#bariss and luminara

[cienie-isengardu]

Cienie's Star Wars sidenotes

While doing research and writing down the last pieces of Funeral Rites of the Clone Troopers, it became even more clear how The Clone Wars animated TV series did a great disservice to Jedi, especially in the context of medical care for clones.

TCW has clone medics, both as part of combat units (e.g. Kix from 501st Legion) and working apparently in the medcentre as sometimes was presented on the screen.

The role of doctors treating wounded troopers was given to Kaminoans (Nala Se) and droids and sure, those two groups were part of the whole GAR’s medical system in the Legends too. However Jedi Healers (doctors), as far as I remember, were seen treating mainly other Jedi like Yoda

and even then TCW barely paid attention to force healing as an important skill. 

The research about medical care for clones gives a pretty drastic idea of what was happening during and after battle which is understandable why the show destined for younger viewers didn’t go into full details about triage of wounded but considering how many dark themes were put in the same show, I dare to say not showing medical care provided by Jedi or common Republic doctors and nurses (who btw are a rare example of republic citizens conscripted into army during the war) actually is unfair. The show reduced one very important aspect of Jedi - they weren’t just generals and commanders either sending or leading troops into battle, they also provided medical help, whether they were specifically trained at healing or not. 

In Legends, we could see Jedi Healers assisting the army on various occassions, working in triage area like in Republic comics series:

The triage unit, where Jedi healers labor to save the lives of the wounded, was set up safely behind the line of battle. But as the fortunes of war shift, so do the battlelines.

and worrying first about wounded even in the face of serious danger

Master Saa! We’re cut off! There’s no way to get the wounded out!

and searching for survivors

Master Saa is hurt! She pulled the trees on top of us for protection...

and working in hospitals

Follow me Skywalker. We have much healing to do. The Jedi sickbay, where we treat the most severe injuries. And our own, of course. Master Offee has saved countless lives. She seldom leaves her post to rest. But we all work long hours.

Not to mention the whole Medstar duology dedicated to padawan Bariss Offee, doctors and nurses serving in Republic mobile hospitals close to frontine - and yes, forever I’m gonna be bitter about how TCW/New Canon treated the most iconic Jedi Healer.

(The cover art for Medstar: Jedi Healer by Dave Seeley)

When padawan Skywalker arrived at New Holstice with his troops, he was immedialy called to assist in the nearest sickbay

“Are you injured, master Jedi?”

“Not really, no.”

“Good. You can make yourself useful by heading to the nearest sickbay. We need all the Jedi healers we can get...”

and for context, this is Anakin two days after after Jabiim, one of the worst war campaigns Republic experienced so far, the solely survivor of Jedi Pack traumatized both by the loss of his comrades and what happened on the planet and forced to make a devastating choice is literally told to get at work ASAP because every Jedi in between assignment was working here hard to heal the most wounded..

Though no healer himself, Anakin even force-healed injured trooper on battlefield to stop him going into shock:

Supporting the commando trooper with his left arm, Anakin warded off blaster bolts on the run. The rest of Squad Seven supplied cover, blowing STAPs out the sky with uninterrupted fire. Cody motioned everyone into a shallow irrigation trench just short of the mound. By the time Obi-Wan arrived, the troopers were deployed in a circle, and continuing to pour fire into the sky. Anakin slid into the trench a moment later, lowering the commando gently to the muddy slope. Squad Seven’s medical specialist crawled over, removing the commando’s ravaged utility belt and deeply dented helmet.  [...]

The harvester’s pincers had crushed the armor into the commando’s abdomen. His skin was intact, but the bruising was severe. With only half the original army of 1.2 million in fighting shape, the life of every clone was vital. Blood and replacement organs - - what the regular troopers referred to as “spare parts” - - were readily available - - “easily requisitioned” - - but with the war reaching a crescendo, battlefield casualties were on the rise and treated as high priority.

“Not much I can do for him here,” the medspec told Anakin. “Maybe if we can get an FX-Seven air-dropped - - ”

“We don’t need a droid,” Anakin interrupted. Kneeling, he placed his hands on the injured commando’s abdomen and used a Jedi healing technique to keep the clone from going into deep shock. [Labyrinth Of Evil]

(and included request for evacuation of the wounded trooper when Cody called for artillery support)

In Republic comics series alone we could see Jedi showing concern for the wounded troopers at various moments, putting their well-being as priority:

or helping (healing) wounded enemies:

And I won't lie, it is frustrating how Legends, especially Republic comics series that had around 40 issues put so much pressure on Jedi Force healing and how Jedi care for wounded troopers while The Clone Wars (New Canon) that lasted for decade or so kinda ignored the issue? Which is unfair to Jedi and clones alike. The first are presented as less caring, at times indifferent? the latter deserved to have all the available medical help, not just Kaminoans and droids.

#star wars #jedi #jedi healers #clone troopers #legends vs new canon #anakin skywalker #luminara unduli #bariss offee #aayla secura #mace windu #i wil be bitter forever for how tcw treated bariss offee #i demand new canon to bring back the jedi force healing their troopers and wounded in general

[myhyperfixationisiforgot]

Barriss-centric story where the 41st and the 501st get paired together for the duration of the war. Barriss gets close with Ahsoka on her (ahsoka's) breaks back at the Temple early in the war, and then eventually goes out and joins the 41st as the war gets worse. She kinda figures that if she can't keep saving people the right way back at the temple, maybe she can at least keep Ahsoka safe. There's pining, there's a teenage love story, there's some 'teetering on the brink of total self destruction as the war slowly degrades her sense of self,' there's a whole lot of 'trying to tell your mom that you are this close to killing yourself and she's just not getting it'.

Meanwhile Luminara is scrambling to deal with this entire situation and the growing sense of dread it inspires. She and Anakin are pretty successful together but holy shit. There is so much wrong with this kid what the actual fuck. Anakin tries to talk to her about Barriss except he offhandedly mentions the chancellor thing in the process and no no no go back what do you mean the chancellor involved you in private senate matters as a teenager.

#barriss (holding on by a fucking thread): lately i feel like something is really wrong #luminara (with the abuse prevention video from her padawan days running through her head on loop): yeah i know what you mean #luminara definitely cares for bariss a lot there is just so much bad shit going on the all the time #i understand that this is not luminara's vibe but it's the best i can do while i get this written down #barriss offee #luminara unduli #star wars the clone wars #anakin skywalker #ahsoka tano #clone wars au #star wars tcw #4501st au

[fizzy-watches-and-listens]

omg guys the sound design in the clone wars AHH it’s so good, i just finished watching the geonosis arc and omg all of the explosions and blaster fire and the geonosians speaking, it’s just beautiful

also can we get some love for luminara unduli, she’s so so cool guys and she’s such a good master for bariss

and fuck ki adi mundi all my homies hate ki adi mundi

#ki adi mundi didn’t do anything bad in this arc but he’s just in general a dick #star wars the clone wars #the clone wars #tcw #landing at point rain #geonosis #luminara unduli #bariss offee #ki adi mundi

[marveltaughtmetoread]

The thing I have always struggled with is yeah in the Clone Wars the Jedi are shown to have a mature and healthy response to their emotions, they grieve but they don't let it consume, they keep a level head even in times of crisis

There is a whole separate point to be made about the disconnect between how the Jedi are shown to handle their emotions and what they teach Anakin (and by extension the audience) about how to handle emotions, but that's not relevant here

It's not the way they handle their emotions that is the issue, it's their actions and responses to situations that has always been my problem

Their actions are uncaring, especially taking into account their connection to the force

These are people who can sense in the force whether or not others are alive and to some extent what's happening around them yet in both Weapons Factory from Season 2 and Rising Malevolence from Season 1, the Jedi are shown to give up on people in a way that clearly assumes they are dead

They give up on Plo and his troopers because they don't believe there is any hope of saving them, and it is not worth risking the lives of others for people who are already dead

Luminara gives up on her Padawan Bariss and Anakin's Padawan Ashoka when they are buried in rebel and encourages Anakin to move on

The problem with both these incidents is the Jedi should know they're alive

Proximity is to a certain extent a factor, it's only the powerful Jedi we see reacting to and being able to sense what is happening with others across large distances

But Luminara is standing pretty damn close to where her living Padawan is, yet she collapsed to the floor as if she has felt Bariss die, this paints her attachment as a bald faced lie, she should know Bariss is still alive but in the face of adversity (which is mild considering the Jedi's ability to lift things with their minds) she gives up, dooming both Bariss and Ashoka to die, in this situation Anakin's response is the correct one, people have tried to save random strangers from building collapses with significantly less certainty that they will find people alive than Luminara has, but she has given up before even attempting to rescue them, her actions become callous and a horrific response to the situation, not because of how she handles her emotions but what she chooses to do in the face of possibly loosing someone

She appears to be so willing to detach herself from others that she will leave you for dead given the slightest provocation

And Plo's situation is slightly more dire, everyone acts like he is either dead or going to die, because they lost contact with him, once again they should know that he is alive because of the force, but they just assume he is dead and are willing to move on based on that assumption

They aren't willing to risk other people's lives based on a fool's errand, but we know the audience know Plo is still alive and so should they

What's more the have one of their best pilots close by, who they could send on a solo mission to scout or maybe attempt to rescue them, they don't have to send a whole fleet because agree that would be suicide, but a small craft flown by a skillful pilot aided by the force would be a lot safer as Anakin himself proves by going against them

They had options but instead, they assume Plo is dead and once again doom Plo and his clones, who have already (in a move that does not reflect well on the Jedi) assumed no one is going to save them, and they would have been right had Anakin, once again, gone against what the Jedi thought was best to rescue them

The Jedi should know that people are still alive so their choice to give up and move on to grieving - even if that grief is expressed in a healthy way - is abhorrent

I can't emphasise this enough, random strangers have done more to save each other in times of crisis, with less certainty of anyone even being alive to save, than the Jedi do for their allies, those they are responsible for, and the people they control, yet it is the Jedi who people expect me to root for

Them managing their emotions well doesn't mean shit in the face of callous disregard for life

#star wars #star wars prequels #jedi order #jedi council #star wars the clone wars #anakin skywalker #jedi #anti jedi #jedi critical #star wars clone wars #star wars discourse #luminara unduli #bariss offee #tcw ahsoka #ahsoka and anakin #ahsoka tano #plo kloon #clone troopers #vina rants

[mearchy]

what if bariss offhandedly said she likes to collect wildflowers and every single soldier in Green company makes it their solemn duty to collect several native flowering plants on every possible planet-side mission and leave them in neat rows in her bunk for her to find and study. all those highly trained bulky soldiers in full armor carefully bent over on the trek back from a scouting mission picking through the native plants to find little flowers, arguing over which ones she’s seen before and which ones she’ll find the most interesting.

#she’s their kid okay #they just love her #gree #green company #bariss offee #tcw #tcw headcanons #the clone wars #the clone wars headcanon #luminara unduli #clones and their padawan #mine #headcanons

[elisbookworld]

Sometimes I think the stereotypes in Star Wars aren't to bad, but then I remember how the two Women wearing Headscarves are portrayed.

#luminara unduli #bariss offee #star wars #the clone wars #star wars the clone wars #fuck star wars

[ahsoka-in-a-hood]

Hmm thinking about a canon-compliant follow up of the wrong jedi arc with Luminara and the council dealing with the fact that Bariss is now sentenced to die. She's confessed so the issue isn't her guilt but let's say an execution wasn't actually something they expected to be on the cards when Ahsoka was first called to stand trial- this, the military perogative to execute a jedi padawan for treason, this is new and an escalation they've gotta contend with. So there's an appeal and there's attempts to lighten the sentence and maybe that works. Maybe it doesn't though and there is an extremely covert jailbreak

#bariss offee #luminara unduli #jedi council #wrong jedi arc #the clone wars #fics i'm not writing

[the-brave-new-world-project]

Luminaria Unduli: I expect you have a similar name for me, and my padawan?

Destiny: Green Machine and the Lean Bean.

*Utter confusion*

Destiny: Or detached parent and emotional damage.

#star wars #star wars au #movies #incorrect star wars clone wars quotes #incorrect star wars quotes #star wars tcw #inccorect tcw quotes #tcw quotes #tcw #clones funny #funny clones #funny tcw #writers #master luminara #luminara unduli #bariss offee #quotes

[kim-the-kryptid]

Been super busy this past week but I've started cooking up more oc art 🙏 and with the anouncement and trailer of Tales of the Empire, there might be some of a certain green girl coming soon 👀💚

#star wars #tales of the empire #ive drawn Luminara #now need bariss to complete the set #then together because they are my fave side master and padawan duo #green girlies stick together

[cienie-isengardu]

"Haja, sweet scent-what're you hiding under that big ol' robe?" Luminara Unduli did not look up at the large, unshaven, rough-hewn, and unpleasantly fragrant man or his equally coarse and malodorous companions. She treated their knowing grins, the eager forward tilt of their bodies, and their leering eyes with equal indifference-though their collective body odor was somewhat harder to ignore. Patiently, she raised the spoonful of hot stew to her lips, the lower of which was stained a permanent purplish black. A series of interlocking black diamonds tattooed her chin, while more intricate markings decorated the joints of her fingers. The olive color of her skin contrasted strikingly with the deep blue of her eyes. These rose to regard the younger woman who was seated on the other side of the table. Barriss Offee's attention shifted between her teacher and the men crowding uncomfortably close around the two of them. Luminara smiled to herself. A good person, was Barriss. Observant and thoughtful, if occasionally impulsive. For now, the young woman held her peace, kept eating, and said nothing. A judicious reaction, the older woman knew. She's letting me take the lead, as she should. The man who had voiced the impropriety whispered something to one of his friends. There was a ripple of crude, unpleas ant laughter. Leaning closer, he put a hand on Luminara's cloth-draped shoulder. "I asked you a question, darlin'. Now, are you gonna show us what's under this lovely soft robe of yours, or d'you want us to take a peek ourselves?" An air of pheromone-charged expectation had gripped his companions. Huddled over their food, a few of the establishment's other diners turned to look, but none moved to voice outrage at what was happening or to interfere. Spoon pausing before her lips, Luminara seemed to devote greater contemplation to its contents than to the insistent query. With a sigh, she finally downed the spoonful of stew and reached down with her free right hand. "I suppose if you really want to see . . ." One of the men grinned broadly and nudged his hulking companion in the ribs. A couple of others crowded closer still, so that they were all but leaning over the table. Luminara pulled a portion of her outer robe aside, the intricate designs on the copper-and bronze-colored metal bands that covered her upper forearms glinting in the diffuse light of the tavern. Beneath the robe was a metal and leather belt. Attached to the belt were several small and unexpectedly sophisticated examples of precision engineering. One of these was cylindrical, highly polished, and designed to fit comfortably in a closed hand. The aggressive spokesman for the group squinted at it, his expression slightly confused. Behind him, a couple of his heretofore hopeful cronies abandoned their leering expressions faster than a smuggler's ship making an emergency jump to hyperspace. "Mathos preserve us! That's a Jedi lightsaber!" Expressions falling like hard rain, the band of would-be aggressors began to back off, split up, and drift hurriedly away. Unexpectedly deserted, their erstwhile leader was unwilling to admit defeat so quickly. He stared at the gleaming metal cylinder. "Not a chance, no. A 'Jedi' lightsaber, is it?" He glared belligerently at the suddenly enigmatic object of his attentions. "I suppose that would make you a 'Jedi Knight,' sweet splash? A lovely, lithe Jedi at that!" He snorted derisively. "Sure and that's no Jedi lightsaber, is it? Is it?" he growled insistently when she failed to respond. Finishing another spoonful of her meal, Luminara Unduli carefully set the utensil down on her nearly empty plate, delicately patted both her decorated and her untouched lip with the supplied linen napkin, wiped her hands, and turned to face him. Blue eyes peered upward out of her fine-featured face, and she smiled coldly. "You know how to find out," she informed him softly. The big man started to say something, hesitated, reconsid ered. The attractive woman's hands rested, palm downward, on her thighs. The lightsaber-it certainly looked like a Jedi light-saber, he found himself thinking apprehensively-remained attached to her belt. Across the table, the younger woman continued to eat her meal as though nothing out of the ordinary was taking place. Abruptly, the gruff intruder became aware of several things simultaneously. First, he was now completely alone. His formerly enthusiastic companions had slipped away, one by one. Second, by this time the woman seated before him was supposed to be anxious and afraid. Instead, she only looked bored and resigned. Third, he suddenly remembered that he had important business elsewhere. "Uh, sorry," he found himself mumbling. "Didn't mean to bother you. Case of mistaken identity. Was looking for someone else." Turning, he hurried away from the table and toward the tavern's entrance, nearly tripping over a scraps bowl on the floor next to an unoccupied serving counter. Several of the other patrons watched him go. Others eyed the two women fixedly before finding reason to return to their own food and conversation.

The Approaching Storm by Alan Dean Foster

#star wars #The Approaching Storm #luminara unduli #bariss offee #jedi #when you harass some unknown woman eating her meal only to learn she is a jedi #lol #hopefully it taught something those bastards

[eyesofthetrees]

Barriss Offee's grief for Master Luminara Unduli

The scene from Rebels when Kannan and Ezra found Luminara's frozen corpse terrified me as a kid and it really scares me today.

Evanescence's song ''Like you'' inspired me to do this drawing. I started to make the first skethes back in octomber 2022 for the Day of the Dead but in those days my grandmother passed away and I saw her taking her last breath. After one year of grief and healing I decided to finnish my work and get off a weight from my shoulders.

Barriss Offee would have felt totally devastated if she would find out how her old master was given such a cruel end. After this, I would hope the New Jedi Order would give her a proper burial as she deserves.

I censored the face of Luminara because I thought some people could find it disturbing.

You also can see my drawing (the uncensored version) on https://www.deviantart.com/moonrises/art/Star-Wars-Bariss-Offee-s-grief-1003601014 and my other works on https://www.deviantart.com/moonrises

#star wars #star wars mirialan #barriss offee #luminara unduli #mirialan #padawan #jedi master #grief #haunting #ghost hand #ghost #day of the dead #cruel fate #dark art #dark #tears #star wars barriss offee #star wars luminara unduli #ahsoka series #star wars ahsoka #star wars ahsoka season 2 #terrifying #trauma #cold #frozen #dark fantasy #creppy #fallen jedi #corpse #star wars clone wars

[nateofgreat]

The magic word for a lot anti-Jedi arguments would appear to be "strict." A lot of arguments either use that or some variation of it like "dogmatic" "traditional" "elitist" "rule followers" etc. In any case it's used in almost every argument against the Jedi that I've seen.

-Why did Anakin turn? The Jedi were too strict. If they'd been more lenient he'd have gotten over every single piece of his personal baggage.

-Why did Order 66 happen? The Jedi were too strict and dogmatic. So they couldn't see what was happening around them.

-Why didn't the Jedi stop Palpatine? They were too strict and lawful to do anything about his rise to power.

-Why did the Jedi try to kill Palpatine? They were too strict and intolerant toward the Sith; don't they know it's not illegal to be one? They're too rigid.

-Why did Bariss become a terrorist? Luminara was too strict with her (seriously?), there's apparently no such thing as a naturally calm person so she must've been repressed or something the whole time?

-Why didn't the Jedi realize that anyone could be taught the Force and not just the Force sensitive as per the recent Disney canon? They were too strict and traditional.

There's seemingly nothing that's gone wrong related to the Jedi that can't be explained with the vague identifier of "strict." But here's the thing; being strict isn't inherently wrong. There is a time and a place to be strict.

And a culture (that you can freely leave if you choose) that revolves around training and gaining knowledge in the Force which, if abused, can lead to great pain and misery for everyone... Is such a time and a place. It's okay to have a few guidelines in such a situation.

Also they really don't seem to have a ton of rules. They have some, yes. But the Jedi can seemingly live their lives a bunch of different ways and have a bunch of different paths and duties to choose from. Plus the reason strictness can sometimes be bad is if punishments for breaking rules are too harsh, and that's definitely not the case with the Jedi.

For example, Ahsoka was punished for recklessness on the battlefield... With library duty! So basically she was given extra chores as discipline. Please, someone, try and explain to me why this is so harsh that it explains why a character became a terrorist.

#Star Wars #Pro Jedi #The Jedi Order #The Jedi #Bariss Offee #Ahsoka Tano #anti Jedi bashing

[panda-writing]

I made some dividers because I had some ideas.

They're Phase 1, but.

References: Fox helmet, coffee cup, Cody Helmet, Obi-Wan's lightsaber, Bly helmet, Aayla's Lightsaber, Gree Helmet, Luminara's Lightsaber, Rex Helmet, Jaig Eyes, Anakin's Lightsaber, Ahsoka's Lightsaber, Ryder Helmet

Commander Fox (and Caff because he needs it)

Commander Cody (and Obi-Wan's Lightsaber)

Commander Bly (And Aayla's lightsaber)

Commander Gree (And Luminara's lightsaber)

((I was gonna add Bariss too, but I couldn't find a good one of hers))

Captain Rex (With Anakin and Ahsoka's)

Captain Ryder (OC) (With Amaya {OC}'s lightsaber)

#amaya's clone wars #star wars the clone wars #clone oc #clone dividers #commander fox #commander cody #commander bly #commander gree #captain rex #captain ryder (oc) #captain ryder

[slutcoded-mandogirl]

while i'm on a roll, is anyone else physically uncomfortable seeing bariss' hair??

i haven't seen anyone else talk about it, maybe i'm not in the right fandom circles. but with her & luminara being muslim-coded, like..... filoni, for the love of god, cover her hair, we don't need to see it

#maybe it's not a big deal and i'm reading too much into it #or maybe i'm onto something #who knows #barriss offee #bariss offee #ily queen but i can never remember how to spell your name

[antianakin]

I saw that in the tags of my post about Bariss and Ahsoka you said you think Ahsoka should've been the bomber. So, out of curiosity how would you have had the Wrong Jedi arc play out with this premise in mind?

I've actually already written it and the tag for it is darksider Ahsoka AU.

Basically, Ahsoka is pushed so far in her guidance under Anakin that she just gets fed up with the Order (same general motivations as they gave Barriss in canon, it just makes more sense when it's Ahsoka) and she tries to frame ANAKIN for it so that the Order turns on him and he has to leave. Except that Anakin is better at proving his own innocence than Ahsoka is and it doesn't go well. Anakin figures out it's her but instead of getting caught and sent to prison, he just refuses to leave with her and then basically lets her run and she spends the next 15 years or so just kinda being a loner out in the galaxy, having to hide her connections to the Jedi. I imagine she winds up having to take jobs like bounty hunting sometimes because she just needs the money and work and she's got the requisite skills.

Eventually, she meets up with the Ghost crew during the Rebels timeline and it's the first time she's interacting with a Jedi since the Temple bombing and it hits her HARD (she's been a selfish person kind-of languishing in darkness for a while, but the part of her that used to be a Jedi ACHED when Order 66 happened and has mourned that loss the entire time but she's refused to acknowledge it as such and so it's basically a steadily bleeding wound that never heals). She can't help but keep coming back to them when opportunity allows, even though she's always kind-of an asshole and pretends like she doesn't like them. Ultimately they all end up on Malachor together and Ahsoka has to see Anakin as Vader, but she's SUCH a different person that she doesn't try to stay with him. She's ANGRY when she sees this truth, caught between fury that he only left the Order AFTER she did, that she wasn't ENOUGH for him to leave the Order for, and horror at what he did to the Jedi and what he's still doing to the galaxy. She ultimately just leaves with Kanan and Ezra rather than staying on Malachor and then comes back with them to Chopper Base where she joins the Rebellion on a probationary basis.

This is also the AU where I just roleswapped Barriss and Ahsoka, so Barriss ends up becoming the Rebel spy who comes into the Rebels storyline around season 2. I believe I called her Pyrite instead of Fulcrum, though. She also is WITH Luminara when Order 66 happens and so Luminara is never captured by the Empire and used to lure other Jedi to their doom. I'm fairly certain I ended up having Luminara and Barriss discover and rescue Reva and Trilla from the Inquisitors and took them on as apprentices of sorts, so Reva and Trilla are ALSO Jedi by the time Rebels is happening.

This means that Barriss is around when Ahsoka joins the Rebellion and it ended up a Barrissoka AU eventually.

It's an AU I came back to a lot to kind-of explore how a bunch of different characters are impacted by this change and what their thoughts are on Ahsoka (and Anakin) within this new universe. I haven't come back to it in a while, and things sort-of evolved as I kept thinking on it, so it may not be super coherent, but the bare bones concept is still one I like a lot.

#ahsoka tano #star wars #barriss offee #barrissoka #darksider ahsoka au

[mademoiselle-cookie]

Bariss as a terrorist is not problematic just because a good and kind character get assasinated to prop up the MC without any preparation, or bc we lost a good example of a good Master-Padawan relationship, hence giving ammunition to anti-jedi. It’s also, and mostly, because of racism. 

The Mirialans are Muslim-coded, they are all women who wear the veil. It doesn't come out of nowhere if fans think that. In the West, if we think “veiled women”, we think Muslims. If the news talks about the problem of the veil, they are talking about the Muslim veil, not the Hindu veil, not the Amish veil, not the Christian veil, and no one hearing them will think for a second that they are talking about things other than the veil Muslim. The veil is a very characteristic element of Muslims for an average person.

(In the movies, Luminara and Bariss aren't even played by white actresses, so we can't say it's 'just a veil, nothing deeper behind'.)

The West has a history with Muslims and terrorism. 9/11 still has an impact today, even more so during the making of TCW. So using a veiled woman as a terrorist is clumsy at best, and not having bad intentions doesn’t erase the impact this representation has. 

This reinforces the stereotype of the Muslim terrorist used to harass and oppress members of this religion. I don’t make this “shortcut” between Bariss Muslim-coded and terrorism because I think all Muslims are terrorists. I do it because I live in a country where the veil is considered a symbol of evil, where women who wear it are insulted and attacked, where laws are created to prohibit them from displaying their religion and/or culture.

The fact that the writers chose Bariss to play this role is certainly intellectual laziness, but they could, and should, have thought about what that entailed. “Think before you act” is not a lesson that only applies to Jedi.

Never heard of ‘queer-coded villains’? This is when authors attribute traits associated with queer people to bad guys, hence demonizing these traits. Did these authors think their villains were queer? In the vast majority of cases, no. They simply used traits often associated with villains to emphasize the evil side of theirs without thinking more than that. The absence of bad intentions does not cancel out the damage it causes.

And all this reflection is based on the principle that the parallel between the Mirialans and the Muslims is involuntary. I haven't seen a quote from LucasFilm saying anything, but I find it hard to believe. The Jedi were created to be extremely diverse, in direct opposition to the Empire made up of mostly old white human men, and this is not the first time that Lucas has drawn inspiration from cultures and religions existing in our world, especially Arab populations. There is no reason to think that he did not intentionally use Muslims to create Bariss and Luminara.

The most absurd thing is to think that LucasFilm is incapable of being racist. These are the same people who whitewashed the clones, who used Arab populations as very clear inspiration for a group of violent slavers who communicate only through pig squeals and will be massacred by a white man without any real consequences. The same people who, after being acquired by Disney, will replace a black character with his white neo-Nazi abuser in his role as main character/love interest, who will whitewash an already animated character, who will create clones superior to the others who are incidentally more white, who will cast a white actress for a character who clearly had Arab features in animation.

So no, we don’t have a problem with Bariss being Muslim-coded bc we think Muslims are terrorists, but bc the stereotype of Muslims being terrorists exists and is extremely harmful to the Muslim community. 

If you can’t see that, check your own bias and bigotry. 

#LucasfIlm could have used one of the younglings from the arc where Ahsoka was kidnapped by hunters #we would have had the motivation and it would have been the opportunity to explain why no one was looking for them #(because that too gave ammunition to the anti-Jedi) #ahsoka tano #wrong jedi arc #the clone wars #anti TCW #star wars #racism #pro jedi #islamophobia #barriss offee