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If I could kill a writer with my mind...

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Accurate

For those who are still confused about the Bat Children… 🦇

Hope this helps :)

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I want more of these two teaming up because they are the best

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I’m just imaging an AU where Padme’s pregnancy didn’t have to be a secret and Anakin is trying to pick out names for the baby so he asks his men for ideas, and the clones, of course, throw out names like

“Zapper!”

“Sling!”

“Bomber!”

“Kickback!”

Anakin is internally screaming, but he doesn’t want to insult them by saying those are terrible names so he’s just like, “…thanks, guys.”

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This is basically Crosshair and Omega in the new episode while Hunter and Wrecker were at Space Lousiana fighting space crocodiles.

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“Hey look down there it’s Elon Musk!”

“Wouldn’t it be funny if you shit on his head like a big old bird?”

“Way ahead of you Power Girl…

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Harley Quinn is a grandma!

Harley Quinn Vol. 5:

Vote Harley

Issues #28-34

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If you’re the kind of fan who gets upset when a character experiences growth and doesn’t stay the same over massive amounts of time, for better or worse, a la Harley Quinn, Luke Skywalker, Red Hood, Din Djarin, etc., you’re only fooling yourself.

#harley quinn #din djarin #luke skywalker #red hood #boba fett #ahsoka tano #people who don’t understand how character arcs work #basic composition theory

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Technically speaking Cal is the only, living, Jedi who was officially knighted. Yoda implied Luke was a Jedi, but he never knighted him. And Ahsoka and Ezra were Padawan’s who never officially finished there training.

their collective teaching credentials are basically just "haha dude trust me I know what I'm doing for sure"

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I know you have several time travel AUs already but consider: the last (4) Jedi wind up in the Clone Wars era.

Only one of them is an actual Jedi, half of them are romantically involved with someone (maybe even with each other if you ship skybridger), another half are extremely close with one or more Mandalorians, and none of them have had more than two years of training. And somehow THEYRE the only ones left.

The council would have a conniption.

i have a LOT of thoughts about this au but as always, gotta start with the silly

(commission info // kofi support!)

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The Jedi in Yoda’s vision of a world at peace say so much about who he is. 

I plan on extensively yelling about Yoda’s visions in the immortality arc in the future, but for now please consider this.

Okay, getting this quick remark out of the way: it’s Katooni (the little Tholothian girl) who guides Yoda there. Children are a symbol of innocence, and what’s interesting is that Yoda takes her hand without hesitation after seeing all of the Jedi dead (and specifically Mace, Petro and Ahsoka). Throughout this scene here Yoda is the one asking questions and Katooni is the one answering - she speaks slowly and patiently, almost as if she’s talking to a youngling. –> The embodiment of wisdom manifested to Yoda (in a vision meant to tempt him through his dearest wishes) is a child. Talk about humility. 

Now please pay attention to the Jedi in the background. 

Here, the three Jedi right in the center of the set are Mace, Ahsoka and Petro - the exact three Jedi Yoda just saw dead and cried over (boy, s6 is so much fun, isn’t it?). So a significant part of Yoda’s deepest dreams is seeing other Jedi safe. He knows how to let go - that’s what this whole scene is about - but he still very much yearns for his fellow Jedi’s safety and happiness. 

Onto the even sadder part: have you noticed what’s going on here? Younglings are playing around, and the older Jedi are all talking. Quinlan with Saesee Tiin, Tera Sinube with Gungi, Anakin with Aayla Secura, and Mace with Ahsoka. And not just talking, look at the gif above! Mace is openly laughing at whatever Ahsoka said.

And Ahsoka looks at him like this. (Again, this is right after Yoda’s vision of her dying, desperately asking how the Council could expel her.)

One of Yoda’s greatest hopes is seeing Ahsoka happy with her fellow Jedi, at ease with the embodiment of authority that is Mace. 

Yoda loves Mace - he’s the first person he reaches for in the vision of the devastated Temple - and he loves Ahsoka, and part of his greatest temptation? Is to see the rift between the lost child of the Order and its Head healed. 

Same thing with Quinlan - the known loose cannon - and Saesee - another Council member. And Tera Sinube is an elder Jedi, talking to a youngling. And Aayla is “just” a Knight, almost a random one, and Anakin is chatting with her.

This follows a pattern: the rogue and the conventional, the very old and the very young, the common and the extraordinary - each pair shows opposites enjoying each other’s company, differences embraced. 

(Anakin talking to Aayla instead of sticking to Obi-Wan’s side like he does in the real world is especially interesting - he’s part of the community here, not ostracizing himself like he tends to do. Again, for this to be part of Yoda’s great temptation says so much about how caring he is. He wants Anakin to belong, more than anything.)

And finally, we get this: 

(I couldn’t make this part into a gif because of technical reasons, so enjoy the beautiful family picture.)

Once again we find that central theme of healing and wholeness. This part is what convinces Yoda to briefly let go of his (well-founded) doubts and to embrace the vision. It’s his biggest, greatest, deepest desire. The one that could have made him abandon reality itself to stay in this idyllic dream. It’s his unbroken lineage, happy, in the light. 

Yoda just wanted them all to be a family. Obi-Wan clearly adores Dooku in this scene (check it out, his awestruck look is amazing), their body language is incredibly warm and open, and they are completely at ease with each other and delighted to be sharing stories. It just screams domestic life.

And that’s it, that’s all Yoda ever wanted. For the young and the old to be content together, a community bathed in light, the gardens filled with the sound of windchimes and the laughter of children. He just wanted to have his family alive and safe and smiling. 

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Dammit, I love this frog grandpa so much *sobs*

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I rewatched Mando season 3 again. The best thing this show did was have Din and Bo as a power couple. Their relationship really serves the story thematically. They are the embodiment of Mandalorians standing as one.

Grogu is the fruit of what their relationship represent: Unity. He's their child.

I don't know, but I think it would be not that interesting if the show just kept being a bounty hunter show when Din is literally part of a people who suffered genocide and has to rebuilt. Wanting Bo and Din's story to be told in different shows doesn't make any sense because he needed to understand from her that fighting for Mandalore is important and she needed to understand from him that she is not defined by a weapon she carries.

They complete each other. They need each other.

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Star Wars really missed out on some golden opportunities by not having Luke--the moisture farmer who never spent a day of his life outside of the driest desert you ever saw-- react to other planets' water.

Luke is on Hoth for a full week before he realizes what snow is. "This is WATER?!" "...yeah." "WE'RE RICH!"

or Yoda senses Luke is on Dagobah and goes looking for him, only to find him thrashing around waist deep in the swamp, frantically filling every container he can find with the nastiest dark brown water imaginable and shoving it into his ship.

Every planet they go to, if Han and Leia turn their back on Luke for a SECOND, he'll just be gone and they'll have to go trudging off to find the nearest pond and without fail there will be Luke, sitting in water up to his neck.