#A New Hope

[knightjane]

(People like Yoda, Darth Vader, and Obi-Wan aren’t on this list as they were already in another poll.)

#luke skywalker #leia organa #han solo #chewbacca #boba fett #lando calrissian #mon mothma #grand moff tarkin #a new hope #the empire strikes back #return of the jedi #star wars #poll

[vintagevibessketch]

A drawing of Luke and Leia I made the last summer but I never got to post.

#star wars #star wars art #star wars fanart #luke skywalker #leia organa #princess leia #sw anh #a new hope #star wars original trilogy #skywalker twins #skywalker family #my art #drawing #digital art #this was my first star wars fanart actually #sw luke #sw leia

[tonsillessscum]

Leia post in honor of Carrie Fisher’s passing which was 7 years ago today.

#star wars #leia #princess leia #leia of alderaan #leia skywalker #leia organa #Star Wars memes #Carrie fisher #Han solo #leiahan #empire strikes back #a new hope #return of the jedi #ristarwars

[laurenillustrated]

May the 4th be with you ⭐️

#may 4th #may the fourth be with you #may the force be with you #luke skywalker fanart #luke skywalker #luke skywalker art #a new hope #star wars characters #star wars art #star wars a new hope #star wars fanart #star wars #star wars fandom #character art #drawing #digital drawing #illustration #digital art #illustrator #fanart

[han-leia-solo]

"It's a girl." "Leia."

#leia organa #swedit #starwarsedit #swcreators #filmgifs #star wars #movieedit #carrie fisher #vivien lyra blair #a new hope #return of the jedi #the force awakens #ours

[sci-fi-gifs]

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope dir. George Lucas | 1977

#star wars #a new hope #swedit #scifiedit #filmedit #filmgifs #userteri #usertennant #userconstance #usernik #useraurore #usersugar #underbetelgeuse #tuserpris #miatendos #* #sfgdiana

[godthinksabel]

The OT as text posts part 7

#star wars #luke skywalker #han solo #leia organa #lando calrissian #star wars a new hope #star wars empire strikes back #star wars empire #star wars return of the jedi #sw rotj #sw esb #sw anh #empire strikes back #return of the jedi #a new hope

[jeronandor]

"So essentially what Star Wars to me was, a boy who is stuck at home and dreams of joining a war. And so it's like, let's tell a story of a girl who is stuck in a war and dreams of going home. It was like a mirror." - Gareth Edwards, 2023

#star wars #rogue one #a new hope #jyn erso #luke skywalker #gareth edwards #rogue one: a star wars story #star wars: a new hope #star wars gif #mine

[tatooineknights]

Behind the Scenes - Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, Star Wars

#luke skywalker #star wars #sw edit #swedit #anh #a new hope #bts #behind the scenes #movies #film #mine

[ddesole]

A New Hope (1977) dir. George Lucas

#star wars #a new hope #swedit #filmedit #starwarsblr #swsource #luke skywalker #biggs darklighter #mark hamill #garrick hagon #*

[carricfisher]

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope dir. George Lucas | 1977

#star wars #a new hope #swedit #filmedit #filmgifs #scifiedit #userteri #usertennant #userconstance #usermelanie #usernik #useraurore #underbetelgeuse #usersugar #tuserpris #miatendos #leia organa #han solo #*edit

[starwarsblr]

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope dir. George Lucas | 1977

#star wars #a new hope #swedit #filmedit #filmgifs #scifiedit #userteri #usertennant #userconstance #usernik #usersugar #underbetelgeuse #tuserpris #tuserpolly #usermelanie #leia organa #han solo #** #** gif #by diana

[darthvaders]

Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope. STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE (1977) dir. George Lucas

#swedit #starwarsedit #a new hope #scifiedit #filmedit #filmgifs #moviegifs #dailyflicks #junkfooddaily #star wars #userjen #starwarsblr #thestarwarsdaily #swnews #mine #gif #anhedit

[bibxrbie]

"Luke Skywalker isn’t like the old Jedi. He saves Vader with his attachments!”

Wrong!

Luke Skywalker, at the end of Return of the Jedi, after his confrontation with the Emperor drags Darth Vader through the destructing Death Star. He’s desperate, knuckles white under the heavy weight of his father’s body, a little boy dragging his dad to safety. He sets Vader down for a moment, to catch his breath or maybe to get a better grip. He goes to grab Vader again, but Vader, uncomfortable and in pain, asks Luke to take off the mask. He wants to see Luke through his eyes instead of the eyes Palpatine built for him. Luke refuses, says that removing the mask is a sure way for Vader to die. Luke doesn’t want Vader dead, he wants Vader alive. Not to hold him accountable for his many evil acts, but for the same reason why Luke Skywalker can’t kill Darth Vader; Vader is his father and Luke loves him.

And yet, after a moment, Luke removes Vader’s mask. He doesn’t want to, he hesitates, but he removes the mask with enough slowness to allow Vader to take it back. In that moment, Luke sets aside his desire for Vader in his life, sets aside his desire to see him live, and sets aside his entire mission, the reason he was even on the Death Star in the place. In his compassion for his father, Luke stays with Vader until he dies. It is this moment where we see him be the best damn Jedi he can be. I’d even argue that this moment is the greatest example of non-attached love we see. Because Luke lets Vader go! He lets his father die, and in some ways, by removing the mask, he too kills Vader, he stays with him until his last moment, gives him the kindness of granting his last wish and finally chooses Vader.

And Luke doesn’t have to do this. If Luke Skywalker’s love for his father was an attachment, he would ignore Vader and continue dragging him to the escape pod, put his desire for a father as his central focus and ignore Vader’s wants and discomfort. Maybe he would even save him. But he doesn’t. Instead, he watches as Vader dies.

He builds a Jedi burial for his father and watches it burn the remnants of Vader and Anakin Skywalker away. He mourns Vader, he mourns what they could’ve had as father and son, considers what ifs and maybe-if-I-did-this. Vader/ Anakin is released from his mortal body, from his ‘crude matter’ and Luke lets him go. He says one final goodbye to Anakin. Then, he joins Leia, Han, Chewie, Lando, and the rest of the Rebels and celebrates their victory. He lives in the present and celebrates what he has instead of what he lost.

Luke Skywalker is THE Jedi. Everything about Luke Skywalker serves as the foundational cornerstone of the Jedi, everything about the Jedi as a culture and philosophy is reflected in his character. Luke’s desire for the New Jedi Order isn’t to throw away the values of the old Order, but to vitalise them, breathe life back into dying lungs, and rebuild a path that people set out on their way to destroy. (Yes, his Order is different from the Old, but that’s because it has to be. He doesn’t have the resources or the safety of the Old Order.) The philosophies of the Jedi are difficult and they aren’t for everyone, and like the perfect Jedi that Luke is, he struggles and stumbles and sometimes he even rejects it. But, no matter how far he falls, it is a way of life he chooses again and again and again. It is a way of life that welcomes him back each time

#luke skywalker #star wars #pro jedi #jedi positive #luke skywalker meta #luke skywalker loves being a jedi and i'm so tired of people pretending he doesn't #I hate you 'time-travel fics where Luke judges the Order for how they've handled things' #Luke would be the people's padawan actually chasing everyone down to acquire every bit of knowledge that they have #star wars meta #jedi order #the jedi #anakin skywalker #darth vader #the original trilogy #a new hope #empire strikes back #return of the jedi #if I tell you that luke outgrows anakin/vader? if I tell you that Vader is just the start of his Jedi growth and the end of it? then what? #Iong post #it kind of ran away from me

[the-force-awakens]

General Kenobi, years ago you served my father in the Clone Wars. Now he begs you to help him in his struggle against the Empire. I regret that I am unable to present my father's request to you in person. But my ship has fallen under attack, and I am afraid my mission to bring you to Alderaan has failed. I have placed information vital to the survival of the rebellion into the memory systems of this R2 unit, my father will know how to retrieve it. You must see this droid safely delivered to him on Alderaan. This is our most desperate hour. Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope.

#swedit #starwarsedit #usersophie #starwarscolors #starwarsblr #star wars #a new hope #bright image #nym.gifs

[sci-fi-gifs]

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope dir. George Lucas | 1977

#star wars #a new hope #swedit #filmedit #filmgifs #scifiedit #userteri #usertennant #userconstance #usernik #usersugar #underbetelgeuse #tuserpolly #tuserpris #* #sfgdiana