#zorii unknown

[the-force-awakens]

top 5 very minor sequels characters?

*claps my hands together giddily* my time to shine, thanks Casey! Honestly it's going to be the hardest to narrow down solely to just five. I'm only going to be including characters from the films (otherwise this would be a very different list) and I'm running on the basis that they don't have a huge role in affecting the plot and primarily function as background characters (so no Paige or Zorii or Kaydel on this list, but know that I adore them)

Snap Wexley. Although technically my love for Snap is definitely born a little bit out of the Poe comics, I still adore the moments we get of him in the movies, rare as they are. That quick little shot at the end of tfa where we see him and Poe looking excitedly at each other in the bg when the map is complete? I adore them both so much. Shout out to Poe's canon bestie, and also bigger shout out to Lego Star Wars: Skywalker Saga for going "he's fine nothing happened on Exegol what the fuck are you talking about"

Tallie Lintra. MY LOVE. MY ABSOLUTE BELOVED I'M SO SORRY THAT EMO ASS BLEW UP THE HANGAR YOU WERE IN...anyway, I just love the vibe that Tallie gives off in her few scenes we see of her. Plus an A-Wing pilot?? FUCK YEAH. I'm always gonna adore A-Wing pilots (I have a soft spot for A-Wings, my dad gave me a toy A-Wing as a kid)

C'ai Threnalli. I just love C'ai. Running theme here in that all my faves are pilots (is anyone shocked? I mean, really?). He seems like an absolute sweetie. I love the canon details we got of him outside the movie as well - that he's one of Poe's frequent wingman and understands Poe pretty well/they're close because of it, and that C'ai doesn't speak Basic. Also the hug between him and Poe at the end of tlj is SO SOFT and sWEET I love it sm. I also just realized a couple weeks ago that you can actually hear Poe say his name, so I finally know how to pronounce it (it's said like Kai)

Beaumont Kin. Beaumont you funky little autism, you. I love the fact that his scenes in tros is just him infodumping about his special interest. This man was a professor before he joined the Resistance? He's estranged from his shitty family, has a special interest in the old republic (and altho now it's not on wookieepedia i swear at one point it was canon he had visited like - some sith planets to take a look at the historical sites).

Captain Canady. The one and only First Order fella to make the list. Why is he on here? Because for reasons unknown even to me, I love him? He's so exasperated in the like....five minutes of screentime he has in tlj, and looks like he's 0.5 seconds away from materializing off that dreadnought onto the Finalizer to throttle Hux, which is...valid as hell, and funny as fuck to watch.

Honorable Mentions (some of whom felt a little too plot relevant to include): Larma D'Acy, Wrobie Tyce (another pilot, also D'Acy's wife!), Jessika Pava, KALONIA my beloved I'm sorry you couldn't fit into the list, Peazy (PZ-4CO), Ushos S. Statura, Aftab Ackbar, Taslin Brance, and whole lot more because I want to fit the entire Resistance into my pocket to keep them safe. I love them deeply.

Ask me my top five anything!

[lostinblazes]

[ felix mallard, cis man, he/him. ] ✧･ﾟ is that [ rhys bliss ] who just stumbled into town? rumour has it that they’re the [ twenty-four ] year old child of [ zorii bliss ] from [ star wars ]. i’ve also heard that they’re [ intuitive ] but [ stubborn ] and have [ zero ] siblings. i could almost swear i heard [ delilah - fred again ] playing when they appeared.

rhys was born to successful spice runner, zorii bliss, father unknown and unimportant. zorii never felt it was important for her to reveal who his father was, but she was adamant in telling rhys that it wasn’t poe dameron as rhys was conceived during the time in which poe was zorii’s enemy and avoided the planet kijimi.

rhys learned quickly how to survive the harsh planet, watched after by zorii’s fellow smugglers and taught the trade. often, the young boy was used as a decoy or as the object itself that held the spice.

he never complained about his role in the business nor did he mind. in fact, he aspired to be just as good, if not better, than his mother. he wanted to make her proud. she was a hard individual to impress, so to do so would be a great accomplishment for him.

unfortunately, any possible connections he could have made on kijimi were cut short. in a flurry of sudden activity, zorii pushed him onto a ship with a few of her most trusted men and sent him off without explanation. he was young and out of the loop of the politics of the galaxy, but seeing and hearing the news that kijimi had been destroyed told him all that he needed to know.

he hadn’t been told if his mother had made it off world in time, devastated and inconsolable by the crew. he was beyond angry that she hadn’t told him about any of it, striking the match to the fire that would quickly burn inside of rhys.

he was still too young to captain the crew, but her certainly took on the role regardless. and, they mostly listened. he had the same commanding traits as his mother, and knew what sort of decisions she would make in certain situations. he wasn’t perfect, but he was determined to become the spice runner he’d always wanted to be.

after the fall of the first order, zorii had sought out her son to announce her survival and role. however, he didn’t make it easy to find him and it took nearly a year for her to locate him. their meeting was bittersweet. rhys was relieved that his mother was alive, yet felt betrayed that she didn’t explain any of this to him sooner. as she told him to rejoin her, he refused. he was going to make his own mark without her help. he gave his crew the option to go back to his mother, of which most did.

but, some stayed and rhys was fine with that. he was just a teenager as he set out to aggressively compete against his mother’s operation. he still loved her, but he just couldn’t stay with her anymore.

as time went on, rhys went for riskier and riskier hauls. he’d gotten himself into enough trouble than anyone would think about retiring. but, he just couldn’t. there was something addictive about seeing how far he could really go, how much he could make and move. the only thing that could stop him was death itself.

rhys holds a small grudge against the resistance for bringing his mother into their war. though, he can’t be too mad at them because they did give her the information that kijimi was going to be destroyed. his biggest problem is with poe dameron.

he has always been slightly force sensitive. he gets ‘feelings’ that something is about to happen and acts on them. however, he has never thought it had anything to do with the force nor does he believe the force is even real. jedi and sith were just fairytales for children. probably will never learn how to use the force like other force-users.

takes part in pod racing every once and a while to earn some extra cash. goes under the alias of ‘zor blae’.

bisexual, slightly addicted to spice, mama’s boy, and a flirtatious mess. however, he’s never had an actual relationship because it’s hard for him to trust someone that much.

[sciencewithashield]

"Happy birthday, loser!" ~ Christine

“Thanks, loser.”

[goddamnmuses-a]

“Do you think just because my feet don’t touch the bottom of the pool that I need a floatie?”

“Is this you telling me you can’t swim?”

[redemptivexheroics]

@zorii-unknown

“Okay who the hell does this? I get invited to a wedding and get paired with the biggest asshole of the egotistical man variety, I’m going to murder that man if he even breathes in my direction” Raven said throwing the wedding invitation onto the table. She arched her brow at the look on Charity’s face and it looked like she was enjoying Raven’s moment of panic. “What?”

[thefortuneseeker]

@zorii-unknown Continued from here

Eye brows rose before she chuckles with a headshake. “I mean a tropical island doesn't sound so bad.  I could live off by mangoes and laying on the beach the rest of my life, ” she joked.   

“Tell me Christine...What place have you always wanted to visit? ”

[chaoticbynature-archived]

(Christine)

“Wow!”

[thechildrenoflores]

“When I was young–I’m still young, right?”

“I mean, you still look pretty young to me...”

[xkillmcnger-blog]

💺 (feel free to ignore this)

Having a woman in his lap cameas a surprise to Erik, but it wasn't a bad thing. In fact,he loved it. He put a hand on herass and squeezed.

“  Damn, what's a beautiful girl likeyou doing on my lap?  ”

[oscarseyebrow]

The Best Plan

gif by the wonderful @zoriis 💖

Pairing: Poe Dameron x Female reader Rating: Mature Words: 2.5k Warnings: Language, canon typical violence, Poe Dameron kisses (they need their own warning). Notes: Written for @uncle-kenobi's choice from this kissing prompt list: 17. Needing to kiss to hide from bad guys.

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With a warm hand clasped tightly around your own, you twist and turn through an unknown city, trying to stay ahead of your pursuers; the sound of footsteps thundering along the narrow side streets behind you . Every blaster bolt, every splintering of the air around you serves as a constant reminder that they’re gaining ground—their shots are becoming more accurate with every attempt they make. Luckily, another opening appears at the right moment and you follow Poe’s lead, allowing him to drag you down it.

There’s barely seconds between you, their shouts following you and bouncing between the walls to remind you that they’re almost on you. And as if right on cue, Poe momentarily stops running to take aim and fire back, sending the stormtrooper at the front crashing down to the ground and causing the others to stumble over him. It buys you enough time to turn and run again, the ceremonial sounds of the parade passing through the city growing louder with each step you take.

You break for freedom into an explosion of colours; waves of people moving and blending together in an ocean of celebrations. The sounds are deafening and easily drown out the pounding of your heart in your ears; a continuous, upbeat tune leading a procession of brightly coloured floats, each one with their own acts entertaining the crowds while passing by. It has you both faltering in your tracks for a moment, chests heaving in time with each other while your eyes dart around, trying to find the best route through.

Dancers twirl by, their outfits glistening and sparkling in the midday sun and earning gasps of awe from the crowd. Children’s faces light up in pure adoration—each one of them watching in delight while dreams begin to manifest in their innocent minds of one day being able to do this when they’re old enough.

Poe’s other hand begins to move, subtly hiding his blaster from view now that you’re both surrounded by so many innocent by-standers.

“There they are!” There’s jostling behind you in the crowd as you snap your head to see white armour pouring out between brightly coloured outfits; the gleam of plastoid swirling through, much like milk bleeding through a cup of caf. There are more shouts while shoulders barge people out of the way as they attempt to clear a path towards you and Poe.

“Poe…” You squeeze his hand in urgency, trying to keep some composure given the situation but there’s already a tingling in your body, begging you to run. Fight or flight. This isn’t the place to fight and there’s so many of them—with just you and Poe, you’re severely outnumbered.

“I see them,” he nods, eyes glancing back over his shoulder before scanning the area. “Come on.”

And then you’re running again, apologising to people as you knock them off-balance while weaving your way through the crowd. Angry shouts and screams in many different tongues follow in your wake, blending with the roaring of the crowd and drawing little attention to the way you continue to run.

That is, until Poe darts straight out into the smallest gap between the floats, having timed it just right to dash across to the other side of the street and into the opposite crowd. This time, it’s a quick duck to the left and a change in direction, burying yourselves deeply between the people and standing still for a moment while attempting to catch your breath.

“Jacket.” Poe huffs out, just as short of breath as you are while he lets go of your hand and holsters his blaster. “Give me your jacket.” You ask no questions and do as he says, unfastening it while his eyes scan the area quickly before meeting yours again. Even here, in this hopeless situation, there’s still an energy that radiates from him as though he secretly enjoys the chase and being kept on his toes—and with a hint of a grin, he turns around to speak to a woman close by. He’s using his best charm, flashing the smiles and using that voice until he hands your jacket over in exchange for her scarf.

Poe wastes little time as he steps forward towards you, his body now so much closer amongst a sea of colour. But despite all the sounds and commotion around you, despite the steady sway and swell of the crowd, the only thing you’re able to focus on is him. The damp hair that clings to his temples has now started to curl with the heat and the sweat; the midday sun bearing down relentlessly. He gently places the scarf over your hair and then wraps it around, making sure you’re somewhat hidden at first glance. And while he tucks some loose strands out of the way, you feel his fingers linger for maybe a second or two longer than they should before they’re gone. Their absence leaves a gentle tingle against your skin, as though your body hasn’t yet processed that they’re no longer there.

Just as you had, Poe discards his jacket in an attempt to change his appearance enough to leave the immediate area without being recognised. The pace is much slower now, but his hand stays wrapped firmly around yours. You tell yourself it’s because he doesn’t want to lose you in this crowd, you tell yourself it’s because while he has a hold of you, he can focus on other things without wondering if you’re still following behind him. But every now and again, you’re met with a small brush of his thumb over your skin; as though Poe momentarily forgets himself and who he’s holding hands with.

It takes time, time that you don’t have while the First Order combs the city looking for you both—but this is the way. This is the way that you escape, slow and steady, drawing very little attention to yourselves while blending in with the celebrations. In a different life, to be lost in such festivities would have your eyes lighting up like the children around you; it would fill you with the joy and excitement evident on the faces that you pass by. But this is not your life. And it’s not Poe’s, either.

Eventually, you make it out of the crowd and to your disappointment, Poe releases your hand. The warmth against your palm quickly begins to cool until all evidence of the man’s touch disappears. For a moment, you look down, as though expecting to see some sign that it was there only a few seconds ago—but all you’re met with are the lines of the palm and the scars along the back of your hand.

“What is it?” You lift your eyes upon hearing Poe’s voice, noticing the way he’s studying you with a hint of concern. With the way you’ve been examining your hand, you understand it may look as though there’s some problem with it so you quickly shake your head.

“Nothing. It’s nothing.” You reassure him and watch the way his dark eyes flicker between your own. Without thinking, you lick your drying lips and catch the quick drop of his eyes as they study the way your lips glisten and then part while you try to stay more focused than Poe is right now. “We have to keep moving.” You remind him. Your words draw his attention back up to your eyes and he nods, a little more firmly than he needs to, as though reminding himself of that, too.

This time, you walk alongside Poe with neither one of you leading the way while your feet fall into a rhythm together. You’re just as alert as he is; eyes constantly being drawn to anything that closely resembles the armor of stormtroopers. You don’t need to talk and even if you wanted to, you’re sure the music from the parade would drown out any words you speak to the man. There will be time for conversation and the usual light-hearted banter when you both make it back to the ship in one piece.

But the ship feels a million miles away when a formation of stormtroopers appear at the other end of the street, walking towards you at a militant pace with their weapons ready. It’s clear that they haven’t spotted you yet, but Poe is already stopping abruptly and taking hold of your arm to turn back the other way. Only now you see more of them, patrolling from the opposite direction as though they’re planning on meeting in the middle.

“Fuck.” His curse is low, but you hear it. You have nowhere to hide without drawing attention to yourselves again.

Without thinking, you turn to face Poe and step closer to him. “C’mere.” There’s no hiding the curiosity that flashes over his face as you back him up a few steps into the nearest doorway but it quickly becomes a look of surprise at the abruptness of your actions. You don’t see any other expression as you reach up a hand to the back of his neck and pull him down to press your lips to his.

Poe shows absolutely no resistance to this plan; in fact, you think he almost welcomes it a little too willingly as one of his hands moves to frame your face while the other rests against your lower back to draw you in closer to him. Of all the ways you’ve ever thought about kissing Poe, not once was this on your list. A kiss to escape an enemy, yet somehow, it feels so much more than that.

Without any warning at all, Poe’s lips part against your own while his tongue slides along the seam of your lips; seeking an entrance that you’re more than happy to grant. If you’d had any sort of plan when starting this, allowing the kiss to deepen in this way hadn’t been part of it. Had it? Maker, you’re not sure. His tongue expertly slips into your mouth with a warmth and wetness that has you sighing softly down your nose. But then he tilts his head ever so slightly, somehow deepening the kiss even more while exploring every inch of your mouth that you will allow.

He’s becoming familiar with it, tracing your tongue with his own and storing you to memory while his hand slides down from your cheek and instead slips beneath the scarf around your head. It distracts you in its journey; his touch already blazes a path across the small amount of skin that it meets until eventually, his hand cups the back of your neck. The warmth of his palm, that was previously clasped around your own, now radiates across a different area of your skin—but it’s the brush of his thumb that gets you. It traces along your hairline right at your nape and earns an unexpected moan to muffle between your mouths.

Maker, you’re mortified. That wasn’t supposed to happen. You quickly pull back; lips still glistening and throbbing from the intensity and deepness of the kiss you were momentarily lost in.

“I - I’m… Shit, Poe. I…” You’re trying to apologize—you don’t want this to be misinterpreted as something that it’s not. But your words falter as your eyes meet his again and he very slowly raises a single eyebrow at your failed attempt at an apology. You’re all too aware of a heat that sits far too low in your stomach and the way that your arousal makes itself very apparent now that he’s staring at you like that.

No. That wasn’t your intention… Was it?

Poe moves towards you without saying anything. Two small steps. That’s all it takes before your back is touching the opposite wall and his body is boxing you in. This time, the increase in your heart rate has nothing to do with the stormtroopers that have already passed by, unaware of you and Poe in the doorway.

“You’re what?” He asks as he lifts his hand and your stomach flips with the thrill and anticipation of those fingers being on your skin again. However, he presses it to the wall beside you while he holds himself close enough to keep you tightly wound, but far enough away to keep you yearning.

“I’m sorry.” You barely whisper as your eyes drop to his lips again. This isn’t the mission you’re on. This isn’t what you’re here for. But you can’t help yourself. Those full lips are right there, parted and framed by a few days worth of stubble. Now that you’re this close, you notice more of the greys that pepper it and a small, isolated patch right beneath his lower lip. Nobody can deny the fact that Poe Dameron is handsome but you never expected to be one to fall for him just as all the others had.

“You are?” Poe asks and leans in a little closer to you. “Because I’m not.” Oh, fuck.

You can’t say for sure who moves first, but in less than a second, your lips are crashing to his again. There’s no hesitation this time; he has mapped your mouth out and navigates it as expertly as he would a star chart. Poe’s tongue slips right back in there, picking up where he left off while his hands work the scarf down to free your hair. It’s clear he wants to feel it as one hand buries into it, allowing the strands to fill the space between his fingers while you reach to mirror his action.

This time, it’s Poe that is caught out when your teeth latch onto his lower lip just as your fingers tighten against his hair. But unlike you, he’s unashamed. He makes no apology for the sound that he makes while his lip slides free and he’s able to seal his mouth to yours again. It’s tongues and teeth, it’s slow and deep, broken only by a momentary surfacing for air before continuing. And then it’s Poe’s mouth, moving to kiss at the corner of yours before trailing his lips down to your jaw. Stars, this isn’t what you were expecting and with your head dropping back against the wall, you have no will to tell him to stop.

“Do you think they’re gone?” Each word he speaks causes his lips to graze over the skin that you allow him access to with your head tipped back.

“No.” You lie. It earns you a smirk that you feel curl against your skin, because he knows, just as much as you do, that the troopers passed by within seconds of the first kiss. “I think they’re still out there.” Poe hums against your skin in response to that, giving himself a moment or two to act as though he’s coming up with a plan. He’s not. Escaping couldn’t be further from his mind right now as his hands move to rest against your hips and draw them a little tighter to his own.

“Suppose we’ll have to keep cover here, then.” He suggests before nipping at the skin on your jaw. This time, it’s you who smirks as you keep your eyes closed, enjoying this moment far too much.

“That’s the best plan I’ve heard all day.”

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[kittyofalltrades]

kitty pls talk to me about your thots on poe's kinks

This sent me into orbit! I am about to air this man OUT!

NSFW UNDER THE CUT 18+ ONLY

Mask Kink/Helmet Kink. We've seen Zorii Bliss, you know good and damn when they've fucked and he's insisted the helmet stays on. Zorii suspected that it was because he could see his reflection, but it was more the thrill of fucking someone "unknown".

The man is double belted into his pants because he can't keep it in his pants. So yes, public/semi-public. Being on a Resistance base doesn't lend to a lot of privacy, so he takes what he can get, whether it's bending you over in a dark corner of the hangar or pulling you into a supply closet.

Phone/comms sex is his thing, too. Commander away on long missions he's going to get lonely and why should he be lonely when he can just give you a quick call from the cockpit of his X-wing? It's been so bad that you had to stash wipes in his cockpit for clean up.

Praise kink meet the hero of the Resistance, he lives and breathes praise. The husky whisper of Good Boy in his ear is enough to put that hidden corner of the hangar to use while he teases the words from you again and again until you cum.

You've seen his hair. You think he keeps it that length because he is unkept or lazy? Have you seen his X-wing and his Droid? The man keeps it that length because he likes it pulled. Just a quick tug no matter when is an instant on switch for him. More than once have you given those beautiful brown locks a tug to get out of an early morning meeting.

Poe sweet sweet Poe is a switch, meaning dom at times sub at others. After a bad day, Poe just wants to be held and taken care of. He lets you decide for him, whether that's gagging him while you fuck him or stroking his hair while you cuddle him.

[fairytalefires]

[ felix mallard, cis man, he/him. ] ✧･ﾟ is that [ rhys bliss ] who just stumbled into town? rumour has it that they’re the [ twenty-four ] year old child of [ zorii bliss ] from [ star wars ]. i’ve also heard that they’re [ intuitive ] but [ stubborn ] and have [ zero ] siblings. i could almost swear i heard [ delilah - fred again ] playing when they appeared.

rhys was born to successful spice runner, zorii bliss, father unknown and unimportant. zorii never felt it was important for her to reveal who his father was, but she was adamant in telling rhys that it wasn’t poe dameron as rhys was conceived during the time in which poe was zorii’s enemy and avoided the planet kijimi.

rhys learned quickly how to survive the harsh planet, watched after by zorii’s fellow smugglers and taught the trade. often, the young boy was used as a decoy or as the object itself that held the spice.

he never complained about his role in the business nor did he mind. in fact, he aspired to be just as good, if not better, than his mother. he wanted to make her proud. she was a hard individual to impress, so to do so would be a great accomplishment for him.

unfortunately, any possible connections he could have made on kijimi were cut short. in a flurry of sudden activity, zorii pushed him onto a ship with a few of her most trusted men and sent him off without explanation. he was young and out of the loop of the politics of the galaxy, but seeing and hearing the news that kijimi had been destroyed told him all that he needed to know.

he hadn’t been told if his mother had made it off world in time, devastated and inconsolable by the crew. he was beyond angry that she hadn’t told him about any of it, striking the match to the fire that would quickly burn inside of rhys.

he was still too young to captain the crew, but her certainly took on the role regardless. and, they mostly listened. he had the same commanding traits as his mother, and knew what sort of decisions she would make in certain situations. he wasn’t perfect, but he was determined to become the spice runner he’d always wanted to be.

after the fall of the first order, zorii had sought out her son to announce her survival and role. however, he didn’t make it easy to find him and it took nearly a year for her to locate him. their meeting was bittersweet. rhys was relieved that his mother was alive, yet felt betrayed that she didn’t explain any of this to him sooner. as she told him to rejoin her, he refused. he was going to make his own mark without her help. he gave his crew the option to go back to his mother, of which most did.

but, some stayed and rhys was fine with that. he was just a teenager as he set out to aggressively compete against his mother’s operation. he still loved her, but he just couldn’t stay with her anymore.

as time went on, rhys went for riskier and riskier hauls. he’d gotten himself into enough trouble than anyone would think about retiring. but, he just couldn’t. there was something addictive about seeing how far he could really go, how much he could make and move. the only thing that could stop him was death itself.

rhys holds a small grudge against the resistance for bringing his mother into their war. though, he can’t be too mad at them because they did give her the information that kijimi was going to be destroyed. his biggest problem is with poe dameron.

he has always been slightly force sensitive. he gets ‘feelings’ that something is about to happen and acts on them. however, he has never thought it had anything to do with the force nor does he believe the force is even real. jedi and sith were just fairytales for children. probably will never learn how to use the force like other force-users.

takes part in pod racing every once and a while to earn some extra cash. goes under the alias of ‘zor blae’.

bisexual, slightly addicted to spice, mama’s boy, and a flirtatious mess. however, he’s never had an actual relationship because it’s hard for him to trust someone that much.

[userpoe]

poe dameron: a masterpost

Ever since The Force Awakens released in 2015, I’ve kind of made it my mission to keep track of any and all expanded material that included my favorite flyboy (and resistance general!) Poe Dameron. I kind of lost track in between The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker, but over the holidays, I caught back up.

I’ve been asked a couple of times about his appearances in the comics/novels, so I decided to make a quick, mostly chronological masterpost of his various appearances since they tend to be sporadic at best. I’ve included the episodes he appears in/is mentioned in Resistance, as well as some material that focuses on his parents, Kes and Shara because once you fall in love with Poe, you fall in love with his parents there’s no way around it.

Rebellion Era (Shara & Kes)

Empire Ascendant: Kes and Shara help build Echo Base, Poe appears (as a baby) briefly in a hologram

Star Wars (2020 Run): Takes place in between Empire and Return of the Jedi, mostly focuses on Luke, Leia and Lando but Kes and Shara have had big roles as well (includes tons of ‘fun’ parallels between Poe and his parents)

Shattered Empire: Takes place directly after Return of the Jedi. The first canonical appearance of Shara and Kes. 

Before/During The Force Awakens

Poe Dameron Freefall: Young Adult novel that explores Poe’s history with Zorii. Takes place over a year and a half, set when Poe’s sixteen.

Age of Resistance - Poe: takes place while Poe is in the New Republic Navy, we get to see some of Rapier Squadron

SW Adventures (2017) #24: takes place while Poe is in the New Republic Navy

Before The Awakening: explores the recent histories of Finn, Rey and Poe leading up to the Force Awakens: explains how Poe joins the Resistance

Star Wars Poe Dameron: 31 issue comic series (+ 2 annuals) that nicely expands on his history in the Resistance and sets up threads that are picked up on in TLJ and TROS (issues #26-31 are set Post TLJ, but also explore arcs that run simultaneously through TFA)

SW Adventures (2017) #15 

SW Adventures (2017) #6: Rose and Poe meet for the first time!

Star Wars Special C-3P0: Poe appears briefly to rescue Threepio 

Star Wars Age of Resistance Special: there’s a short story about BB-8 that features Poe pretty heavily 

Resistance 1.01 “The Recruit”: Poe brings Kaz into the Resistance

Resistance 1.07 “Signal From Sector Six”: Poe reunites with Kaz to investigate a distress signal

SW Adventures #16: Poe appears briefly to contact Kaz 

SW Adventures #17: cameo appearance from Poe (in a daydream)

Resistance 1.11 “Station Theta Black”: Poe and Kaz team up to investigate what the First Order is up to in the unknown regions. 

Resistance 1.17 “The Core Problem”: Poe and Kaz go to investigate another location in the unknown regions to see what the First Order is up to: ties in directly to The Force Awakens, as Poe is leaving for Jakku at the end of the episode.

Moving Target: mentioned in, at the very end of the novel

Poe Dameron Flight Log: junior tie-in novel, set from Poe’s POV. His various flight logs up to and during The Force Awakens. The parts referenced after he crashes the TIE are no longer canonical, but there’s still plenty of fun snippets to take away from it (and less fun, we get a glimpse at what he underwent torture wise before Kylo)

The Force Awakens Novelization: again, the parts post TIE Crash are no longer canonical, but it includes a lot of great moments not featured in the film

Post The Last Jedi/The Rise Of Skywalker

The Last Jedi Novelization: goes further in-depth what Poe is up to while Rose and Finn are on Canto Bight

Resistance 2.02 “A Quick Salvage Run”: mentioned only, takes place shortly after the D’Qar evacuation (we get good Poe & Kaz feels)

Resistance Reborn: picks up immediately where Poe Dameron #31 leaves off. 

Resistance 2.17 “Rebuilding the Resistance”: mentioned only again, but it’s more good Poe & Kaz content 

Spark of the Resistance: Poe, Rey and Rose go on a supply mission

Star Wars: Allegiance - four-issue miniseries leading up to TROS; mostly focuses on Rey, Leia and Rose but there’s some good Poe and Finn content.

“Choose Your Destiny” A Finn & Poe Adventure

SW Adventures #31: Poe and Rey go on a training run together

SW Adventures #32: primarily focuses on Finn, but there’s a couple of good (heartwrenching) Poe panels 

SW Adventures (2020) #1-2: Poe and Finn decide to enlist Artoo to help them devise a new training course for Rey because they miss having her on missions with them 

The Rise of Skywalker Novelization

Misc

Poe To The Rescue (Lego Special): takes place shortly after the C-3P0 comic special

Galaxy of Adventures “Rise of the Resistance”

Galaxy of Adventures “An Unlikely Friendship” 

Galaxy of Adventures “A Hero Rolls Out” 

Galaxy of Adventures “Leia Organa”

Galaxy of Adventures “Rey and Friends VS. The First Order”

Lego Star Wars Holiday Special: aka the one where Poe wears a holiday BB-8 sweater and is an adorable disaster (Disney+ Special)

Lego Star Wars Terrifying Tales: Halloween special focused on Poe and BB-8 as they crash land on Mustafar (Disney+)

Rebel Files: tie in novel compiling texts from the Rebellion with the odd annotations by Resistance senior command.

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how I would fix star wars

inevitably, I have been thinking about How I Would Fix Star Wars, and make the parts of TRoS that displeased me into a more coherent story. 

unfortunately, to do so will require the use of a time machine and veto power over the Lucasfilm Story Group. but IF I had those things here is what I would do:

I actually would not make a lot of changes to TFA. The main ones would be:

toning down Starkiller a bit as a threat, to a one-shot-per-planet deal but with a faster recharge time

slightly more stormtrooper stuff -- establish what Finn’s leaving behind and give Phasma a little depth. 

if possible, put some kind of distinguishing visual marker on the trooper who marked Finn’s helmet.

a small background detail that isn't important yet: after the village massacre at the beginning, show stormtroopers collecting the bodies, trooper and villager alike. if possible, do this after every scene with a significant body count, throughout all three movies.

either give the knights of ren some actual stuff to do or cut them out entirely

show kyle chafing at snoke’s leash, maybe demanding to know more about some of snoke’s various Secret Projects, and being dismissed

give rey a little time to settle in with the Resistance before leaving to find Luke. we don't have to show it much, just make it clear that she’s making a home there and has bonded strongly with Leia

clean up some weird pacing and make the travel times/distances between planets more consistent

honestly other than that I wouldn't change much. I genuinely like TFA a lot and its strength is in how well it establishes the new characters.

for TLJ, some bigger changes but the bones of it I'd leave alone:

make it more clear why the tracking through hyperspace is a big deal and make the solution less of a fetch quest

I really like parts of the Canto Bight plot but I would probably swap it out for something with more stormtroopers in it -- let Finn interact with other troopers and remind us that there are individuals under those helmets

(a recurring joke: Finn can always tell troopers apart when they’re in uniform, and Rose can never figure out how. he thinks it’s because he was a trooper, but no, it's because he’s Force sensitive)

maybe get close to convincing some of them to desert, but either they fail last-minute or the deserters get caught and killed

Finn and Rose escape by the skin of their teeth thanks to a trooper who helps them, letting them know that even if they aren't brave enough to leave, there are plenty of troopers who aren't all-in with the First Order

again, after any major fight show the body cleanup. troopers carrying and stacking the dead in neat rows. start hinting that there is something more ominous here than fanatical tidiness

the Snoke stuff -- make it more obvious that Snoke is orchestrating stuff other than just running the First Order. maybe have Hux ask about the cargo ships they're sending to the Unknown Regions, and get shot down

make part of Kyle’s refusal to leave w Rey due to his burning need to Know All The Secrets, and conviction that as Supreme Leader he could really clean up the joint

once Snoke is dead, show Kyle getting access to his secret files/vaults; do NOT show what he finds there

I'd also want to clean up some wonky pacing and timeline/travel distance stuff, probably, but again I really like most of the movie so it’s nothing major

also keep Phasma around for the next movie! what the fuck, she rules, why would you not

okay so that brings us to TRoS, which… would need a pretty major overhaul. 

First of all, we are working under the assumption that I have a time machine, so I made Carrie Fisher go to the cardiologist on the reg starting on day 1 of TFA rehearsals, and she’s fine and able to play the part as she was meant to.

with that in place, here’s how I would restructure:

we keep the Hammer Horror opening scene, but tweak the Emperor’s reveal. he’s much more corpse-y, without the tech umbilical keeping him alive -- a wraith animated by Dark power. 

lots of grandiose claims about his unstoppable army and his impending dominion over the galaxy, ultimate triumph over the Light, etc

don't show the armada yet -- just kyle’s reaction, which is genuine fear.

news of the Emperor’s return isn't a broadcast, but a whisper. a transmission from a terrified First Order cargo pilot, who’s learned the truth about his one-way trip to the Unknown Regions. passed through the lower ranks by rumor and hearsay. eventually leaked to the Resistance by an unknown First Order source

I like the idea from the beginning of the movie, that Rey’s trying to speak to dead Jedi through the Force. but it’s not working, and she shares her frustration with Leia

make it clear that she and Leia have a deep, strong bond.

give Rey a Jedi artifact to hunt for. maybe there’s a place or a thing that she thinks will let her commune with fallen Jedi, and that’s what they go looking for.

that lets us keep some of the fetch quest, but the First Order’s not as actively on their tail. 

they keep crossing paths anyway, and every time there are troopers doing something worse. maybe at one point they see troopers refuse to massacre civilians, and being killed themselves instead.

also they take Rose with them, because this movie needs more Rose

still have those post-battle scenes of body cleanup. now the cleanup crews are being killed once they’re done

this could be a good use for the Knights of Ren, actually. whatever is happening, they're part of it

Leia is more active throughout: she's on the move, recruiting allies for the Resistance, trying to figure out what's happening in the Unknown Regions

she has an actual scene with Lando, and he goes to Rey on her orders

tweak Poe’s backstory with Zorii. he worked with her while undercover for the Resistance, and left them in the lurch when the General needed him back. 

he’d have recruited her, if there had been time, but now he's glad he didn't: most everyone Poe recruited to the Resistance died at Crait.

when Rey crosses paths with Kyle, he’s obviously rattled. he Knows Something that he won't or can't tell her and he's even more fatalistic than usual.

lean harder on the unease/whispers of dissent in the First Order as they're told to do more and more awful things. maybe a scene where someone -- not Hux -- disagrees openly, and Kyle says something that implies that he's getting orders from someone above his head.

this gives Hux a chance to snark at Kyle -- isn't he supposed to be the Supreme Leader, now? who's telling him what to do?

off Kyle’s reaction -- someone is telling him what to do, and he's terrified of them in a way he never was of Snoke.

(keep Hux-as-informant, that was done perfectly)

Rey’s artifact hunt still takes her to the Death Star wreckage, off rumors that Palpatine hoarded Jedi artifacts. 

we meet Janna &co. Finn is so relieved and happy to meet other troopers who survived defecting. Janna tells him that there used to be more, that it used to be easier to get out, but more and more troopers have been killed in the attempt, without escaping.

by now it’s clear: there is Something Wrong With The First Order, beyond the obvious.

Rey fights Kyle in the Death Star ruins. Kyle tells her the Emperor wants to turn her to the Dark Side, that he can’t be refused or stopped, that even death won’t let her escape from him.

the fight plays out similarly, but Leia’s distraction doesn't kill her. 

after Rey heals him, Kyle faces his fear and talks to Leia via Force bond. He tells her what the Emperor is planning, and it’s Ben Solo who leaves the ruins.

he can give Leia files or some other concrete proof via the same trick he uses with Rey in the movie, because that’s honestly very cool and it was used really well, so we’re keeping that

when Rey talks to Luke on Ach-To, he tells her that Palpatine used the Empire to sow chaos and fear, because that made the Dark Side stronger and gave him more power to tap into.

Luke says: “I think he would have been happy to burn the whole galaxy down, as long as he could rule over the ashes.”

Rey realizes she can’t hide from the Emperor, and knows he’ll never turn her to the Dark. she goes after him.

Leia sends the Resistance to back Rey up and sets out to rally the galaxy with Lando and Chewie

finally, it’s confrontation time! Rey faces Zombie Palpatine, and he reveals his plan in all its glory:

he’s built an army of the dead. ghost ships, crewed by all those bodies we've been watching the First Order collect for three movies.

some of them we recognize, if we’re paying attention: the trooper who marked Finn’s helmet, Lor San Tekka, Hux. there are long-dead clone troopers, little more than skeletons in filthy white armor. half-functional Separatist droids. Resistance fighters and First Order officers killed on Crait. countless civilians. 

they’re all dead, all animated by Palaptine’s Dark Side powers, fueled by the strife and chaos he continues to sow throughout the galaxy

he doesn’t want to blow up any more planets. he wants to kill the shit out of absolutely everyone: the end of all life, and all Light. everyone in the galaxy a soldier in his undead army

he wants Rey to strike him down and become the new Sith Empress, ruling over an empire of ashes.

but we are discarding the granddaughter shit, because frankly it is not necessary and makes no sense. 

he can just be like ‘ah yes, a feral desert child, powerful in the Force, with no inconvenient ties to hold her back. I've had good luck with those, mostly.’

now, a brief side trip: what is the First Order doing, in the midst of all this?

well, the rank and file are actually not super down with the ‘join the glorious army of the dead’ plan. half of them are in open revolt; some try to run, some seize control of their ships and decide to fight for the living

Phasma leads Team Living. yeah, I kept her for a reason! Gwendoline Christie is great at this!

Ben shows up as before, fights the Knights, does the cool lightsaber trick with Rey. he fights with Leia’s saber.

when Palpatine drains their life force to restore himself, though, something happens differently:

it’s actually Leia’s life force. she gives up her life for her son and for the daughter of her heart, willingly and gladly, knowing she has rallied the galaxy to their aid. she tells them, before she goes, that help is on the way

the giant fleet that arrives to fight Palpatine has First Order ships in it. finally, everyone is on the same side. Palpatine has been playing both sides against each other since Episode 1, but it won't work anymore, now that they know what he wants. the long con is over. they're united against him.

Rey beats Palpatine the same way, Ben revives her the same way, but Leia’s sacrifice means he has enough juice left to survive it. 

idk about the kiss; I am Reylo-agnostic

but he’s going to try to shepherd the First Order into something that builds and protects, instead of destroying. 

people like Janna and Finn, who got out, and Rose, who lived under their heel, will show him how.

Finn is Force sensitive, and so are some of the other former troopers. 

some of them want to become Jedi

Finn wants to follow Leia’s path: do the training so he understands how to use the Force, but he's not meant to be a Jedi. he's going to be a leader -- not a general, hopefully, but a leader for peacetime.

so like. they won! hooray.

Rey takes the name Skywalker, still. Ben is fine with this: he’s a Solo-Organa. 

there can be a touching Force ghost reconciliation, or not, whatever

so. that is how to fix star wars. you’re welcome. if anyone out there has a time machine and an in with Lucasfilm, hit me up I guess?

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