#emperor's hand

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Luke and Mara on Myrkr by JarJarJargon

#Star Wars #Star Wars: Legends #Thrawn Trilogy #Luke Skywalker #Mara Jade #Emperor's Hand #Jedi #Sci-Fi #Myrkr #JarJarJargon

[jadecrusades]

Cover art by Tsuyoshi Nagano. “Star Wars: Allegiance” Japanese edition. January, 2007.

Timothy Zahn expanded upon Mara Jade’s time as the Emperor’s Hand in the first of the Hand of Judgement series, in 2007. The Japanese edition of “Star Wars: Allegiance” displayed a beautiful spread of the book’s protagonists, as depicted by artist Tsuyoshi Nagano. In an interview with the Rebel Legion Japan from 2021, Nagano spoke about his adoration of Mara:

“[Mara Jade] is a character that doesn't appear in the movies. She has a stylish image. Originally, she was the one who served as an assassin for Palpatine. She gradually became attracted to Luke and eventually got married and even had a child. I like the fact that she has a tumultuous worldview. I think Mara Jade is the kind of character that could make a movie. She's fun to draw. Usually, I have a set of actors for my characters. But Mara Jade is the only one that doesn't have a specific model for the movie.”

#Mara Jade #Mara Jade Skywalker #Tsuyoshi Nagano #Star Wars Legends #Star Wars EU #Star Wars Expanded Universe #Star Wars Art #Darth Vader #Emperor Palpatine #Emperor's Hand #Princess Leia #Han Solo #Leia Organa #Luke Skywalker #Darth Sidious #Timothy Zahn #Hand of Judgement

[diazuk-legacy]

Cutie

#servant two #swtor #swtor art #art #Emperor's Hand #sith pureblood

[mkcosplayorcovid-19prevention]

Star Wars RPG....

Emperor's Hand Statistics (CL 15)

Medium Human Scout 5/Scoundrel 5/Force Adept 5

Force Points: 6; Dark Side Score: 12

Initiative: +15; Senses: Perception +13

Languages: Basic, 1 Unassigned

Defenses

Reflex Defense: 32 (Flat-Footed: 28), Fortitude Defense: 19, Will Defense: 22; Dodge, Mobility, Vehicular Combat

Hit Points: 112, Damage Threshold: 19

Offense

Speed: 6 Squares; Running Attack, Skirmisher, Surefooted

Melee: Unarmed +12 (1d6+8)

Melee: Lightsaber +12 (2d8+8)

Melee: Lightsaber +7 (2d8+8) and Lightsaber +7 (2d8+8) with Double Attack

Ranged: Heavy Blaster Pistol +12 (3d8+7)

Base Attack Bonus: +9, Grapple: +12

Attack Options: Double Attack (Lightsabers), Point-Blank Shot, Power of the Dark Side, Weapon Finesse

Special Actions: Equilibrium, Force Focus, Greater Force Talisman, Swift Power, Telekinetic Savant

Force Power Suite (Use the Force +15): Force Disarm, Force Thrust, Move Object, Surge

Force Techniques: Force Point Recovery, Improved Move Light Object

Base Stats

Abilities: Strength 12, Dexterity 16, Constitution 14, Intelligence 12, Wisdom 12, Charisma 16

Talents: Equilibrium, Force Focus, Force Talisman, Greater Force Talisman, Power of the Dark Side, Skirmisher, Surefooted, Swift Power, Telekinetic Savant

Feats: Dodge, Double Attack (Lightsabers), Force Sensitivity, Force Training (2), Martial Arts IH, Mobility, Point-Blank Shot, Running Attack, Vehicular Combat, Weapon Finesse, Weapon Proficiency (Lightsabers), Weapon Proficiency (Pistols), Weapon Proficiency (Rifles), Weapon Proficiency (Simple Weapons)

Skills: Initiative +15, Knowledge (Galactic Lore) +13, Mechanics +13H, Perception +13, Pilot +15, Stealth +15, Use the Force +15

Possessions: Heavy Blaster Pistol, Lightsaber, Comlink (Encrypted, Short-Range, Holo Capability), Credit Chip, Greater Force Talisman

#star wars rpg #Emperor's Hand #mara jade

[life-on-our-planet]

Two tiny shrimps battle each other on the back of a sea cucumber, filmed at a depth of 15m. Seacrop Diving School | Japan

#ocean #japan #sea cucumber #shrimp #haven't the faintest idea what the species are sorry! i just like their lil hands lol #edit: #emperor shrimp #juvenile empy shramps to be exact! #thank u to the people who told me in the notes! #a battle of kings......

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happy and proud!!

✷(print shop)✷

#mine #original #sm how managed 2 miss pride month....but its pride month every month in this house hold #ive read two bad YA books so far this month as a break from th 2nd farseer book but now.....i am back.........i am reading th 3rd one #its gna make my brain explode i can feel it #n then idk what i will read. maybe th hands of th emperor #could i read smth other than 800 page epic fantasy pls #the YA books werent too bad for YA but they hve that YA cringe 2 it. idk how u people read it constantly #if i hve 2 read th word 'heck' one more time #also theres always like. disney channel vibes. like i read gay YA romance n its so sanitised n vanilla. its so superficial #like i get this is for 16 year olds but were is the longing. the yearing. these guys are fanfic tropes stuck 2gether 2 glue. #also. what is with nearly every mlm romance / fantasy being YA not adult fiction. whats up w that #anyway hve a good evenin im gna do knitting!!!!!!!!!!!!

[heartnosekid]

the great purple emperor (sasakia charonda) | source

#stim #butterflies #bugs #insects #sfw #blue #purple #black #yellow #white #brown #the great purple emperor #sasakia charonda #wings #animals #nature #hands #ishy gifs #postish

[rhineposting]

Hollow Mind goes crazy when you realize Kid Belos was just this grown ass man LARPing as a mute toddler.

#WHAT WERE YOU DOINGGG COWERING BEHIND HER AND HOLDING HER HAND LIKE THAT OLD MAN WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUUUU #GROWN ASS MANNN YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMEEEED #toh #the owl house #toh luz #luz noceda #belos #emperor belos #Not ship but if you tag it as that I guess that's just between you and God (the tag) #rhineart

[mayasaura]

Guys. The cows were about how if people don't like you or don't want to listen to you, they'll decontextualise your actions and use them to discredit you in any situation. How doing one (1) memorable bad thing can be held against you forever. The cows are about looking a council of world leaders in the eyes, telling them we're all being robbed of our futures by megacorporations, showing them the receipts and numbers and photographic evidence, and being told none of your arguments matter actually because you're The Cow Guy.

The cows are about how people don't forgive, not really.

#the way people talk about the cows and John sometimes kind of reminds me of what I mear about the Hunger Games movies #how they leaned into making everything sensational and cinematic the way the Captiol wanted it to be perceived #like on one hand way to miss the point #but on the other hand excellent active demonstration of the thesis statement #A+ on legitimising John's worldview #the locked tomb #nona the ninth #emperor john gaius #john gaius #ntn spoilers #1-800-COW-WALL

[leavingautumn13]

i don't have anything to say about this one except "i'm sorry."

[reference]

[obligatory "i have commissions open now" link]

#baldur's gate 3 #lae'zel #gale dekarios #astarion ancunin #the emperor #the dark urge #gale of waterdeep #bg3 #autumn.art #i fucking guess. #autumn.oc #oc: avaritia #i'm throwing this like a hand grenade and then running #this is probably not the worst thing i've ever drawn but nothing else comes to mind

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Mara Jade by DragonOfKnox

#Star Wars #Mara Jade #DragonOfKnox #Star Wars: Legends #Star Wars: Expanded Universe #Emperor's Hand #Lightsaber #Sci-Fi

[jadecrusades]

Illustration by John VanFleet. “Star Wars: The New Essential Chronology.” October, 2005.

#Mara Jade #Mara Jade Skywalker #Star Wars #Star Wars Expanded Universe #Star Wars EU #Star Wars Legends #Sci-Fi #John VanFleet #John Van Fleet #lightsaber #jedi #Emperor's Hand

[diazuk-legacy]

#servant two #Emperor's Hand #Sith Pureblood #swtor #swtor art #art

[magpieddd]

#wanted to try my hands at doing promos? episode title cards? this. #this was fun to make #the owl house #hunter toh #emperor belos #the owl house fanart #grimm's art #luz noceda #eda clawthorne #golden guard #raine whispers #darius deamonne

[jeeaark]

Never seen an illithid recoil so fast when trying to give it smooches. Turns out there's a very good reason for it!

Wanted to draw my guardian boi one last time. First time the Emperor suggested it, got a lil affronted

Like, Squid bud, you don't think Greygold 'gets it'? You don't think Greygold had a bit of the 'don't belong's? the not-be-yourself-to-fit-in? Greygold gonna accept the shit out of you, buster. Gonna figure out dat squid biology one comedic lesson at a time.

Also. dat hair. I like to imagine when the emperor saw what would instantly gain Greygold's trust, the illithid was like-This is....Way too dreamy. Had to tone it down, Clark Kent dat Hunk-orc up with a hair-bun.

#bg3 spoilers #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #the emperor bg3 #bg3 emperor #greygold #bg3 comic #bg3 fanart #fuck those gold arm bands though #ain't drawing that again pssshh #a silly book cameo for the crit role fans #couldn't find the right words about nature and honesty so greygold gonna say it inaccurately not-the-best-I-tried #like its in Greygold 's nature to rip people apart with their bare hands #But they're pretty content kicking ass with a bow or using peaceful negotiations instead #maybe Greygold ain't saying it right but they just want buddy to be true to its squid heart

[captainkirkk]

I'm normally a very slow reader of published novels, but I devoured The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard and now I can NOT stop thinking about it.

Everyone who has read my Fire Lord Zuko content knows how much I love 1) people of power working tirelessly to make the world a better place for all; and b) kings, slowly being crushed under the weight of their crown and duty, finding love and care in their loyal servants and staff

Except this story is more. The Emperor is worshiped and treated as a god, bound by extreme taboos and protocols that he can't break. It's about his staff (his found family) looking BEYOND the exterior of godhood and finding the human being underneath - who is dying under the weight of being the Emperor - and deciding to reach out, even if by acknowledging his humanity they are technically breaking many laws.

God this book is about so many things, including:

Found family can be the Last Emperor and his senior members of staff

The Emperor learning how to be human again with the help of his friends

There's no romance in this book. The deep friendships are the beating heart of this story, and they very much Love each other.

Breaking down a previously corrupt imperial empire through hard work and radial reforms, leading to sweeping changes including UNIVERSAL INCOME

Embracing cultural heritage, even in the heart of the imperial palace. Our main character is both one of the highest ranking members of government and from an islander culture, and he dedicates himself to both

The struggle for your family (who have a case of tall poppy syndrome, and live far far away from the capital and palace) to see you as a respected adult and understand all of your (many, MANY) achievements, even when you're very literally brought the Emperor home with you.

This book has some BEAUTIFUL confrontations, take-downs, and revelations based on the past two points (and more). If you underestimate or insult our main character, You Will Regret It. Watching him lose his temper is a glorious thing to behold.

Anyway I'm pretty sure this just became my all-time favourite book, because it's beautifully written and touches on all of my favourite tropes.

#the hands of the emperor #nine worlds #book recs #i'm currently halfway through the sequel #and my heart cannot take it i need to know what the fuck is going on between our main characters #the slow burn is killing me #so i'm distracting myself by yelling about the og novel on here #my posts