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Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens Breaking the boundaries

#star wars #TFA

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Wishshipping from the Season 0 Movie (on youtube)

#yu-gi-oh!

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This section was one of my favorites and one of the reasons I fell in love with this novel, because it's such a great example of walking the fine line the Republic was asking of the Jedi and how, through seemingly innocuous but constant requests for the Jedi to step just a little outside their purpose. They're there to help negotiate peaceful resolutions that the people of the galaxy have, whatever that situation might call for. There's unrest in a local strike that might turn dangers, okay, the Jedi can go help negotiate. Oh, no, we just want you to be security because the government is refusing to negotiate. That's not our job. Oh, no, we don't actually mean corporate security, just a quick visit would keep people from getting hurt. Maybe just stage a training mission there, you do that a lot, don't you? Then it's on to, well, you don't want to be rude and refuse this gift and help spread the good works of the Republic, right? You can see how it would help the galaxy to get the word out, yes? You see that it's a death of a thousand cuts situation where the Jedi are desperately trying to maintain their purpose but real lives and real work are being leveraged against them and they're asked again and again and again to do something that would flatten who they are, because those real people do need help. And they do refuse to endorse a product! They do refuse to actually wear the boots! But that's not going to be the end of the requests, this is just one drop in an ocean requests, which the Jedi can't just say, nah, we're going to separate ourselves from the Republic, because the people behind those requests genuinely need help. Maybe not the boots request, but the people of Chamble could certainly use the help. It's putting the Jedi under a tremendous strain--some of the requests are easy to say no to, but they still have to have a conversation about why not and it's like none of that penetrates the people making the requests, because they'll turn around and make the exact same one, please be our police force (we're not police), please be our corporate security (we're not corporate security), please represent our merch deal (we're not influencers). Every. Single. Day. They can't just walk away because then they're also walking away from the people who need them, the good we see them do in this very book, but also we see the constant attempts to chip away at who the Jedi are, despite how hard they work to maintain it and like. That's it, that's the story there! Good people who are still human, who can still be worn down when the galaxy fails to meet them in good faith about who they are and what they actually do.

#star wars #jedi order #adi gallia #the living force spoilers #novels #I like discussion

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Obi Wan says that he no longer believes that Anakin can be saved but the MINUTE Anakin says “I made a mistake being evil :/” Obi Wan is right there to whisk him off to the force afterlife.

#star wars #obi wan kenobi #anakin skywalker

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I cannot BELIEVE we actually got an answer to the question, "Do Jedi testify as witnesses in legal matters of the Republic?", because that is a thing I have had conversations about! AND YADDLE STRAIGHT UP TELLS US THAT THE ANSWER IS THAT THE COUNCIL DOES MAKE SURE THEY PROVIDE TESTIMONY. I WANT TO KNOW SOOOOOOO MUCH MORE ABOUT HOW MUCH A JEDI'S ABILITIES WITH THE FORCE ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, LIKE CAN THEY TESTIFY ABOUT INTENT IF THEY'RE A PSYCHIC EMPATH WHO CAN FEEL OTHERS' THOUGHTS? OR WOULD THE REPUBLIC SAY THEY HAVE NO WAY TO VERIFY THAT IF THEY'RE NOT A FORCE USER AS WELL SO THEY CAN'T BE SURE. I WANT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT THIS. *SHAKING JOHN JACKSON MILLER* TELL ME EVERYTHING ABOUT THE JEDI TESTIFYING IN COURT CASE THIS IS THE SHIT I AM HERE FOR!!!! (Star Wars: The Living Force | John Jackson Miller)

#yaddle #qui gon jinn #star wars #novels #the living force spoilers

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The funniest thing about this scene is that there is zero pre-communication about doing this bit, Obi-Wan just 100% flings himself into pretending that Qui-Gon is a notorious sadistic killer, like this horrible gremlin is faking LOOKING SICK at just the THOUGHT of what Qui-Gon might do if someone crossed him and Qui-Gon is playing right along, THESE TWO ARE THE WORST I LOVE THEM. (Star Wars: The Living Force | John Jackson Miller)

#star wars #obi wan kenobi #novels #qui gon jinn #the living force spoilers

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Pigeon wings under a UV light

#birb #bird

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SO HOW WE FEELING GUYS???

Sonic had better make some sort of comment about Shadow's voice 🤣🤣

#sonic movie #sonic movie 3

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Yeah, sure, we could be sad about the deaths of so many of their friends and family, we could be sad that Yoda's only company is a ghost who is reminding him of all the dead grandbabies that are no longer with them OR-- I could absolutely lose my shit at how annoying Obi-Wan is EVEN AS A GHOST. LOOK AT HIM HE HAS CLEARLY BEEN BOTHERING YODA FOR AWHILE NOW "YOU'RE STILL HERE?" YODA ASKS WHILE OBI-WAN IS DELIBERATELY LOUNGING AGAINST YODA'S TABLE WITH THE MOST INSUFFERABLE GRIN ON HIS FACE AND THEN FOLLOWS YODA AROUND ON HIS MENTAL HEALTH WALK BOTHERING HIM WITH MEMORIES OF WHEN HE WAS A YOUNGLING AND YODA MADE PASTRIES WHILE BANT HELPED WITH THE FILLING IT'S SO FUCKING CUTE AND HILARIOUS (BECAUSE OBI-WAN IS THE FUNNIEST GHOST IN THIS GALAXY) WE'RE NOT EVEN THINKING ABOUT HOW BANT IS DEAD AND NO MORE JEDI BABIES WILL GET TO HELP YODA MAKE DUMPLING FILLING

#obi wan kenobi #yoda #star wars

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JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 - PARABELLUM (2019) SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG (2005)

#sonic #keanu reeves #shadow the hedgehog

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#anh #Star Wars #Han Solo #Chewbacca #Luke Skywalker #Leia Organa #Princess Leia

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The moon dressed as Saturn.

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Imo, atla has a bittersweet ending

Aang is sitting alone and wearing the air nomads clothes, his culture clothes, a necklace similar to GYATSO's necklace. I can't even imagine the emptiness and sadness he was feeling here

There are no airbenders in the crowd

All nation gathered..... except the air nomads.

No one else in the crowd wearing orange or yellow.

Aang won the war, but his people are still gone.

Yes, he has the Gaang, he has Katara, he has Momo and Appa. But he's still the last airbender.

This is so heartbreaking.

#atla

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It's hard not to recognize that overreliance on cameos is weakening current day Star Wars shows. Of course it's a nuanced discussion about how the franchise has long been self-referential and leaning into the motif if, "it's like poetry, it rhymes" but modern Star Wars doesn't understand how to make it part of the theme instead of just there for nostalgia bait and it's leading to weaker sto--HOLY SHIT IS THAT A DARTH VADER GUEST APPEARANCE!? MY TRASH MAN IS BACK!!!! UNFOLLOW ME NOW THIS IS ALL I'M GOING TO TWEET ABOUT FOR THE NEXT WEEK!!!!

#star wars #lol

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Joey: has never paid fare unless he is making eye contact with a cop.

Yugi: has never skipped fare and is now convinced he is going to jail.

Other Yugi: Will be playing "doge the train" with some poor soul in about 45 min.

#yu-gi-oh! #fanart #Yugi Mutou #Joey Wheeler #Jonouchi Katsuya

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SW causing grief cause it's ambiguous if the ability to hurl around heavy objects is a matter of raw magic power or strength of belief

#star wars

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

🎬 Peter Jackson

+ IMDb trivia

#lotr