#wallace stover

[picturebookshelf]

Uncle Wiggily and the Red Monkey (1943)

Story: Howard R Garis -- Art: Mary and Wallace Stover

[intermundia]

Everybody's Star Wars Canon is Different—These are the books (physical + audiobooks) that I personally own and reference (the asterisk means unread or unfinished):

Fiction

Darth Plagueis by James Luceno

Master and Apprentice by Claudia Gray

Cloak of Deception by James Luceno

Queen’s Peril by E. K. Johnston*

The Phantom Menace by Terry Brooks

The Phantom Menace Junior Novel by Patricia C. Wrede

Star Wars Omnibus Menace Revealed*

Rogue Planet by Greg Bear*

Queen’s Shadow by E. K. Johnston*

Dooku: Jedi Lost by Cavan Scott*

The Approaching Storm by Alan Dean Foster*

Attack of the Clones by R. A. Salvatore

Attack of the Clones Junior Novel by Patricia C. Wrede

The Clone Wars by Karen Traviss*

Wild Space by Karen Miller

Shatterpoint by Matthew Stover*

Labyrinth of Evil by James Luceno*

Dark Disciple by Christie Golden*

Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Stover

Revenge of the Sith Junior Novel by Patricia C. Wrede

Dark Lord: the Rise of Darth Vader by James Luceno*

Ahsoka by E. K. Johnston*

Kenobi by John Jackson Miller*

I have a list of all the appearances of Obi-Wan in tv/film located here

Fictional Non-Fiction

The Jedi Path by Daniel Wallace

Book of the Sith by Daniel Wallace

Dark Side Sourcebook by Slavicsek and Wiker

Jedi vs. Sith: the essential guide to the Force by Ryder Windham

I am always expanding and growing my library, but this is a snapshot of what it's like in March 2021 :)

[padawanlost]

Good evening! So - I'm not sure if I'm burdening you with this ask, so do excuse me beforehand - I've been pondering on Jedi and emotions, specifically darker emotions, and I had a little thought. If a Jedi (not one who has fallen) were to be overwhelmed by a negative emotion, hatred for instance, but they performed an (intended positive) action whilst they were in the throes of that hate, would that cause them to fall, do you think? Or is malicious intent necessary? I hope I'm making sense

Hey!! Don’t worry, you are not burdening me :P I love answering questions :)

I think I get what you’re trying to say. Is performing a good action fueled by ‘negative’ emotions enough to make someone ‘fall’? Short answer is no. long answer…is not that simple.

What we call ‘fall’ is the result of a choice, not the person’s emotional state. Anakin ‘fell’ when he decided to join the Sith and explore the dark side. He didn’t fall when he was consumed with worry and grief for his mother, when he slaughtered the tusken, when he killed Dooku or did any of the many shady things he did during the clone wars.

If slaughter an entire community of people (children included) doesn’t *automatically* make you go dark side, I’d say it’s a choice. Obi-wan was feeling hatred (a dark side emotion) when he ‘killed’ Maul in TPM but he was never even considered a ‘fallen’ jedi. On the other hand, beings like Ventress and Dooku who chose to walk away from the Jedi Order and willingly joined the Sith are considered dark side users.

What it’s important to remember is the distinction between what the Jedi taught their members and what actually happened. The Jedi Order believe the dark side was a one way street, that once you give in to the ‘negative’ emotions you WILL loose your way in the dark. This creates a very interested (and complicated) moral dilemma:

“‘Ah, I see. You can do whatever you want, so long as you maintain your Jedi calm? So long as you can tell yourself you’re valuing life? You can kill and kill and kill and kill, so long as you don’t lose your temper?’ She shook her head, blinking astonishment. 'Isn’t that a little sick?’ Matthew Stover’s The New Jedi Order: Traitor

The Jedi of the Prequel Era believe that any ‘negative’ emotion was a pathway to the dark side, to evil so they did everything they could to avoid it. that’s why they took infants before they would form attachments to their biological families and that’s why they didn’t trust Anakin. they didn’t believe that someone who had been exposed to such emotions could ever fully live without experiencing them again.

“To dwell in the dark will lead to suffering. Attachments will cause you to lose sight of your path and are cause for expulsion from the Order.” The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force by Daniel Wallace

Passion lines the path to the dark side and must be avoided. Fear, anger, and hate are strong passions that will cause you to lose focus and find appeal in the easy pleasures of the dark side. Love is also a strong passion and equally dangerous. The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force by Daniel Wallace

“Those who obsess over a parent, child, or lover devote all their energies toward the special object of their focus. The Jedi must serve all, not a select few. Should the urge to contact your birth families or form romantic attachments emerge, please consult your Master.” The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force by Daniel Wallace

“As Jedi learn more about the Force, it is not unusual for them to form their own theories about how and why it works. They question how, if the Force creates and sustains life, it can have a dark side. Some arrive at the conclusion that the Force is not divided into dark and light, that its energy is inherently positive, and that there is no “dark side” waiting to corrupt them. Time and again, this conclusion has been proved erroneous, and the Jedi who felt compelled to test the limits of the Force rarely perceived the dangers of their explorations. As they approached the brink of the dark side, some were rescued by other Jedi or came back willingly when they saw the error of their ways. Those who refused to renounce their mistaken beliefs were either exiled to the farthest reaches of the galaxy, or destroyed.” [Ryder’s Windham’s Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force]

But as much as the jedi order believed that experiencing ‘dark’ emotions was enough to mark you forever, we know for a fact that experiencing and even using the dark side is not a one way street. Anakin committed a terrible crime against the tuskens *and* he managed to save millions of lives in the war before he finally became vader. Some Jedi of the Old Republic also used the ‘dark side’ on a regular basis without even ‘falling’. 

So, no, emotions and intent alone is not enough to make one ‘fall’ or go evil even if that what the jedi teaches their members. Joining the sith, becoming a evil person is a fully conscious *choice*, not the automatic result of whatever emotions people might be experiencing.

[stockwellarchives]

Films

The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)...Angel courier/extra (uncredited) The Valley of Decision (1945)…Paulie Anchors Aweigh (1945)…Donald Martin Bud Abbott & Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945)…(cameo) The Green Years (1946)…Robert Shannon as a child Home, Sweet Homicide (1946)…Archie Carstairs The Mighty McGurk (1947)…Nipper The Arnelo Affair (1947)…Ricky Parkson The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)…Andrew MacBean Song of the Thin Man (1947)…Nick Charles, Jr.   Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)…Tommy Green Deep Waters (1948)…Donny Mitchell The Boy with Green Hair (1948)…Peter Fry Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)…Jed Joy The Secret Garden (1949)…Colin Craven Stars in My Crown (1950)…John Kenyon The Happy Years (1950)…John Humperdink “Dink” Stover Kim (1950)…Kimball “Kim” O’Hara, Jr. Cattle Drive (1951)…Chester Graham, Jr. Gun for a Coward (1957)…Harry “Hade” Keough The Careless Years (1957)…Jerry Vernon Compulsion (1959)…Judd Steiner Sons and Lovers (1960)…Paul Morel Long Day’s Journey Into Night (1962)…Edmund Tyrone Rapture (1965)…Joseph Psych-Out (1968)…Dave The Dunwich Horror (1970)…Wilbur Whateley The Last Movie (1971)…Billy the Kid/Dean The Loners (1972)…Stein The Werewolf of Washington (1973)…Jack Whittier The Pacific Connection (1974)…Miguel Win, Place or Steal (1974)…Billy Citizen Soldier (1975)…Dannes Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)…Paul Lavell Tracks (1976)…Mark One Away (1976)…Pete Bass She Came to the Valley (1979)…Pat Westall Wrong is Right (1982)…Hacker Human Highway (1982)…Otto Quartz/Old Otto Alsino and the Condor (1982)…Frank To Kill a Stranger (1983)…John Carver Paris, Texas (1984)…Walt Henderson Dune (1984)…Dr. Wellington Yueh The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)…Muldaur To Live and Die in L. A. (1985)…Bob Grimes Papa Was a Preacher (1986)…John White Blue Velvet (1986)…Ben Gardens of Stone (1987)…Captain Homer Thomas Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)…Chip Cain The Time Guardian (1987)…Boss Banzai Runner (1987)…Billy Baxter The Blue Iguana (1988)…Detective Carl Strick Married to the Mob (1988)…Tony “The Tiger” Russo Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)…Howard Hughes Smokescreen (1988)…Michael Dattalico Jorge um Brasiliero (1988)…Mario (also known as The Long Haul) Buying Time (1989)…Detective Novak Limit Up (1989)…Peter Oak Catchfire (1990)…John Luponi Sandino (1991)…Captain Hatfield The Player (1992)…Andy Civella Friends and Enemies (1992)…Freddie Chasers (1994)…Salesman Stig Mr. Wrong (1996)…Jack Tramonte Naked Souls (1996)…Duncan Last Resort (1996)…Gray Wolf Living in Peril (1997)…William McHale’s Navy (1997)…Captain Wallace B. Binghampton Midnight Blue (1997)…Katz-Feeney Air Force One (1997)…Defense Secretary Walter Dean The Shadow Men (1997)…Stan Mills The Rainmaker (1997)…Judge Harvey Hale Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights (1998)…Bophisto Restraining Order (1999)…Charlie Mason Water Damage (1999)…Detective Frank Skoufaris The Venice Project (1999)…Senator Campbell Rites of Passage (1999)…Del Farraday In Pursuit (2000)…Charles Weitz The Flunky (2000)…Micky Italian Ties (2001)…Jimmy (also known as Face to Face) CQ (2001)…Dr. Ballard The Quickie (2001)…Michael Buffalo Soldiers (2001)…General Lancaster Inferno (2002)…Mayor Bill Klinger The Manchurian Candidate (2004)…Mark Whiting The Deal (2007)…Agent Tremayne C. O. G. (2013)…Hobbs Max Rose (2013)…Ben Tracey Deep in the Darkness (2014)…Phil Deighton Persecuted (2014)…Dave Wilson Rusty Steel (2014)…Hunts Entertainment (2015)…The Celebrity’s Henchman

[dalekofchaos]

Thoughts on Age Of Resistance:Snoke

I don’t know why I bothered expecting anything to see how Snoke turned Ben Solo or learn anything about Snoke’s character as this is the man who destroyed 30 years of peace and turned Han and Leia’s son to the dark side and destroyed Luke’s new Jedi Order and Luke’s spirit. But no, instead of any of that we just get Kylo already being Kylo Ren and Snoke training Kylo that shows Dagonah’s cave destroyed.

I wanted to see Snoke turning his heart and see that Snoke had him even before Luke entered his hut. I want to know who Snoke was and where he came from. I want to see how Ben Solo so easily turned on Luke and his family. These are interesting things that would enhance the Sequel trilogy. But they never show that stuff, so the ST remains a rather shallow husk devoid of any substance or any unique world building.

You don’t even use the fact that Snoke KNEW Han, Luke and Leia. Leia knew that Snoke was out there, so Leia sent Ben with Luke for his protection. So Leia knew Ben was being influenced and later figured it was Snoke somehow, but the writers never bother to tell us who he actually is and Luke failed (again) to stop the spread of Snoke’s influence and then made it worse. TLJ novel implies Snoke met Luke at some point and convinced him that he should rebuild the Jedi, so Snoke could kill them off at once at a later time. So Luke Skywalker’s Jedi were a ploy by Snoke to destroy them and Luke didn’t realize what was going on until that night. Even though Luke and Leia knew of Snoke and what he was up to, they still failed and not only that, but the writers took the time set this up, but not go through the hard work of explaining how this makes sense. So much of the ST is saying vague shit so they don’t have elaborate, which probably wouldn’t make sense anyway. I mean Luke’s says he sees great evil in Ben, but it’s never specified because what would be so scary that Luke would kill his nephew, his best friend and sister’s son when he could not kill Vader? You could explain that one last adventure that Luke, Han and Leia had they encountered Snoke and to prevent another Palpatine, they gave him the majority of his injuries, but he survived and went after Ben Solo as revenge. But fuck world building right?

And he just wears the same stupid robe from TLJ

Could I expect anything less from a creatively bankrupt “canon” writers? Where the hell is Timothy Zahn, Daniel Wallace, Matthew Stover and James Luceno when I need good world building? It’s sad and pathetic that my idea of Snoke being a fallen Whills or Darth Plagueis is better than what we actually got from Snoke in canon. “Your Snoke theory sucks” No you unoriginal hack, your inability to do ANYTHING with the character fucking sucks.

[crzygirlsguide]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Vintage 1946 Uncle Wiggily Children's Book.

[bachelorkilled-blog]

                             "Who Are The Bachelors?"

So reads the headline of the LA Times. To answer, The Bachelors are a group of long time collage friends who managed to hit it big overnight in Hollywood, almost by suspicious means- but hey, they're powerful, so nobody can touch them, right? They're under the care of one famous jazz musician and casino owner, Henry Wallace, who has just about as much power and prestige as they come. But the question still remains: Who exactly are these men? How did they get their fortunes?

And months later, the paper adds another question:

                             "Who Killed Ryan Stover?"

Indie. Private. Selective. Multi-Muse OC blog from an original concept by Ace ♠. Inspired by Death of a Bachelor by P!.a.t.d. Temp. Dash only.

[pywren]

Mirror Mirror AU

Part 1 - The Idea (quote by Michelle Hodkin )

Part 2 - The Sequel (quote by  André Breton)

Part 3 - The Follow-up a.k.a. Help this thing developed a narrative thread (quote on the set is by lostcap)

My Other AUs

The Treasure Hunter AU

Generations Fix-it

Miscellaneous

K/S Ship Names Part 1

K/S Ship Names Part 2

The Joke

You make me shine

Star Trek Quotes

At his side - Edith Keeler

Elaan of Troyus

Luck and Miracles

Literature Quotes

“Some people care too much. I think it’s called love.” ―  A. A. Milne

“...and to you it’s just words.” ― David Foster Wallace, The Pale King

“...beyond common sense.” ― Louise Erdrich, Tales of Burning Love

“I knew I’d misjudged you...”   ―  Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“Come back. Even as a shadow, even as a dream.” ― Euripides

“...to find you (again).” ― Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient

“...and made hell grant what love did seek.”  ― John Milton

“...And you.” — Beau Taplin

“Whatever our souls are made of...” ―  Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

“The end of the age of heroes....” ― Matthew Woodring Stover

“I want to be with you.” — Charles Bukowski 

“I burned so long so quiet...” ― Annelyse Gelman: Three Poems

“You get a strange feeling when you're about to leave...” ― Azar Nafisi

“An intimacy from which they never recovered.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Two souls are sometimes created together...”  ―  F. Scott Fitzgerald

Song Lyrics

Saturn by Sleeping At Last

The Scientist by Coldplay

Ghosts That We Knew by Mumford and Sons

See you again by Wiz Kahlifa

When we were young by Adele

Drops of Jupiter by Train

Quotes from tumblr

Let this be the way we remember us. by nerdthor

We looked at each other a little too long... by sh-ocking

Come with me... by Laila Kasra Afshar, excerpt of I Said

Someone asked to to describe home... by Daria M.

The universe fights for souls to be together by Emery Allen

Rather be forgotten together than remembered apart by lostcap

No, not without you... by lostcap 

Tribute to Paths on the Starlight by plaidshirtjimkirk

Why on earth does it have to be you? (source)

Here is what the boy said to the sea... by renisanz

What are we: science or magic? by tragedyintoart

I could write novels with the words I could never say to you by clexsah

The expanse between our lips... (source deleted?)

The thing about parallel universes is... (source deleted?)

It’s a tragedy, the way he loves you... (source deleted?)

But for the love of God, don’t touch him... by beniignus -> new

Quotes from other Popculture

We don’t get to pick the things that fix us. ― Daredevil

Why does it hurt so much? Because it was real... ― The Hobbit

All that pain and misery and loneliness... ― Doctor Who

I have seen things you wouldn’t believe... ― Doctor Who

The things we did for love...  ― A softer world -> new

Garashir

You are my favourite “What if” - Fall Out Boy, Fourth of July

So...after it happened now twice that I saw a set on my dashboard I didn’t recognize only to find out it was one of mine, I decided to make a masterpost in order not to lose track. I hope I sourced all the quotes correctly. 

[jasonfry]

Yes, it’s true -- I’m writing the adult novelization of Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

No, I can’t tell you anything else -- that will come from Del Rey and Lucasfilm in good time. (Patience, young Jedi.)

But needless to say, I’m really excited. I mean, just look at that picture!  

In the summer of 1977 I read the novelization of the original Star Wars (ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster) so many times that it fell apart -- the one you see there is a replacement copy. I devoured everything, from the Journal of the Whills prologue and the revelation (in the photo insert, of all places) that Tarkin burned to be Emperor to the weird stuff, like Luke remembering a dog he once owned and wondering what a duck is.

I saw the Donald F. Glut novelization of Empire in my local WaldenBooks (in the Smith Haven Mall on Long Island) a couple of weeks before the movie came out, gasped, and started reading it while walking through the corridors. (Not recommended.) The back cover promised STARTLING REVELATIONS, and they weren’t kidding. (I also ran with Han calling Hoth “deader than a Triton moon,” using that as the seed for my first Star Wars short story.) I dug into James Kahn’s Jedi novelization with the same fervor, loving Jabba’s boast about killing Jedi when the name meant something and the comparison of the rebel and Imperial fleets to seagoing armadas. 

For the prequel era, my first assignment for the Star Wars Insider was to interview Terry Brooks about his Phantom Menace novelization; while I was the Insider book columnist I also interviewed Bob Salvatore and Matt Stover, as well as Foster and Glut. Three Celebrations ago I found myself next to Foster for an impromptu tour of the TFA costumes and props; and it’s been a pleasure getting to know Alexander Freed as a fellow author at Lucasfilm meetings.

So Star Wars novelizations have been a part of my fandom from the very beginning -- and now I get to write one. I’ve had a lot of pinch-me moments, but that’s near the top. And I can’t wait to share this book with you.

If you’re new to my writing, this is the place where I share links to the latest things I’ve done, as well as photos and some random thoughts. Besides Star Wars, I co-write a blog about the New York Mets and write about travel, storytelling, movies, music and anything else that moves me. (You can also follow me on Twitter, but be aware you’ll have to put up with a lot of baseball agita and some politics.)  

Want more Star Wars from me? I’ve written 40-odd books and short stories, so there’s plenty. Try the four-volume Servants of the Empire series (start here), which ties in with Star Wars: Rebels. It’s marketed to kids, but the storytelling works for readers of any age. Check out The Weapon of a Jedi, my Luke Skywalker adventure, or the crazy-geeky The Essential Atlas, co-written with Dan Wallace. 

I’m also the author of the Jupiter Pirates series, which includes three books with two more to come. It’s not Star Wars, but it’s about space pirates and it’s got battles, lost treasures, family secrets and all sorts of other stuff that I’m pretty sure you’ll like.

That’s it for now -- if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got a book to write!

[moviechristmas]

Santa Claus vs. Cupid – 1915

Billy Casey, Edith Wright, Florence Stover, Gladys Gane, Grace Morrissey, Guido Colucci, Mabel Dwight, Margery Bonney Erskine, Mrs. Wallace Erskine, Raymond McKee

source, two

(via Santa Claus vs. Cupid – 1915 | Movie Christmas!)

[doubleattitude]

Avi’s Dance Project

Starpower National Talent Competition, Riverside CA 2020 Results: SOLOS

High Scores:

8 and Under Novice Solos

1st: Jessica Sutton-’Shake Your Tailfeather’

3rd: Isabel Campos-’Cover Girl’

Didn’t Place:

Jessica Sutton-’Hero’

Chloe Bretz-’Workin’ Day and Night’

8 and Under Intermediate Solos

4th: Elizabeth Stoffel-’Never Enough’

6th: Aubrey Avila-’Single Ladies’

9th: Alyssa Garay-’Trouble’

9-11 Intermediate Solos

1st: Kendall Stone-’I Gotcha’

Didn’t Place:

Kaitlyn Kremblas-’Grown’

Abigail Ordaz-’World We Made’

Addison Hackworth-’River Deep’

Gissel Valencia-’Emotions’

Kaileena Wallace-Jackson-’Speechless’

9-11 Advanced Solos

8th: Rylee Hitter-’Sort Of’

12-14 Novice Solos

10th: Rylee Butler-’Word Up’

12-14 Intermediate Solos

7th: N’dia Mondragon-’Madness’

8th: Ava Stanford-’Ready or Not’

Didn’t Place

Skyler Clark-’It Doesn’t Hurt’

Ava Morilla-’Vienna’

12-14 Advanced Solos

3rd: Audrey Stone-’Dangerous’

5th: Madeline Stone-’Winner Takes it All’

Didn’t Place

Audrey Stone-’You’re the One That I Want’

Alexa Estep-’Lone Wolf’

Alexa Estep-’Schindler’s List’

Madeline Stone-’Water Me’

15-19 Novice Solos

2nd: Jada Flowers-’The Way’

15-19 Intermediate Solos

2nd: Madelynn Finn-’Look At Me’

6th: Andrea Stover-’Gravity’

Didn’t Place

Andrea Stover-’Black Cat’

Madelynn Finn-’Died In Your Arms’

Madelynn Finn-’Look At Me’

15-19 Advanced Solos

2nd: Christina Crocker-’Amen’

5th: Lexi Desko-’All By Myself’

Didn’t Place

Emily Zaragoza-’Swim Good’

Emily Zaragoza-’Only Fault’

Maile Rodriguez-’One’

Lexi Desko-’Falling Like the Stars’

Titles:

Junior Miss Starpower

2nd runner-up: Rylee Hitter-’Bloom’

Teen Miss Starpower

Winner: Audrey Stone-’Dangerous’

1st runner up: Madeline Stone-’Winner Takes it All’

Miss Starpower

Winner: Christina Crocker-’Amen’

[rmdreier]

#vintage #1946 SC HEIDI Johanna Spyri Mary and Wallace Stover Perks Publishing $8 link in bio. #vintagebooks #vintagechildrensbooks #heidi #bookaneer #bookstagram #bibliophile #bookhoarder #instabook (at Dodge Center, Minnesota)