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hayden-christensen · 7 months

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#the real reason

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lacebird · 2 months

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HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN Attending the Obi-Wan Kenobi photocall in London, England on May 12, 2022.

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go-see-a-starwar · 11 months

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EWAN + HAYDEN - IGN INTERVIEW

#sorry for the quality this is a very closely clipped shot #but they still look 😍#feeling very normal about Hayden’s little eyebrow move #his cute little curls #hayden christensen #ewan mcgregor #babes #hayden x ewan #Kenobi press #obi wan kenobi #missing the kenobi era #take me back to the start #my gifs

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anakinskywalkerog · 2 years

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Okay, but who is in Vader’s eye in his poster?

Obi-Wan in all the other posters is holding a lightsaber, like in the fifth brother’s poster. See Obi-Wan in Tala’s poster:

But this is Vader’s poster:

Is that meant to be Obi-Wan without a lightsaber, symbolizing Obi-Wan’s reluctance to fight Vader?? Or is it…someone else? Vader’s past self? Or someone else entirely? WHO IS THAT!!??

We need to know.

(why tf does it kind of look like Maul)

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imsosry-sir · 2 years

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clinically dead solely because of this picture right here

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boston-boy-cevans · 2 years

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Hayden’s laugh in some of these interviews

#THIS IS MY GOOD KARMA REWARD #it just makes me so happy #he’s a literal angel I swear #good things come to those who wait #and honey we’ve waited 20 years #hayden christensen #obi wan kenobi #kenobi press

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three-fold-symmetry · 10 months

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He may need a cold shower. Because of the heat

#tcw #obi wan kenobi #commander cody #codywan #“bench press me” -cody's internal monologue. probably #thirst-drawing to cope with the fact that i still have to suffer through two months of summer #also taking a break from drawing codywan for codywan week by drawing more codywan #esk art #i did not even try with the background on this sorry

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celestial-sphere-press · 3 months

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Fanbinding: Reputations. by @outpastthemoat

Defeating a Sith Lord before losing your Padawan braid, that’s a difficult reputation to live up to.

Another bind for the Greece meet-up - this time for Nic, @finalfrontierpublishing. This is an absolutely fantastic gen fic that explores the personal growth and struggles of Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon following Obi-Wan's Knighting (if Qui-Gon had lived). This is one of those fics that is really cathartic, grappling with self-worth issues.

I love this fic so much and I am ecstatic because it turned out to be my favorite bind of 2023. I was aiming to evoke the aesthetic of a temple, with a beautiful floral Japanese cloth, tile-like chiyogami endpapers, and mosaic drop-caps. There's re-occuring themes of climbing temple stairs and ringing temple bells as forms of meditation and emotional release, and I was able to source art for the chapter headers to represent that. Finally, I had a lot of fun matching the sewn endbands to the fabric and coloring the top edge of the book.

Happily, I will be sending the author a copy soon as well, so I get to make two more of this book.

#fanbinding #celestial sphere press #ficbinding #star wars #star wars prequels #obi wan kenobi #qui gon jinn #jedi philosophy #i absolutely adore this fic

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legobenkenobi · 5 months

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the way Obi-Wan writes about Cody in his journal is so tender for a lot of reasons but one i’m thinking about a lot is how it’s probably one of the very, VERY few remaining pieces that preserves who Commander Cody ACTUALLY was, outside of the chip and being forced into Order 66.

Obi-Wan is memorializing Cody along with all the people who were important to him for Luke and anyone who comes after to see because he knows no one else will and also that no one else spent the war with Cody like he did and got to know him in that strange, intimate way of being on the front lines together.

he’s keeping Cody alive in those pages despite everything, despite not knowing the truth about the chips. ohhh im so ill

#codywan #cody tag #sw #tcw #obi wan kenobi #commander cody #ben rambles #UGH im so so so ill #BEYOND SICK EVEN!!#WOW… BEN POSTING ABOUT CODYWAN?!?!! IN NOVEMBER OF 2023?!!?!!??#SOMEONE ALERT THE PRESS

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dontbelasagnax · 8 months

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sometimes, long after the battle is over, Obi-Wan lies in his bunk with his hands enclosed around the hilt of his lightsaber and pretends he can still feel the warmth of Cody's hand from the dutiful pass off of his 'saber. however indirect the touch, through gloves and several hours or days after the fact, it's like holding hands. he'll trace a fingertip down the side and ponder what it would be like if next time--not that this happens often enough for a "next time" to be inevitable, he lies to himself--on the return, their fingers brushed. it would be torture. it would be bliss. it would be a monumental task not to smile.

#and on the very worst of nights he sets about imagining what it would be like to drink from the same cup as Cody.#to place his lips on the rim and know that the moisture there is the same as if he pressed his lips to Cody's instead.#codywan #obi wan kenobi #commander cody #lasagna rambles

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hayden-christensen · 7 months

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#Hayden 'It’s also kinda fun to be in on the secret too' Christensen

#hayden christensen #hchristensenedit #haydenchristensenedit #swcastedit #sw cast #swedit #ahsokaedit #anakin skywalker #kenobi press #ahsoka #ahsoka s1 #ahsoka spoilers #starwarsblr #*mine #*2023 #*gifs #1k #absolutely sending me that he tried once and basically gave up the second time ASDFALKSJH #biggest open secret just who were they trying to fool when the trades already broke the news in 2021 lmaoooooo

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david-talks-sw · 10 months

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I can’t remember which post it was off the top of my head but you’ve mentioned how George was explicit that nothing in The Clone Wars directly influences Anakin’s fall to the Dark Side, what about indirectly? There’s the obvious one: Anakin finds it easier to give into his anger as the war goes on. But I was also thinking the events of Hardeen and Wrong Jedi arcs weaken Anakin’s trust in the Order that then plays into the circumstances in which his fall to the Dark Side took place. Like that weakened trust meant Anakin distanced himself which gives context for why he refused to go to Obi-Wan when the visions started.

It also fits with his character because one of Anakin’s flaws is that he takes things way to personally, e.g. he was not the only person the Council lied to about Obi-Wan’s fake death. Then when Ahsoka was leaving the Order after the Council let her down, which they did let her down, she had to remind Anakin that it was about her not him.

Of course weakened trust is nowhere near enough to cause someone to commit genocide and Anakin didn’t seem to make any effort to mend those fences either. And of course none of this would have happened without Palpatine manipulating things. Hence my question of how you think The Clone Wars indirectly influenced his journey to the Dark Side even as none of really tied to why Anakin ultimately fell.

I think you summed it up perfectly, actually.

If you're using Lucas' word as the "be-all, end-all", then The Clone Wars is indeed just an asterisk/addendum to the story of the films.

Its purpose? Providing context for the minor changes between Episode II and Episode III, changes that aren't exactly relevant to the story of Anakin's downfall.

"Anakin seems more mature and less whiny, in Episode III, what happened to change that?" He got a Padawan of his own during the Clone War and when you're put in charge of someone, you grow up real quick.

"He and Obi-Wan were constantly bickering in Episode II, now they're best buds, why?" In Episode II, Anakin was in Obi-Wan's care but felt he needed to leave the nest, whereas Obi-Wan was being a helicopter parent. In The Clone Wars, we see that once Anakin gets knighted, their relationship smooths over, now becoming a more brotherly bond than a parent/child one. Obi-Wan will sometimes worry that Anakin will fly off the handle, but he's also able to recognize his former Padawan is now his own man, whereas Anakin takes responsibility more frequently, now, due to now having a Padawan of his own.

"What's the relationship between Anakin and the other Jedi we saw in the background of the movies?" Find out by tuning in to The Clone Wars!

"The clones have names, now? And they're the Jedi's friends, when did all that happen!" You can find out by seeing them fight side-by-side with the Jedi and slowly becoming independent thinkers, only in The Clone Wars.

"The Jedi are more scheming and political in Episode III, they and Anakin are at odds... why the shift in attitudes?" They were drafted into a war, and forced to make compromise after compromise to a point where their values have been rendered pointless and they've become begrudging hypocrites. They're playing politics (and sucking at it) because they've been dragged onto a political chessboard and are trying to keep up with a far more skilled opponent. These terrible decisions impact all of them, even Anakin.

Stuff like that.

But none of that is relevant to Anakin's story, which is more personal, in nature. It's a story about how his own greed turned him into the very thing he swore to destroy, which parallels how the Republic became the Empire for those same reasons.

The films show us this, and The Clone Wars *reinforces* this narrative by giving us further examples of it.

While Anakin is aware of what's right and wrong... the more the war rages on, the more frequently he takes the "easy" path and gives in to his anger and selfish desires, enabled by Palpatine.

Sometimes Anakin does manage to get a grip, he does manage to take responsibility, he does learn to let go... but then something happens (often orchestrated by Palpatine) and he goes right back to square one... then square zero... then square minus one, etc.

He never takes that final step to being a more enlightened person.

The Clone Wars challenges the Jedi at times, questions their actions... but ultimately, the responsibility falls on Anakin's shoulders. The series will show you moments where they fail Anakin, but there's as many moments of him failing them.

Could the Jedi have done more? Yes. But if you think them doing more would've solved the problem, you're missing the point of the story of the Prequels.

Functionally, all that is achieved from the Council/Anakin conflict (again, orchestrated by Palpatine), in Episode III, is creating more pressure for Anakin to cave under. That's it.

They're not a meaningful factor in his turn to the Dark Side.

Padmé is.

When he's hesitating between saving Mace or saving Palpatine...

... he's not thinking "one of them was nice to me, but the other one was mean to me and kicked out Ahsoka, so I'll chop his hand off".

And he's not thinking "this isn't by the book, Mace you hypocrite!"

Lucas tells us what's going through his head, in that moment.

It's about Padmé living. And we've already established that what that's really about is "Anakin not wanting to live without her". So, really, it's about Anakin.

Mace and Anakin butting heads isn't even considered. If Mace had been laughing with Anakin and hugging him on the daily, Anakin still would've ended up chopping off his hand. It wasn't about Mace, it was about Anakin.

If Ahsoka had stayed with the Jedi Order, he still would've joined the Dark Side. Because it was never about Ahsoka, it was about Anakin.

If Qui-Gon had lived, Anakin would've still turned. It was never about Obi-Wan or Qui-Gon being the teachers, it was about Anakin.

Because the message of the story is basically that:

"Ultimately, it's up to you to take personal responsibility and be compassionate. If you avoid responsibility and give in to your darker impulses for selfish purposes, bad shit happens. The only meaningful change can come from within."

And in Anakin's case it didn't. He zigged instead of zagging at almost every turn.

Now, you can agree or disagree with that message. But that's what it is. Even some of the current Star Wars authors acknowledge this.

The story of Anakin Skywalker is told in the movies.

The Clone Wars is there as an addendum to:

Shine a spotlight/provide context on minor changes between Episode II and Episode III.

Humanize Anakin, to further drive the point that what happened to him can happen to anyone.

ADDENDUM:

#yes this IS the post I had written last night then lost by *gasp* pressing Ctrl+Z ???? AKA the tumblr nuke button!#george lucas #jedi order #anakin skywalker #QnA #obi-wan kenobi #star wars #long post #meta #collection of quotes #lucas quotes #attachment #pro jedi

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go-see-a-starwar · 1 year

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Haydenkin is hot daddy of sw 🥵🥵

He really is, he’s matured into this quiet charisma that’s very attractive and yes very daddy which is why it’s the perfect time to make a Vader series/movie with him