, showing the blotched complexion of his exhaustion, nervous sweat, his pores and moles and scars, he’s raggedy ann. As Snoke throws in his face, killing his father split him down the middle and he’s never been more conflicted.

I really liked the showdown between Kylo and Luke. I like that Luke apologised for failing him, that Kylo is so far gone in his rage of Rey deserting him, of being alone at last, that Kylo was unmoved. I like how the film says goodbye to Luke, and that Leia lives on at the end.

Farewell, Space Princess. You will forever be loved.

I give it a 6.5/10. But you bet your ass I’m going to see it tomorrow again with the friends anyway, and finish Close the Circuit because now I have enough lore answered to make up my own version.

I look forward to sitting back with enough vantage to actually appreciate Poe Dameron’s beautiful face. Incidentally, this was v insightful for Poe’s character. I’ve given him too much credit as a level-headed commander. He’s way more willing to sacrifice lives than I expected. I understand that was his entire arc, but... the more you know.

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Star Wars 9: Does The Skywalker Saga End With A 13 Year Time Jump?

Will Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker end with a time jump? The question is more than hypothetical thanks to the currently-ongoing D23 Expo, which The Walt Disney Company bills as the “ultimate Disney fan event.” Held biennially, this year’s showing was particularly anticipated due to the Mouse House more fully lifting the curtain on its upcoming Disney+ streaming service, including its lineup of first-day titles on November 12 and its future slate of projects in the years to come.

Before Lucasfilm president (and Star Wars shepherd) Kathleen Kennedy got around to the possible Star Wars 9 spoiler, she already helped deliver the goods on the streaming front, debuting the first-ever trailer for The Mandalorian, confirming a February 2020 release date for the final season of The Clone Wars, and making official Ewan McGregor’s return as Ben Kenobi in his own limited series.

Related: Star Wars Will Release No Movies During Marvel Phase 4

Given that barrage of news developments (plus bringing out the stars of the still-unnamed Cassian Andor/K-2SO show to talk some more about that still-filming project), audiences can be forgiven for letting the item in question slip right past them – but it’s worth pausing on it a bit more:

This is the (new) official timeline of the Star Wars saga, starting in year one with The Phantom Menace and showing where all of the subsequent spinoff films, TV series, and, even, theme-park lands are located in the decades that follow. And although the sequel trilogy hits exactly where we would expect it to, with The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi both occurring in year 66, and The Rise of Skywalker following in 67, the timeline conspicuously goes on longer – another 13 years longer, in fact.

It's possible that Disney has already internally slotted further movies or television entries beyond the end of the “Skywalker Saga” (possibly, even, the new trilogy being helmed by the Game of Thrones showrunners), but there is the question of either Disney or Lucasfilm wanting to acknowledge any post-Skywalker installments this early in the game – especially given the two companies’ interest in not saturating the market with future Star Wars releases. (Which isn’t even to mention another, even bigger question: would Kennedy and Lucasfilm Story Group allow any future stories to take place after the final installment of the mainline film series?)

That leaves The Rise of Skywalker ending with a time jump as the other major explanation – a theory which actually has some basis in Star Wars’ development history. Not only had creator George Lucas at one point played around with doing a fourth trilogy, he had also – or so the legend goes – come up with a very specific ending long ago, whether it would come in at the climax of Episode IX or Episode XII: the stalwart droids R2-D2 and C-3PO (the only characters to appear in every single movie) would be sitting around the proverbial campfire at some distant point in the future, regaling an audience with the exploits of Anakin Skywalker and his long-running lineage (thus explaining the “long time ago” part of Star Wars’s setting). Given director J.J. Abrams’s willingness to go back to Lucas’ well in the form of incorporating Emperor Palpatine into Rise of Skywalker’s proceedings, he may similarly lift the supposed original ending, slotting it in as an epilogue that takes place 13 years down the road. Since The Last Jedi has opened the door to flashbacks and other forms of time jumps, this wouldn’t be out of place.

If true, this would mean that the “Skywalker Saga,” once told from beginning to end, would cover a mammoth 80-year stretch – enough time to sufficiently play out the cycles of peace and war that give the franchise its name.

Next: Every Upcoming Star Wars Movie & Release Date

source https://screenrant.com/star-wars-9-rise-skywalker-saga-ending-time-jump/

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some more things I want in the cass show:

- festian snowstorms

- jeron and unnamed mom andor lol if we gotta have dead moms at least let them be named dead moms

- fest

- cassian king of math buddy adventure with kay

- speaking of kay, can we see jenoport??

- enfys nest and her sis mara, shara bey

- wookies

- wouldn't be opposed to baby leia

- DEFINITELY wouldn't be opposed to cameo from liana or tanith or kestrel or whoever the fuck jyn is pretending to be, but actually I am positive she will get a passing mention at least since cassian is surely going to be looking into her and her father

- draven being humanized and caring about cassian, since fandom is so wrong about him lol like have you WATCHED the MOVIE

- baby cass throwing stones at imps, baby cass with his family, BABY CASS

- ahsoka training teen cass in the art of fulcrumming, also other fulcrums

- queer cassian (lol yeah right)

- queer ANYONE

- respectful writing for adria arjona pls do not fridge her (or denise gough) only one fridge allowed per star war and it's unfortunately his unnamed mom so