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thewriterowl · 3 years

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some headcanon about Luke childhood and adolescence on Tatooine?

Oh sure thing! Now, I’d definitely use a lot of what is talked about already.

Luke was sort of exiled from most people, especially any of those who are close to his age.

Now, Tatooine is a hella lonely planet. I recently reblogged an amazing chart that has so many planets, their systems/rims, stats, etc. and it provides so much info. Like how it is estimated only around 200,000 people live on all of Tatooine. The clumps of population are sort of spread out and hopping from one town to the next is not just something you can just get up and do. So Luke has almost no opportunity to even find friends.

I pictures that Biggs actually didn’t like Luke at first when they were kids. That he followed the group and that his family maybe urged for him to stay away from that boy, something just wasn’t quite right to him. The Lars were a rather respectable sort but they were still...odd. His father Cliegg was a pretty good man who saved and married Shmi Skywalker after his wife died, and Shmi was a good soul too...but there were so many rumors about her and her son who she claimed did not have a father. The son that won a race, threw a lot into chaos, and disappeared with cloaked figures. Lars claims this boy is the son of the missing child of Shmi, who had died when all that dramatics happened in the Core Worlds.

It was just...odd. And Luke was odd. Yes, there have been kids born with blond-ish hair and blue eyes before...but the colors were always darker. Their eyes would be such dark blue that they probably could look brown in some light and usually when they reach the teenage years the hair was already starting to darken. It was just a sort of normal thing on the planet. Pretty much everyone grew up too. Even the most measly of slaves had to have girth and strength on them to be of any use on this planet.

Luke just was always slightly off. His hair remained this pretty gold, his eyes were such a strange hue of blue, his face never took on a tough or quite masculine appearance, and he was just small. He was lanky and awkward and just never jumped in height like most kids. He was pathetically weak looking which is enough for most to keep their distances because if you’re around someone weak you could get drug down too.

Then there was those weird things that happen around him. Creatures that normally stayed hidden in the depths of the Tatooine desert and never inched close to towns would be found skulking and whimpering around the Lars’ property, always clawing at the wall that surrounded Luke’s room. The kid always knew where to search for a new well. He could sense when a seller is not being quite honest. He picked up blaster shooting quicker than any other child and could always find his target. He knew how to use a speeder masterfully when he was ten. Beru’s plants sprouted with Luke nearby and gave them vegetables even during the drier months. He could predict things. And, as a child, when he had his rare tantrums things seemed to move. Then there was the fact that mysterious old Ben could be seen, only just, in the background, watching over the kid.

So, yeah, Luke was not seen as a welcomed sort.

But he was so stubborn and so eager for attention and to make friends that Biggs had a hard time fighting him off. The kid just managed to always find him so he just sorta gave up. He wasn’t about to bash a kid built like a twig’s nose in. That wasn’t exactly honorable. And well...Luke is actually pretty fun. He was always excited to go on adventures. He said yes to most anything. He was up for any dare. No matter what happened, he would always smile about it, just happy to be included. Biggs found he had far more fun with this kid than most anyone else so he just took him under his wing. Biggs was probably one of the more popular guys growing up so a lot of people left Luke alone after that, just primarily ignoring him or a cruel name tossed his way and or there.

Luke got kidnapped at least once in “cannon” but I believe that the Hutts would’ve tried to get him for the slave market. Maybe he wouldn’t sell for too much on Tatooine but he was clearly growing up into something pretty and different and that could be a lot of credits for them. Obi-Wan put a stop to it the moment he realized Luke had their attention and no one looked for Luke after that.

He tried to run away once, because he just felt so drained and empty on Tatooine, but Owen found him and dragged him back and scolded him so bad that Luke’s early stages of guilt-complex really ignited. He didn’t mention leaving for a little while after that. But he clearly was desperate to leave.

Luke had a lot of weird dreams. Sometimes even when he was awake. He could see and hear things that were there but...not. Sometimes it was foggy and blurry but he could make out a tall man who blinked from human to a black mass, breathing like a monster. Sometimes it was a man with white robes and long hair and a beard who would smile at him and give him a pat on his head, his expression calm and knowing but always gentle and comfortable. Sometimes the man would blur and Luke could see a hole in his stomach. Sometimes he would see a tall woman who glowed and had glowing green hair who would hold him close, calling him the Light’s child. Other times there was this odd pull to...someone...his mirror. Not his reflection but...yet she, as he knew it was a she, was. This other part of him. And sometimes he swore she felt him right back. He could sometimes hear a little thrum, it sounded like someone like him, but maybe younger...or maybe older, asking for the dark to please leave. He could hear another boy, someone Luke was connected to in some way, full of so much anger and kindness as he donned himself in armor. And sometimes he saw a pale monster, cackling in the shadows, with glowing yellowed eyes and who felt like decay.

Most times, he just never felt quite alone. Like there was something, or multiple somethings, always there. This pull, this connection, to everything. When he focused on it too much it made him very tired so he didn’t do it too often.

He didn’t talk about these things to his family either.

Luke asked about his parents a lot but his aunt and uncle always refused to tell him much. They claimed to only have a little information on his father and knew nothing of his mother. He never gave up, trying to get as many stories from them as possible but it was always the same four to five stories each time.

Luke felt, or at least believed he felt, that his parents did love him and didn’t abandon him. They just died, which was sad but quite normal on Tatooine. He still wished he could see their faces and hear their voices. He usually just called them Mother and Father in his head, as a slight way to detach himself from the pain, cause Luke would be the sort who would call them mommy and daddy when he was young and then mom and dad when he was older. Mother and Father was just this...title he had for two strangers he wished he knew.

Luke still loved them very much and liked to pretend they would show up on the doorstep one day and pull him into a hug, holding him tight, and promising to never leave him again. That they would all stay together.

Luke thrived off of fairy-tale like stories and could never get enough speed in his life. Politics were never something he understood. He had plans on joining the Imperial Academy the moment he was able to become a pilot and travel across the galaxy. He could probably earn credits and get his own place and maybe take care of his aunt and uncle. He often wondered if he could be a hero.

He caused mischief but mostly on accident. He did not need much to keep him occupied and Owen realized he was very good with building, taking care of, and communicating with droids than most.

When he was seventeen to eighteen, folks who were a lot older or a very unsavory would approach Owen to try and get a deal to marry Luke. He was still small and lanky, but people were beginning to notice he was prettier than some girls. Even some from the Hutt’s circle came in with offers to marry Luke into their protection--he could even live at the palace. Owen always rejected every proposal and kept Luke even closer to home after that, rarely letting him leave unless he was with Biggs. After Biggs left, it was always a battle to let Luke leave the farm. It made Luke smothered and a bit exhausted and whiny. He was nearing twenty and he was still treated like this delicate child.

Luke did have a massive crush on Biggs but never acted on it. Other than that he was far more interested in other things.

He was good in picking up most languages by ear, he seemed to know Binary from the start, but he could never do well with speaking. it always sounded awkward to him. Beru taught him to read and write and she found if Luke only had a few texts, after a few lessons he would start to pick things up. Before he leaves, he is fluent in understanding Basic, Binary, Huttese, Jawaese, and Tusken sign. He can’t speak a lick of anything outside of Basic.

Luke was always very kind and apologetic to whoever he met. He always felt he was something wrong and broken and would try to not bother anyone if he could. If something happened he was quick to blame himself (picked up from a lot of his interaction with the people of Tatooine and, unintentionally, from his aunt and uncle who did appear fearful of him at times). He puts other people first and has a hard time seeing other having faults but rather he is so broken that he makes them have faults.

He loves sweets but for savory, his was a big fan of things like rice and bread (I swear, in a Modern AU Luke would almost live off of Japanese rice and would be someone who could actually cook it (cause i can’t and it breaks my heart) and could just eat it as is or he just has it as the foundation for every meal) with some vegetables. He did not grow up with seasoning so he has no idea how to really use it...but would grow to enjoy it after some time.

Luke loves anything dog-like. He probably won over some Tusken’s because their dogs adored Luke.

Luke is amazing at engineering...but ask him what 6+6 is and he’ll probably go blank. Don’t make the poor boy think. He runs on instinct and can easily short-circuit his brain if he tries to think about what he is doing (cause often he shouldn’t really know it as he wasn’t taught it, he just somehow knows what to do)

Just cause of how Tatooine is...it is possible Luke has rarely been hugged and potentially rarely told he was loved.

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unlucky-rubber-ducky · 4 years

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Domesticity

Obi-Wan Kenobi x Reader

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Summary: Fluff! Fluff, and only fluff. I basically only write fluff. This is honestly not the proudest I’ve been of my writing, but here you go nonetheless. Sorry it’s short!

A/N: Hey! So, this is both my first post on Tumblr, and the first time I’ve shared something I’ve written. I am terrified to be honest, cause I’m not confident in my writing skills. I’ve written other stories I’m more proud of, but I felt this one was a better representation of who I am as a person, that being obsessed with a certain bearded Jedi. I’m willing to write for a lot of characters (mainly Ewan McGregor characters), so you can ask and I’ll let you know if I know that character, and am willing to write for them. I might make a list sooner or later. So, to conclude this ridiculously long intro, please be nice, please let me know if I can do something to make my writing more gender/race inclusive or better in general, and I very much hope you enjoy! (My writing also usually doesn’t include this much dialogue.)

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Any dream of domesticity was crushed the moment Obi-Wan showed any signs of force sensitivity. For the longest time he really didn’t care. He was generally respected, on the council, best friend and mentor of Anakin Skywalker, and a war hero for Makers sake! What else could he want from life? Asking for a home life and a family beyond the one he already had felt greedy, and almost blasphemous considering his upbringing being full of no-attachment teachings.

But when being a ‘generally respected Jedi’ would get him killed, and the only company he had left was his gorgeous childhood best friend, the dreams of domesticity were popping up at all hours of the day. Especially because he was living an arguably domestic life. He woke up every morning to breakfast and you brewing caf, went to find work with you every day, and made you both dinner every night.

He hated to admit that he loved it. It felt like he was betraying everything he knew, everything he stood for. The selfish part of him told him that there was no one to be held accountable to any more- any one he would be betraying was either dead or so far in hiding that they would hardly care about him breaking a rule. Another part of him said that breaking the code would be the true death of the Jedi, that the culture and memory of a millennia-old religion hung on him following its laws.

The selfish part of him was winning more and more internal debates.

The pair of you had forsaken separate beds early on. The discussed reason was the lack of space in your admittedly small home, but it was no real secret that it was because both of your nightmares were made bearable by the comforting presence of the other.

“Darling, it continues to baffle me how you manage to get out of bed without waking me.”

Glad that you were facing away from him due to the bright blush that never failed to make its way onto your face when he used any endearments, you laughed as you continued to mix your ingredients.

“I’m just stealthier than you are!”

“So you tripping over debris and alerting a battalion of droids that we were near was just a dream, hm?”

“You sure do have odd dreams, Obi.”

It was his turn to blush. If only you knew.

“To be sure, my dear.”

As you reached around him to grab something on the counter he was leaning against, he pressed a kiss to your forehead. You smiled and closed your eyes, reveling in the moment. You stayed in that position for longer than you probably should have, but neither of you were complaining.

You reached up and kissed his cheek in return, giggling at his smile as you pulled back. The ding of the alarm you set pulled you out of the moment, making both of you groan.

“Wait any longer and you might be able to cook just by setting things in the sun.”

“If you want a sandy breakfast you are free to test that theory, but I’ll stick with cooking in here.”

“Everything is sandy, cooking in here doesn’t change that!”

“I promise you this breakfast has decidedly less sand than if you were to set it outside and let it bake in the sun.”

“I’ll take your word for it.”

“Oh you’ll take my word for it now, but not when I promised you that I had cleared out all of the droids?”

“These are much lower stakes, (y/n).”

“Point.” You handed him a plate of food, moving to sit at the little table you had crafted out of random parts you had laying around. Obi-Wan followed, sitting across from you. “Have you passed by the Lars recently?”

“I try to every once in a while, of course, but they seem to like you better.”

“Everyone does!” When you only got a half hearted smile back, you frowned and reached across the table to grab his hand. “Owen doesn’t know who you are or what you’re doing for his family. He associates you with bad news, no matter how incorrect or small minded that mindset is. He only likes me more because I didn’t have to drop his fallen half-brother’s child on their doorstep.”

“Oh that makes me feel better.” Obi-Wan should have known that would only make you doubly determined.

“Obi-Wan Kenobi! You protect that family from more disasters than they even know! Luke lives a happier childhood because of you! His father's mistakes are not yours. He let his fear and anger consume him, not you.”

At this point you were stood up, leaning over the table and closer to his face than you usually were. You were breathing harder than usual, whether that be due to your rant or your closeness wasn’t something you wanted to think about.

Obi-Wan’s smile reached his eyes this time, this one filled with fondness and what you could almost perceive as affection.

“Thanks for defending my honor.”

He leaned even closer.

“It's why you keep me around, right?”

He finally closed the distance, kissing you softly. As you pulled back, you grinned at each other with bright blushes on your faces.

“Among other reasons.”

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Thank you for reading!

As a last note, like I mentioned in the beginning, I am new to posting on Tumblr, so if you see anything that could be improved let me know!

#obi wan x you #obi wan imagine #obi wan x reader #star wars x reader #reader insert #x reader

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frankbelloriley · 5 years

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top ten wrasslin’ matches of 2018

So before I get into this, I’m gonna lay down some ground rules--well, more like tell you the rules I gave myself and those rules are 1) did it make me laugh a bunch and forget about how stupid the world is? (which is the basis for every one of these kinds of lists really) 2) would I show this to someone who had never seen wrestling before? and 3) one (1) match per episode/pay-per-view with one (1) exception for a good reason With that in mind, I’m going to get some honorable mentions out of the way:

Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, Kenny Omega vs Chris Jericho for the IWGP US Championship, and the Fatal Four Way for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship between Marty Scurll, KUSHIDA, Hiromu Takahashi, and Will Ospreay from Wrestle Kingdom 12-- they’re all really good and fun and worth checking out, but another Wrestle Kingdom 12 match is going on this list

The other two Chris Jericho NJPW matches versus Tetsuya Naito and EVIL--not on this list literally only due to the “one match per ppv” rule, but they’re all very fun, Chris Jericho is delightfully dickish and you should watch them in order to see Chris Jericho become a progressively more goth dad (he out gothed a dude named “EVIL” (all caps theirs, not mine) that’s how goth Chris Jericho got)

As much as it pains me and as much as it is a testament to what good wrestling there was in 2018, none of the Johnny Gargano-Tommaso Ciampa matches (1, 2, 3, which I can’t find online and whatever) are on this list (my favorite is probably their second match), and neither is Velveteen Dream-Tommaso Ciampa which rips (can I interest you in a fight between a Prince inspired wrassler who refers to himself in the third person and whose act became a giant subtweet of Hulk Hogan against just the biggest asshole in the world?). There is only one Johnny Gargano match on here, and if I’m writing a list of the best character arcs in 2018, the list goes Gargano’s redemption only to succumb to the dark side, Kazuchika Okada’s existential crisis after losing the championship, and Becky Lynch becoming The Man in that order. Becky’s arc really only started four-five months ago and much of it was spent by creative trying and utterly failing to get the crowd to boo her, and Okada’s arc was, by design, slow and frustrating after he lost the championship, but Gargano basically started the year as Luke Skywalker getting his hand cut off and ended the year as Kylo Ren yelling at a ghost on the salt planet, with every character turn making sense. It’s fascinating.

Speaking of, no Aleister Black-Johnny Gargano at NXT War Games 2 match which might be as pure a classic wrestling story as there is, second only to the Gargano match that is actually on here. (In real life, Aleister Black hurt his leg, so in story, they explained it that he got attacked in the parking lot by an unknown person, so the mystery of who attacked him would go on for months (coincidentally the same amount of time it would take someone to recover from an injury like Aleister Black’s) until Johnny Gargano fessed up to the act by kicking him in the face, so now Aleister is seeking justice. Wrestling is delightfully extra.

Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair vs Asuka TLC match for the Smackdown Women’s Championship (no link, couldn’t find)-- whew (not “woo” in this house we boo the woo) Asuka was finally Asuka again (her first and last ppv matches in 2018 (this and against Charlotte at Wrestlemania) are super great and everything else is super not), Becky Lynch continued being the actual greatest, and I literally do not know how Charlotte Flair did not end up in the hospital after this. It’s not making the list for how the match ends in bullshit fashion even though it ends perfectly in character with consistent story logic (a pleasant fucking surprise from WWE especially considering, again, the rest of Asuka’s year)

None of the Shayna Baszler-Kairi Sane matches (can’t find NXT Takeover Brooklyn 4, but I found Evolution and NXT War Games II) (NXT was really good this year), which is a shame because all of which are great, but my personal favorite is on Evolution, and another match beats it out. As I’m writing out the list, I realized there aren’t a bunch of women’s matches, but that’s because WWE’s creative ideas for its women’s division was garbage until the Becky Lynch turn happened in August and got a crowd reaction they super didn’t want and tried to change until they were finally forced them to lean into it. However, Evolution was easily the best main roster WWE ppv.

Nothing from All In literally only because that show is for Wrestling Fans, and this list is supposed to be a “if you’ve never watched wrestling in your life” list. All In is good good fun, but if you show it to someone who’s never seen wrestling before, they’re gonna ask why are there dick druids, and you’re gonna have to explain that Joey Ryan, a dude who wrestles with his dick, came back to life after being murdered and the number one suspect was the guy from Arrow (really). Get into wrestling, then watch that PPV.

Good god, that’s a lot of honorable mentions. Anyway:

10. Seth Rollins vs. Kevin Owens, an open Intercontinental Championship Challenge on Monday Night RAW, August 27th - this is just a really fun wrestling match between two talented guys who were stuck in other feuds that were prolonged needlessly in 2018, and it was just fun to see these guys branch out, do something different, and tear the house down against each other like, “oh yeah, these two are really good at what they do, I almost forgot.”

9. Andrade Cien Almas vs. AJ Styles - Smackdown Live on September 18--Like Kevin Owens and Seth Rollins, AJ Styles was stuck in bad storylines that meant to make him look like a strong champion but ended up making him look like a plot armored goober. Here we have the story of the cocky upstart Almas taking the veteran champion Styles to his absolute limit with a finish that is smooth as hell.

8. Hiromu Takahashi vs. Will Ospreay, IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship at NJPW Dominion on June 9th - Spoiler for the number two entrant but this is where I’m breaking the “one per ppv rule” because Hiromu Takahashi has a broken neck and no one knows if he’ll ever wrestle again, so this might be his swan song. (He doesn’t break his neck in this match, I wouldn’t introduce him like that) These are two dudes who flip with zero caution to themselves with some incredible flippy shit. Watch it and pray for Hiromu to make a full recovery.

7. Six Man Ladder Match for the NXT North American Championship with Adam Cole, Ricochet, Velveteen Dream, EC3, Killian Dane, and Lars Sullivan - Okay, so, about this. Excepting Killian Dane and maybe Lars Sullivan, everyone here has had a better match elsewhere this year (Lars probably had a better match against Keith Lee, Adam Cole had his best match against Ricochet, Ricochet and EC3 had their best matches against Velveteen Dream, and Velveteen Dream had his best match against Tommaso Ciampa), but everyone gets a moment to shine here, and this is the NXT introduction of Ricochet who is basically a flippy videogame cheat code who is made out of some sort of alien substance. At one point the two large men Lars Sullivan and Killian Dane toss Ricochet across the ring to each other like they’re playing fucking catch. It’s hilarious and maybe the fifth most insane thing that happens here. If someone was to come up to me like, “I know nothing about wrestling, what should I watch to find out if I like it?” I would probably show them this.

6. Kenny Omega vs. Tomohiro Ishii, G1 Tournament Match - I’m laughing just thinking about this match. I don’t think anyone would call Tomohiro Ishii the best wrestler in the world, but I love him with my heart. Kenny too, but a boyish giggle comes out of me every time Tomohiro no sells someone slapping the utter shit out of him and he says (presumably) something like “that it?!” (I’m a fan of this gif of Pete Dunne slapping a no-selling Tomohiro for Pete Dunne shaking his hand afterwards. Physical comedy!). Anyway, the story here is Kenny Omega has gone 6-0 in this tournament, Ishii (who he has a competitive history with) has gone 0-6 in the tournament, so Kenny takes him for granted and when he realizes his opponent won’t go down that easily, it’s too late. It’s quick, it’s fast paced, and very fun.

5. Meiko Satomura vs Mercedes Martinez, Mae Young Classic Quarterfinals - I had no idea who these women were before the Mae Young Classic, but I loved Meiko with her first match in it, while Mercedes was just, you know, fine. But this? Wheeew. Two veterans giving it their all, and if you don’t turn into a Michael Scott crying gif after when they show each other respect, we ain’t the same.

4. Johnny Gargano vs Andrade Cien Almas, NXT Takeover: Philadelphia - Going with this one because it’s the most newbie friendly match, it kicks off Johnny Gargano’s year storyline at the finish, and Andrade Cien Almas is really really good at his job. It’s a simple “good guy versus arrogant heel” match, and Andrade comes out to a masked mariachi band as his entrance.

3. Kota Ibushi vs Cody Rhodes, Wrestle Kingdom 12 - there are probably better matches from Wrestle Kingdom 12 but this is my list so fuck you but this is the match where pro wrestling finally clicked with me after starting to watch it because of GLOW. Folks, this is a 20 minute Jackie Chan fight with Kota as the daffy Jackie Chan-like hero and Cody as Anime Biff Tannen. It is fast, has some wild acrobatics, and it is funny as hell.

2. Kazuchika Okada vs Kenny Omega, 2/3 Falls Match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (Part 1, Part 2), NJPW Dominion on June 9th - If the last one was a comedy, this is an epic. This thing last an hour and a half, and it goes by in a flash. The entire Okada-Omega series is basically wrestling’s Lord of the Rings, and this is its Return of the King. The only reason it’s not number one because of the match’s lack of follow through in the months since, but man, this is great.

1. Becky Lynch vs Charlotte Flair, Last Woman Standing Match at Evolution (start at 29:45 then watch the end here)- *types then deletes a bunch of unintelligible vowels* Okay, so this is the first match that really took advantage of the NXT Horsewomen since their call up in a good long while and it rules. I’d say Bayley, Sasha Banks, Charlotte Flair, and Becky Lynch had been given nothing for 2018 until August, but “nothing” would be a step up in some cases *cough* group therapy *cough* *cough* Nia Jax injuring every single one of them plus others and the only reason she still has a job is that she’s The Rock’s cousin *cough* Charlotte had her Wrestlemania match against Asuka, but this? This is mean, this is rough, this is the story of a girl, no this is the story of two former friends wanting to throw the other through a table. When pro wrestling is bad, it’s “what the fuck am I doing with my life watching this shit” bad, and when it’s good, there is nothing like it. This is the latter (not the ladder, but there are those here).

#told myself to finish writing this so i can work on my 'the year in summation' text post which i've done every year since 2015 #'it's a nice idea and one i want to keep doing throughout the years

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movienotesbyzawmer · 4 years

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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

December 9: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

(previous notes: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace)

Source: Blu-ray release, the box set with all six Lucas-era movies (2D)

I feel like in recent years I've seen a lot of rhetoric claiming that this is the worst of all the Star Wars movies. But I've always felt like the prequels improve as they go, at least a little. Like, Hayden Christiensen might not be especially good, but he's an improvement on Jake Lloyd. Is there less of the childish stuff in this movie? Let's press play and find out.

Opening crawl is first mention of Count Dooku; seems like the previous stuff was resolved and a new story is beginning. Maybe that's why it's common for people to recommend skipping Episode I, like it's not actually necessary.

We also at this point in the natural chronology don't know anything about clones. Just the title here.

Another decoy-Amidala, but this one gets blowed up right away. And that's Rose Byrne, right?

0:07:30 - Obi-wan does a "oh… oh yes…. Mm mm mm mm mm mm" thing which is stupid and I don't like it.

Wait, no Rose Byrne is a silent handmaiden lady I guess. Unless they're clonesies. Are they clonesies?

Hey, a glimpse of Coruscant's colorful nightlife scene! Or at least some commercial advertisements. Feels like we don't see much of the lives of regular folk of Coruscant much.

Super pretty imagery of this city at night with its traffic and lights and I know I say that every time but it's great.

0:14:30 - Obi-wan shooting himself through a hole in the window in pursuit of that flying robot villain is exciting! And then he just hangs onto it, and then the sniper snipes him off it and he just falls and falls! This is a good action scene.

Then later, Anakin just jumps and falls and falls on purpose like and it's fun to watch.

0:20:00 - Does the sniper have a weird disguise that goes away when she turns her head? Is that what I saw?

"This weapon is your life" says Ewan McGregor doing his best impression of Alec Guinness. I think it was supposed to be funny. And I think it succeeds. Helps to remember that EG's natural accent is Scottish. And you know what? Maybe a little bit ago when I didn't like EG's hammy delivery, I should respect that he's embracing the need for him to embody a young version of Alec Guiness's character, figuring out what that would look like while honoring the director's vision.

They're in a nightclub, and I think there's some genuinely imaginative vision around what people are doing in there.

Ooh! The sniper got sniped by someone else, and the shot of that second sniper zipping away on a jetpack is I like it.

Senator Amidala gives Jar Jar the important job of substitute senator while she goes and hides. Yeah right. Not very credible.

Now Anakin is venting to Amidala in a way that shows how cocky he is. He does the flirtation stuff so that we'll think he's sexy like Han Solo, but also visibly flawed with impatience. Meh. Okay.

Whoa, Rose Byrne just did some acting! She spontaneously shed a tear in a way that looked authentic! Acting… in a Star Wars prequel!

0:31:50 - A greasy spoon diner! I don't remember this. Obi Wan is doing some intel gathering and George Lucas decided to go all in on having this be a 50's-style neon urban railcar slop counter!

The romance. Anakin and Amidala. GL is also going all in on the overtness of that plot. Maybe it's fine? Anakin seems like a horny and awkward teen with a huge crush on someone out of his league but he's going for it anyway. Maybe we'll be convinced that she'd succumb to his charms?

0:39:00 - We're back on Naboo… this scene is oddly non-CGI-looking. Did they film this in a real place with that actual architecture?

The tension they're setting up between Anakin and Amidala is moving in a direction of NOT growing fonder of each other. She looks irritated, and rightly so. This is a move that experienced romance plot makers make, but will GL pull it off?

Meanwhile Obi-Wan is doing spycraft, going to the clone planet place and pretending he's the one who ordered the whatever. "That's why I'm here!" Kinda funny.

0:44:45 - Okay, another A&A scene. He has that line about sand getting everywhere. She looks really damn fly. They kiss a bit and then she changes her mind. See, this is a weak link in the romance plot. We don't buy it. She's not such a sucker that she'd want to kiss him now. She didn't go, "oh he was so charming when he talked about where sand goes that now I'm not only less annoyed by his churlishness but I'm actually turned on". Or did she.

There's something about Obi-Wan's intel gathering, realizing that this huge army of clones is being put together, that's very James Bond-y. I mean that in a good way.

Naboo countryside is hella pretty.

Oh ick. A very very stupid romance scene just happened. See, Anakin fell off a blob creature and it looked like he was hurt! This worried Amidala! She ran to him but it turned out he was okay! They laughed and laughed at this merry misunderstanding and rolled around together! Oh merry! And…. SCENE.

Now Obi-Wan and Jango Fett are having a fight on a platform place and it's pretty exciting and still kind of like a Bond movie. Even more so because of "gadgets" like the devices on JF's outfit. And a dippy little "this is not good" comment from Obi-Wan that would fit in okay coming out of 007.

A&A go to Tatooine and talk to the salvage dealer who used to own Anakin. I like where that CGI character visibly starts to recognize the grown-up Anakin.

Obi-Wan followed JF & Son to a pretty red planet with an asteroid field and it's fucking beautiful and they do this wicked sound effect with bombs and it looks and sounds mother fucking amazing. Seriously god damn. The SOUND.

1:11:40 - They're at what will be the moisture farm of Luke, et al. "I'm Owen Lars and this is my GIRLFRIEND Beru." See, because this is BEFORE they're married. She's JUST his GIRLFRIEND.

1:14:20 - Okay, they just did a weird thing where A&A have an exchange, then hug. But the camera just shows their SHADOWS. And Anakin's shadow looks like he maybe kind of has some semblance of a VADER HELMET. I'm not even that convinced that that's what they were going for. If it actually conveyed that, it'd be cooler. As is, it's a little awkward. But I wouldn't discourage a director from going for this kind of thing.

Anakin found the Tusken Raider camp where they'd brought his mom and he found her just in time for her to die. Like she was just hanging on long enough for him to witness her death. Melodramatic. Then he goes and slaughters everyone… this turns out to be important because it's the catalyst for him turning dark, but it's sort of a weak explanation for something so important.

So HC just did a rage monologue about how he killed everyone, and okay it's not good, but I really don't think it's HC that isn't good. I think he did his very best with really dumb writing.

1:34:30 - Ooh, we're back in that neat senate hall. Jar Jar was suckered into proposing that Palpatine be given special powers, and it's super easy and it just works, and the Jedi are like "oh, hm, bummer". I'm just not impressed with the story.

A&A have arrived on Geonosis and it's quickly quite actiony and rather like a video game where they have to fight robots and hop on platforms at just the right time. I dig it.

It's a little odd now… so I already forgot how A&A got captured in the video game factory place, but they're quickly hustled to an execution arena to be munched to death by monsters before a delighted audience. With Obi-Wan. Just a little odd, but now it's pretty fun action.

Oh yeah, Mace Windu cut Jango Fett's right head off! Forgot that. Another case of an interesting villain ending disappointingly. Except that it's important because his "son" witnesses it and looks vengeance-y.

1:56:40 - Yoda heroically shows up to save the good guys with a force of soldiers that look kind of like Stormtroopers. Those are clones, right? I guess so, but the movie didn't quite ensure we know that. I mean, if they're going to treat the audience like children with their jokes, maybe they could extend that same expectation to plot explanations.

Okay, so now they're in a much bigger battle. I like the flying thing that delivers a walking tank thing! Lots of exciting things to look at. It's not that clear which side is which, not by looking at the battle, but maybe that doesn’t matter too much.

They shoot down a globe-shaped ship as it's taking off and it's pretty. So is lots of this battle stuff.

How does Anakin have a lightsaber now? His was broken earlier. I'm probably not the first to ask that. I probably overlooked the explanation. Seems like they trimmed stuff out of this part of the movie to improve the pacing.

2:07:50 - This is the part that worked well enough that it's probably the main factor in holding this movie's reputation above that of Episode I: the light saber duel with Yoda! Those of us who had played the Dark Forces PC games were already familiar with how it would look to see a Yoda-type wailing on someone with a light saber, but it was a pleasant surprise for many, and it definitely worked.

Then Dooku escapes on a ship that does a really sweet-looking panel-unfurling thing. Love it. And then he goes to Coruscant. Very visibly. Which is for me to love some more.

The movie ends right after that, with Yoda observing that it's dumb to think of this as a victory because now the Clone War has started. Then we get suitably disturbing imagery of the Clone Army being imposing with, significantly, the Imperial March in the background. It's okay. Then a shot of A&A getting hitched. With, a little less significantly, the new tragic-love theme in the background which John Williams was probably pretty pleased with. And over. Okay.

Yeah, better than Episode I. Less childish. Although it's harder to point to a climax, it somehow seems less anti-climactic than Ep1. No less impressive visually, but with new locales compared with the first one. And it's true that you can get all the information you need by starting here instead of with the first one.

(next: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith)

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May the Fourth Masterpost

Prequels/Clone Wars Era

May the Force Get With You- You’d think Anakin Skywalker’s conception would be pretty epic, mythic even, but you’d be wrong. Turns out, the Force is a lousy lay and a worse father. (Shmi Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker, The Force, Salty Narrator)

Second Wind - Ahsoka takes the wrong exit of the the world between worlds and ends up with a second chance at saving her master. (Ahsoka Tano, Shmi Skywalker)

Pain Management - Anger can get a slave killed. Shmi teaches her son some coping strategies. (Shmi Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker, Watto)

The Force Is In the Details - The chance cube lands on red and now Shmi must learn to manage with a freedom she never asked for. Written as part of the Jedi Fest Rogue Robin challenge as a continuation of The Force is in the Details. (Shmi Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker, Qui-Gon Jinn, Padmé Amidala, Jedi Council)

The Anchor That You Can’t Leave Behind - On the queen’s yacht headed back to Naboo, Anakin and Padmé miss their mothers but Obi-Wan can’t get why. (Anakin Skywalker, Padmé Amidala, Obi-Wan Kenobi)

Another Word For Nothing Left to Lose - When Obi-Wan told him he was free at Qui-Gon’s funeral, Anakin took him at his word. There may, however, have been something of misunderstanding. (Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi)

For Amidala - Her handmaidens had all poured so much of themselves into Amidala, it was like they were part of her now. Padmé didn’t know if she had the strength to let one go. (Padmé Amidala, Sabé, handmaidens)

Wordspring - Anakin’s words dry up in the middle of his fourth month at the Temple. If Obi-Wan can’t get them flowing again, maybe someone else will. (Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Sheev Palpatine, various Jedi)

Nothing to Write Home About - A month after losing his wife, Cliegg Lars decides to write to her son. Anakin Skywalker gets the pen pal he never knew he needed. WIP. (Anakin Skywalker, Cliegg Lars, Owen Lars, Beru Lars, Ahsoka Tano, Padmé Amidala)

For the Greater Good - Count Dooku has never seen the appeal of Anakin Skywalker, but, when the Chosen One breaks with the Council over the treatment of the clones, he decides acquiring the boy’s allegiances might be worthwhile after all. WIP co-written with @grand-duc and @thendstartsnow (Count Dooku, Anakin Skywalker, Palpatine, Clone Troopers)

Once More With Feeling - A redeemed Anakin travels back in time post-RotJ and decides to unfuck the timeline with mixed results. (Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padmé Amidala, Sheev Palpatine, Jedi Council, bunch of other people)

Bridal Carry - On Naboo, it’s tradition for the groom to carry the bride to their marriage bed. With Anakin’s new prosthetic, it’s more difficult than it sounds. (Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker)

Secret Tunnel - War in the Outer Rim! While fighting on the mining world of Mumblety, Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano is tasked with mapping the tunnels along with a team of clones. When trouble strikes, will she have what it takes to save the day and complete the mission? (Ahsoka Tano, Echo, Fives, Anakin Skywalker)

No Place Like Home - Ahsoka’s return to the temple after her first deployment was strange, made even stranger by the fact that it should’t be strange at all. (Ahsoka Tano, Rex)

Eat, Snip, Love - Ahsoka can’t remember the last time she had a home cooked meal. Anakin and Padmé are determined to change that. (Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker, Padmé Amidala)

Love and Support - After Padmé is shot at a conference, her mother insists she come home. Padmé, of course, is going no where. Episode tag to 3.07 “Assassin.” (Padmé, Ahsoka)

Across a Crowded Room - It’s a party in his honor, but it turns out the Hero With No Fear isn’t good with crowds. Padmé to the rescue. (Padmé Amidala, Anakin Skywalker)

Lightening Rod - Anakin gets electrocuted…again. It probably says something bad about his life that he’s getting used to it. (Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, Obi-Wan Kenobi)

Coming Out of My Cage, Doing Just Fine - On the way back from Kadavo, it finally hits her. In this war, Ahsoka had been outmatched, outmaneuvered, and outgunned, but she’d never felt powerless. Not like she did in that cage on Zygerria. (Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker)

In Our Bed After the War - After the mission to Zygerria, Padmé and Anakin have a difficult conversation. (Padmé Amidala, Anakin Skywalker)

Domestic Life Was Never Quite My Style - Despite her best efforts, Padmé is pregnant. Now she has a difficult decision to make. (Padmé Amidala, C-3P0)

You Call That Family? - In an AU where Anakin has left the order to be Padme, Obi-Wan encounters unexpected resistance when he goes to collect the twins. (Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Padmé Amidala)

Birthright - The Force called him to his family and Anakin is not prepared to give them up. Not even to the Jedi Council. (Anakin Skywalker, Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mace Windu, baby Skywalkers)

If Not For These Bad Dreams - Fives has dreamed about killing every Jedi he’s ever met except General Skywalker. Turns out he’s not the only one. (Fives, Kix, Tup, Jesse)

Dateline Felucia - Embedded with the troops on Felucia, a reporter from HoloNet News paints an intimate portrait of the men of the 212th Attack Battalion. (Cody, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Waxer, Boil, clone troopers)

Ahsoka the Vampire Slayer - Ahsoka is the Chosen One, the Slayer, or at least she was until she died. She got better, but now there’s a new Slayer in town and things with her Watcher are strained at best. Add in a bunch of zombie mind control bugs and Ahsoka’s week could be going better. BtVS fusion. (Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker, Barriss Offee, Luminara Undili)

Bursts of Stardust - Collection of short tumblr prompts. (Everyone ever)

Rebels Era

With the Rest of the Miscreants - Boy meets galaxy and learns to live in it. A lost baby Jedi adapts in four ‘easy’ steps. (Caleb Dume, Janus Kasmir)

Cloak, No Dagger - In light of the intel from Gorse, Hera and Ahsoka rethink mission protocols while putting on a show for the ISB agent watching them. (Hera Syndulla, Ahsoka Tano)

Tag - Sabine and Ketsu, bounty hunters extraordinaire, argue about how to sign their work. (Sabine Wren, Ketsu Onyo)

A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy - Depa stumbled free of the maze, back into the atrium for the Lothal Temple. There was just one problem. The man kneeling between the desiccated bodies of the ancient Jedi was not her master. (Depa Billaba, Kanan Jarrus)

Swordsmith - Ezra makes his lightsaber. It’s not his life, except in all the ways it is. (Ezra Bridger, Ghost Crew)

Graffiti on the Walls of the Heartland - Three works of art Sabine made for crew members and one she made for herself. (Sabine Wren, Chopper, Hera Syndulla,Kanan Jarrus)

Chicken Soup for the Jedi Soul - Four meals Kanan cooked for his crew and one he made for himself. (Kanan Jarrus, Ghost Crew)

Ain’t No Fun (Life on the Run) - Ain’t no fun living life on the run but, with his Hera and their crew by his side, Kanan finds it isn’t always so bad. (Kanan Jarrus, Ghost Crew)

Wild Blue Yonder - After the events of “The Brotherhood of the Broken Horn,” Hera decides it’s high time Ezra learn how to fly. (Hera Syndulla, Ezra Bridger, Zeb Orrelios)

A Distraction - Kanan’s been blinded. There’s nothing Hera can do to fix it so Chopper gives her something she can. Written as part of the Jedi Fest Rogue Robin challenge as a continuation of A Distraction. (Hera Syndulla, Kanan Jarrus, Chopper)

Then My Hair’s Too Short - Apparently, Ezra had a new hair cut. That’s fine, it’s his head after all. Kanan just wished he had mentioned it. (Kanan Jarrus, Ezra Bridger)

The Blind Beggar - When Ezra objects to Kanan taking point on a mission, Kanan decides its time they had a talk. (Kanan Jarrus, Ezra Bridger, Ghost Crew)

Cut to the Heart - Sabine found the stupid thing in a cave, but now the Darksaber is taking over her life. Kanan gives her a little perspective. Tag to 3.13 “Trails of the Darksaber.” (Sabine Wren, Kanan Jarrus)

Rebel Moments - Collection of short tumblr prompts (Ghost Crew)

Rogue One

The Lord’s Estate - Every lord must have an estate. Lord Vader’s is Mustafar. (Vader, Palpatine)

Peace is a Lie - Sometimes Vader wakes up and can’t remember what war he’s fighting. (Darth Vader)

A Cog In Something Turning - Cassian hadn’t meant to give K-2SO free will. Good thing for both of them he’s a terrible slicer. (K-2SO, Cassian Andor)

Original Trilogy

Sea of Sorrow and Sand - Ben Kenobi is an island in a sea of sorrow and sand. Beru Lars has come to drag him back to shore. (Obi-Wan Kenobi, Beru Lars)

What Remains - What remains of a relationship built on lies? Nothing, as Darth Sidious will soon find out. (Darth Vader, Darth Sidious, Padmé Amidala’s preserved corpse)

On This Strange and Mournful Day - The events of Vader Down go very differently. The father and child reunion is only a motion away. (Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Dr. Aphra)

After the Funeral - Han offers Luke some unexpected support after the funeral of the guy who tortured him. (Luke Skywalker, Han Solo)

A Cynic’s Guide to the New Golden Age - The second Death Star goes kabloowie and takes the galaxy with it. It’s a new golden age of piracy and Aphra’s got some looting to do. (Dr. Aphra, Luke, 0-0-0, BT-1, Black Krrsantan)

The Last Truce We Ever Came To - Darth Vader is dead but he won’t leave Leia alone. (Leia Organa, Force Ghost Anakin Skywalker)

Lego Star Wars - The Freemaker Adventures

Disembodied - Roger loses his head and, frankly, it’s getting old. (R0-GR, Rowan Freemaker, Kordi Freemaker, Zander Freemaker)

Sequel Era

Red Fish, Blue Fish - Leia bought an aquarium for her child like her father before her. In a perfect world she could raise Ben to fill his grandfather’s legacy. Too bad he had more than one. (Leia Organa, Ben Solo, Angst)

A Matter of Precedence - FN-2187 wasn’t the first, except for the time he was. Others have defied the First Order before, but none quite as spectacularly. (Finn, First Order)

So You Want to be a (Space) Wizard - Finn finds a mysterious book, takes an Oath, and starts one hell of an Ordeal. Crossover with Young Wizards. (Finn, Poe Dameron, Rey)

Old Haunts (All We’ve Ever Known) - Anakin and Obi-Wan as snarky Force ghosts during The Force Awakens. (Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, TFA cast)

Lady in Waiting - Rey’s spent so much of her life waiting it’s hard to know when to stop. Luckily, Poe’s there to give her the push she needs. (Rey, Poe Dameron, Leia Organa, Finn)

Not a Drop to Drink - On Luke’s island, Rey couldn’t quite get her mind around the sheer amount of water stretching out towards the horizon. (Rey, Luke Skywalker)

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Check out this week’s Smackdown Live to find out which new faces are thriving.

Honorable Mention: Aliester Black: The Dutch Destroyer is ready to take over Smackdown.

5: Lars Sullivan: Can anyone stop the Jack Kirby painting come to life?

4: Elias: With The McMahons in his pocket, it’ll be interesting to see where his character goes from here.

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Watch This Wrestling 51 (12/24–30)

Hello friends! As always, if I'm missing anything that can be accessed without too much trouble, @ me on twitter: henrytcasey.

What I Watched

Monday Night Raw, 12/25

Joey Janela's Big Top Adventure, 12/25

Riptide: Black Water, 12/25

SmackDown LIVE, 12/26

205 Live, 12/26

WWE LIVE at Madison Square Garden, 12/26

NXT, 12/27

NOVA Pro: Such Great Heights 12/28

Upcoming Watch List

Beyond Wrestling: Heavy Lies The Crown, 12/31

Monday Night Raw, 1/1

SmackDown LIVE, 1/2

205 Live, 1/2

Progress Chapter 60: Unboxing 2 1/4

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom, 1/4

Non-WWE Match of The Week:

CCK (Chris Brookes & Travis Banks) & Jinny vs Mike Bird, Wild Boar and Jimmy Havoc

Riptide: Black Water, 12/25

For the first time here (since I watched the previous matches after the fact), I'm giving a win to a match from Brighton, England's Riptide. This match gives you everything that the promotion does well: highlighting talents that may not have gotten a lot of attention prior (Bird, Boar), excellent pairings (CCK & Jinny), fantastic camera angles and moody atmospherics.

Oh, and the crowd at Riptide elevated this match, as it tends to. I didn't expect that YAS QUEEN could work as a pro wrestling chant, but well done, Brits.

Honorable Mentions:

Jonathan Gresham vs Sonjay Dutt (c), NOVA Pro: Such Great Heights 12/28

The Ugly Ducklings (Lance Lude & Rob Killjoy) vs Arik Royal & David Starr, NOVA Pro: Such Great Heights 12/28

Sage Phillips vs Logan Easton LaRoux, NOVA Pro: Such Great Heights 12/28

Non-WWE Segment of The Week

Sage Phillips vs Logan Easton LaRoux Hype Package

NOVA Pro: Such Great Heights 12/28

A lot of indie promotions think they can cut corners, and not make hype packages. Virginia's NOVA Pro didn't do that, though, at its end-of-year event, using footage and voice-over narration to elevate this rivalry.

Honorable Mentions:

Ethan Page • A Holiday Special Speech, 10/24

A Christmas Greeting from MJF, 10/24

Stokely Hathaway comments on intimidation games, 10/24

WWE Match of The Week:

Johnny Gargano vs. Aleister Black vs. Killian Dain vs. Lars Sullivan for the number 1 contendership to the NXT Men's Championship

NXT, 12/27

The excellence of this match, considering the skills of the men at hand, is almost an afterthought. So, let's focus on the finish of this. So, watch it beforehand, and come back.

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I gotta give NXT credit here. To use the streak of the talented man from Amsterdam (thanks, Nigel) to develop a new feud is great, but what's excellent is that the Undisputed Era vs Aleister Black is a long-term developed feud, as the man formerly known as Tommy End ruined the debuts of both Fish and O'Reilly, and knocked Cole out of this tournament.

Also, this finish sets up Gargano to face Cien at the Philly TakeOver, and we know those two can go. And that should be an excellent place to bring Ciampa back.

Honorable Mentions:

Cedric Alexander, Mustafa Ali and Akira Tozawa vs Enzo Amore, Drew Gulak and Ariya Daivari, Street Fight, Monday Night Raw, 12/25

Smackdown Tag Championship #1 Contenders Match, SmackDown LIVE, 12/26

AJ Styles vs Kevin Owens, SmackDown LIVE, 12/26

Roman Reigns vs Cena, WWE LIVE at Madison Square Garden, 12/26

The Bar vs Rollins and Jordan in a Steel Cage, WWE LIVE at Madison Square Garden, 12/26

WWE Segment of the Week:

Shayna Baszler chokes out Kairi Sane

NXT, 12/27

OH MY GOODNESS! @QoSBaszler just showed up to make a STATEMENT to both @KairiSaneWWE AND #WWENXT #WomensChampion @WWEEmberMoon! pic.twitter.com/FQfjtiseME

— WWE (@WWE) December 28, 2017

Honorable Mentions:

Merry Mizmas, Monday Night Raw, 12/25

#watch this wrestling #wrestlewords #riptide wrestling #nova pro wrestling #nxt

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2014/2015 TV Awards

Best Drama Series: The Affair Better Call Saul Game of Thrones The Knick The Leftovers Mad Men HONORABLE MENTION: Bloodline, Boardwalk Empire, The Good Wife, Homeland, House of Cards, Justified, Marvel’s Daredevil, Masters of Sex, Parenthood, Scandal, Shameless Best Actor - Drama Series: Kyle Chandler, Bloodline - "Part 12" Jon Hamm, Mad Men - "Person to Person" Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul - "Marco" Clive Owen, The Knick - "Working Late a Lot" Michael Sheen, Masters of Sex - "Fight" Justin Theroux, The Leftovers - "The Prodigal Son Returns" Dominic West, The Affair - "Episode 7" HONORABLE MENTION: Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire; Charlie Cox, Marvel’s Daredevil; Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom; Freddie Highmore, Bates Motel; Terrence Howard, Empire; Charlie Hunnam, Sons of Anarchy; Peter Krause, Parenthood; William H. Macy, Shameless; Timothy Olyphant, Justified; Kevin Spacey, House of Cards Best Actress - Drama Series: Claire Danes, Homeland - "From A to B and Back Again" Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder - "Let's Get to Scooping" Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel - "Norma Louise" Taraji P. Henson, Empire - "Pilot" Kerry Washington, Scandal - "Run" Ruth Wilson, The Affair - "Episode 9" Robin Wright, House of Cards - "Chapter 32" HONORABLE MENTION: Amy Brenneman, The Leftovers; Lizzy Caplan, Masters of Sex; Lauren Graham, Parenthood; Eva Green, Penny Dreadful; Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife; Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black; Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men; Ellen Pompeo, Grey’s Anatomy; Emmy Rossum, Shameless Best Supporting Actor - Drama Series: Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul - "Five-O" Stephen Dillane, Game of Thrones - "The Dance of Dragons" Sam Elliott, Justified - "Fugitive Number One" Andre Holland, The Knick - "Get the Rope" Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline - "Part 11" Mandy Patinkin, Homeland - "Halfway to a Donut" Jussie Smollett, Empire - "The Lyon's Roar" HONORABLE MENTION: Jere Burns, Justified; Alan Cumming, The Good Wife; Matt Czuchry, The Good Wife; Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones; Vincent D’Onofrio, Marvel’s Daredevil; Christopher Eccleston, The Leftovers; Jack Falahee, How to Get Away with Murder; Jay R. Ferguson, Mad Men; Noel Fisher, Shameless; Walton Goggins, Justified; Kit Harington, Game of Thrones; Joshua Jackson, The Affair; Vincent Kartheiser, Mad Men; Michael McKean, Better Call Saul; Cameron Monaghan, Shameless; Joe Morton, Scandal; Craig T. Nelson, Parenthood; Jonathan Pryce, Game of Thrones; John Slattery, Mad Men; Jeremy Allen White, Shameless Best Supporting Actress - Drama Series: Joelle Carter, Justified - "The Promise" Carrie Coon, The Leftovers - "Guest" Lena Headey, Game of Thrones - "Mother's Mercy" Christina Hendricks, Mad Men - "Lost Horizon" January Jones, Mad Men - "The Milk and Honey Route" Elizabeth Marvel, House of Cards - "Chapter 37" Mae Whitman, Parenthood - "We Made It Through the Night" HONORABLE MENTION: Annaleigh Ashford, Masters of Sex; Christine Baranski, The Good Wife; Linda Cardellini, Bloodline; Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones; Rosario Dawson, Marvel’s Daredevil; Natalie Dormer, Game of Thrones; Ann Dowd, The Leftovers; Emma Kenney, Shameles; Olivia Munn, The Newsroom; Molly Parker, House of Cards; Kiernan Shipka, Mad Men; Sissy Spacek, Bloodline; Mary Steenburgen, Justified; Maura Tierney, The Affair; Sophie Turner, Game of Thrones; Maisie Williams, Game of Thrones; Mare Winningham, The Affair; Bellamy Young, Scandal Best Writing - Drama Series: The Affair - "Episode 7" - Kate Robin Better Call Saul - "Five-O" - Gordon Smith Better Call Saul - "Marco" - Peter Gould Game of Thrones - "Mother's Mercy" - David Benioff & D.B. Weiss The Leftovers - "Guest" - Damon Lindelof & Kath Lingenfelter Mad Men - "Person to Person" - Matthew Weiner HONORABLE MENTION: The Affair - “Episode 4”; The Affair - “Episode 8”; The Affair - “Episode 10”; Better Call Saul - “Pimento”; Bloodline - “Part 5”; Bloodline - “Part 12”; Boardwalk Empire - “Eldorado”; Game of Thrones - “The Dance of Dragons”; Game of Thrones - “Hardhome”; The Good Wife - “Oppo Research”; Grey’s Anatomy - “How to Save a Life”; Homeland - “Halfway to a Donut”; Homeland - “There’s Something Else Going On”; Homeland - “13 Hours in Islamabad”; House of Cards - “Chapter 32”; House of Cards - “Chapter 38”; Justified - “Fugitive Number One”; The Knick - “Crutchfield”; The Knick - “The Golden Lotus”; The Leftovers - “The Garveys at Their Best”; The Leftovers - “Two Boats and a Helicopter”; Mad Men - “The Forecast”; Mad Men - “Lost Horizon”; Mad Men - “Time & Life”; Masters of Sex - “Fight”; The Newsroom - “Run”; Parenthood - “May God Bless and Keep You Always”; Scandal - “Run”; Shameless - “Drugs Actually” Best Directing - Drama Series: Game of Thrones - "Hardhome" - Miguel Sapochnik Game of Thrones - "Mother's Mercy" - David Nutter Homeland - "Halfway to a Donut" - Alex Graves The Knick - "Crutchfield" - Steven Soderbergh The Leftovers - "Guest" - Carl Franklin Mad Men - "Lost Horizon" - Phil Abraham HONORABLE MENTION: The Affair - “Episode 4”; The Affair - “Episode 7”; The Affair - “Episode 10”; Better Call Saul - “Five-O”; Better Call Saul - “Marco”; Bloodline - “Part 11”; Bloodline - “Part 12”; Boardwalk Empire - “Eldorado”; Game of Thrones - “The Dance of Dragons”; Grey’s Anatomy - “How to Save a Life”; Homeland - “There’s Something Else Going On”; Homeland - “13 Hours in Islamabad”; House of Cards - “Chapter 29”; House of Cards - “Chapter 32”; Justified - “Fugitive Number One”; The Knick - “Get the Rope”; The Knick - “Working Late a Lot”; The Leftovers - “The Garveys at Their Best”; The Leftovers - “Two Boats and a Helicopter”; Mad Men - “The Forecast”; Mad Men - “Person to Person”; Mad Men - “Time & Life”; Marvel’s Daredevil - “Cut Man”; Parenthood - “May God Bless and Keep You Always”; Scandal - “Run”; Shameless - “Drugs Actually” Best Guest Actor - Drama Series: Evan Arnold, Mad Men - "Person to Person" Christian Camargo, House of Cards - "Chapter 32" Michael J. Fox, The Good Wife - "Red Zone" Scott Glenn, Marvel's Daredevil - "Stick" Mel Rodriguez, Better Call Saul - "Marco" Sam Shepard, Bloodline - "Part 4" HONORABLE MENTION: Christian Borle, Masters of Sex; Andre Braugher, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; Beau Bridges, Masters of Sex; Reg E. Cathey, House of Cards; Justin Chatwin, Shameless; John Doman, The Affair; Allan Havey, Mad Men; Domenick Lombardozzi, Marvel’s Daredevil; Lars Mikkelsen, House of Cards; Mark Moses, Mad Men; David Hyde Pierce, The Good Wife; Oliver Platt, The Good Wife; Ron Rifkin, The Good Wife; Corey Stoll, Homeland; Jonathan Tucker, Justified; Courtney B, Vance, Scandal; Marten Holden Weiner, Mad Men Best Guest Actress - Drama Series: Geena Davis, Grey's Anatomy - "Staring at the End" Kaitlyn Dever, Justified - "Burned" Kim Dickens, House of Cards - "Chapter 34" Julianne Nicholson, Masters of Sex - "Blackbird" Deirdre O'Connell, The Affair - "Episode 5" Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away with Murder - "Mama's Here Now" HONORABLE MENTION: Khandi Alexander, Scandal; Debbie Allen, Grey’s Anatomy; Patricia Arquette, Boardwalk Empire; Alison Brie, Mad Men; Kerry Condon, Better Call Saul; Joan Cusack, Shameless; Ann Dowd, Masters of Sex; Lena Dunham, Scandal; Jennifer Ferrin, The Knick; Jane Fonda, The Newsroom; Marla Gibbs, Scandal; Marcia Gay Harden, How to Get Away with Murder; Allison Janney, Masters of Sex; Mia Kirshner, Bloodline; Linda Lavin, The Good Wife; Caity Lotz, Mad Men; Patti LuPone, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; Debra Mooney, Grey’s Anatomy; Julia Ormond, Mad Men; Artemis Pebdani, Scandal; CCH Pounder, Sons of Anarchy; Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones; Chloe Webb, Shameless; Samira Wiley, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Best Ensemble - Drama Series: Boardwalk Empire Game of Thrones Justified Mad Men Parenthood Shameless HONORABLE MENTION: The Affair, Better Call Saul, Bloodline, Empire, The Good Wife, Grey’s Anatomy, Homeland, House of Cards, How to Get Away with Murder, The Knick, The Leftovers, Marvel’s Daredevil, Masters of Sex, The Newsroom, Penny Dreadful, Scandal, Sons of Anarchy Best New Drama Series: The Affair Better Call Saul Bloodline The Knick The Leftovers Marvel's Daredevil HONORABLE MENTION: Empire, How to Get Away with Murder, Penny Dreadful Best Comedy Series: Mom Orange Is the New Black Silicon Valley Transparent Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Veep HONORABLE MENTION: black-ish, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Comeback, Community, Getting On, Girls, Jane the Virgin, The Last Man on Earth, Louie, The Middle, Modern Family, Parks and Recreation, Togetherness Best Actor - Comedy Series: Anthony Anderson, black-ish - "Crime and Punishment" Louis C.K., Louie - "Sleepover" Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth - "Alive in Tucson" Jonathan Groff, Looking - "Looking for Home" Thomas Middleditch, Silicon Valley - "White Hat/Black Hat" Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory - "The Intimacy Acceleration" Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent - "Pilot" HONORABLE MENTION: Gael Garcia Bernal, Mozart in the Jungle; Mark Duplass, Togetherness; Neil Flynn, The Middle; Jake Johnson, New Girl; Matt LeBlanc, Episodes; Joel McHale, Community; Andy Samberg, Brooklyn Nine-Nine; Adam Scott, Parks and Recreation Best Actress - Comedy Series: Lena Dunham, Girls - "Home Birth" Anna Faris, Mom - "Free Therapy and a Dead Lady's Yard Sale" Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt - "Kimmy Rides a Bike!" Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback - "Valerie Is Brought to Her Knees" Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep - "Election Night" Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin - "Chapter One" Taylor Schilling, Orange Is the New Black - "Thirsty Bird" HONORABLE MENTION: Zooey Deschanel, New Girl; Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie; Jane Fonda, Grace and Frankie; Patricia Heaton, The Middle; Amy Landecker, Transparent; Melanie Lynskey, Togetherness; Laurie Metcalf, Getting On; Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation; Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish; Kristen Schaal, The Last Man on Earth; Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie Best Supporting Actor - Comedy Series: Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine - "Beach House" Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt - "Kimmy Goes to School!" Jay Duplass, Transparent - "The Wilderness" Tony Hale, Veep - "East Wing" T.J. Miller, Silicon Valley - "The Lady" Timothy Simons, Veep - "B/ill" Steve Zissis, Togetherness - "Not So Together" HONORABLE MENTION: Ty Burrell, Modern Family; Jaime Camil, Jane the Virgin; Terry Crews, Brooklyn Nine-Nine; Charlie Day, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia; Adam Driver, Girls; Kevin Dunn, Veep; Alex Karpovsky, Girls; Hugh Laurie, Veep; Joe Lo Truglio, Brooklyn Nine-Nine; Kumail Nanjiani, Silicon Valley; Nick Offerman, Parks and Recreation; Ed O’Neill, Modern Family; Chris Pratt, Parks and Recreation; Peter Scolari, Girls; Reid Scott, Veep; Martin Starr, Silicon Valley; Russell Tovey, Looking; Matt Walsh, Veep; Sam Waterston, Grace and Frankie; Zach Woods, Silicon Valley Best Supporting Actress - Comedy Series: Danielle Brooks, Orange Is the New Black - "Looks Blue, Tastes Red" Anna Chlumsky, Veep - "Convention" Gaby Hoffmann, Transparent - "Why Do We Cover the Mirrors?" Allison Janney, Mom - "Three Smiles and an Unpainted Ceiling" Natasha Lyonne, Orange Is the New Black - "Low Self Esteem City" Kate Mulgrew, Orange Is the New Black - "40 Oz. of Furlough" Lorraine Toussaint, Orange Is the New Black - "It Was the Change" HONORABLE MENTION: Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black; Stephanie Beatriz, Brooklyn Nine-Nine; Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory; Alex Borstein, Getting On; Julie Bowen, Modern Family; Lea DeLaria, Orange Is the New Black; Hannah Dunne, Mozart in the Jungle; Melissa Fumero, Brooklyn Nine-Nine; Sarah Hyland, Modern Family; Gillian Jacobs, Community; Carole Kane, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; Jane Krakowski, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; Judith Light, Transparent; Zosia Mamet, Girls; Adrienne C. Moore, Orange Is the New Black; Niecy Nash, Getting On; Amanda Peet, Togetherness; Barbara Rosenblot, Orange Is the New Black; Eden Sher, The Middle; Anna Deavere Smith, Nurse Jackie; Yael Stone, Orange Is the New Black; Sarah Sutherland, Veep; Merritt Wever, Nurse Jackie; Samira Wiley, Orange Is the New Black Best Writing - Comedy Series: Orange Is the New Black - "We Have Manners. We're Polite." - Jenji Kohan Silicon Valley - "Binding Arbitration" - Dan O'Keefe Transparent - "Best New Girl" - Bridget Bedard Transparent - "Pilot" - Jill Soloway Veep - "B/ill" - Kevin Cecil, Armando Iannucci, Andy Riley & Tony Roche Veep - "Testimony" - Sean Gray, Armando Iannucci & Will Smith HONORABLE MENTION: black-ish - “Crime and Punishment”; The Comeback - “Valerie Cooks in the Desert”; The Comeback - “Valerie Is Brought to Her Knees”; Getting On - “Doctor Death”; Girls - “Home Birth”; Girls - “Sit-In”; Jane the Virgin - “Chapter One”; The Last Man on Earth - “Alive in Tucson”; Louie - “A La Carte”; The Middle - “The Graduate”; Modern Family - “Closet? You’ll Love It”; Modern Family - “Connection Lost”; Mom - “Free Therapy and a Dead Lady’s Yard Sale”; Mom - “Mashed Potatoes and a Little Nitrous”; Mom - “Three Smiles and an Unpainted Ceiling”; Orange Is the New Black - “Hugs Can Be Deceiving”; Orange Is the New Black - “It Was the Change”; Orange Is the New Black - “A Whole Other Hole”; Parks and Recreation - “One Last Ride”; Silicon Valley - “Adult Content”; Silicon Valley - “Sand Hill Shuffle”; Silicon Valley - “Two Days of the Condor”; Togetherness - “Not So Together”; Transparent - “Why Do We Cover the Mirrors?”; Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt - “Kimmy Makes Waffles!”; Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt - “Kimmy Rides a Bike!”; Veep - “Convention”; Veep - “East Wing”; Veep - “Election Night” Best Directing - Comedy Series: Modern Family - "Connection Lost" - Steven Levitan Orange Is the New Black - "It Was the Change" - Phil Abraham Orange Is the New Black - "We Have Manners. We're Polite." - Constantine Makris Silicon Valley - "Two Days of the Condor" - Alec Berg Transparent - "Best New Girl" - Jill Soloway Veep - "Election Night" - Chris Addison HONORABLE MENTION: black-ish - “Pops’ Pops’ Pops”; The Comeback - “Valerie Is Brought to Her Knees”; Community - “Modern Espionage”; Getting On - “Doctor Death”; Girls - “Ask Me My Name”; Girls - “Home Birth”; It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia - “Charlie Work”; Jane the Virgin - “Chapter One”; The Last Man on Earth - “Alive in Tucson”; Louie - “Sleepover”; The Middle - “The Waiting Game”; Modern Family - “The Day We Almost Died”; Mom - “Three Smiles and an Unpainted Ceiling”; Mozart in the Jungle - “You Go to My Head”; Orange Is the New Black - “Hugs Can Be Deceiving”; Orange Is the New Black - “Thirsty Bird”; Parks and Recreation - “One Last Ride”; Silicon Valley - “Binding Arbitration”; Silicon Valley - “Sand Hill Shuffle”; Togetherness - “Kick the Can”; Transparent - “Pilot”; Transparent - “Symbolic Exemplar”; Transparent - “Why Do We Cover the Mirrors?”; Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt - “Kimmy Rides a Bike!”; Veep - “B/ill”; Veep - “East Wing”; Veep - “Testimony” Best Guest Actor - Comedy Series: Jon Hamm, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt - "Kimmy Makes Waffles!" Matt McCoy, Silicon Valley - "Binding Arbitration" Tim Blake Nelson, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt - "Kimmy Has a Birthday!" Seth Rogen, The Comeback - "Valerie Is Brought to Her Knees" Billy Bob Thornton, The Big Bang Theory - "The Misinterpretation Agitation" Bradley Whitford, Transparent - "Best New Girl" HONORABLE MENTION: Scott Bakula, Looking; Adam DeVine, Modern Family; Ben Feldman, Silicon Valley; Laurence Fishburne, black-ish; Charles Grodin, Louie; Jake Lacy, Girls; Kumail Nanjiani, Community; Craig T. Nelson, Grace and Frankie; Dean Norris, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; Patton Oswalt, Veep; Oliver Platt, Modern Family; Kevin Pollak, Mom; Michael Rapaport, Louie; Pablo Schreiber, Orange Is the New Black Best Guest Actress - Comedy Series: Pamela Adlon, Louie - "A La Carte" Becky Ann Baker, Girls - "Tad & Loreen & Avi & Shanaz" Eve Best, Nurse Jackie - "I Say a Little Prayer" Tina Fey, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt - "Kimmy Goes to Court!" Carrie Preston, Getting On - "The 7th Annual Christmas Card Competition" Emily Robinson, Transparent - "Best New Girl" HONORABLE MENTION: Beverly D’Angelo, Mom; Kathryn Hahn, Parks and Recreation; Kathryn Hahn, Transparent; Gaby Hoffmann, Girls; Gillian Jacobs, Girls; Jenifer Lewis, black-ish; Laurie Metcalf, The Big Bang Theory; Rita Moreno, Jane the Virgin; Lori Petty, Orange Is the New Black; Laura Prepon, Orange Is the New Black; Jaime Pressly, Mom; Raven-Symone, black-ish; Naya Rivera, Glee; Romy Rosemont, Silicon Valley; Amy Sedaris, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; Kiernan Shipka, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; Octavia Spencer, Mom; Michaela Watkins, Transparent Best Ensemble - Comedy Series: Modern Family Orange Is the New Black Parks and Recreation Silicon Valley Transparent Veep HONORABLE MENTION: The Big Bang Theory, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, black-ish, Community, Girls, Glee, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Jane the Virgin, Looking, The Middle, Mozart in the Jungle, New Girl, Nurse Jackie, Togetherness Best New Comedy Series: black-ish BoJack Horseman Jane the Virgin Togetherness Transparent Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt HONORABLE MENTION: Grace and Frankie, The Last Man on Earth, Married, Mozart in the Jungle Best TV Movie/Miniseries: The Honorable Woman The Missing The Nance (Live From Lincoln Center) Nightingale Olive Kitteridge HONORABLE MENTION: American Horror Story: Freak Show, Bessie, The Casual Vacancy, Gracepoint, Stockholm Pennsylvania, Toy Story That Time Forgot, 24: Live Another Day, Wolf Hall Best Actor - TV Movie/Miniseries: Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge Nathan Lane, The Nance (Live From Lincoln Center) James Nesbitt, The Missing David Oyelowo, Nightingale Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall Kiefer Sutherland, 24: Live Another Day HONORABLE MENTION: Stephen Merchant, Hello Ladies: The Movie; Evan Peters, American Horror Story: Freak Show; David Tennant, Gracepoint Best Actress - TV Movie/Miniseries: Anna Gunn, Gracepoint Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge Frances O'Connor, The Missing Queen Latifah, Bessie Saoirse Ronan, Stockholm, Pennsylvania HONORABLE MENTION: Nicole Kidman, Grace of Monaco; Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show; Yvonne Strahovski, 24: Live Another Day Best Supporting Actor - TV Movie/Miniseries: Tcheky Karyo, The Missing Rory Kinnear, The Casual Vacancy Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge Jonny Orsini, The Nance (Live From Lincoln Center) Cory Michael Smith, Olive Kitteridge Finn Wittrock, American Horror Story: Freak Show HONORABLE MENTION: Andrew Buchan, The Honorable Woman; William Devane, 24: Live Another Day; Mike Epps, Bessie; John Gallagher Jr., Olive Kitteridge; Michael Gambon, The Casual Vacancy; Anton Lesser, Wolf Hall; Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall; John Carroll Lynch, American Horror Story: Freak Show; Denis O’Hare, American Horror Story: Freak Show; Jonathan Pryce, Wolf Hall; Stephen Rea, The Honorable Woman; Michael K. Williams, Bessie Best Supporting Actress - TV Movie/Miniseries: Lubna Azabal, The Honorable Woman Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Freak Show Claire Foy, Wolf Hall Zoe Kazan, Olive Kitteridge Mo'Nique, Bessie Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Freak Show HONORABLE MENTION: Khandi Alexander, Bessie; Angela Bassett, American Horror Story: Freak Show; Michelle Fairley, 24: Live Another Day; Keeley Hawes, The Casual Vacancy; Virginia Kull, Gracepoint; Abigail Lawrie, The Casual Vacancy; Julia McKenzie, The Casual Vacancy; Cynthia Nixon, Stockholm Pennsylvania; Tika Sumpter, Bessie Best Variety Series: The Colbert Report The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Late Show with David Letterman Real Time with Bill Maher The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon HONORABLE MENTION: The Late Late Show with James Corden, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Saturday Night Live, Watch What Happens Live, Whose Line Is It Anyway? Best Variety Special: Aziz Ansari: Live at Madison Square Garden Beyonce & Jay-Z: On the Run Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute The 68th Annual Tony Awards HONORABLE MENTION: Backstage with Disney on Broadway: Celebrating 20 Years, Beyonce: X10, Bill Maher: Live From D.C., Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber, David Letterman: A Life on Television, The 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, The 57th Annual Grammy Awards, Jen Kirkman: I’m Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine), Jerrod Carmichael: Love at the Store, Louis C.K.: Live a the Comedy Store, Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen, Miley Cyrus: Bangerz Tour, Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs, Rosie O’Donnell: A Heartfelt Standup, Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Live From Lincoln Center), Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live! (Great Performances) Best Male Performer - Variety Series/Special: Aziz Ansari, Aziz Ansari: Live at Madison Square Garden Jerrod Carmichael, Jerrod Carmichael: Love at the Store Hugh Jackman, The 68th Annual Tony Awards Taran Killam, Saturday Night Live John Oliver, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Jon Stewart, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart HONORABLE MENTION: Tony Bennett, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live! (Great Performances); Christian Borle, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Live From Lincoln Center); Wayne Brady, Whose Line Is It Anyway?; Mel Brooks, Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen; Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report; Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon; Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live; Jay-Z, Beyonce & Jay-Z: On the Run; David Letterman, Late Show with David Letterman; Bill Maher, Real Time with Bill Maher; Colin Mochrie, Whose Line Is It Anyway?; Ryan Stiles, Whose Line Is It Anyway?; Bryn Terfel, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Live From Lincoln Center) Best Female Performer - Variety Series/Special: Beyonce, Beyonce & Jay-Z: On the Run Beyonce, The 2014 MTV Video Music Awards Aidy Bryant, Saturday Night Live Tina Fey & Amy Poehler, The 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live Emma Thompson, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert (Live From Lincoln Center) HONORABLE MENTION: Vanessa Bayer, Saturday Night Live; Beyonce, Beyonce: X10; Beyonce, Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute; Aidy Bryant, Saturday Night Live; Miley Cyrus, Miley Cyrus: Bangerz Tour; Tina Fey & Amy Poehler, The 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards; Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live! (Great Performances); Idina Menzel, The 68th Annual Tony Awards; Rosie O’Donnell, Rosie O’Donnell: A Heartfelt Standup; Katy Perry, Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show; Sia, Saturday Night Live; Cecily Strong, Saturday Night Live; Allison Williams, Peter Pan Live!; Jessica Williams, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Best Animated Series: Archer Bob's Burgers BoJack Horseman South Park HONORABLE MENTION: Family Guy, The Simpsons Best Voice-Over Performance - Animated Series: Will Arnett, BoJack Horseman - "The Telescope" H. Jon Benjamin, Archer - "Reignition Sequence" H. Jon Benjamin, Bob's Burgers - "Father of the Bob" Dan Mintz, Bob's Burgers - "Tina Tailor Soldier Spy" Kristen Schaal, Bob's Burgers - "Hawk & Chick" Aisha Tyler, Archer - "The Kanes" HONORABLE MENTION: Hank Azaria, The Simpsons; Alison Brie, BoJack Horseman; Dan Castellaneta, The Simpsons; Kevin Kline, Bob’s Burgers; Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy; Eugene Mirman, Bob’s Burgers; Amber Nash, Archer; Trey Parker, South Park; John Roberts, Bob’s Burgers; Amy Sedaris, BoJack Horseman; Stanley Tucci, BoJack Horseman; Jessica Walter, Archer Best Reality Series - Competition: The Amazing Race The Challenge: Battle of the Exes II Project Runway RuPaul's Drag Race Survivor Top Chef HONORABLE MENTION: America’s Next Top Model, The Celebrity Apprentice, Lip Sync Battle, So You Think You Can Dance Best Reality Series - Non-Competition: Catfish: The TV Show The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills The Real Housewives of New York City Shark Tank Teen Mom Who Do You Think You Are? HONORABLE MENTION: Beyond the Tank, Teen Mom 2 Breakthrough Male Performance: Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Pete Davidson, Saturday Night Live Jack Falahee, How to Get Away with Murder Marcus Scribner, black-ish Jussie Smollett, Empire Steve Zissis, Togetherness HONORABLE MENTION: Miles Brown, black-ish; Bryshere Y. Gray, Empire; Hasan Minhaj, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart; Marc Pickering, Boardwalk Empire; Chris Sullivan, The Knick Breakthrough Female Performance: Hannah Dunne, Mozart in the Jungle Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live Marsai Martin, black-ish Margaret Qualley, The Leftovers Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin Yara Shahidi, black-ish HONORABLE MENTION: Eve Hewson, The Knick; Ta’Rhonda Jones, Empire; Maya Kazan, The Knick; Aja Naomi King, How to Get Away with Murder; Lola Kirke, Mozart in the Jungle; Virginia Kull, Gracepoint; Abigail Lawrie, The Casual Vacancy; Alice Wetterlund, Silicon Valley Best Documentary Program: After Tiller (P.O.V.) - Martha Shane & Lana Wilson August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand (American Masters) - Sam Pollard Banksy Does New York - Chris Moukarbel Bruce Jenner: The Interview (20/20) - Diane Sawyer & Rob Vint The Case Against 8 - Ben Cotner & Ryan White The Day the Series Stopped (30 for 30) - Ryan Fleck Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief - Alex Gibney Hot Girls Wanted - Jill Bauer & Ronna Gradus The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst - Andrew Jarecki Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck - Brett Morgen Southern Rites - Gillian Laub Virunga - Orlando von Einsiedel HONORABLE MENTION: The Boomer List (American Masters), Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart, I Hate Christian Laettner (30 for 30), It’s Me Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise, Regarding Susan Sontag, Thought Crimes: The Case of the Cannibal Cop

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Star Wars Fic Masterpost

Prequels/Clone Wars Era

Second Wind - Ahsoka takes the wrong exit of the the world between worlds and ends up with a second chance at saving her master. (Ahsoka Tano, Shmi Skywalker)

Pain Management - Anger can get a slave killed. Shmi teaches her son some coping strategies. (Shmi Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker, Watto)

For Amidala - Her handmaidens had all poured so much of themselves into Amidala, it was like they were part of her now. Padmé didn’t know if she had the strength to let one go. (Padme Amidala, Sabe, handmaidens)

No Place Like Home - Ahsoka’s return to the temple after her first deployment was strange, made even stranger by the fact that it should’t be strange at all. (Ahsoka Tano, Rex)

Eat, Snip, Love - Ahsoka can’t remember the last time she had a home cooked meal. Anakin and Padmé are determined to change that. (Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker, Padmé Amidala)

Love and Support - After Padmé is shot at a conference, her mother insists she come home. Padmé, of course, is going no where. Episode tag to 3.07 “Assassin.” (Padmé, Ahsoka)

Across a Crowded Room - It’s a party in his honor, but it turns out the Hero With No Fear isn’t good with crowds. Padmé to the rescue. (Padmé Amidala, Anakin Skywalker)

Lightening Rod - Anakin gets electrocuted…again. It probably says something bad about his life that he’s getting used to it. (Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, Obi-Wan Kenobi)

In Our Bed After the War - After the mission to Zygerria, Padmé and Anakin have a difficult conversation. (Padmé Amidala, Anakin Skywalker)

Domestic Life Was Never Quite My Style - Despite her best efforts, Padmé is pregnant. Now she has a difficult decision to make. (Padme Amidala, C-3P0)