#sw reading

[meandmyechoes]

finished Kenobi. It was, alright. It felt like a, rural drama? Not sure the word. Not as melodramatic as a soap opera, but still kinda tropey, kinda small-scale - small cast and few locations and low stakes, kinda middle-aged people doing rural town stuff, indepedent female protag/matriarch story and theme about relation to the land - to be fair, it is WAY bettter than the specific type of CN drama I’ve never even sit through a full episode for.

It’s hard not to draw comparision with Ahsoka. I do like Kenobi more, at least the tone feels more mature. But that could just be the appropriate for their age. One thing it did better was I like the supporting cast better - more independent from the MC. I like that the conflict stands on its own even without Ben’s involvement. It felt less engineered. But inevitably is there the perception of tipped screentime. Especially Kenobi’s prologue felt like it went on for longer, without an eventful middle to follow. The meditation chapters are good but sparse, and while appropriate on page, I’d expect something bigger if a character as pivotal as Kenobi is brought back on screen.

Nevertheless it’s a nice change from all the galaxy-saving Star Wars I read about. My frist impression was if the Tatooine town in TBOBF was written to this level, I’d be happy. The gang war in this book actually makes sense and we get to know both sides of the fight. Also, I enjyoed learning about the Tuskens. It is interesting to contrast the two mothers A’Yark and Anilleen, both bound to this land. I boarded a nostalgia rocket with the references to other EU works from ANOTHER ERA - ERAS. That one thing led to another - and it makes sense! - feels pretty amazing in the root of that word, amazed by every new puzzle I connet.

I was "ugh- not again =_=“ at the love triangle. I’d be an idiot if I didn’t see that coming, I still wish otherwise though. i couldn’t agree more when you guys said you’re tired of another Obi-wan (het) romance concerning the upcoming Padawan. I like Annilleen as her own character, but I was also laughting at the similarities of a backward farm girl falling in love with the guilt-ridden newcomer Jedi who saved the day. It was mean of me to snicker when she thought Ben would go away with her. I’m just doing a count on my fingers and lady, the queue is long. And it was almost not obvious at all to name a love interest of Obi-wan “Ani” right.

My favourite part after the meditation is A’Yark. I think the book isn’t trying to make us sympathise with the Tuskens, but you can see in the bare how harsh desert life is. No one is black-and-white right and wrong here, and/because that’s not the point of the book. I think it’s about each of these people’s relationship to the land of Tatooine and the duty to themselves and their family. After I’ve read this, I can become more appreciative of JJM’s FACPOV story Rites, which helped spark my interest in Tuskens in the first place. Rites is a nice response to Anilleen’s final words on Ben. Mirror if you will, to have A’Yark comment on Ben this time after years.

To prepare for the Kenobi series, perhaps just reading the mediation part is enough. The gang war doesn’t really cocern Obi-wan per se, but his bargaining with A’Yark is worth seeing, and his reaction to the eopie’s surprise. Besides Ch11 on failing Anakin, I also like Ch35′s reminiscens on the Jedi being his family, and Ch40 when he figures out his purpose when he just can’t stop helping people - being a Jedi.

#a book I don't mind listening to like background old-timey radio drama but you can see why it took me this long to 'read' it #i should do the ryder windham kenobi next i think #sw reading #kenobi by jjm

[comebackali]

HE BURNS LIKE THE SUN INSIDE!! I WOULD BEAR YOUR BURDENS FOR YOU IF I COULD!!

#jude giving me psychic damage #a critical hit #anakin skywalker #otp: more intimate than lovers #obikin #star wars #jedi quest #sw novels #jedi quest the moment of truth #the moment of truth #allie reads jedi quest #wizard #pt

[intermundia]

palai pote en kosmō prosōtatō hode mythos palai en kosmō prosōtatō etukhon. hēdē telos ekhei. ouden an tonde metaballein poioito. erōtos kai blabēs mythos estin, hetaireias kai prodosias, tharseos te thusias te kai tou oneiratōn olethrou. tēs amaurās diaforās metaksu tōn hēmeterōn aristōn te kai kakistōn mythos estin. tou teleos aiōnos mythos estin.

here's a version of the prologue of matthew stover's revenge of the sith in ancient greek, because he studied greek theater in college and decided that the fall of anakin skywalker deserved a tragic structure (and he was right).

#the genitive of description is doing some heavy lifting here #is it the right construction for this? who knows #i liked it so here it is lmao #star wars #rots novelization my beloved #sw #classics #im much better at reading greek than writing it forgive errors

[jewishcissiekj]

Anakin Skywalker - Darth Vader in Star Wars: Darth Vader (2017) #25

#yael is reading star wars #this comic broke into my house and ruined my life #/pos #anyone who misinterprets the part in the beginning as palpatine being anakin's father is fucking stupid #darth vader #sw #star wars #anakin skywalker #star wars comics #darth vader (2017) #darth vader 2017 #shmi skywalker #obi-wan kenobi #padmé amidala #padme amidala #palpatine #sheev palpatine #darth sidious #ahsoka tano #snips and skyguy #darth vader comics #chalres soule #Giuseppe Camuncoli

[aquaticflames]

Cal may have started off shy, but Obi-wan was pretty sure that was purely based on walking in to find his thesis advisor face down on his desk.

short panel strip for @shortcuts-make-long-delays's cwrb fic 'sourdough: flour, water, and starting over' which, as well as being a hilariously clever and super adorable codywan piece, has this mentorship scene between Cal & Obi-Wan that made me positively melt.

#for u kit !!!!!! 💞💞💞🫶 #🏵️ #because you're such a sweetheart #i told you already but i really was smiling so much reading this scene 🥹 #aqua's art fart #aqua.jpg #sw #codywan #for the tagged fic! #cal kestis #obi-wan kenobi #bitches rly do love taking the mentor mentee pair that looks vaguely alike #and are alive at the same time in the franchise to throw them into a padawanship dynamic that is so so endearing #(its me im bitches. ty kit) #500 #1000

[mm167]

big fan of this prawn guy, and his uh. cheese ascendancy

#star wars #thrawn #eli vanto #thranto #sw fanart #05.17.23 #sheps art #ive been rotating these two in my brain ever since i read the 2017 comic a week ago

[abreca]

returned to ig after a long break and to celebrate I did a few requests

#fanart #star wars #abreca #clone wars #ahsoka #ahsoka tano #obi wan kenobi #captian rex #queen padme #padme amidala #bo katan kryze #bo katan fanart #bo katan #sw clone wars #run out of energy in the last one hope none of you can tell #you didnt read this

[darth-memes]

#star wars #sw memes #the bad batch #the bad batch spoilers #the bad batch season 2 spoilers #the bad batch season 2 #tbb #tbb s2 spoilers #tbb s2 #tbb spoilers #codywan #commander cody #DO YOU KNOW #HOW MANY TIMES #I READ THIS #???? #Also i'm sorry but most of the memes #are just going to be about the clone king #this week #obi-wan kenobi

[meandmyechoes]

“A lot of moisture farming wisdom has died at once”

#sorry i lauged 🙈 #sw reading #kenobi by jjm #it was a serious conversation about Shmi's incident and the scene had me impressed earlier with his dedication to vapor farming #but #i lost it at this line

[communistkenobi]

not sure if this was intentional or not but nemik saying in his manifesto “Remember this: Try.” is an interesting sentiment given that “do or do not, there is no try” is like one of the more famous lines from the original trilogy

#sw.txt #andor spoilers #andor #VERY INTERESTING IF THAT IS INTENTIONAL #maybe speaks to the disconnect between the jedi and the rebellion even after the order fell #the OT was written without the PT in mind but like the PT establishes yoda as a figurehead of the order #so like you could read that line as one being informed by a long familiarity with institutional power #and all the privileges that grants #there’s a similarly ‘heretical’ line from obiwan in uhhh wtf was that book called. planet something #the one by Greg bear #whatever it’s legends now but obiwan tells anakin that the force is not a nurse maid it will not protect you #which is a fairly radical thing for a Jedi to say #it’s understandable since it was shortly after he lost quigon #but I especially like when other sw media responds to established canon in a critical way #not necessarily to say it’s wrong but to present a perspective that frames the established canon as something you can contest

[shapelytimber]

Long Flight

Darth maul sure is the guy ever glgkkgglogkgkkfnfn I love drawing him in casual contexts, idkw but I see this very intense very edgy chacracter and I just know he paint his nails and watch silly holofilms in his free time.

It's up on my inprnt if you're interested :)) [LINK]

Process (+ sw Barbie close-up) below vvv

I had way too much fun doing this little detail ! And in my eyes there is no doubt that barbie would be a pink twi'lek

I tried doing research on maul's tattoos, but they seem to widely vary and the references I did find where... Let's say not to my taste- so I made them up ! Hope they don't look too weird

the pain of drawing darth maul : being proud of the anatomy I did, only to cover it up with tattoos :)))

And of course the bisexual sit (the polite way to say I made him sit like a freak to not cover him up with the chair-)

:3c

#He's not even my favorite character from sw (by far)- I never seack stories with him #I only ever saw him in episode 1 #(and I read the first half of Maul lockdown many years ago but let's not talk about that)- he just this silly guy that I like to draw #darth maul #spaceship #sith lord #star wars #star wars fanart #star wars prequels #twilek #Illustration #art #my art #fanart

[comebackali]

just ending with some casual wedding vows nbd

#otp: more intimate than lovers #obikin #star wars #pt #jedi quest #jedi quest the moment of truth #allie reads jedi quest #the moment of truth #sw novels #wizard

[jewishcissiekj]

Padmé Amidala, R2-D2 and Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Thrawn - Alliances #1

#yael is reading star wars #out of order panels for my sanity bc it wouldn't look good else sorry #usually i keep them in the original order but this one's just for them being pretty so it doesn't matter does it #sw #star wars #star wars comics #thrawn alliances #padmé amidala #padme amidala #anakin and padme #r2-d2 #r2d2 #r2 d2 #they're all separate tags lmao #anakin skywalker #comics #comic panels #anidala #kinda #wednesday spoilers

[lost-in-fiction-like-ur-mom]

Hello there! 👋🏽 If you don’t mind, I was wondering if I could make a request with Tech? With maybe a bookworm reader if that’s okay? I feel like it would be a cute dynamic! Thank you and have a good day! 🙏🙌

Bookworm

Tech x Reader

Summary- You and Tech have a moment alone on The Marauder. What better way to spend it than reading! Accompanied by Tech on his datapad, of course.

A/N- It's totally okay!!! I figured the best format for this kind of request was bullet point- but I am not very good at those. So, i compromised with this! Hope you enjoy, thanks for requesting!

Word Count- 990

Hunter, Omega, Wrecker, and Echo had all left the ship to go look for some dinner. A job you all completed recently left you with some spending money. You figured everyone deserved a real meal for once.

It left you and Tech alone in The Marauder. You could have easily went to hang out at Cid's bar, but you couldn't stand to be around her. You hated the way she poked fun at Tech's goggles.

Only you were allowed to call him 'goggles.'

The thought only temporarily distracted you from your book. You quickly resumed reading, only to realize you had to restart the whole page. This time actually process what you're reading! You thought to yourself.

Grumbling, you squeezed your eyes shut and straightened up in your seat. You happened to take a spot in the co-pilots chair. Tech always sat in the pilots.

"Something the matter?" Tech asks, not looking up from his datapad.

It was sweet, that he noticed your small movements. "Just trying to focus, I lost my place." You finally found a comfortable position, situating your book back in your hands.

"It can help to fidget with one hand, to increase your chances of focus." He informed, per usual.

You smiled up at him, he glanced up from the pad when he felt your gaze on him. He flashed a very brief smile- more of a grin, it was all you needed though.

You listened to him rant about his findings on 'focus' for a few minutes, knowing anyone else would have shut him up by now. Him talking never bored you or made you uncomfortable, despite many others complaining.

"Thank you, Tech." You simply said, returning to your book. He seemed pleased enough and went back to tinkering on his datapad.

A newfound silence came over, you read your book in peace. The story of the thieves with powers fighting the government amused you. What amused you more was the fact you had personally been on more dangerous missions, yet the book still captured you.

It was nice to imagine yourself in their place, even when you wouldn't change what you have for the word.

You'd go on a million death defying missions if it meant you were with Tech.

While you typically could put down over 50 pages in an hour, Tech interrupted you again. Not with any other intentions than to please you.

"Yes?" You responded after he called your name.

He reached in a compartment to the left of the console. A place Tech used to store his latest experiments.

He pulled out a neatly wrapped gift. It had swirls of color on the paper that wrapped it. He said nothing, just handed the rectangular item to you.

"For me?"

"That would be correct."

You tried to fight the corners of your mouth rising, but it was no use. Tech watched you violently, showing little expression.

You gently took the paper off, not wanting to make a mess of his careful work.

You slowly revealed it to be a new book, the fourth book in the series to the one you were just reading.

"Tech, I- I thought it was a limited edition! There was only a hundred made across the galaxy!" You looked in his deep brown eyes.

"Yes, it is." He confirmed.

"H-how did you get it!" You were baffled, the thought he put into your gift- and for no special occasion.

"It was not difficult. I was able to track all the shipping numbers to their respective planets, and when we had a mission on one- I located the book through its buyers." He said, nonchalantly. Like he didn't easily buy one of the most rare books you knew of.

"Why? Did I miss an anniversary?" You were slightly confused on why he gave you the gift. You hoped you weren't supposed to also have a gift prepared.

"Uh, no. You mentioned exactly 129 rotations ago that you wanted the book. I saw no problem in getting it." He remembered...

You were moved to small tears, now flowing down your cheeks.

"Are you alright?" He asked.

"Yes, Tech. Of course I am." You rose to your feet, throwing yourself on him in a big hug. He hugged you back. While he didn't completely understand your acclimation to physical affection- he didn't mind you doing as you pleased to him.

He gently patted your back, and you pulled away. "Thank you, i'm going to have to finish this book quickly now. I can't wait to read it..."

"You are welcome." He responded, you let him be and lifted yourself off of him. He grabbed his datapad and clicked away.

What you didn't know was that sometimes Tech would watch you read. In times like these, when you found yourself sitting or laying next to each other. You reading, him on his datapad.

He would study your face, taking in every expression. He would think about what you were reading- was it sad, happy, thrilling? Feelings were a trivial matter to him, but he was always thinking of ways to make you happy.

He loved it when you read, sometimes out loud to him. It was soothing to hear your voice when he worked on a project or was fixing a part on The Marauder.

The way you tapped your foot, or bounced your leg when you got to a complex part in a book. Or, when you were both laying down together and accidentally hit Tech in shock at a twist in the story. He loved every bit of it.

You turned back to your original book, now more determined than ever to finish it.

You did, however, catch Tech staring this time. You met his gaze, a wide smirk on your face. You couldn't help but giggle briefly. He gave you an odd look, but went back to his datapad. Just as you went back to your book.

A/N- Thank you so much for reading! Requests are about to be open, just one more to fulfill! As always, I am open to constructive criticism.

Tags- (LMK if you want to be tagged as well!) @thethreeeyed-raven @knight-of-flowerss

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[gherkinlizard]

"you'd like Lothal. I'll take you there when this is all over..."

au where Luke is dragged into the rebellion early (more specifically when Ezra crashes on Tatooine when he's looking for Maul)

Disclaimer I'm not originally a skybridger shipper but honestly ive fallen in love with the ship (thanks to @tyquu you dragged me into this mess how dare you)

#star wars #star wars fanart #star wars fandom #ezra bridger #luke skywalker #skybridger #star wars art #star wars rebels #sw rebels #i just think they should hang out #can be read as platonic or romantic #whatever the case i just think they should hang out