#nerd reads star wars

[charmwasjess]

Sometime, I'd love to do another lightsaber theory/analysis post with Vaapad vs. Makashi, i.e., me just wanting to lovingly imagine how a Dooku vs. Mace Windu duel would go.

My first instinct is that this would be a really beautiful and interesting fight to watch, but one that Mace would definitively win, as the strengths of Vaapad would play well against the weaknesses of Makashi, specifically it's inability to take a hammering from a real power form. And Dooku's usual mitigating factors to solve for this weakness - his sheer physical strength and height, his creativity in using his Force talents to interpose lightning or ...pieces of decor to give himself a break - seem like things Mace would be prepared for and adept at countering. Mace's 6'2 (1.92m) height to Dooku's 6'5 (1.96m) means our Count isn't quite enjoying the reach bonus he's used to, and Mace knows him personally, knows his fighting style in a way that his little surprises and redirects aren't as fresh.

In terms of sheer lightsaber ability, we might also consider that Mace is able to get the upper hand on Sidious in a duel, whereas Dooku decidedly treats Sidious like someone who can and has thoroughly whipped his ass, even going as far as to trying to enlist his graduate students to help him take him down. (Implying that he's considered and rejected the prospect of doing it on his own.)

On the other hand, I think it's worth weighing the fact that neither one of them really want to destroy the other, even if they both would definitely do so for the sake of their causes. I think there's a little bit a lingering psychological reluctance there that has Mace going after Jango first, not Dooku, on Geonoisis. For Dooku's part, he doesn't even pull out his lightsaber during their confrontation. A little thing, but little things can determine lightsaber duels. There's also the possibility that Vaapad's ability to uniquely combat and channel/redirect dark side users might be less effective on a Sith like Dooku, who doesn't appear to (typically) get off on the same towering rage-fueled murder frenzy other Sith demonstrate in battle, who has 50 years of Jedi breathing exercises under his crunchy Sith candy coating. If anything, he appears to be genuinely having a great fucking time during most of his duels. (After all, when does he ever get to do anything fun?!) I'm not sure that passes the sniff test though; alas, even I am capable of Dooku apologist tendencies.

Anyway, it's interesting. What do you think?

#mace windu #count dooku #lightsaber forms #star wars meta #lightsaber nerd stuff #star wars prequels #I should read shatterpoint again

[rube-too-many-fandoms]

batfam headcanon:

Tim and Dick both love Doctor Who and bond over it a lot.

Dick is a Star Wars fan while Tim is a Star Trek fan. They butt heads about it occasionally.

Dick stans R2-D2. Tim stans Kirk (and maybe has a crush on him).

(…okay, Dick 100% had a crush on Leia. and dressed up as Han for Halloween once. or several times.)

Meanwhile, Jason’s vibing with Back to the Future and Lost in Space (and the book The Little Prince).

Dick loves the Avatar movies while Jason loves Avatar the Last Airbender. (Jason gives him shit a lot for them having stolen the name.)

#ruby’s dc posts #disclaimer: 1. i grew up with Star Wars; Star Trek; back to the future; lost in space (the OG black and white tv show not the reboot) #2. I have seen the little prince movie but I haven’t read the book. and I haven’t seen doctor who #3. I’ve seen the 1st Avatar movie and some of the Avatar the Last Airbender show. #(just thought I’d say that I don’t actually have any authority on these fandoms) #batfam #batfamily #batfam headcanons #batfamily headcanons #batbros #batfam shenanigans #headcanon batfam #they are nerds #batfam headcanon #Batfamily headcanon #dick grayson nightwing #dick grayson #Tim Drake #Tim Drake Red Robin #dick and tim #tim and dick #dick Grayson and Tim Drake #batsiblings #Jason Todd #batbros headcanons #batsiblings heacanons #batsiblings headcanon #batbros headcanon

[thequeenofcarvenstone]

guys I need you to know that when I say Eddie reads sci-fi novels I'm talking ones that are like three inches thick and have glossaries for the math and physics used in the book and only come in like trade paperback but he's marking up the margins all the same.

#i should clarify i am talking about eddie diaz #not eddie munson #eddie diaz #911 abc #911 meta #eddie diaz headcanons #my boy is a totally scifi nerd and will never admit it #he also probably read like every star wars novel that came out while he was in high school #i think he and shannon bonded over both really loving to read

[seo-changbinnies]

countdown to binnie’s bday

↳ d-2: changbin x star wars

#stray kids #changbin #seochangbinet #createskz #bystay #staysource #jypartists #malegroupsnet #seo changbin #stray kids edits #stray kids changbin #skz #my.edits #changbinbday2023 #i have an unhealthy obsession with star wars so this was a v fun project for me!!! #was gonna do a shinee x bin edit but some of them were awful so maybe i'll try again next year #also if ur an absolute fucxing nerd like me and can read aurabesh . there's some fun lil tidbits! #had to give him a pink lightsaber but i can also see him with blue!!! #was torn between placing him on nar shadaa corellia or ord mantel but nar shadaa is my fav so ! #it's like a space las vegas what isn't there to love #also i handmade the lightsaber beam so ! v proud of myself it took forever to get just right

[sadbookworm13]

I just realized all my interests could be stated as “reading and writing about fictional universes, drawing and Taylor Swift. For some reason, this is concerning

#taylor swift #pjo hoo toa #harry potter #kotlc #writing #reading #books #book nerd #half my life is based off fictional universes #Taylor is the outlier #magnus chase and the gods of asgard #kane chronicles #land of stories #star wars #avatar the last airbender

[cienie-isengardu]

Jaster & Tor

For me, one of the most hilarious and no less furious aspects of Jaster Mereel’s treatment in the sources is how he is hailed as the great figure in Mandalorian history that brought back honor between Mandalorian Mercs and all but like, not getting any real development for over two decades. Sure, he got here and there mini encyclopedia entries and some mention in regard to Jango Fett, but never anything truly expanding his characterization beyond the general image of “good” Mandalorian created by tie-in sources - an image I find a pretty bland one compared to retconned “The Last One Standing: The Tale of Boba Fett” (in which Jaster Mereel originated from) and Jango Fett: Open Seasons comics series.

This is hilarious, because Tor Vizsla got a personal entry in Fact Files - an article biased as hell but still acknowledging both him as character and his impact on Jango & Mandalorians - and a whole section of Bounty Hunter Code for himself and Death Watch. And though I will forever stand with Jango that the Manifesto doesn’t sound much like him (but I like the idea the Manifesto is based on Tor’s notes just edited by someone to be more reader-friendly), there is like 30 pages expanding history and his person while Jaster is once again reduced to small mention here and there. And look, it is hilarious to me that Vizsla and Death Watch is the Mandalorians that Lucas wanted to keep for The Clone Wars, throwing out of window the supposedly great Jaster Mereel and True Mandalorians without any second thought but good damn, it is so frustrating we can’t get any solid material on him even though Bounty Hunter Code was the perfect opportunity to bring him back, as it would make a perfect sense for Jango to keep Jaster’s notes if not the whole Codex.

It is also frustrating because Tor and Jaster are like the two Mandalorians officially writting down important stuff and apparently both were versed in Mandalorian history & lore and I for one would love to compare their notes to get the feeling of middle-ground and see their ideas from the proper perspective not from biased sources that clearly favores Jaster - even if in JF:OS, after making research and interrogating Jango’s allies, Dooku’s only conclusion was that for Mereel Mandalorians were “merely highly-paid soldiers”. Which is hardly the same as bringing work ethic to your group (not that it does cross out the possibility of having actual moral standards, but it does not automatically mean the same). It is frustrating, because we don’t get that often Mandalorians with literary tendencies - hell, we didn’t get any other Mandalorian like that for years because almost everything is about the oral culture which makes Tor Vizsla and Jaster Mereel’s existence even more hilarious, as the two literature nerds that at some point sit down and write their own input - Tor about history and political goals for new members of Death Watch, Jaster about work ethics for True Mandalorians. And it is even more hilarious than that, because Jango Fett presumably read both works and HE DOESN’T READ BOOKS BECAUSE HE THINKS THEY ARE WASTE OF TIME:

Boba's father didn't read much. "Books? A waste of time," he said. "Read maps, Boba. Instructions. Warnings. Important stuff." [Boba Fett Book 1: The Fight to Survive by Terry Bisson]

#star wars #jaster mereel #tor vizsla #jango fett #mandalorians #death watch #true mandalorians #LOOK FOR ME JASTER AND TOR ARE THE OLD GUARD TYPE OF MANDALORIANS #they may not agree on what it is mean to be mandalorian in modern times #they may hate each other #but both at some point decided to write a fucking book-ish type of work #solely to pass it to other members of their group to uphold standards and ideals they believe in #AND THERE IS JANGO WHO DOESN'T READ BOOKS #and he read dw manifesto as can be seen by his comments #and presumbly read jaster's work either to please his mentor or was forced to do so #WE WERE ROBBED #tor and jaster should get more spotlight in books and comics not just some biased tie-in materials #WE NEED MORE MANDO NERDS WHO WILL SIT DOWN AND WRITE THE IMPORTANT STUFF FOR US #AND TO TORMENT JANGO WITH MORE BOOKS TO READ XDDD #but seriously jaster deserves so much better and it seems my new tradition to write a rant about him once in every year or two lol #tor too deserves better #the only more frustrating thing is how jaster tag is now full of jedi and still barely about him but i guess the poor bastard is really #that unlucky lol

[frostycatblr-fandom-files]

Sister Taske's Book (Aurebesh Translation)

Red letters are assumed/chosen with context. Backslashes are used to indicate new lines and — are used to indicate where text has been obscured/broken.

PAGE ONE:

Known of the — traditions / as they did not — keep / records and c — cated / their tradition — orally / indeed then pr — bed / transcription — their / songs which we — e / were elaborate — / force rituals in a — / interview with one — / their number we / heard the force / de — as / th — / lament — stars.

Suggess — / potential — / connection — / the esoteric — / pulsar and

PAGE TWO:

their requiem of / stars scattered accounts / indicate that this / interpretation of the / force was upturned almost / overnight upon the / arrival of hyperspace / explores however one / sage to whom we spoke / suggested that this / arrival / coincided with / a parting of / stars and / fulfilled a / centuries old / prophecy.

Respawn Entertainment, my hat goes off to you for putting details in places you could have gotten away with not putting detail. Getting the angle just right with the in-game camera in order to capture this (from my second playthrough) had not been easy.

And to see it's not filler text? Love!!

You can't even see it from Cal's prospective when you access Sister Taske's shop, and the blue-white nature of the light for the holobooks makes it difficult to read due to the lack of contrast. But using the grayscale filter in-game provides decent contrast, allowing goofballs like me to spend some time transcribing a fictive language/alphabet to satisfy curiosity.

#frosts fandom freakouts #star wars #jedi survivor #in game screenshots #in game photography #aurebesh #it takes up so much space in the holobook just to write words like 'transcription' but there's no shortcuts taken #it's all readable #and I would have laughed had it said anything like 'a nerd is reading this' halfway through #because... fair play!

[jb-nonsense]

"For the Cathar, picking a mate...It's...A lifelong commitment. Big decision, as you can imagine. Never really gave it much thought before. Then I met you."

#swtor #star wars: the old republic #star wars the old republic #swtor republic trooper #aric jorgan #aric jorgan romance #female trooper x aric jorgan #Character: Solvi Itera #Media: Gifs #Fandom: SWTOR #JB's Gifs #random nerd note: it's true it is a lifelong commitment even after the cathar's life mate dies #I read it up out of curiosity

[ladyphlogiston]

Every so often, Kenobi decides to tell him fun facts about specific plant species, because apparently when you become a Jedi, your sense of 'fun' becomes 'reciting encyclopedia entries to an audience'.

Breakpoint, @jessepinwheel (Maul POV)

#fanfic #Ao3 #star wars #darth maul #obi wan kenobi #jedi #nerds #I don't usually read trio but this is G-rated and also crack

[theultimatenonbinarynerd]

Top 5 Books I'm Excited To Get Off My TBR In 2024

Introduction

2023 was an absolutely amazing year as it was the first year of full reading after getting back into in the middle of 2022. It's going to be very hard to follow the wonderful stack of main + side reads I picked up last year but looking at my tbr this year I'm very helpful.

I've already had an amazing year so far with fabulous books like Different Not Less and The Rising Storm but I'm confident it will get even better as the year goes on. When I say my tbr is stacked I mean it's stacked. My tbr isn't just Marvel, Star Wars and Doctor Who there's some interesting both Nonfiction and Fiction novels but there are some I'm anticipating more eagerly than others, so I want to share some of the many novels on my tbr that I'm excited to get too this year if I can.

I'm praying that every novel lives up to my expectations.

5: Pageboy

When I heard Elliot Page was writing a memoir I put it on my tbr as speedy as possible and pre ordered it on release with amazon vouchers. I've not seen much of his work but have appreciated what I have seen. Elliot came out and fully affirmed himself around the time I was really struggling with my identity as a Nonbinary person and in denial about my girl hood but his journey really helped my own in a small way.

I don't know what to expect but from what I've been told from other trans people at my support group it's a good one. I'm so glad I got a copy when I did as there's always those books you need to read and I think this is one of those. Elliot has come so far and I'm really happy that he's able to share some of his journey in this novel. I've also heard that the structure goes against the typical binary of a novel and that's great. Plus I definitely think I'm in for a treat as its him that narrates the audio.

My prediction is that will either be a 4 star or 4.5 Star Read as despite my excitement the book is very short and I think the perfect Memoir should be around 300 pages. I've read a 400+ page Memoir and also understand that Memoirs can accidentally drag on. Different Not Less and The Princess Diarist worked so I might just be presumptionous but we'll see.

4: Welcome To St Hell

Another trans memoir but this time a graphic novel. I truly did not expect to add this to my tbr but as soon as I saw it on the Waterstones bookshelf I just felt this massive spark and new, new that it was meant to be mine. It's another book that calls to me and makes me feel like I need. I grew up very similar to Lewis uncomfortable in my own body and in a Catholic School where I couldn't really explore my identity and I think reading about their experience will help me come to terms with mine. Terfs review bombed it on the Waterstones website so that's how you know its worth picking up.

This will be the very first graphic novel I've read and Lewis Hancox definitely deserves that honour. Having seen his art style I have a strong feeling that it's gonna really help enhance his story. I also love the fact he's interviewed his family and got them involved in the process of the graphic novel. I'm just bursting to get it to it now but also understand that I've got to commit to my tbr and stick with the order. If I like it I definitely will be recommending it to my other friends trans and cis a like.

My prediction is that I'll love this graphic novel and that it's gonna be a wonderful experience. I seriously think it's gonna be either a 4.5 Star or a 5 Star Read. I haven't even read the graphic novel yet but I just have that strong feeling its gonna be a good one. My only negative is that the art is all in black and white but it can't be helped if it was nesscary for publishing and printing. We'll have to see how it goes but my excitement is building as it gets further up the list.

3: Cinderella Is Dead

Trying my best to read diversely and this is one of the novels that I have been dying to read as I'm in love with the concept. Every concept Kaylnn Bayron has fascinated to the point I want to buy nearly all of her novels. I love fantasy and I'm really excited to read a fantasy with some great black and queer representation. I hope it'll be an informative read but also a good stories that shows the damage of a heteronormative society as well as media soley representing straight people.

I'm really excited to follow Sophia's journey and route for her to escape. The cover art looks great and shows how the story is gonna be. Although Star Wars is in a galaxy far far away along time ago, most books I read are set in modern day so it'll be nice to read something in the past for once. Looking at my stats so far science fiction is definitely going to dominate so it's nice to get some fantasy in there. Kaylnn Bayron is really popular so I hope at least some of her books are good. Although I'm also gonna hopefully get to This Poison Heart I'm more excited for Cinderella Is Dead as I kill for a spooky world where we shun the powers above.

My prediction is that this will be a 4 star or a 4.5 star read. Don't get me wrong I'm sure it'll be great but reading other reviews im not sure it'll be 5 star worthy even if it's good. Sophia has a crush on her best friend and the feelings are unrequited. Problem is regardless of gender this trope is so common and annoying that it has to be done right. I feel like in the context of Cinderella Dead it won't work and YouTuber Jesse who I trust said that they didn't like how closted people were shamed in the book and as a partially closeted person that does put me off a bit. However I'm still really excited for this novel and curious about how it'll all play out.

2: Star Wars: Lost Stars

Claudia Gray is an author who I've adored. I've picked up nearly all of her novels and loved all of them with Leia Princess Of Alderaan being one of my favourites. I love the High Republic but Claudia Gray has become one of my favourite authors so I'm excited to read any Star Wars book by her. Talking about romance tropes I like I love Forbidden Love Stories and Enemies To Lovers and this book seems to be it. I'm also just incredibly excited to see perspectives outside of our core main cast in the original trilogy. Since it is Claudia Grays first Star Wars novel it'll also be super interesting to see how Grays writing has developed and changed. I've also been aching for a long read as it's fun to have a variety in my stats more.

One thing that does have me super hopeful is the fact that novel is over 500+ pages long, whilst still not much time to cover the events of the whole original trilogy it's still a fair enough amount of time. Lots of other novels would only be given 400 pages at least. With a story like Lost Stars it's nesscary to be able to stretch out your story over a period of time and I'm super glad that Claudia was given that chance. It also has my favourite romance dynamic mainly dominated by Obitine where you have to put duty over your own happiness. This story has a lot of potential and I'm excited to see how it lives up to that. I hope that by the end of the book we might be routing for Ciena and Thane. A cool theory from Star Wars Lawyer is that the couple in this novel are Finns parents which if the case is sad but also cool.

As I've had a lot of enjoyment from Claudia Gray novels my prediction is undeniably for this to be 4.5 Stars or 5 Stars. It might not be perfect due to how much story it has to tell but I still think its gonna be a really enjoyable read. Its a love story that's never really been done before in Star Wars so I definitely think it has a lot of potential but we'll have to see what happens. I've mostly heard positive things about this novel though and even had some Star Wars fans recommended it to me so I don't have a bad feeling about this I have a great feeling.

1: Jamie

And my number 1 most anticipated read for 2024 is Jamie By L.D Lapinski. It might sound silly for a middle grade book to be my most anticipated read but it's again like some of the other books on this list for deep and personal reasons. Jamie from the moment it was announced by the author is something I knew I needed to pick up. I'm not reading Jamie for me I'm reading it for my inner child who gotten beaten up and bombarded with Gender Norms. I'm a person who will pick up a book regardless of age rating (apart from picture books) as to me the most important aspect of a novel is its story and themes, not the target demographic. Some people might want to only read YA or Adult and that's perfectly valid but to me I'm here for the story and messages. I also got bullied my whole life for liking "childish" things so after getting my autism diagnosis I frankly don't get a damn about other people's opinions.

The whole story of Jamie hits super hard for me because even though I didn't know the words Nonbinary and Trans I still felt really out of place with the other girls so half of my friends were boys and because of that stupid heteronormativity every boy I was friends with had to be my "boyfriend." . Even worst we always split into boys vs girls for sports day, games in the playground and in pe. I hated it, it made me super uncomfortable but I never knew why so believe me when I say I relate to Jamie's struggle. The thought of an all boys and girls school may sound nice but as someone who's grown up Mormon let's just say it's very awkward. I wish there were novels like Jamie around in my youth as it would have helped me come to terms with all my confusing emotions a lot faster.

High expectations and I definitely think this book is either gonna be or a 4.5 star or 5 stars. Anything less would be impossible. I know how to pick my reads and am often quite generous when it comes to rating novels. The Ever After High Books I've read have never been rated below 4 stars. So I definitely can get into middle grade books. We'll have to see what happens but judged on the synopsis alone and how short books like Here And Queer and The Evolving Truth Of Ever-Stronger Will have been good and I've connected with them I don't think Jamie will disappoint. Mama G a popular drag queen storyteller has also been hyping it up so I definitely have high hopes.

Honourable Mentions

And here we have our two honourable mentions that I might not even be able to get to this year as they're so further down the list but with how my reading was ignoring the side reads I do have faith. It all depends as I'm going to be studying creative writing at university so I'll be even more clogged down but I still have huge faith and am hoping for the best. For my 5th reading year I will have to do something special but we'll see as I'm only on my third reading year currently.

So as put above the first of my honourable mentions is How To Be Ace By Rebecca Burgess. Another graphic novel this one focuses on Rebecca's journey growing up as an asexual person trying to discover and accept her identity. I'm very excited for this short graphic novel as an Ace person as it'll be nice to read about another Asexual person's experience and what's its like to grow up unsure of your identity. Currently us Asexuals are starved of content so it's really nice to get representation like this. I definitely think despite its short length its gonna be another 5 star read but we'll see.

My second honourable mention has to go to Tempest Runner By Cavan Scott. Im not sure if I'll get to it this year but it all depends. After reading the Rising Storm I'm very excited to listen and read this full cast audio drama script even better it focuses on Lourna Dee. I love Lourna she's one of my favourite Nihil and I'm glad there's a piece of media focusing on her. I'm really buzzed as I loved Cavan Scott's writing in The Rising Storm as it proved how capable he is. I honestly don't know what the star rating might be and that's the exciting part. I've never read an audio drama script before but if I like it I might check others out like Dooku Jedi Lost and Doctor Aphra.

Conclusion

Overall I'm very excited for 2024 reading and think it's full of potential. I've already enjoyed most of my reads this year with only Fazbear Frights 1:35 AM majorly disappointing me. The prospects are looking good as I truly believe I know how to pick my reads. All I'm hoping is that I can try my best to avoid having all my main reads be just Star Wars books. I really am trying to go beyond my Autistic brain and read diversely but do believe I'm making baby steps.

One thing I'm happy about is that I've made and am making more of an effort to include Nonfiction on my tbr as I truly do find it laughable that I only picked up one Nonfiction book this year and I just knew that had to change for my own sake as I truly believe there's a lot to learn and engage with from nonfiction. It's a commitment I'm sticking with and I'll keep you all updated how it's gonna through my 2024 Reading Wrap Up and my monthly ones.

There's alot of tbr I didn't mention so despite not being on the list I'd like to shout them out in a similar way people mention they're pateron subscribers. So a big shout out too...

Brotherhood By Mike Chen, The Cabin At The End Of The World By Paul Tremblay, Against The Tide By J.Elle, Jedi Battle Scars By Sam Maggs, Race To Crashpoint Tower By Daniel José Older, A Test Of Courage By Justina Ireland, The War Of The Worlds By H.G. Wells, The Deviant Strain By Justin Richards, The Evolving Truth Of Ever-Stronger Will By Maya MacGregor, Prisoner Of The Daleks By Trevor Baxendale, This Poison Heart By Kaylnn Bayron, The Legend Of Shadow High By Shannon Hale and Dean Hale, Out Of The Shadows By Justina Ireland, Wings Of Fury By Brittney Morris, Jurassic Park By Michael Crichton, Unmasking Autism By Devon Price, The Courage To Be Disliked By Fumitake Koga And Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage To Be Happy Bu Fumitake Koga And Ichiro Kishimi and Verily A New Hope By Ian Doescher.

To 2024 and a hopefully good reading year.

-Melody-

They/Them

#bookworm #bookish #booklover #book tumblr #bookblr #storygraph #reading #lgtbtq #pageboy #elliot page #transgender #trans masc #trans author #graphic novel #graphic nonfiction #nonfiction #fiction #cinderella is dead #fantasy #star wars books #claudia gray #star wars #nonbinary nerd #nonbinary representation #nonbinary books #middle grade

[scruffylookingpiratecaptain]

Anyone else feel frustrated seeing videos of girls doing the absolute minimum of being a nerd and guys just fawning over them meanwhile I’m a massive nerd and guys couldn’t give less of a shit about me?

Just me?

Ok.

#nerd girl problems #boys are dumb #I see so many videos of girls like mentioning Star Wars or legos and guys being like MARRY HER #I have a shelf of legos #and I read and write Aurebesh and have four lightsabers #but I can’t find a decent guy to save my life

[dying-suffering-french-stalkers]

If I worked for Starred Wars and I needed some aurebesh flavor text I would simply start putting YTP transcripts in there and see how long it took anyone to call me on it

#some fucking nerd (also me) pausing to read a rebel pamphlet: “just send regrets‚ don't be there! lisbon the third” #space pizza delivery tagline: “once your pizza arrives‚ have some kriffing pizza!” #star wars #ytps

[insonmniaa]

Reylo fanfic? Count me in.

Follow me on insta: disneybooknerd626

#new books #book #bookworm #books #booklr #books and reading #bookish #reylo #reylo fanfic #Star Wars #kylo ren #kylo x rey #rey skywalker #star wars nerd #Disney #fall aesthetic #fall vibes #fall season

[iamanerd1]

Thoughts on the book: The empire strikes back: From a certain point of view.

This is an anthology series of short stories written by like 40+ authors written within the context of the ESB. So, I’m going to be cataloguing each story here and my thoughts about them so I don’t forget them.

Eyes of the Empire by Keirsten White

This one follows the probe droid operator that finds the hoth base. She has a romantic heart and uses the probe droids to be her eyes on the galaxy. She realizes that the empire only brings destruction and despair to the people of the galaxy and deletes forage of degobah from the empire’s databanks.

Hunger by Mark Oshiro

Notably this one is also narrated by Sam Witwer on the audiobook version. This one is about the Wampa that captures Luke and it legitimately almost got me to cry! After the Wampa captures Luke, he looks upon this creature that he has captured and wonders “Does he still have a family?” And that makes me insane because no!! You’re both alike and similar but circumstances prevent you from understanding each other!! Great story 10/10.

Ion Control by Emily Skrutskie

The one follows a hoth ion control tech that is responsible for opening and closing the ion shield to evacuate ships off of hoth base. This also features the techs having a betting pool on when Han and Liea will drop the “I hate you” act. She stays until the celling collapses, killing some of her other techs, but she stays behind to make sure the ships evacuate safely.

A Good Kiss by C. B. Lee

This one is about the gayest most useless rebel on hoth base who listens to daily affirmation podcasts and is a kitchen runner (Basically he brings food and caf to those that can’t leave their stations). He resents Han Solo and other rebellion heroes because he’s not handsome or talented like they are. He is the guy who walks through Han and Leia’s hallway argument! But because he is a runner he knows echo bases secret tunnels and passages so during the evacuation when the main tunnels are blocked off he manages to bring a lot of rebels to safety! I love him.

Bonus: He also delivers Caf to the Ion Control tech from the previous story.

She Will Keep Them Warm by Delilah S. Dawson

This one is from the POV of the Tauntaun that Han rides out to find Luke on. She forms a bond with Leia as she recognizes that , like her, she is the matriarch of her herd. Cool introspection.

Heroes of the Rebellion by Amy Radcliffe

A rebel propagandist tries to secure interviews with the rebellion’s heroes (Han, Luke, Leia) and finds that actually everyone around her is a hero after she is saved and evacuated from echo base.

Rouge Two by Gary Witta

This one is from the perspective of Dax. I don’t like this one it made me sad 😢. Dax is very gay for commander Skywalker and then dies.

Bonus: Dax grew up on an imperial controlled world where prisoners are forced to be in firing squads, which is why he doesn’t want to talk about why he’s such a good gunner.

Kendal by Charles Yu

This one is from the perspective of Admiral Ozzle, you remember that guy? The one that gets choked out by vader while he’s facetiming him? While this is also a “final thoughts before he dies” one and he realizes that he sacrificed a boy named Kendal to the empire for nothing. Him. His name is Kendal.

Against All Odds by R. F. Kuang

From the perspective of a rebel shoulder in the trenches on Hoth. Honestly, this is the first one that I can’t say i found something interesting in, and nothing much happens except the walkers coming closer.

———

I will continue this once I have gotten through more of the book!

#star wars #the empire strikes back #the empire strikes back: from a certain point of view #nerd reads sw #long post

[xxxcertifiednerdxxx]

So you’re telling me Jabba wasn’t even middle aged when he died? Cut Lawquane is actually the STEPFATHER of Suu’s kids?* VENTRESS AND QUINLAN VOS ACTUALLY FELL IN LOVE AND VOS FELL TO THE DARK SIDE AND VENTRESS DIED?!?!

*ok, Cut being a step-father actually makes sense, since the kids were born before the Clone Wars started. I guess I never really thought about that. Anyways.

#Star Wars is just insane #you’re telling my you don’t know what happened to dogma after the Umbara arc #but you can tell me when a Hutt reaches adulthood? #Or at least tell me what happened b/w tcw and str for Wolffe pleaheahease #honestly I kind of thought Ventress was gonna live forever #kinda lame she fell in love but but if that makes her happy it’s whatever #girlie deserves some happiness for being one of my faves #and she actually died honorably yass queen #it would be quinlan vos and asajj Ventress wouldn’t it #they’re both insane so I guess it’s a match made in Force heaven #sw #star wars #nerd out #nerd-out #tcw #i am becoming more and more convinced I should read Star Wars books

[cherrysnax]

I think it’s rlly interesting when u can tell someone was bullied as a child and instead of working thru that trauma they take that anger and point it at anyone who dares reminds them of it

#take that one guy who was mad at lizzo and jack black for being in star wars #claiming that it was no longer for the nerds and instead for the people who would shove nerds into lockers #despite jack black and lizzo being open nerds #also see people who are very upset at my original #toondiscourse #post yep sorry circiling back to this because people are having very funny meltdowns in my reblogs again #they feel judged. talked down to some of them are even pulling their own statements out of their ass to hurt their own feelings or admitting #to only reading parts of the post before calling down #I just think it’s interesting and a little sad #and like the original post I’m speaking from expirence we all know the dude who takes the opportunity to channel the inner mean girl they #never got to be growing up. I #think it’s a fantasy of a uhhh idk reclaiming tht expirience #words hard #that doesn’t make sense but it makes sense to me #in other words girl stand up and stop letting ur internalized shame control you