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stars-falling · 2 years

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Inside Cassian’s Phone 📱

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Cassian: Luca Onestini

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spirk-trek · 22 days

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S3E19: Requiem for Methuselah ⋆.˚ ✧ · ˚⊹ ·

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imminent-danger-came · 4 months

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The Devil and the Lovers

Stills Under the Cut!

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glitteringstardust · 9 months

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☆ 🐶 🫧 | ☆ 🐶 🫧 | ☆ 🐶 🫧

so much (for) stardust stimboard

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phoenixkaptain · 2 years

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Din Djarin and Luke Skywalker are both two men who get progressively scarier the more you watch them.

Like, Luke in A New Hope was baby af. He was a child. Even in the Empire Strikes Back, what a little guy. A tiny fellow.

Then boom, Return of the Jedi, and Luke is smiling and like “Tell these Ewoks that you are their God and that if they do not release us, you will be Angered…” He is in all black, he is missing a hand, he has gone off the rails conpletely. He’s like “How will I tell Leia that we’re siblings? …Oh! I know! Riddles!” Luke Skywalker gets struck by Force Lightning like nine times and still gets up and drags his dad’s lifeless body out. There were moments one might look at him and think, “no, ur wrong, he still babie” but you are the wrong one! He goes into Jabba’s Palace and straight up stands there smiling and threatening him the whole time. He’s standing on a plank over the Sarlacc and he’s still like “So this is how you’d like to play :)” Luke straight up snapped, he got spooky by the end of the og trilogy.

Din Djarin, straight off the back, is kind of intimidating. He is a man in full armour who hunts people and freezes them in carbonite and appears behind their shoulders when they least expect it. But, after Grogu shows up, you probably think “this man is weak to this baby, he will become soft” but no! The opposite happens!

I’m talking about episode 6. The Prisoner. I have wanted desperately to talk about this for days, but have only just found the words to do so. Let me explain.

Din Djarin is filmed and edited like a horror movie villain. Like a supernatural force of evil who stalks his prey. Straight up like a slasher villain out of the eighties. There’s hints of this beforehand, what with Din appearing behind a guy in the very first episode, and the fact that he has been shot point blank (many times) but no matter how many times he falls, he always gets back up. Okay, that’s all fine and good.

But episode 6 goes beyond that. He stalks a bunch if assholes through flickering red lights. He splits them up, he takes them out one by one, and the last person standing manages to get out, thinks they’ve escaped, only to die (technically) at Din’s hand anyway. He is straight up a horror movie villain I don’t know how else to explain it, he is a horror movie villain.

Don’t take this the wrong way. Being spooky and intimidating isn’t a bad thing, especially not in Star Wars! Luke Skywalker and his ability to say terrible things while smiling, Din Djarin and his predilection for appearing right behind someone, these ar egood things. I like these things a lot. I love these. I love that Luke is the cutest little scary fella in the galaxy. I love that Din is the most awkward little scary fella in the galaxy. I think it’s great.

Why do I bring this up?

Well, for one, I have been trying to word my view on Din Djarin for days now. I love this man, I have to mock him or I’ll feel incomplete. And I think it’s a disservice to pretend that Luke isn’t a person who most people in the Star Wars universe think about and shiver. Don’t get me wrong, I love sunshine boy Luke, but he isn’t really like that, at least not by this point in the series. He just strikes me as the type of person to say incredibly dark, deranged things with a blank face, then smile at cute kittens. Luke is messed up, and we should talk about it more because it’s very interesting to explore the various ways he’s messed up.

But for another, I am a big fan of Din and Luke being buddies who go absolutely anywhere and scare the shit out of people. A Mandalorian next to a Jedi Knight? Two people who eat Storm Troopers for breakfast?? Can you imagine how much the fragments of the Empire that are still left are quaking??? Those two would go absolutelu anywhere and the anyone on planet who ever sided with the Empire would give themselves up or run, immediately.

Like, Din singlehandedly took out that whole troop on Nevarro. All by himself, he shot out all of the Storm Troopers and everyone inside and I like to think there are whispered stories about him similar to the ones about the Boogeyman.

Now, I know Luke didn’t actually kill the Emperor and Darth Vader, but does anyone in universe know that? Or does everyone think that Luke not only blew up the Death Star, but he also murdered the two head honchos and came out completely unscathed? Luke is definitely a boogeyman.

I don’t know. Something about two terrifying men walking into a bar full of Imperials only to walk out five minutes later of a bar full of dead Imperials just really fills me with joy. Something about the mental image I have of Storm Troopers fearfully sharing increasingly terrifying stories about these two makes me happy. I like bad people being scared shitless, all right? Sue me.

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musubiki · 8 months

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The divine wrath of the stars || "To take a life, one must be given."

#the cat witchs guild #the misc adventures of mochi and lime #tcwg #tmaomal #mochi #art #ocs #original #the stars #ive mentioned this before right??? the thing that activates if a witch breaks her oath of not taking a life??#anyway. Episode ?: For whom the belle tolls #the last battle against the witch king #i think about what it looks like a lot #i dont think any witch has ever seen it #and everyone is pissed off that it activates on mochi of all people #part of me wants her to have a few moments of life so she can have a moment with lime after this happens #but the other more logical part of me thinks this instantly sucks the life out of her and theres no time for goodbyes #her lifeless shell of a body just falls to the ground before anyone can even register what just happened

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not-equippedforthis · 2 months

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i am aware this would most likely never ever happen but can you imagine spock giving kirk a back/neck rub - as he so clearly expects - and accidentally vulcan pinching him. slumps. ah. i did not intend to do that. bridge goes silent. cap's down. someone douse him with water or something

#listen i KNOW spock is too calculated and precise for that but just IMAGINE FOR A SECOND #'my deepest apologies captain' whilst kirk is waking like a cryptid at 5am. frog blinking.#i KNOW spock would never let that happen BUT LISTENN #not equipped for rambling #spock gets too distracted by the colour warmth sensation feeling intuition that is kirks human mind n accidentally does it a little too har #shitposting #tos kirk #tos spock #spirk #james t kirk #kirk #spock #star trek #star trek tos #star trek the original series #jim kirk #captain kirk #edit: spock with an arm across kirks chest and a hand gently pressed against his forehead so he doesnt fall over :]]#reflexes kick in QUICK #ofc he looks calm and neutral as ever but on the inside hes like aoughhh fuuuckkkk shiiittttt #did it by accident but the imagery is nice....holding him.....#ever so gingerly #kirk blinking awake like '...??'#'please accept my deepest apologies captain'#'...did you vulcan pinch me?'#'on complete accident i assure you. i began to...reminisce and utilised muscle memory. it shall not happen again.'#kirk whilst laughing: 'awfully roundabout way of saying you got distracted mr spock'#'...indeed. would-'#'oh nono no stay where you are. if you- wouldnt mind. that kink in my back- its still-'#'as you wish captain.'

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patrickztump · 9 months

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these are the last blues we’re ever gonna have, let’s see how deep we get…

#fall out boy #fob art #bishops knife trick #things i make #art by 2w1m #digital art #artists on tumblr #i was so restless and needed to make SOMETHING last night #originally i was going to paint but it was like… 1 am. so no go there. then i started thinking about procreate videos #this was not the original plan. i just started with the city and was listening to music #then realized i never went back to my bkt piece i started a year ago so kind of went that route #of course lake effect kid and sophomore slump came on and i was like ‘there too many references that could work for this’ and almost changed #oh and of course stardust (stars are the same as ever) and this city also made me debate on lyrics #but ultimately last years plan A stayed strong #anyways. hope you like it bye!

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b00knerd1o1 · 10 months

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Just because something is animated doesn't mean it’s only for kids.

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david-talks-sw · 11 months

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What's 'Star Wars' about?

A while ago I got an 'Ask' that concluded with "what is Star Wars about, if not the Jedi, right?" And weirdly enough... I have to disagree.

I mean... to me? Yes. Star Wars is about the Jedi. A Jedi-less, Sith-less, lightsaber-less Star Wars movie or series will struggle to get me on board (which is why I was surprised that I loved Andor so much).

But if you read everything George Lucas said, if you think about the Jedi's place in his two trilogies... they're not front and center, right?

Sure, there's Luke Skywalker... but he's a learner, in the Original Trilogy. Same goes for Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, in the Prequels. They're going through character arcs.

Otherwise, the Jedi are either used as mentors to the protagonist...

... or to deliver exposition...

... but they're mostly vectors Lucas uses to present his thesis.

Functionally-speaking, the Jedi are important in that they embody the Buddhist philosophies the movie's themes are based on.

But when it comes to the plot, they're secondary. That's because the the themes of these films are bigger than the Jedi themselves.

So the question becomes... what's are the themes?

The primary goal of the Star Wars films is to inspire kids to start thinking outside the box and teach them a set of values and psychological motifs that have been passed down through mythology and fairy tales.

These values can be summed up in the dichotomy between greed and compassion / selfishness and selflessness / pleasure and joy.

We all have both aspects and need to strike a balance between the two. After all, being greedy ultimately comes from fear and being afraid can happen to all of us. Problem is, unchecked fear can lead to anger, hate and a whole lot of suffering.

The more selfish you are, the more you want things and the more you're afraid that you'll lose everything you have, you'll get angry when someone tries to take it and that will hurt everyone around you.

In other words, fear is the path to the tempting/addictive Dark Side.

Thus, seeing as we'll be inevitably tempted by the Dark Side and give in at some point (because nobody's perfect), we should aim to be as selfless and compassionate as possible for our own good... but also for the greater good, because we're all connected to a life energy. You can call it Qi or God; in Star Wars it's known as the Force.

As such, we all form a symbiotic circle and working with that in mind is better than putting ourselves first and draining from everything and everyone around us.

But we also need to be careful because there will be people who give in to that selfish side and will try to control everything. When the time comes, we must stand up for what's right.

So that's Lucas' thesis.

If I had to sum them up, the six movies illustrate it as follows:

The Prequel Trilogy is about the consequences of greed, explored through Anakin on a smaller scale and the Senate on a larger one.

The Original Trilogy shows the triumph of compassion, through Luke, Leia & Han and the Rebellion's fight against the Empire.

Lucas talked about it multiple times, the Prequels are about how Anakin becomes Darth Vader and how the Republic becomes the Empire, and in both those cases, it happens because they're greedy.

The Senate is greedy in the more classical sense. They could give a shit about "symbiosis", no they're taking bribes, letting corporations dictate policy, using loopholes to keep themselves in power and halting any meaningful progress out of fear that the new status quo will conflict with their own self-serving goals.

Anakin's greed manifests in a different way. He turns to the Dark Side because of his attachment. He wants to stop Padmé from dying... but not because he wants to save her, rather he wants to save himself from feeling the pain of loss again and will do anything to not have to live without her, her own wishes and the natural cycle of life and death be damned.

In both cases, they cave under pressure orchestrated by Palpatine, but nobody puts a gun to their head. They make a deliberate choice that comes from a selfish place, and neither one takes personal responsibility for it, they blame others, the Separatists in the case of the Senate and the Jedi in Anakin's case.

The Republic becomes an Empire with thunderous applause, betraying the people it was meant to protect.

And when faced between doing something he knows is right and giving in to his selfish desires...

... Anakin elects to do the latter, thus betraying his family and leaving the Force in darkness.

These selfish choices impact the galaxy as a whole, including the only characters in the trilogy who were doing their best to be compassionate and live in symbiosis: the Jedi, Padmé and Bail.

These champions of the Light Side are stuck playing catch-up or helplessly witnessing the events unfold, throughout the trilogy. They're playing by the rules and Palpatine uses this to his advantage.

Thus, as the galaxy tears itself apart because of Palpatine's manipulations, the Jedi and Bail are ignored and gradually weakened until they're either rendered irrelevant or killed.

A new order is born, one built on blood, lies and greed: the Empire.

But a new hope remains.

While before, the Jedi and people like Bail stood alone as everything around them became willfully corrupt... now, a Rebellion inspired by their legacy has banded together to overthrow the current order. But they don't fight for power or personal glory, they fight for altruistic, compassionate reasons. There's a sense of general responsibility that moves them, they're all doing their part.

On a larger scale, we focus on the Rebels, who are tired of seeing people suffer and decided this needs to stop. They have gone from being passive, to proactive.

On a more personal scale, we see the evolution of Luke, from naive farmer to a hero, and guess what? More and more selfish people - like Han or Lando - are inspired to join the Rebellion, after seeing the exploits of Luke, Leia, or even Ben.

It all culminates in the final film, wherein:

The Rebels band together with the Ewoks - literal teddy bears whom the Empire, in their arrogance, never even considered to be a threat - to destroy the Second Death Star and free the galaxy from imperial tyranny.

At the same time, Emperor Palpatine pressures Luke, who is tempted by the Dark Side like his father was.

But instead of giving in to his selfish desire to kill Darth Vader for all the horrors he's done...

... he finds the strength to rise above it, instead showing compassion for his father, which, in turn, inspires Anakin to do the same.

He faces a choice, like he did in Palpatine's office, two decades prior...

... and this time he chooses right.

Children teach you compassion. Anakin lets go of his fear and anger, and saves his son at the cost of his own life, finally bringing balance back to the Force.

Good triumphed over evil. Its champions achieved victory by being selfless, hopeful and fighting together / helping each other.

And that's it, that's how the movies thematically tie together.

As you can see, the Jedi aren't that directly impactful on the overall plot, because it revolves around Anakin, Luke and the respective factions/institutions around them.

But what the Jedi do bring to the table is their ability to teach and inspire others, both in-universe and out. They're spiritually impactful.

The Jedi are the epitome of compassion, and it's partially through them that George Lucas teaches his values to the audience.

#to be clear: Star Wars doesn't HAVE to be about all this #This is just me trying to summarize what Lucas said in all his interviews and speeches #The post-Lucas Star Wars transmedia franchise made the Jedi more central than they were originally meant to be; especially in the Prequels #You see this in interviews from current SW creators /writers #but also small stuff like renaming the Prequel era “Fall of the Jedi” when it was originally named the “Rise of the Empire” era #meta #george lucas #star wars #jedi order #the force #anakin skywalker #luke skywalker #prequel trilogy #original trilogy

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missunderstood-with-ideas · 8 days

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Hera: children you have not found the love of your life if you didn’t find them in the trash!

*Sabine and Ezra both look at Kanan*

Kanan: why do you assume that I was in the trash?!

Leia: no she’s got a point

Ezra: does this mean I can space Kallus cuz Zeb didn’t find him in the trash!

Kallus: Bridger I swear

Zeb: kid….Kallus was the trash

#Hera later regrets staying this because Ezra uses this quote to dig through dumpster and keep the space raccoons #Sabine pushes her gf in the dumpster #Hera tells her that doesn’t count #Leia says it does #Ezra finds Luke in a trash compactor but ignores the boy to save the trash monster #Luke falls in love when a blue hair boy shoves him to save a trash monster #Leia dispares that her brother was the one found in the trash #she punishes Luke by hosing him with a fire hydrant #also because he smells terrible #Leia yells at Ezra for pushing Luke further into the trash #Ezra tells her to then keep him out of trash compactors #Ezra went in the trash for the cute trash animal not for true love #Sabine is jealous that the little bro finds the trash true love before her #Hera canonically found Kanan in a dumpster and proceeded to fist fight a gang over him #hera syndulla #sabine wren #ezra bridger #kanan jarrus #leia organa #zeb orrelios #alexsandr kallus #star wars rebels #star wars the original trilogy #the ice moon #a new dawn #Hera Syndulla x Kanan Jarrus #Ezra x Luke #kallus x zeb #han x leia #Star Wars rebels incorrect quotes

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hashtagloveloses · 7 months

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But the real root of the problem seems to be that Disney higher-ups see these characters as only dollar signs, so they gave a visionary and talented creator the bare minimum amount of time and resources to continue their stories. The show didn’t need to be good to sell merchandise, especially when the characters were already familiar to viewers, similar to how the Marvel Cinematic Universe has apparently been cutting key elements of the TV production process to churn out its many IP-stretching series. Here lies the bittersweet truth of Ahsoka — this eight-episode streaming series with one writer, the corporate pressure to maintain a streaming service’s profitability, and the responsibility of launching the future direction of the entire franchise, was doomed from the start. Whether it continues with another season, a movie, or not at all, Ahsoka is another victim of late-stage capitalism’s path of destruction through Hollywood, decimating incredible storytelling potential in its wake. Even Filoni’s considerable talent, much like that of J.J. Abrams, Rian Johnson, or any of the gifted screenwriters and directors these studios bring on for both major franchises and original prestige projects, can’t stand up to Hollywood’s intellectual property machine turning almost everything into passable “content,” good enough for merchandising and driving subscriptions. A few genuinely wonderful projects, like Andor, and compelling characters and concepts, like the Mandalorian, miraculously slip through the cracks to keep audiences interested, but this IP-squeezing race to the bottom continues. Let’s just hope that the recent gains by the WGA and rise in unionization across the industry can prevent it from continuing before more beloved characters are put through the wringer.

i wrote this piece about ahsoka, a show i'm so so sad didn't live up to it's potential, and what it says about the entertainment industry right now. i am not a total hater, and there really were things to love about this show, but i needed to get out how disappointing it all feels, and hopefully i got that across. thanks for reading!

#original post #star wars #disney #wga strike #sag aftra strike #ahsoka #ahsoka series #hot labor fall

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arttsuka · 15 days

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Some doodles I drew on the plane the other day technically I drew more but the other ones weren't worth sharing

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tricorderreading · 4 months

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#9: Triangle

An exhausted and injured Kirk makes a dangerous deal with a hive mind entity (to be protected from a different collective consciousness that's closing in) - spock senses the danger to his t'hyla and comes running

#ngl i was shocked to see thyla in the book where kirk and spock fall in love with the same woman #as i understand it this takes place during the missing second five year mission (based on publication date and the era of uniform #they wear on the cover)#star trek #tos #books #the original series #spock #kirk #exerpt #star trek tos #spirk #triangle #this book is not what i expected (so far in a good way) tho still only half eay through #its basically two hive minds vying for power and trying to consume kirk/the enterprise and spock is trying so hard to protect kirk #absolutely fascinating

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yume-fanfare · 9 months

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good old-fashioned lover boy

#i think he is. a romantic loserboy at heart #tsukasa suou #tori himemiya #ritsu sakuma #narukami arashi #torikasa #enstars #ensemble stars #art tag #drew something else for this and after a long program crash n some other struggles decided i didn't like it anymore so #i couldve posted this hours ago #also i originally wrote another song's lyrics in the first pic........#but i think this much more well-known one drives my point across better so #if the composition kind of falls badly on the first one thats what's missing <//3 #''couldn't you have written something else'' hm. no #ok thats enough of a rant.#tsukasa guy who gets his romance ideas from jane austen novels and is just. old-fashioned in a cute way #his whole thing is being chivalrous amd gallant in an old-fashioned way so of course he'd be like that abt dating too don't you think

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boschintegral-photo · 7 months

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Evening Primrose (Oenothera Biennis)

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