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starwarsmyversion · 3 months

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I wouldn't do what Anakin does 💀

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questforgalas · 1 year

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The High Republic series confirmed that part of a Jedi youngling’s day in the creche are midday naps on little nap mats, and now the image of all our faves in youngling form curled up on the nap mat is living rent free in my head

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iszapizza · 5 months

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boba and a redeemed vader/anakin

(I wanted to draw these two in a gentle mood)

(Edit: added this small doodle)

#star wars #star wars ot #darth vader #boba fett #anakin skywalker #modern au?? hard to tell #I got stuck with the idea of anakin regrowing his hair out again and being happy and at peace with himself hhhhh #boba is probably saying something important and anakin is not paying attention he’s too happy AAAAAA #old man yaoi #them as an old couple rgrgghghg #darthfett #midnight doodles

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skyyworker · 2 years

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when ahsoka leaves the temple and anakin runs after her, you can see obi-wan starting to follow them as well but he's stopped by master plo's hand on his shoulder.

here's this: anakin finding his way back to his quarters in the temple, tears welling in his eyes, he can barely walk straight, but once he gets there he finds obi-wan already waiting for him. and they've never been too open about physical contact with one another but obi-wan opens his arms and all anakin can do is choke out his master's name and throw himself into his arms, sobbing and finally letting his emotions flow out into the force, but especially into their bond

#our padawan #obi-wan is heartbroken #ahsoka was anakin's padawan but obi-wan had gotten used to referring to her as #he also loved ahsoka so very much and seeing her go like that #because the council had failed her #it hurt. a lot #he's holding anakin close but in that hold he's not only reassuring anakin but himself too #god knows he needs it #also obi-wan peppering little kisses in anakin's hair when it gets harder and harder to breathe? crying does that to a mf #anakin skywalker #star wars #darth vader #obi-wan kenobi #tcw #the clone wars #ahsoka tano #obikin #ig?#and wouldn't it be lovely if obi-wan somehow managed to sneak padmé in to comfort anakin together?#anakin being a devastated crying mess with obi-wan holding him from one side and padmé from the other #the way they all loved ahsoka and were the only ones who believed her? (apart from master plo)#tcw spoilers

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theotherrichardpapen · 8 months

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#.................... i've got no defence for this one #started reading the novelisation of revenge of the sith and my love for anakin has come back full force #THE original problematic fave okay #0 note post incoming but i dont care this is for me and me only #im thinking about the fact he told himself he did everything he did for the sake of love #for the sake of a world where injustice would no longer be able to run rampant under the apathetic bureaucracy of the republic #only for him to get to the end of it all and realise he'd been manipulated right from the start #and in his arrogance and blindness. he'd allowed himself to lose everything he told himself he was fighting for #but he can't admit that to himself. can't admit he'd forsaken himself in such a way #he can't go back to being anakin because that means admitting what he'd done and facing his own internal consequences #so he fully submerses himself into the identity of vader instead. allows the anger and hate to fester #star wars #anakin skywalker #darth vader #quotes #literature #web weave #hayden christensen

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siennahrobek · 2 years

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It’s interesting how much blame people will lay and how varying it is. How opposite. The Jedi didn’t give him special treatment because of his power/status. The Jedi didn’t treat him normal like one of their own. Obi-Wan was too critical. Obi-Wan didn’t pay enough attention to him. The Jedi didn’t allow Anakin to have friends/acquaintances outside of the Order. The Jedi allowed him to be friends with Palpatine. Obi-Wan didn’t save Anakin on Mustafar. Obi-Wan didn’t kill Anakin on Mustafar. Literally everywhere one turns, not only does the blame lay at someone else’s feet aside from Anakin Skywalker, but apparently there is no right answer either. Even if you could place any blame on someone else for his choices, either way it’s a two headed snake. It’s never been enough for people.

Star Wars is a lot of things. It’s about a lot of things. Family, hope, compassion, forgiveness, redemption, tragedy, war, peace, the goodness in people. But all in all, it’s about choices.

Star Wars is about choices. People make choices in these stories and they aren’t generally forced into any of them. It’s about agency, the ability to make those choices and owning up to them. And guess what? Anakin made the choices he did without anyone forcing him to do them. He made those choices knowing exactly what he was doing and exactly how wrong it was.

And the point is, that people allow him to make those choices. They can’t make them for him. He has to make those choices. And he doesn’t want to.

Anakin doesn’t want to make choices.

But in the end, of every episode, every movie, every defining moment, he makes a choice anyways. And until the end, none of them come out the way he wants them too.

Because he wants both, he wants it all. He doesn’t want to choose.

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phoenixyfriend · 1 year

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It has nothing to do with the fic I’m actually writing, but listen to me. Listen.

Star Wars/Bleach crossover where Anakin is a Vizard and his mask is the Vader helmet would be so choice.

#alternately he's a hollow or Arrancar and the development of the Vader helmet as his 'face' while he's full monster #and then going less monster but never being able to truly rid himself of What He Was And What He Did... juicy #bleach #anakin skywalker #darth vader #star wars #crossovers #phoenix talks

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my-star-war-sblog · 4 months

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Everyone who read the Kanan Comics will know what I mean when I state that Grey is one of the best father figures in all of Star Wars.

#Atleast Grey had the excuse of litteraly being mind controlled when he hurt his kid #and he STILL broke free of it AND sacrifised himself to save Caleb's life #anything you got to say for yourself mr. “I chopped my son's hand off” ?#star wars #commander grey #anakin skywalker #kanan the last padawan #kanan comic #anakin critical #anti anakin skywalker

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organaxxsolo · 2 years

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the lineage + swimming lessons

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straycrayoncrypt · 4 months

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I haven't heard anything about LoV vs. Star Wars, please, tell me more! Who would fight who, who would win, and at what cost?

Is Shiragaki allowed to use the Nomu in this fight?

Lmaooo okay that one isn’t actually a fight per say- the idea is the LoV got reincarnated into Star Wars and are living their best lives running around screwing up Sith plans completely accidentally. They don’t have any Nomu besides Kurogiri, who is now a Wookiee Jedi Shadow! He can’t infinite fall portal them anymore but he sure can pick any of the League up by their ankles and shake them upside down until they promise to behave.

The whole thing is kind of accidentally turning into a character study of Dabi vs Anakin, aka two horrifically possessive people ruled by their anger, only Dabi’s just self aware enough to avoid all the pitfalls Anakin so spectacularly falls down.

(No snippets for this, I only have plot notes)

#tsar crayon ruler of the wasteland #ways Anakin skywalker could have been cooler #several screws short of a whole door hinge #u know that thing where Anakin says he’s gonna free all the slaves and then never does a single thing about it?#yeah Dabi’s life plan is murdering slavers in the outer rim and sneaking freed slaves to people with more compassion than he has to go heal #they’re the same age! Dabi made it to the temple at 7 rather than 9 #and he freed himself from slavery by being sneaky instead of being flashy #I have doodles somewhere for the League’s new appearances lol

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lookingforthesilverstars · 29 days

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Chapters: 9/? Fandom: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Obi-Wan Kenobi & Anakin Skywalker Characters: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious, Original Characters Additional Tags: Sheev Palpatine is a Creep, Hurt Anakin Skywalker, Hurt Obi-Wan Kenobi, Slavery, Implied Childhood Sexual Abuse, Protective Obi-Wan Kenobi, Stripper sees 12yo Anakin in a bar and thinks the new Chancellor is a pedophile, Padawan Anakin Skywalker, Dai Bendu Language (Star Wars), Tatooine Slave Culture & Customs (Star Wars), highly irregular updates, like seriously, How Do I Tag, Bars and Pubs, Constructive Criticism Welcome, Not Beta Read, Self-Harm, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Panic Attacks, But better safe than sorry I guess, pls tell me what to do better, but it's barely there, only slightly hinted at Summary:

After Chancellor Palpatine takes young Anakin out into a bar on the lower levels of Coruscant and shows him the slavery happening right under the nose of the Jedi Council, Anakin's trust in the Jedi and his own Master is shaken and he decides to take matters into his own hands. the Jedi and the Senate are both clearly useless.

But things are not as they seem and Obi-Wan and Anakin soon learn that it takes more to overcome your past than a few meditation hours and some tinkering.

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starwarsmyversion · 3 months

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:) nothing is nothing 😎

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anghraine · 1 year

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My best friend and I were talking about our favorite moments in the SW prequels even though we both have issues with them, and there was one that we solidly (but kind of unexpectedly) agreed on.

It's actually in Attack of the Clones and from Hayden Christensen as teenage Anakin, in a moment where we really thought he shone—the return to Tatooine.

In particular, we both loved how he questions Watto, his former owner, who talks as if their history would be nostalgic for Anakin somehow and as a Jedi, Anakin might do him favors now. Watto admits he sold Anakin's mother to some guy who freed and married her, but is purposefully vague on the details, and Anakin just quietly says something along the lines of "I'd like to know."

This could be kind of empty or OTT hostile, and in our opinion, it's really neither! There's a certain, hmm, lingering politeness, but there is also an underlying menace that we thought perfectly fit the circumstances and his character.

(We also thought and liked that he seemed weirded out by the Lars situation. I mean, when you think about "this guy bought my mother in order to marry her, but also legally freed her" from Anakin's POV, it is an extremely strange situation to be in.)

#it's interesting bc we both love ot anakin but tend to see him a bit differently bc of our respective issues with our fathers (lol)#whereas we were solidly on the same page with the prequels #and sometimes amuse ourselves by spinning this whole alternate version with obi-wan as tragic hero #but the plot is basically the same #anghraine babbles #star wars #anakin skywalker #pt critical #by implication though this isn't about that!#fandom has a very ... hmm. soft and romantic take on the skywalker-lars tie #but sometimes i wonder not only about anakin being kind of '......' about the whole thing (justifiably tyvm)#but about luke growing up with that mind-boggling family history #and how it affected his sense of himself as a skywalker (bc this /is/ clearly his sense of himself in the films)#but also his genuine affection for his uncle and aunt #like... i saw a post the other day about how tatooine is the equivalent of the modern rural usa #but i mean ... luke might /feel/ like a us small town kid who wants out in a recognizable way #but tatooine is legitimately an arid hellscape controlled by gangsters #who keep people as slaves including luke's father and grandmother #his father was freed and made a career for himself as far as luke knows (but died young anyway)#his grandmother was freed and found a family (but was tortured to death anyway)#he might well walk past her grave every day until owen and beru are also killed #i feel like his emotions about all this might possibly be more complex than 'ungrateful whiny kid in space usa'#long post #in the tags :P

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smhalltheurlsaretaken · 2 years

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another day, another 'luke was actually redefining what it means to be a jedi when he said 'i am a jedi' because he was embracing the Forbidden Attachments and absolutely very completely Taboo Familial Relationships and being more compassionate and Jedi-like than any Jedi before him' take in my for you tab.

like. aren't people tired of being so wrong about stuff i'm right about

#coping with humor #sdfsdfgfd 'oh luke was embracing the fact that he's vader's son and that's a radically anti-code stance ergo luke is the best jedi ever'#no????? the jedi don't think having children is bad???? that's not why they don't marry????#look luke proudly declaring himself a jedi came BEFORE the order y'all seem determined to misunderstand so no.#it wasn't about him being better than they were #it was about him living up to yoda and obi-wan's teachings and being everything anakin should have been #i'll be coherent about this another time but that's just one dumbass take #luke skywalker #anakin skywalker #darth vader #return of the jedi

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avisisisis · 1 year

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The idea of Anakin trying to “fix” what he did as Vader (or more like redeem himself, since what he did can't be ‘fixed’) by helping people all over the galaxy as a Force Ghost does something to me

#anakin skywalker #darth vader #star wars #like. he goes to tatooine to help children find their way home when there's a sandstorm #he helps the slaves find food and water #when the empire returns he stays with the child soldiers they're using to give them company #he eventually becomes famous #leia and luke hear about this and go investigating #leia gets herself stuck in a shipwreck somehow and anakin helps her fix it without telling her who he is until she's finally safe #anakin regularly talks to luke and tells him stories about his mother. he doesn't see obi wan much but they're way better than before #leia doesn't forgive him (she never will) but after a while she's willing to listen to him #anakin is happy. leia will never forgive him but she can at least try to get to know him better bc that's what they both deserve #anakin is scared of interacting with ben solo bc he doesn't want him to end up the same way he did #still when ben gets lost in the woods he goes to help him. other children used to make fun of ben for never seeing the blue ghost #until he shows himself in front of them and says hi to ben like he knew him from forever #leia's not thrilled but she gets why he did it #anakin is being blocked from talking to ben when he Falls. he promises leia that he'll try to get through him but it's just not working #when ben dies anakin scolds him. that's when ben realizes that “YOU are darth vader??”#“i sure fucking am”#he helps rey and finally gains the courage to talk to ahsoka and apologize to her #just imagine the possibilities #avis talks #avis' post

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merrysithmas · 2 years

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so i am reading The Book of Sith and it is really hitting me how STRONG Anakin was to overcome literally thousands of years of Sith consolidation of power and END it. he ended the Sith 🤯 all of the powerful Sith lords that came before him, all of the endless century-long brutal wars between the Sith and Jedi, the unrest in the galaxy -- the Force, through torment, put Anakin in a position to end it. And he did.

through the book we learn that the Sith have been placing sleeper agents in Jedi & Republic society for thousands of years - calling them forth to upend peace when least expected (such as Dooku, a high ranking person in Serenno culture). and i fully believe that's what the Force did in return, finally, with Anakin as Vader. Anakin in Vader was the Force's sleeper agent.

The Force had to create and torment someone so good that he would fall because of his weakness (LOVE) and yet be strong enough to withstand 20 years of guilt and torture on the Dark Side, so strong that he'd return to the Light and end the Sith from within, as one of them.

the Force created Anakin to fall. he was the Chosen One, the damned one, the demi god, the unlucky one, the hated one -- but the hero. it is why he found peace as a force ghost. a tragic hero.

Like!!! Vader, personally, after killing his Master, had the ability to instantly absorb ALL of Sidious' power - ten thousand years of malignant potent strength. Vader would be literally all-powerful...

and he rejected it 🥹😭😫

he outright rejected it for Luke, for Leia. he rejected it for love. he wasn't even tempted after Sidious died! he rejected the entire Sith lineage since Darth Bane, tore it to shreds and let it wither and die just so he could look at his son with "his own eyes". Luke (& Leia) - the whole reason he began the first assured steps to his fall in the first place. A desperation to save his children & padme.

he was so strong in the Light that he didn't claim the dark throne. but he not only didn't claim it - he destroyed it. for his children and everyone else in the galaxy. so that they might never know the pain and torture he endured on the Dark Side as Sidious' slave.

the book (which is, granted, "Legends") makes it clear under the Rule of Two that the apprentice never gets any Sith power. they are starved of it, servants of it, and slaves. the Sith Master keeps all of the dark power and the apprentice has nothing, is nothing. is treated as meat and Palpatine notes they are "easily replaceable when their usefulness runs out".

Anakin was the easiest target for him and he was manipulated since he was 9 years old. no mother to protect him. Sidious threw away Maul, Tryanus, and Vader of course was next.

but in the end he overcame all that: the Force's tragic destiny for him via the prophecy, Palpatine's evil manipulation of him as a small child, the lure of a hundred generations of Sith power, the evil he was conducted to commit under the duress of Palpatine to save his family (and the boundless guilt he felt for it), and the ultimate rank of a potential rule as Emperor Vader.

he rejected it all the second he got another chance - horrified at his fall the first time, bearing the burden of the prophecy (Anakin the Betrayer), taking responsibility for the acts he commited even though he was a demi god who was destined and thus never had any real free will.

he was a slave his entire life - born & died as one. he was only ever free in death.

and he was free in death because the moment he finally had a true choice of his own - after he fulfilled the Prophecy and ended the Sith - he chose to end the Sith, and let peace prevail.

at his truest form, finally given his own agency, he chose the Light.

anakin is a hero.

#anakin skywalker #sob #when ppl say he was -pure evil- im like ok are we seeing the same source material #being PURE EVIL and commiting evil are two diff things #he definitely commited evil acts as both anakin & vader #(and he had an ego and alter ego on top of it)#(like i think of the dark side as deluding such as a substance abuse - he isnt REALLY vader but vader is there in control regardless)#(and he is helpless to this alter ego as his prime ego is not strong enough)#but anyway #he commited evil but he wasnt evil at his soul - that is the whole point of hope in star wars and the whole point of luke skywalker #a person who believes in good #that anyone even someone who has made the worst mistakes (even if he was destined to!) can be saved with understanding and compassion #and it is only through compassion ultimately that we can make the world better - even if at times there us no choice but to act in defense #compassion must always prevail #and by 'saved' i mean can know himself as more than his mistakes and capable of what one wills despite the past #that there is always hope someone might come back from the dark #and to not damn this possibility with hate and scorn #even if we cant MAKE it happen it is possible #and in anakin's case he had a prophecy and his REAL moment of choice was when it was fulfilled #and he chose to do good #and he CHOSE IT BECAUSE LUKE WAS THERE TO BELIEVE HE COULD AND TO LOVE AND HELP HIM AND SHOW HIM IT WAS POSSIBLE #ugh my soul #it was possible for him to choose good

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