Sometimes, you just have to pause and admire the sexy vulnerability. <3 Some of my fav shots. Might do more later.

I love the whole scene, but the first few blasts are my favorite. Nothing beats Luke helplessly holding on for dear life <3

Thrawn made a friend. Not a ysalamir but still pretty cool

If Luke in that bikini. ★ Patreon ★

Well, I don't know about anyone else, but as much as I love Obi Wan, he does deserve to be called out on some of his tomfoolery and nerf herdery. Namely:

"I have you dead to rights, Anakin. But I'm not gonna kill you. No way this'll backfir- oh. Okay, okay... NOW I have you dead to rights, Anakin. I see you're still killing kids these days. Old habits, amirite? I should definitely just cut your head off this time... nah, I'm just kidding, bro. Run along now, and be a massive threat to a burgeoning rebellion I just learned abou- oh. *meets Luke* Jump in, loser! I fucked up big time and you need to fix it."

Not so much the not believing in Anakin for me. More so the "you had one job, blew it twice, and shoved it onto his son" thing.

Me: I will not post random thoughts on Tumblr to strangers. I can keep my opinions to myself.

Also me: Why is everyone so mean to Ben?? How could Obi-Wan have known that Luke would somehow become the first person ever to take a Sith and pull them back to the light side without any amnesia involved? How could he have known that?? Also, he watched Anakin murder children, I don’t think it’s fair to make him out to be the bad guy for not giving Anakin another child.

Also, is the scene on Bespin supposed to be Vader’s turning point? Because sources say he was very evil and bad and more evil, but was Bespin the point when he realized? Like, look at it this way. Anakin almost definitely became desensitized to killing. We see that in the Clone Wars; he has no issue killing people for whatever reason, so it’s clear that he’s become numb to it.

But, Darth Vader is used to people doing whatever they can to stay alive near him. People are afraid of him. They do what he says because he is six and a half feet tall and more machine than man, on top of being someone who can choke someone across a video call. The people who do refuse to do what he says are the rebels, the bad guys, from his perspective.

So when he has Luke cornered, he expects Luke to surrender because he views Luke as his son, which means Luke can’t die. Padme died and that is as much death by his own hands in his own family that Vader is willing to take. Luke has to surrender, because Vader doesn’t want to kill him and there’s no other way out, unless Luke wants to let go of the gantry and fall to his probable death.

And Luke lets go.

In that moment, do you think it hits him? Do you think Vader realizes that his own son is willing to die over being on the same side as him? His son hates him so much, he falls into a bottomless hole just to escape him.

Do you think that’s the moment Vader realizes that Luke is fragile? Luke is human? Luke isn’t just a Jedi, he isn’t just the person who is uncatchable and who blew up the Death Star, he’s a person who can die. And it’s highly likely that Luke will die, from Vader’s perspective. This boy who would rather fall to his death than spend another moment in Vader’s company. If anyone was going to die in this fight, surely it would be the dumbass who flies into traps, knowing full well that they are traps.

Do you think that’s what the scene means? Is that Vader’s turning point? Is that the moment when he feels worry for Luke? Not worry for the Luke in his mind, the power that Luke has, or anything. Just, worry for his son.

Vader was willing to kill millions, billions, or even trillions of people to get to Luke, but Luke is willing to kill himself before being caught. Luke, the one person Vader doesn’t want to die. The one person he figured probably couldn’t die, since he pulls stupid shit all the time and walks away like nothing happened.

Is that the moment where Vader dimmed, just for a second, and became a bit more of Anakin, instead?

"On me, this one is..."

Seriously, what the hell, Yoda. lmao

Luke is even more of a hero for dealing with this kind of advice :p

Watching Andor and seeing the gritty and brutal methods it took to build the rebellion has made me completely rethink the purpose of Luke Skywalker and his role as a hero. When we only had the OT, which obviously is very Skywalker-centered, it’s easy to think Luke is what brought everyone together carried them to victory. While this is partially true, thanks to Rebels, Rogue One, and Andor, we see all of the real work, people, sacrifice, and death it took to build the powerhouse in A New Hope to life. It wasn’t easy or pretty. Luke was just some farmboy who swooped in after all the real work was done and “saved the galaxy.” Some might take that as their interpretation, but as someone biased towards Luke and archetype of a hero in general, I’m inclined to think he’s more than that. All this time, in the darkness of the Empire, the rebellion held out hope that freedom and light would return. That’s why the original rebel symbol seen in Andor, the circle with a line through it, seems to have been taken from the symbol of the jedi during the clone wars. They knew somehow, somewhere, the light side of the force would survive just as they had and bring them the ultimate weapon against darkness in star wars. I’m not saying the rebellion was twiddling its thumbs waiting for a jedi to save them; that’s where the people went wrong during the clone wars. The rebellion built itself up with its own strength so that when its hero finally returned, it would be the last bit of gasoline needed to turn the fire into the blaze that would defeat the Emperor himself.

For the DinLuke Halloween Special Week 4 Prompt: Apparitions & Spectres

When I read this prompt, this was the first thing that came to mind. Oh, how proud these mothers would have been of their sons (´•ω•̥`)

ROTJ:

Me, at 15: "0_0 Okay, so hear me out..."

lol *dragged away to get some help*

A non-exhaustive lists of Good Tropes in fics about Luke and his Garbage Cyborg Dad:

Luke allows himself to be captured by Vader in order for his friends to escape.

Luke gets captured by someone else who, possibly not knowing who he is, treats him badly. Vader shows up in full rage mode to Save His Boy.

Luke gets captured by someone else who, knowing exactly who he is, tries to hold him for ransom. Vader shows up in full rage mode to Save His Boy.

Vader already has quarters on the Executor ready and waiting for Luke, obviously right next to his own. Bonus points if he also has an all black wardrobe ready and waiting.

Vader trains Luke and is really Proud of his accomplishments. Luke is bothered by how much this means to him actually.

The crew of the Executor are really confused about why this notorious rebel is suddenly wandering around their ship, in theory he’s a prisoner but he’s sure not being treated like one, but Lord Vader says it’s okay so.

Luke’s Force presence is Warm and Bright. Vader’s Force presence is Dark and Scary but also Luke starts to find it weirdly comforting.

Luke and Vader talking to each other with the Force.

Luke eventually being able to sense Vader’s emotions with the Force and realizing he’s a complete wreck.

Luke gets hurt and Vader is worried about him.

Vader gets hurt and Luke is worried about him.

Luke finding out about the extent of his father’s physical trauma and being like :(

Luke finding out about the extent of his father’s psychological trauma and being like :(

Luke asking Vader about his mother.

Vader telling Luke about his mother.

Luke sees Vader without his mask and/or sees an old holo of Anakin and realizes their eyes are the same color.

Vader says something very blunt to the effect that Luke is the most important person in the entire galaxy.

They’re stuck somewhere cold and Vader gives Luke his cape to keep warm/use as a blanket.

Vader accidentally reveals that he also grew up on Tatooine. Bonus points if podracing comes up.

Luke getting to fly alongside his father and having a blast.

Luke and Vader fixing droids or fighters or something together.

Luke and Vader finding out about the Leia plot twist together.

Piett is not paid enough to deal with any of this.

Whumptober Day 20: It’s Been a Long Day ↳ Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)

So I was thinking… If Rogue one it’s supposed to be set shortly before the original star wars that means that while Jyn Erso is kicking ass and being generally awesome, and Leia is busy leading a rebellion, Luke Skywalker is somewhere in Tatooine whining about power generators

Get in, loser, we're defending my boy today!

You know, when you take the whole saga into account, you gotta feel bad for Luke on Dagobah. Here's this literal galaxy hero who destroyed the Death Star and is trying to learn skills to help him protect those he loves, being told he's reckless and that he's spent his life not focusing on where he is in the moment. And he doesn't know that his lack of Jedi monk discipline is entirely the little green troll's fault in the first place lol.

Nothing was stopping either Obi or Yoda from taking Luke to the ass end of the universe to train him up into someone who could be more than ready to take on both Vader and Palps. It just had to happen because the story had to happen. Which is fine. But it's funny in hindsight.

Also, Yoda... Luke's like, what, 20? Excuse him for being a little impatient as he continues to fight for the galaxy's freedom. And what were you doing 20 years ago at 880 years old or so? Giving up and letting Palps take over everything is what.

Justice for ESB Luke!

Luke figures he may as well try out some ballet

His face says it all lmao

He'll always find a way to fall dramatically <3