#contains spoilers for the clone wars (2008)
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Obi-Wan’s heart darkens.
It has done so too many times since the War started—that grip on his chest. He knows it is the Dark Side clouding the Force—clouding his judgement, tempting him to do things a Jedi should never even think of. Violence, control, power—Obi-Wan always resits it, even when it takes all his strength. There is something peculiar about that strange tug, though—the very darkness itself. It is nothing like the light, blissful before the War and blinding throughout it. Lately, it seems that no matter where he looks, he cannot see the right way.
The darkness promises clarity.
OR
The Clone Wars (2008) S5 E16 reimagined.
Note: This fic is a birthday gift for the wonderful @melting-houses-of-gold!
Warnings: Spoilers for The Clone Wars (2008), Graphic depictions of violence and death, NSFW
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PART 2/2: The Beginning
Obi-Wan’s hot breath clouds the glass wall.
They are exposed here, much too exposed, but there’s an excitement to it—the risk of getting caught. It would be the first tine—they’ve been a lot more careful in the past.
Right now, there probably isn’t a worse place in the entire galaxy for this type of…meeting. Satine would’ve snorted at the ridiculous term had her mouth not been otherwise occupied.
After all, this is no more than a secret hookup.
One of many and very few at the same time—she and Obi-Wan have been sneaking those moments every now and then, but she finds that they always leave her craving more. No matter how many times she feels his lips on hers, his body pressed against her own, it is never enough. She can never get enough of him.
But Obi-Wan isn’t hers to take—and he never will be.
She doesn’t let those thoughts dwell, though—not now, now when his strong hand on her waist tightens. She can feel the calloused skin on the subtle slit in her gown—roughened, she guesses, from all those years carrying the lightsaber. He has scars, too, peppered all over the back of his palms, thin and white and almost invisible to the average onlooker. But not to Satine. Satine always notices.
She tries not to worry about the latest one she’d spotted—still healing, which means he must’ve got it while protecting her. It the same hand that now rests on her cheek, that angles her jaw slightly to give him better access to where his mouth traces slow, sensuous kisses over her neck.
A tinge of guilt still tugs on her heart, though, so she turns her head an inch to brush her lips over his open palm. The move seems to surprise him as his breath halts, if only for a moment. Satine kisses him again, more boldly this time, and Obi-Wan straightens, his blue gaze darker now as it meets her own.
“Satine,” he whispers.
She wraps her arms around his neck. “Kiss me again.”
Obi-Wan does not need to be told twice.
But then, just as she can practically feel the softness of his lips again, something beeps quietly in his pocket, and the moment shatters like glass.
Obi-Wan allows himself one, frustrated huff before he reaches into his robes for the commlink.
“Yes?” he asks somewhat grumpily, and Satine suppresses a chuckle.
There is a brief pause before Master Qui Gon responds, his voice slightly modulated through the device. “Did I wake you, my young Padawan?”
Obi-Wan glances at Satine. “Something like that, Master,” he says, and she finds that she agrees. All of this—him—has always seemed like a dream.
“Well, my apologies. Now that you’re awake, I need you up on the bridge.”
Satine’s brows furrow, and perhaps that’s why Obi-Wan asks, “Is there something wrong, Master?”
Another pause gives Satine worry. An intruder? On a royal ship? No, scratch that—a Mandalorian ship?
“A disturbance,” Master Qui Gon finally says, as if that explains everything. “In the Force.”
And perhaps it does, because Obi-Wan nods—to the commlink, as though it were his Master standing right in front of him. Satine can’t help but smile at that.
Obi-Wan casts her another glance, something like apology hiding behind his stare.
Go, she mouths to him.
He closes his eyes for only a moment before he speaks again. “I’ll be right there.”
***
Obi-Wan Kenobi did the one thing a Jedi should never do.
He dropped his lightsaber—allowed it to fall to the ground, discarded.
Without it, he’s…
He’s not sure what he is anymore.
And, despite his greatest enemy now standing before him, that scares him the most.
***
Obi-Wan drifts to a simpler time.
They are on Satine’s royal spacecraft again, her body caged between his arms, pressed against the glass wall. In that moment, nothing else exists but them—but the sweet taste of her skin, the soft touch of her lips on his palm.
Satine is all that exists.
She is time and space and life, glowing deep inside his chest, his soul. She is the only light he needs, Obi-Wan realises as she gazes at him from beneath long, blonde lashes. She’s the only light he’ll ever need.
The Jedi would call this attachment. Obi-Wan would call it a simple truth.
After all, there is no attachment—there is only this moment, one of so very few that he almost suspects it’s some cruel dream his imagination cultivated. But Obi-Wan has never been much of a daydreamer, which means that the soft lips on his skin must be real. Which means that she is real, as real as the perpetual tug of the Force on his heart.
Obi-Wan fears that one day, he’ll be forced to choose.
He fears, because deep down, his choice has already been made.
***
The throne room feels cold.
It’s the first thing he feels as he blinks back into consciousness—the piercing sting of hate, of years upon years driven by it. He couldn’t believe it at first, but, in a much more real sense, Obi-Wan has always known. Has always known that, one way or another, it would come to this—him and Maul, until the very end.
Satine kneels.
Her legs hit the stone, and Obi-Wan’s jaw clenches. He isn’t sure just how much Maul knows about her—about them—so he makes an effort not to look in her direction, forcing himself to look into those hateful, yellow eyes instead.
He should’ve known this was a plot—a sick, twisted plot to get to him. He doubted Maul cared about Mandalore at all, about the warriors under his rule—all tools to get what he was truly after. What he’s always been after.
He tries not to feel any guilt—that would only be handing another tool right into Maul’s hands. He tries not to think that, had it not been for him, Maul might have left Mandalore in peace—might have never even invaded the system in the first place. This is no time to dwell in such thoughts, no time to feel.
For Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, there is never time.
Maul speaks to him from the throne—from Satine’s throne, and once again, Obi-Wan swallows the darkness that fills his chest at the sight. “Your noble flaw is a weakness shared by you,” Maul drawls, “and your Duchess.”
Your Duchess.
Satine gasps, and Obi-Wan’s eyes dart to her immediately.
She floats a few inches above the stone now, her hand clasped around her neck as she tries to breathe again. She tries to yank free from a hold that doesn’t exist, from another dark, gloved hand that crushes her throat despite not even touching it in the first place. Maul knows—knows what she means to him, if only to an extent.
He’s going to kill her, Obi-Wan realises. He’s going to kill her because of what she is to him. At last, he’ll have his revenge—at last, he will leave Obi-Wan Kenobi in true, infinite darkness.
The only thing Obi-Wan has ever felt for the Zabrak Sith is pity.
But now, as his iron grip tightens on Satine’s neck, Obi-Wan feels everything.
“You should have chosen the Dark Side,” Maul hums, seemingly noting the turmoil thundering in Obi-Wan’s chest, “Master Jedi.”
Perhaps he should have.
“Your emotions betray you,” he continues. “Your fear, and…yes…your anger.”
Obi-Wan closes his eyes.
Maul growls, “Let your anger deepen your hatred.”
But, the way he always has been, Maul is mistaken—and Obi-Wan almost smiles.
For there is no fear—no anger, no hatred, simmering somewhere in his soul.
There is only clarity.
This is what Maul wants—for Obi-Wan to spiral the same way Maul had a long time ago, for them to stand against each other as equals, two broken souls, fighting a war they never should have been part of in the first place. He wants Obi-Wan twisted and wretched by the Dark Side the way he had been, alone and without the Jedi’s Light to hold on to.
But the only light Obi-Wan has ever needed is right here, offering the balance he’d been searching for ever since he first bowed before the young Princess of Mandalore and sworn to be her protector for as long as she needed him. She’ll be the light while he’ll be the darkness—one unable to exist without the other, the way it was always meant to be.
Obi-Wan no longer fears the Dark Side—he welcomes it like an answer to a question he hadn’t dared to ask until now.
Maul wants to fight him—to kill him.
Obi-Wan wants to kill him, too.
When he opens his eyes again, he can see the victory glowing in Maul’s eyes—can feel the ecstasy lighting his veins. Obi-Wan almost feels pity for him again.
But then he notices the weapon strapped to his side—a trophy to commemorate an enemy he hasn’t even yet defeated— and Obi-Wan allows himself a smile.
He reaches into the Force and finds a new ally within it—not that bright, blinding light promising to show him the Way.
No, he finds himself.
The weapon cuts through the air before it lands in the hand of its Master—old and new at the same time. Changed.
Somewhere far away, he can hear his own name, pushed breathlessly past Satine’s lips.
Obi-Wan ignites his lightsaber.
In his eyes, it already burns red.
***
For a man so deeply rooted in his upbringing, change comes quickly for Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Satine watches it with her vision blurred, still adjusting to the cool, crisp air returning into her lungs. She’s kneeling again, propped up on her hands and with her mind spinning, but for this, Satine will fight through the overwhelming heaviness trying to swallow her whole.
So Satine watches.
The transformation is so minor she might have missed it had she not spent every night in the past, countless years picturing him in her mind. Even his posture seems different—he stands straighter now, more confident, as if the weight of the world has suddenly been lifted from his shoulders. His hold on his weapon has always been steady but relaxed, allowing him to swing and deflect with ease. Now, though, the lightsaber lays firm in Obi-Wan’s hand—the stance of an attacker, of an opponent hardly expecting any resistance.
Whatever reaction Maul had hoped to elicit from Obi-Wan was not this—not the calm, collected warrior, simply waiting for the first, reckless strike. But Maul doesn’t seem to notice this—doesn’t even look at Obi-Wan’s body, his attention entirely somewhere else.
No, Maul is focused on his eyes.
They used to shine a lovely cobalt—the kind that reminded her of the sky, bright and gentle at the surface but dark and troubled deep beyond, with only the stars left to navigate it.
Now, Obi-Wan’s eyes shine a gold that could rival the very sun itself.
They are nowhere near the same as Maul’s—the Sith Lord’s eyes are tarnished with hatred, with anger—soon, perhaps, with fear.
But Maul only sees what he wants to see—a reflection of himself that he could kill.
So Satine keeps on watching.
The guards raise their blasters and point them at Obi-Wan’s back—ready to strike as soon as the order is given.
They should know better than that. Even Satine, though her foggy vision and spinning mind, can see that this…this is personal.
“Leave us,” Maul snarls, and his own weapon springs to life—the Darksaber that never should have gotten into his hands. Satine has never much cared for it, but she knew her people have—and, no matter the outcome of this fight, this weapon will forever be tainted. Mangalore’s legacy, poisoned by Maul’s hateful touch.
The guards obey and begin backing out of the room, though their blasters stay aimed at Obi-Wan, who doesn’t even turn or flinch—he only stands, meeting Maul’s gaze directly, those golden eyes catching some of the light from the heavy chandeliers above.
Another guard enters then, his voice echoing through the large space. “Intruders at the landing platform, my lord—”
Satine almost cries with relief. Bo Katan—her message did get through despite the ship’s ruined transmitter.
“Go,” Maul orders, his voice dipping so dangerously low it is but a rasp carried through the air.
Slowly, he steps down the dais, the clank of his metal feet scraping the stone beneath. He’s forgotten all about Satine, now, a predator focused fully on his prey, ready to strike. The dark glint of his saber casts a long shadow trailing him like a pet.
She tries to pull herself up—to stop this, somehow, knowing it can only end one way. She’s never wanted this—this death, this bloodshed. Not on Mandalore—not anywhere in the galaxy. But her body is too weak, perhaps it, too realising, that, just as there cannot be light without darkness, there can be no peace without war.
And Obi-Wan has to win it.
He has to.
Obi-Wan raises his lightsaber over his head—a stance she’d seen him do many times—the blue hue doing nothing to hide the gold shimmering in his stare. Maul’s eyes narrow, the Darksaber twisting in his hand—one weapon answering another.
It’s a language Satine understands yet has spent her whole life refusing to speak. Wishing for it to die out, as all things do, and make way for another.
She understands now that sometimes, some wishes do not come true. So she wishes for another thing—for Obi-Wan’s warm touch, for his soft lips on her own. She wishes for him to survive—for him to win.
Everything happens too quickly.
She is still too dazed, perhaps, too weak and breathless to truly grasp the speed with which Maul moves as he lunges. At some point, Obi-Wan has managed to shift—to adjust his stance to something else entirely, lowering the lightsaber so swiftly she hadn’t even registered the move.
Neither had Maul.
With the Darksaber aimed for Obi-Wan’s head—where his weapon has just been, casting a bright glow over his face—Maul swings the Mandalorian blade, about to cast the finishing blow.
But Obi-Wan is faster. Smarter.
His lightsaber plunges into Maul’s chest, a small smile touching his lips.
Deadly.
Maul’s arms still hover over his head as Obi-Wan thumbs the hilt, and the weapon switches off, free from the burning hole in the red-black chest.
And then, the raging Sith Lord, the poison of Mandalore, drops to the ground with a loud thud.
“You,” she can hear his rasp, choked from a breathless throat. Some cruel part inside her thinks it ironic. “You have no idea what you’ve become.”
Obi-Wan only stares back.
Maul chuckles, the sound immediately cut off by a strained, hoarse cough. “You truly are alone now, Kenobi.”
Obi-Wan looks at her then. Golden eyes meet a pair of blue—sun and ice, balance, as it was always meant to be.
“No,” Obi-Wan hums. “I don’t think I am.”
***
Satine sits on the throne, looking out to the bustling city below. She can still hear the cheering in the streets—she has a feeling the celebrations will continue well into the night.
She’d spent the entire day in the medical wing, every cut, bruise and swelling looked over multiple times until, hours later, she decidedly announced she was fine and practically recovered. She was needed somewhere else.
Now, as the evening beings slowly melting into dusk, she finds that she truly is fine—Mandalore is free once again, and with new allies. For now, there will be peace.
For now is the only thing she has. She will worry about the future later.
Later, because one of her guards has just announced another petitioner. The word makes Satine’s lips curl into a smile. “Petitioner,” she chuckles. “Please send him in.”
Obi-Wan Kenobi strides through the grand door, the Mandalorian armour he’d stripped off of one of Maul’s warriors still adorning his strong frame.
It shouldn’t have that much of an effect on her, but it does. She’d only ever seen him in Jedi robes before—and, well, she’d seen him out of them, too—but this…to see him like this, in her home…A pleasant wave of heat rushes through her, no doubt already flushing her cheeks.
Red suits him.
Obi-Wan bows deeply when he reaches the dais, though his gaze remains on her own. “My lady,” he says in a greeting, and she knows there’s a smile hiding behind that formal voice.
“Leave us,” Satine commands, and the guards promptly hurry out of the hall.
Only when the door shuts behind them does Obi-Wan ask, “I trust your discussion with Bo Katan was…productive?”
He already knows the answer to that—has seen Satine’s sister seamlessly fall back into her old role, mobilising the army to capture Maul’s traitors and keep the skies over Sundari at peace. Still, Satine says, “It was.”
A single ah escapes him, and she uses that brief moment of silence to search those eyes with her own. She isn’t sure what she’d expected—but they are still golden, still blazing with that same clarity she saw while he was facing Maul. More importantly, she’d half expected him to be gone by now—to hurry off to Coruscant, the way he always did. They way he always had to.
And yet, Obi-Wan is still here. Still wearing those golden eyes and red armour. Still looking at her as though nothing else in the galaxy mattered.
“What happened?” she asks quietly. She doesn’t have to specify—they’ve always understood each other, one soul bridged with another, their thoughts and feelings flowing freely between them both.
“I made a choice,” Obi-Wan says.
“Do you regret it?” She doesn’t think she would’ve survived if he said yes.
Obi-Wan takes a step toward her, his handsome features softening into a smile. “Of course not.”
She bites into her bottom lip—an old habit she can’t seem to let go of. Obi-Wan’s eyes trail the movement, and she tries not to think about the way his eyes darken as they settle on her mouth.
Not yet, at least.
“So what happens now?” she asks him, already dreading the obvious answer. “You go back—to keep the peace.” It doesn’t even come out as a question anymore—he is about to leave her again. She might as well state it as a fact.
“You mean to the Jedi,” Obi-Wan says.
“Are they not the same thing?”
His chin dips. “I thought so, once. I’m…not sure anymore. I don’t know if I ever want to find out.”
Satine isn’t entirely sure she is breathing as she starts, “But you are—”
“Not a Jedi,” Obi-Wan interjects. “Not anymore.”
There is no sadness in his tone—and perhaps that is why Satine asks, “What are you, then?”
He looks up to meet her gaze again and holds it long enough that she is not sure he even plans to answer.
But then, Obi-Wan steps up the dais and kneels.
“Yours,” he says. “If you’ll have me.”
She reaches for him, then—for his handsome face, her thumb grazing over his beard. She relishes in it for a moment before she tells him, “I always have.” Her thumb brushes his lips now. “I always will.”
There is a second of silence—as though the world has paused around them—before Obi-Wan’s chest falls, and his hand captures the one on his face. Before he presses his mouth to the pads of her fingers, kissing each one slowly.
That familiar heat swirls through her again, settling somewhere deep inside her—pooling at her very core.
When his hand drops her own and moves to rest on her knee, Satine dares to tangle her fingers between his hair—to pull him closer.
She doesn’t wan’t him far away from her ever again.
“Then allow me,” Obi-Wan starts, his voice lower now, darker, “Allow me to live out my life in service of you, Duchess.”
“Obi-Wan,” she breathes.
“I’m yours,” he agrees, then slides a hand down her leg.
Satine would be lying if she said her choice of a gown tonight hadn’t been purposeful—Obi-Wan seems to have found the slit in the silky fabric quickly, now pulling it upwards and revealing her smooth skin. She can’t help but shiver at the feel of his hand on her bare skin—it has been so long since she felt that fire, his fire, setting her body alight.
When the hem of her dress finally reaches her thigh, Obi-Wan leans down and presses a kiss to her knee.
Satine looses a shuddering breath. It makes him look up—look up and smile as he notes the flushed expression on her face, the slightly parted lips. She knows what he wants, now—has never wanted it more badly herself.
She only gives him a nod before losing herself in him completely.
Obi-Wan’s mouth moves up her leg now, tracing her inner thigh, the kisses more open, more wet as he reaches closer and closer to where she aches the most. Satine can’t help but shift slightly, her body already desperate for friction—for him, filling her entirely, their bodies joining as one the way they were always meant to be.
Obi-Wan chuckles lowly as he notices her desperation—her impatience. He braces his other hand on her other thigh, now, curling his fingers around it, holding her gently yet firmly in place. It crosses her mind now that anyone could walk into the throne room, or fly past the large, wall-length windows, at any given moment—and find their Duchess spread open on her throne with a former Jedi’s face buried between her legs. They’re exposed here, too exposed, and—
Obi-Wan seemingly senses this—or perhaps she said those words out loud—and chuckles again, the rumble of the sound reverberating into her skin. “It wouldn’t be the first time.”
Satine laughs then—though the sound melts into a moan as Obi-Wan’s mouth hovers inches away, right over the apex of her thighs, and she can practically feel his smile as he understands her plot at last—as he realises that she is, indeed fully bare under the gown he’d so eagerly opened.
“Clever,” Obi-Wan murmurs, his breath tickling her hot skin.
Somehow, she still has half a mind to tease. “You know me.”
He hums. “Indeed I do. Though perhaps,” Obi-Wan says, pressing a kiss to her clit that makes her gasp echo through the walls, “Now is a good time to get, ah…reacquainted.”
Satine swallows. Hard. “I couldn’t agree more.”
The golden glow of his eyes is her only warning as Obi-Wan’s tongue drags clean up her centre.
Satine’s head rolls back, resting against the solid rock the throne is made of, and the city beyond seems to disappear entirely—there is only her and Obi-Wan now, Obi-Wan and his blasted tongue as it takes another taste.
He licks into her like the world is shattering around them—like there is nothing left that matters but the feel of her cunt fluttering around him. She peels herself off the stone headrest to look at him, to take him all in, and the sight makes everything tighten inside her—she needs him now, hard and fast, for all the years they’d lost that they could’ve had together.
Obi-Wan’s fingers move then, travelling down her to her entrance, a small groan escaping him at the slickness there. He licks her again, long and wet up her cunt, before two of his digits move inside her, thrusting in and out until she is breathless and all she can see are stars.
Satine cries out his name, then, overwhelmed with the pleasure he’s coaxing from her as his fingers curl up against the roof of her walls, hissing as she tightens around the touch. He, too, is panting now, his tongue swirling over her clit, swollen from the attention he’s been giving her, from the look of pure, unrestrained hunger upon his face. He licks her like a man starved, like he lives for the moans and the raspy breaths she’s offering him, mindless from the feel of his long fingers pumping in and out of her in a quickening pace.
She’s practically shaking, now, her blonde hair a sea of waves falling messily all over her face. Her grip on his own hair tightens—she is so close now, with her heart thumping loudly in her chest and lightning coursing through her veins. Obi-Wan doesn’t stop though, his tongue flicking at her clit, determined to see her come apart. To see her belong to him just as much as he does to her.
When his mouth closes on her clit and sucks, Satine comes with a strangled cry.
The only sound she’s able to make is the gasping chant of his name as he continues stroking her pulsing walls, riding her through her release. His mouth presses slow, gentle kisses to her clit now, ones that reduce her to nothing but a shuddering mess around him.
His eyes seem brighter than ever when he pulls back at last—like the brightest light in the darkness. She realises then that, perhaps, that is what the two of them are—have always been—to each other. No longer the Duchess and the Jedi, but Satine and Obi-Wan. He has always been hers, the same way she has always been his. For her, he will lay himself bare and become the man he thought he’d never get to be. For him, she will make sure he gets to remain that man forever.
They will fight for each other.
And that will always be enough.
#was this silly?#yes#was it worth it?#definitely yes#i feel bad for doing daddy maul dirty but not everything can be about him (i GUESS)#anyway if you spotted any spelling mistakes no you didn't#no editing we die like men#contains spoilers for the clone wars (2008)#obitine#obi wan x satine#obitine fic#obitine fanfiction#obi wan kenobi#sith!obi wan#satine kryze#mandalore#darth maul#maul#star wars#star wars fic#the clone wars#tcw
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Hey! Looking for a specific Codywan fic. I’m on the hunt but have had no luck yet. This summary will definitely contain spoilers.
Cody and a few other clones (might be like Waxer and Boil? Usual suspects) are on a mission and get captured by some smugglers who turn out to not be smuggling animals, but people. Meanwhile Obi-wan is ALSO on the ship undercover as a sith, and he helps them escape by kissing Cody to slip him the key.
This blog is a lovely idea! Thanks!
Hi, I think this is Smuggled in by GalateaGalvanized :)
There's also a variation of the fic from Obi-Wan's POV called Running Contraband by adiduck!
I'm happy to help, if I can, thanks for asking!
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Rituals
read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/41699619
by ReliantWishes
Obi-Wan knew the Rites were a tradition that spanned the entire Jedi Order, all the way back to the very founders. It was considered a reverent, life changing moment for a Padawan. And now here he was, having to pass the tradition on to his own Padawan.
He was quickly finding himself to be vastly out of his element.
Words: 6107, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: M/M
Characters: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Quinlan Vos, Anakin Skywalker, CC-2224 | Cody
Relationships: Obi-Wan Kenobi & Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi/Quinlan Vos, Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker
Additional Tags: Tags Contain Spoilers, Explicit Sexual Content, Jedi Culture & Tradition (Star Wars), Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, Obi-Wan Kenobi Needs a Hug, Bottom Obi-Wan Kenobi, Loss of Virginity, Protective Quinlan Vos, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Quinlan Vos Friendship, Past Obi-Wan Kenobi/Quinlan Vos, Sexual Roleplay, Masturbation in Shower, Nervousness, Angst and Feels, Humor, Sassy Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padawan Anakin Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker is a Little Shit, Sexual Tension, Rope Bondage, Sensual Play, Dirty Thoughts, Frottage, Drama & Romance, Qui-Gon Jinn is a Good Jedi Master, Master & Padawan Relationship(s), Implied Master/Padawan Relationship(s), Ritual Sex
read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/41699619
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Hi! What comics would you recommend to a fresh fan? I just didn't finish Rebels yet but I caught up with The Mandolorian in term of chronology. I'd love to read more about the characters (like TCW helped with personalities) and just, see them again 😂 What are your favourite comics? (Hope it all makes sense)
uhhh so i'm not the biggest comic reader (off the top of my head, rebelsofshield and gffa are both far more knowledgeable about them than me), but I can at least talk a bit about the ones I've really liked reading so far!
Kanan: The Last Padawan (2015) by Greg Weisman
TRULY excellent, this is the comic run that had me frothing in a rage yesterday. Highly recommend if you like Rebels, and I don't believe it has any spoilers since the present-day parts are set in early on. Gives so much insight into Kanan, as well as Depa, clone characters, and Jedi life, and you will just fall in love with them all (and get your heart broken).
Darth Vader (2017) by Charles Soule
I think this is probably one of the most popular/well-liked comic runs put out in sw, and deservedly so. A fantastic comic if you want to dive into young Vader's psyche as he struggles with his new identity as a Sith following the events of ROTS. Lots of great references to the prequels and TCW, and has some really interesting Force lore. GORGEOUS art.
Slaves of Zygerria (issues #1-6) of Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) by Henry Gilroy
This is the original comic that the tcw season 4 zygerria arc is adapted from! It’s def worth reading because there some interesting differences—some bad, some good. I like it because it goes more in-depth into the issues of slavery and the main cast’s reaction to it compared to the show. The art is subpar though, especially compared to the two I already suggested.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Defenders of the Lost Temple (2013) by Justin Aclin
An underrated one-off issue featuring a rather unique and self-contained clone-centric story. Great if you like clones, and its ending is one of my favorites. Though same as above, the art isn’t the best.
If you want more TCW, the Son of Dathomir comic is a canon adaptation of a planned Maul arc prior to TCW’s cancellation. Maul makes a reference to it in season 7.
I also recommend checking out this list made by gffa—several are on my to-read list!
And just my advice as someone who isn’t that into the comics—start off with what characters/era you like, and go from there! Like, I’m obviously obsessed with anakin and ahsoka so I’ve literally hunted down every single comic, good and bad, with the two of them. I’m also planning to read the KOTOR comics because I really like the KOTOR games. But I genuinely have next to no idea about any comics set in the OT/ST era because it’s just not my primary interest, y’know? And I think that approach has made getting into the comics feel a lot less intimidating.
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars “The Phantom Apprentice” -Review
The Clone Wars creates a horror movie of inescapable dread in the game changing, “The Phantom Apprentice”
(Review contains episode spoilers)
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Maul and Ahsoka Tano are now face to face. As the battle for the future of Mandalore unfolds around them, it becomes clear that something much larger is at stake. The fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance and everything that is known will change. And our heroes and villains are powerless to stop it.
It’s been known for quite a while that the end of The Clone Wars would tie into the events of Revenge of the Sith. The show has been on a collision course with this darkest installment in the Star Wars saga ever since it premiered in 2008 and now the inevitable moment has arrived. Everything in the galaxy is about to upend itself and the feeling of dread and tragedy hangs over everything. While The Clone Wars has dipped its feet into the horror genre before, director Nathaniel Villanueva and writer Dave Filoni have created a half hour experience of impending dread and terror.
The Clone Wars was always going to end in heartbreak. Revenge of the Sith was the inescapable end point for this series, but the unspoken cruelty of this series is in the unaware insignificance of its own cast. Ahsoka Tano, Rex, Maul, the Mandalorians are doomed to be side notes in the galaxy altering Skywalker Saga. Their narratives are twisting, emotional, and undeniably engaging but they will never escape living in the margins of the adventures of the mythic figures they count as their friends, allies, and enemies. There is a knowing futility to Filoni’s script for “The Phantom Apprentice” that pervades everything. We can be watching titanic battles unfold on the streets of Sundari and daring lightsaber duels, but it’s all for nothing. Composer Kevin Kiner, still the only musical talent that has come close to mirroring and expanding off the legendary work of John Williams, turns the aural landscape of this conflict into a sound that can only be described as Star Wars meets Hereditary. We are never once made to feel comfortable. There are no hints that this will work out. It won’t.
Like the standout season finale to Star Wars Rebels’ second season, the title of “The Phantom Apprentice” is deceptively nuanced. It’s actually in conversation with three different characters, one of whom never actually appears on screen.
The most obvious of the three is of course Maul, the original apprentice to The Phantom Menace. I’ve never hidden my adoration for the long, strange character arc that Lucasfilm Animation has taken this formerly one note villain on. Sam Witwer, Dave Filoni, and the rest of the creative team have transformed this former Sith assassin into a perpetually broken and emotional frail man that is never more than a few steps away from collapse. First hinted at in one of his first appearances on this series, Maul was always aware to some degree of The Clone Wars and the larger machinations of his master. The pieces were always in place and now Maul is slowly realizing that the end goal of his master’s decades long plan is finally upon them. And it terrifies him. Long gone is the confident Maul who thought he could carve out an Empire for himself in the shadows of the galactic underworld. After Darth Sidious’s humiliating beatdown of him in “The Lawless” and the murder of his mother in the Son of Dathomir comic series, it’s now clear to this lost Zabrak that his master is the most powerful being in the galaxy and something to be feared above all else. Witwer plays Maul’s former anger and jealousy at having his dreams of grandeur robbed of him as a transformation into existential collapse. He realizes that he really is nothing more than a cast aside bit player in the revolution that is about to come and he is determined to stop it from happening. Not out of any kind of good will or redemption, but out of his own desperation for survival and relevance.
I’ve always been a tad skeptical of one of the final confrontations of the series being a duel between Asoka Tano and Maul. Not at all because Ahsoka isn’t capable of taking on a character like this wayward former Sith. She’s more than proven herself able and “The Phantom Apprentice” more than sells that Maul is definitely not acting at full capacity. (We’ll talk more about that fantastic confrontation later along with the rest of the stellar action here.) Instead, I was concerned that this clash would feel hollow. Ahsoka and Maul do not have an existing relationship prior to “The Phantom Apprentice.” Their big climactic meeting of sabers could have been nothing more than a set piece that was created only because they were the only characters free during the Revenge of the Sith era to have one. That is very thankfully not the case.
Filoni smartly positions Maul and Ahsoka as two sides of the same coin. As Maul was eventually cast out and discarded as useless by Darth Sidious, Ahsoka was also tossed away by the Jedi order by their own dedication to doctrine and lack of trust. Both are victims of their respective order’s worst qualities and exist as relative outcasts. However, the true dramatic irony of it all is that by doing so, both Ahsoka and Maul are arguably in better positions to survive the coming slaughter and possibly put an end to it. Sure, Maul’s argument for their teaming up to stop Sidious is mostly self-serving (even if I suspect that it does have some root in the sad sack of a Sith’s perpetual need for companionship and belonging), but Ahsoka considers it for a moment because she can see the truth in it all. It’s a fascinating moment and the fact that it feels emotionally genuine is a true feat of Ahsley Eckstein, Witwer, and the entire creative team. We can’t not acknowledge that incredible shot of the shattered glass and embers blowing through the wind as Maul’s fateful offer is made.
The final apprentice is of course Anakin Skywalker. Perhaps the most startling development of “The Phantom Apprentice” is Maul’s revelation that he is more than aware of Anakin’s eventual slip to the Dark Side and it was probably in the cards for quite some time. (His moment of post-mortem pity for Dooku is a fun wink to how doomed all of Sidious’s apprentices were on their eventual march toward Anakin’s ascension.) It recontexualizes so much of the final days of The Clone Wars and of Sidious’s plan itself. Of course as Anakin’s fateful seduction to the Dark Side is occurring parallel to the events of the Siege of Mandalore it is more than fitting that Maul is not the only one with Anakin on his mind. The brief call between Obi-Wan and Ahsoka comes from a place of compassion, but it ultimately serves as further example of Ahsoka’s suspicion of the Jedi. She sees a kindred spirit in Anakin at the moment that the Council betrays his trust and how could she not. The fact that Ahsoka and Maul’s duel happens mostly as a retaliation to the assertion that Anakin will fall speaks to her unbreakable trust in her surrogate older brother. It ends up playing as a bit of a fight for Anakin’s soul. Hope versus despair and denial versus inevitability.
And what a battle it is. Dave Filoni mentioned at Star Wars Celebration last year that they brought in original Darth Maul stunt actor Ray Park to assist with the animation for this fight and it certainly shows. While it may not be the most sprawling duel ever or as brutal as Pre Vizsla and Maul’s duel to the death, The Clone Wars has never featured a confrontation as fluid and dynamic as this one. The constant back and forth of the upper hand and the emotional instability of both fighters gives this encounter a strange edge that ratchets up the tension even if we know both combatants are destined to make it out of this alive. The final stage in the scaffolding that holds up the city of Sundari is a standout and brings to mind a similarly stellar set piece from Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation.
It’s not just our phantom apprentices that get in on the action this week. A claustrophobic showdown between Bo-Katan and Gar Saxon in an elevator shaft is one of the most inventive set pieces that the series has produced and Villanueva sells it with a cluttered intensity that never loses clarity. A prolonged battle between the liberating forces and Maul’s loyalists is similarly brutal and striking with sweeping tracking shots of the action that smartly know when to cut into the carnage and when to transfer back to other scenes. It brings to mind some of the great multi-tiered battles in Star Wars history and it once again gives big screen live action installments of the franchise a serious run for their money.
A few random final thoughts!
It seems only fitting that Almec would be gunned down by one of his own allies. Gar Saxon is poised to take over Almec’s position as the self-serving Mandalorian leader in the era of the Empire and there’s certainly some poetry in this sort of cyclical killing. Poor Mandalore. Planet’s not going to sort itself out anytime soon.
Jesse lived! I’m sure every one of us clone junkies were prepared for one of our last surviving 501st boys to fall to Maul this week, but through some small glimmer of positivity the newly minted ARC Trooper survived. I’m not sure we can be as hopeful in coming episodes, but I’ll take the positivity where I can find it.
I actually really loved Maul’s cameo in Solo: A Star Wars Story and it’s nice to see “The Phantom Apprentice” tee that up with the blink and you’ll miss appearance by Dryden Vos. Was really hoping for a tiny line of dialogue from Paul Bettany, but I guess that’s as good as we’ll get for right now.
Sam Witwer remarked several months ago that the scripts for the final arc of The Clone Wars were the best the series ever produced and it’s hard to argue with that. Never before has this saga had more on its mind or felt as emotional or consequential. It’s a nail biting stunner of a chapter and I’m genuinely in awe that we are only half way done. Buckle in folks. This is when the pain really begins.
Score: A+
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So how about that finale y’all?!
Victory and Death was an intense and incredible ride that had me on the edge of my seat the whole time, despite even knowing Ahsoka, Maul and Rex all survived it. The whole thing really made Order 66 all the more cruel and horrible, even after seeing it from the perspective of Cal Kestis. I really hope he and Ahsoka and Merrin meet at some point it would be really cool!
This fic contained massive spoilers for Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 7 Episodes 5-12 so if you haven’t watched them you have to go watch before reading this, please.
Defeat in Victory picks up immediately after the conclusion of Ahsoka and Rex’s story in Victory and Death, and sees the pair making a plan of what to do next - return to Coruscant the day after the night of Order 66. When they land Ahsoka seeks out Trace Martez, a woman incredibly close to her for aid in what to do next but her plans are stopped abruptly when a broadcast is sent out to the entire Republic on all civilian channels; the Republic is dead, it is Empire Day. Meanwhile Rex travels to 79′s Cantina to find the rest of the 501st under the new command of Commander Appo the afternoon after the raid on the Jedi Temple. Rex uncovers what waits for his clone brothers after what they’ve done and learns a truth that breaks his heart and destroys his soul...
I worked incredibly hard on this one guys, I loved it and honestly it’s both the saddest fic I’ve written but possibly the best so far. Clocking in 8,000 words I really feel proud this time. I’d really appreciate a share of this link, a like on the fic and a comment if you’re able and wanting.
I love Star Wars, I love Ahsoka, and I love writing for her. I’ll be back with more Ahsoka x Trace no doubt, but I think my next fic has to go thousands of years into past, I feel the urge to write for the one and only Darth Revan...
Enjoy <3
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Hi! :-) I'm pretty bad at reading between the lines and understanding subtext, especially since English isn't my first language, so I thought it'd be easier to ask: when did The Big One happen? Was the world previous to that 'normal' (similar to ours)? What exactly did they do to MC at the farm? What, exactly, is a regene? Sorry for so many Q's, lol. I really love Fallen Hero but I feel like I'm missing a lot of information, or maybe not all of it has been published yet. Gr8 work! 🖤
The world before that was not entirely like ours, it diverged around 1900 or so. If our world focused a lot on the space race, atomic power, atomic bombs, getting to the moon, flight, satellites and things like that, the FH world focused a lot more on medical tech and what we would call cyborg tech. It’s behind on things like cellphones and the internet (think mid nineties for that) and we never went to the moon. Putting the new and updated timeline below.
A ReGene is a vat-grown body implanted with an artificial intelligence mind. They tend to be boosted in various ways, and subject to intense modifications since they have no rights, they tend to be used for experimental new technologies. If they die, they just grow more.
What the MC did at the Farm is spoilers.
History of the Fallen Hero world.
1945: World War II ends, but the technological arms race continues. The United States and the Soviet Union both 'recruit' available German and Japanese scientists, taking full advantage of what they learned from the more unconscionable experiments during the war.
1951: The Korean War very nearly turns nuclear when the first Chinese Type 52 bipedal tanks help push the UN forces out of the mountains and nearly out of the country. Though clumsy and slow, they prove to be useful in the mountainous terrain, leading to an upswing in the power armor industry.
1955: The Soviet Union announces that it has successfully created the first functional, cybernetic limb replacement. This is widely considered the start of the Cyber Race.
1957: The Soviet Union manages to successfully interface man and machine, leading to a quantum leap in power armor technology as bipedal movement patterns become a lot more organic.
1960's: The US repeatedly releases new versions of its power armor suits as the Vietnam war rages, the lighter, more maneuverable armors being more suitable for the terrain. Various upgrades for soldiers are becoming more and more common, and the nickname 'Mods' is coined for those changed by the cybernetic implants.
1968: The first so-called 'Masked Heroes' appear in public, Modded veterans from the Vietnam war angered by their treatment at the hands of the government and the public. Very soon afterwards, new villains also take to the stage, and the police find it increasingly difficult to deal with disturbed people who have military training and equipment.
1971: A metabolic diet pill launched without proper product testing turns out to have uncommon and dangerous side effects. Though most users die or are crippled, a certain lucky few develop powers hitherto unseen in humans. The pill is quickly nicknamed the 'Hero Drug' and though it is pulled off the market, use and research continues. People who have gained powers are nicknamed 'Boosts' in the media.
1976: The Hero Drug is declared an illegal narcotic, banned after causing the deaths of untold thousands of people. Still, the lure is too strong, and research moves underground and behind securely-locked corporate doors.
1979: Wei Chen, who will later be known to the public as Marshal Steel, is born.
1980: The Year of Hell. The Big One hits the West Coast, and the San Andreas fault causes a massive earthquake to strike Los Angeles, which triggers the Cascadia subduction zone a few days later. The massive earthquake and resulting tsunami throws the whole West Coast into disarray with more than 150,000 estimated dead and missing. As if this was not enough, three months later the Mammoth Lake volcanic system reawakens, and the resulting eruption destroys any hope of quickly salvaging the west.
1980-1990: Aftershocks ravage the West Coast, halting any rebuilding effort. Little by little rebuilding turns to evacuation, all efforts being put into getting the Midwest back on its feet to regain a stable food supply. Food riots are common and several armed uprisings against the increasingly-authoritarian government are struck down by the military.
1981: The US government is nearly paralyzed by refugees as well as the rain of ash covering most of the Midwest. President Clark declares martial law.
1982: ${ortega_name} Ortega, also known as Charge, is born.
1984: Los Angeles is renamed 'Los Diablos' in 'The Angels of Los Diablos,' a famous documentary about the rescue efforts.
1986: The GeniTech corporation patents the creation of lab-grown stem cell organs, revolutionizing the transplant industry.
Late 80s: Estimated birth of ${name} ${surname}, later known as Sidestep.
Early 90s: Fed up with the suffocating yoke of the federal government and martial law, more and more people start moving back into the ruins of the west, starting the recolonization. A disproportionate amount of these people are Enhanced heroes and villains, both Mods and Boosts fleeing government control.
1992: In an effort to increase private industry investments, the West Coast is declared a free economic zone, where there will only be the bare minimum of federal government oversight. No taxes. No regulations.
1992: The GeniTech corporation patents whole-body stem cell clones, allowing for large-scale harvesting of replacement organs. Following a tumultuous debate about the ethics involved, GeniTech is one of the first companies to move their corporate headquarters to Los Diablos to escape regulation.
1993: The Re-Gene project is first revealed in a New York Times article, claiming it dates back to the seventies with the goal of making androids for use in war. The author, Tim Mazetti, was killed in a traffic accident soon afterwards. The future Ranger, Lady Argent, is born.
1996: Los Diablos is up and running: the first Mayor is elected, and it is starting to look more and more like a functional city. With the huge changes to the coastline, large tracts of the South Bay are abandoned and the city shuffles inland. The future Ranger, Herald, is born. Chen drops out of high school.
1997: Appalled at the lack of law and order in the free economic zone, or the FEZ as people call it, the newly-elected President Ross creates the Marshal system. Recruiting some of the most famous masked heroes of the region, he funds the 'Rangers' initiative in order to stem the worst excesses of the Enhanced populace. Chen joins the army, gets a boyfriend. Mount Hood is one of the founding members of the Los Diablos Rangers, as is Sentinel.
1998: Chen is deployed overseas, SE Asia. Sentinel joins the Rangers.
1999: A breakthrough in energy technology leads to the first plasma reactors, leading to ever more compact cybernetics. Hollow Ground self-declares as the kingpin of Los Diablos. Chen's boyfriend is killed. Chen has an accident with an IED and loses his hands. His body proves to handle mods well, so apart from his hands the army invests in an access port for armor interface as well. Ortega has their accident and is used as a test subject for their cutting edge electrical mods and spinal column. Chen and Ortega meet in the hospital during rehab. Mount Hood becomes Marshal Hood of the Rangers.
2000: Intent on regaining lost influence, the US flexes its muscles in the Middle East. This leads to a series of proxy wars with the ailing Soviet Union. Chen gets deployed there, now piloting an armored suit instead of a helicopter. The first known sighting of a Re-Gene on the battlefield. Chen sees Re-Genes on the battlefield. Ortega debuts as Charge, sponsored by a military subcontractor because they want to see how the mods perform.
2001: Steel is sick of the army and what they are doing abroad. He has racked up enough commendations that he's considered a suitable candidate for the Rangers, equipped with a new, shiny armor. Meets up with Ortega again when they are both in for surgery upgrades, and Chen talks him into signing up for the Rangers. Ortega's father dies.
2002: Ortega joins the Rangers. Sentinel officially starts to transition, there's a lot of controversy that Hood shuts down. Sentinel is not fired.
2004: A huge scandal rocks the Re-Gene project after its operatives are suspected of human rights abuses in another proxy war in Panama. It is never brought to court as the Re-Genes themselves are androids with artificial minds, but the scandal moves the project back underground where it has remained ever since.
2005: The Special Directive is formed, rumored to be a black-ops strike team of Re-Genes, deployed against anyone deemed dangerous enough by the government.
2006: Anathema joins the Rangers. The Rangers team up with the Special Directive for a mission. It does not go frictionless.
2007: Ortega is promoted to Marshal after the death of Marshal Hood at the hands of Hollow Ground. Sunstream joins the Rangers.
2008: Sidestep debuts as a vigilante. Charge and Sidestep meet for the first time.
2009: Psychopathor is the villain headliner of that year until finally put to a stop by the Rangers and Sidestep. Dr. Mortum and the Vitruvian are active as villains, but not high key threats enough to be a target for the Rangers.
2010: The Catastrofiend goes on a year long rampage, tearing through the Marshal before disappearing again, a pattern that will be repeated over the years. Ashfall works closely with the Rangers, becoming another associate.
2011: Los Diablos is hit by the Nanosurge, a runaway nano-weapon devouring all flesh before it is contained by an alliance of heroes led by the Rangers. Sidestep plays a vital part in its defeat. Herald takes the hero drug and survives the boosting process. Psychopathor escapes. Sunstream quits the Rangers and disappears soon afterwards.
2012: The Void is looking to expand their Santa Ana territory into Los Diablos, and the Rangers strike back, leading to a final showdown in the southeast deserts. Herald moves to Los Diablos. Dr. Mortum retires from active villain life, focusing on research.
2013: The Heartbreak incident occurs. Sidestep and Anathema are believed to be killed in action. Ortega retires as Marshal and hero, replaced by Steel. Sentinel and Herald meet.
2014: Ortega returns from retirement, joining the Rangers once more as Charge. Steel loses both his legs when he's nearly crushed under a building in the battle against the Catastrofiend that has resurfaced. The Catastrofiend gets securely locked up. Herald gets his first sponsorship (and name) as a corporate hero. Herald debits as a vigilante under a different name.
2015: Lady Argent debuts as a vigilante in San Francisco. Herald gets hired as a corporate hero, and gets his hero name.
2016: Lady Argent joins the Rangers. Steel nearly gets assassinated, losing an arm in the process. Sentinel retires. The Catastrofiend escapes, but disappears after a mercifully short rampage.
2017: The MC returns to Los Diablos under an assumed identity.
2018: Herald joins the Rangers.
2020: The events of Rebirth.
2021: The events of Retribution (the next book)
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Clone wars season 7 review/rant/thing
Okay buckle up because this is going to be a long and depressing boi.
I started to watch Clone Wars about the same time as I watched Star Wars for the first time, so about 10 years ago maybe? I watched the Clone Wars movie so many times and thought it was amazing, and even though I now can recognize its many flaws (or maybe partly because of it) I still grin like an idiot while watching it.
I’m one of those people who never disliked Ahsoka, probably because I myself was a young girl and (wanted to be) so much like her. To see that the first female Jedi (with like ... lines and importance, you know) was a little brave, adventurous and cool girl just like I wanted to be, was amazing.
I remember how I used to watch Clone Wars on DVD at home, or with friends, because we didn’t have Cartoon Network, and how me, my brother, his friend and his friend’s sister used to play a game where we were jedi and clones and fought each other. (Unfortunately the other girl wanted to be Ahsoka and since I was older I had to give in and be Anakin instead ... ugh). I remember the first time I watched the season finale of season 5, how I went to sleep crying because I was heartbroken and so so angry at the jedi council for what they did. I remember watching the end of season 6 and being heartbroken because I knew that THAT WAS IT and that there would never be any more Clone Wars. I remember watching Rebels and being blown away by Ahsoka’s return, and then once again crying as she fought Vader. I remember seeing the first teaser for season 7, scream and message my friends late in the evening because Clone Wars was BACK. I remember watching the first episode, falling in love once again with one of my favorite shows, being so happy but also really scared because I knew what would come and how much it would hurt.
Star Wars the Clone Wars contains the best Star Wars content out there. Somehow I really think that Star Wars, despite being based in movies, works best as a tv-show, because Clone Wars had time for world building and real development that a movie just doesn’t have. It’s amazing to go back and rewatch the first season of Clone Wars and then watch season 7, both to see how all the characters have developed but also to see how much greater the animation has become and how much darker the narrative is. Seasons 1-3 are mostly goofy and fun and seasons 4-7, while still having those lighter parts, dive a lot more into the reality of war and the darker sides of Star Wars that are often talked about but never really FELT. Season 7 really chilled me to the bone at some parts. And the animation. God, the animation is so beautiful and breathtaking.
In short, Clone Wars is everything the prequels should have been. They take the best parts from both them and the OT and manages to tell a beautiful and haunting story of war while still being for children and I have NO IDEA how they managed to do that so perfectly.
Another thing that I really want to talk about is how Clone Wars disproves the whole thing with spoiler culture that ruined Game of Thrones and, in my opinion, the sequel trilogy. Both of them were obsessed with “subverting expectations uwu”, to the point that they ignored good writing and the natural story progression in favor of chocking the audience. At the same time we have Clone Wars season 7, a season that takes place at the same time as one of the most important movies in the universe, that focuses primarily on two characters that most of us KNOW survives and are seen again in later shows, and despite that I don’t think I’ve been this invested in a story for a really long time. (Can we btw just take a second to imagine how much more horrible this season would have been if Rebels didn’t exist and we didn’t know that Ahsoka and Rex would make it??)
I’ll probably come back and rant some more when I have thought about this more, but what I wanted to say with this post is basically this: Thank you. Thank you to Dave Filoni (who btw apparently voiced Cheep, which is an adorable fact), to Ashley Eckstein, to everyone who has worked on this show and made it a great part of my life since 2008. When the credits rolled and I realized that THAT was the ending and that we would never get any more of Clone Wars I almost couldn’t believe it, but at the same time it feels right this way. I’ll turn 18 in October and it’s fitting for me that a part of my childhood ends for real the same year I turn into an adult. I just can’t believe how lucky we are to get a final season this good SIX YEARS after the show was cancelled. That’s a blessing most fan’s never get, and even though Disney 100% decided to let Filoni end his work to get more money, I am still so thankful that they did that.
There are so many other things and details and thoughts I would like to get out there, but for now I’ll end it at that. Thank you Star Wars: The Clone Wars, for making me laugh and cry and making me love Star Wars more than I ever thought I could.
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Watchmen Episode 9 Easter Eggs Explained
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The big finale of HBO's Watchmen comes together in episode 9! Here's all the references to the book we were able to catch.
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This article contains Watchmen spoilers.
Watchmen episode 9 “See How They Fly” wraps it all up. And you’d think that after nine time-hopping episodes they might be ready to wrap up all of their homages and references to the original book. You would be wrong.
But not everything comes from the book. The episode’s title, “See how they fly” is a lyric from The Beatles’ psychedelic masterpiece “I Am The Walrus” which features the sinister/joyful (and Watchmen-relevant) refrain of “I am the eggman.” Now, with that out of the way, let’s get down to business.
LADY TRIEU
- We’re once again back on Nov. 1, 1985...this time to witness the conception of Lady Trieu. Her mother, Bian (who in the future Lady Trieu will clone and raise as her daughter) was one of Veidt’s Vietnamese employees who kept his fortress of solitude, Karnak, running. The verse she recites is apparently from folklore about a Lady Trieu who lived during the third century.
Incidentally, this is the most we’ve seen of the inner workings of Karnak, including in the book, where we only saw TWO employees. Does this mean he murdered ALL of these people, too? That is dark as fuck.
read more: Complete Watchmen Timeline Explained
- Lady Trieu is sperm sample 2346. That’s 23 x 2. It could very well be a reference to the “23 enigma,” an almost cult-like belief in the significance of the number 23. It was popularized by counterculture icons like William S. Burroughs and Robert Anton Wilson.
- The fact that Bian crowns her insemination with “Fuck you, Ozymandias” is interesting. Is Veidt, like Dr. Manhattan, a symbol of American imperialism in Vietnam? Pretty likely, right?
- In 2008, when Lady Trieu confronts Adrian Veidt and refers to him as “the smartest man in the world” she’s using the nickname that had been given to Ozymandias by the press. Trieu is, of course, “the smartest woman in the world.”
ADRIAN VEIDT
- This is the filming of the “confession/congratulations” video that Wade Tillman was shown by Joe Keene back in episode 5. It will be presented to Robert Redford on the day he is inaugurated as President on January 21, 1993. You can see the giant squid in the tank behind Veidt while he is recording the message to President Redford, by the way.
- “Untie knot” is the password prompt on Veidt’s old computer. “Untie knot” refers to the Gordian Knot, which Alexander the Great famously solved with his sword. The password is “Rameses II” just like in the book.
- That’s a portrait of Alexander the Great in Veidt’s office, but as of yet I’ve been unable to identify it.
- We learn in this episode that Veidt has “never given himself to a woman.” The fact that he specifically mentions women and not men could possibly echo Rorschach’s observation about him in the book, that Veidt is “possibly homosexual.”
- Based on the five year timeline laid out by Lady Trieu here, it would appear that Veidt spelled out “Save me Daughter” on the surface of Europa with the corpses of his servants in 2013.
read more: Watchmen Finale Explained
- Veidt’s line about achieving “everything” having “started from nothing” is a quote from the book, during the chapter when he is recounting his own origin story.
- Veidt catches the bullet from the Game Warden as he did in the comic when Laurie tried shooting him in Karnak.
- Veidt’s philosophy that “masks make men true” seems to echo Oscar Wilde’s “give a man a mask and he will tell you the truth” aphorism. This is refuted later in the episode by Will Reeves who feels quite the opposite about masks.
- “Palestine has become a widow for Egypt.” Veidt is quoting the Merneptah Stele, an ancient inscription detailing the Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Merneptah’s victories. He ends with “the end is nigh,” which is generally Biblical in nature, but refers in this context specifically to the sign that Rorschach, in his identity of Walter Kovacs, used to carry around in the book.
DOCTOR MANHATTAN
- Joe Keene’s high-waisted undies are a mirror of the ones Dr. Manhattan wore through chunks of his career, before he decided to abandon clothing entirely.
- Lady Trieu refers to Dr. Manhattan as “the big blue cheese.” This is a surprisingly playful reference to Shazam, whose enemy Dr. Sivana routinely calls him a “big red cheese.” Incidentally, Lady Trieu does have a tendency to dress like the Sivana of the comics, who favors all white outfits.
- The 7th Kavalry discovered the existence of Dr. Manhattan on the White Night because Cal teleported “Mike” to Gila Flats, which was the place where Jon Osterman became Dr. Manhattan.
- Laurie refers once again to the thermodynamic miracle, a term taught to her by Jon the day that she discovered that her father was in fact Edward Blake.
- Jon has remained somewhat disoriented since he was “returned” by Angela. Throughout, we see him slipping into the past, specifically into moments from the book.
- “Janey, are you cold? I can raise the temperature” refers to a Christmas in 1959, the first Jon spent as Dr. Manhattan, when he was still with his first love, Janey Slater. Her “chill” was because she was getting a little scared of Jon and his increasingly distant humanity.
- “There is no situation in Afghanistan requiring my attention,” comes from the final moments of Jon’s talk show appearance in October of 1985, moments before he left Earth for Mars.
LOOKING GLASS
- “Mirror Guy? “It’s Looking Glass” has become the best ongoing joke of this entire series. And as it turns out, Laurie and Wade have more in common than they thought. Wade has a tendency to puke after experiencing Dr. Manhattan’s teleportation, a trait he shares with Laurie.
RORSCHACH
When Angela is interrogating a member of the 7th Kavalry, she starts breaking his fingers, before threatening to move on to other parts of his anatomy. That was a favorite technique of Rorschach to extract information.
HOODED JUSTICE
Will Reeves uses some comic book speak by referring to the Tulsa Race Massacre as “my origin story.” He also says “before my world ended,” both an allusion to the Tulsa/Krypton parallels we have tracked elsewhere in these guides and the way Batman is fond of referring to the night his parents died. Both are appropriate.
NITE OWL
Nite Owl’s old ship, ARCHIE (hence Veidt’s “it’s been a hoot”) is still in Karnak after freezing up shortly after transporting Dan and Rorschach there to confront Veidt on Nov. 1, 1985. Wade would indeed know how to fly it since Dan later licensed his technology to police departments under the umbrella of a company called Merlincorps.
Incidentally, while Dan was only ever alluded to throughout this season, if we do indeed get a Watchmen season 2, then we have to figure he’ll show up to testify at Veidt’s trial.
We wrote more about Nite Owl here.
ANGELA ABAR
Is Angela now a godlike being who can walk on water after consuming that mysterious egg? Well, during their first meeting 10 years ago, Dr. Manhattan did tell her that he could “theoretically” transmit his powers into organic material for someone else to consume. And he DID want her to see him walking on water. But it looks like we may never know for sure.
read more: The Unanswered Questions of the Watchmen Finale
But that ambiguous ending is meant to mirror the final panel of the book, where it was unclear whether the bumbling intern at the offices of the New Frontiersman would reach for Rorschach’s Journal from “the crank pile” for possible publication.
MISCELLANEOUS STUFF
- “As if some cowboy actor could ever become president.” It worked for Ronald Reagan!
- When Lady Trieu tells Adrian Veidt that he “stopped the clock” she’s referring to the Doomsday Clock, which was at one minute to midnight before the squid massacre prevented World War III.
- We once again get Johann Strauss' "The Blue Danube Waltz" on Europa, this time as Lady Trieu's spacecraft lands. The 2001: A Space Odyssey parallels are real, considering that film dealt with a mysterious Monolith appearing on the surface of Europa.
- At the newsstand, there’s a headline that says “Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings Drag On” for John Grisham. This has become something of a running joke on the show since episode 3.
- There’s also a New Frontiersman headline that says “Four Wounded in Saigon Burning” indicating that unrest in Vietnam continues.
- The gentleman in the wheelchair who turns up is Senator Joe Keene, Sr. the man who outlawed masked vigilantes in the first place in the book.
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Fandom: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars Original Trilogy, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Star Wars Legends - All Media Types, Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: Rebellion Era - All Media Types
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Dooku/Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker/Han Solo, Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious/Dooku | Darth Tyranus, Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi/ Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious, Other Relationship Tags to Be Added, Obi-Wan Kenobi/ Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious/ Dooku | Darth Tyranus, Anakin Skywalker/ Dooku | Darth Tyranus, Qui-Gon Jinn/Obi-Wan Kenobi, Sheev Palpatine/Anakin Skywalker, Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious/ Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi/Xanatos, Tura Omega/Xanatos (Star Wars), Darts D'Nar/Obi-Wan Kenobi, Kanan Jarrus/Hera Syndulla, CC-2224 | Cody/CT-7567 | Rex, Ezra Bridger/Kanan Jarrus, Alexsandr Kallus/Garazeb "Zeb" Orrelios, Dooku/Qui-Gon Jinn/Obi-Wan Kenobi, Kanan Jarrus/Alexsandr Kallus, Cassian Andor/K-2SO, Alexsandr Kallus/Thrawn | Mitth'raw'nuruodo, Eli Vanto/ Alexandr Kallus, pre Grand Inquisitor/Thrawn | Mitth'raw'nuruodo/Eli Vanto, Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader (One-Sided), Obi-Wan Kenobi/Ahsoka Tano
Characters: Various Characters, Star Wars Ensemble, Jedi Master Character(s), Sith Characters (Star Wars), Jedi Council, Rebels Ensemble, Rey (Star Wars), Poe Dameron, Dooku | Darth Tyranus, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader, Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious, Han Solo, Padmé Amidala, Qui-Gon Jinn, Xanatos (Star Wars), Darts D'Nar, Kanan Jarrus, Hera Syndulla, CC-2224 | Cody, CT-7567 | Rex, Ezra Bridger, Garazeb "Zeb" Orrelios, Alexsandr Kallus, Cassian Andor, K-2SO (Star Wars), Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Vampire, Rare Pairings, One-Sided Attraction, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Blackmail, LGBTQ Themes, Self-Esteem Issues, Family Issues, Jedi Code (Star Wars), Sith Politics, Master & Padawan Relationship(s), Sith Rituals, Extremely Dubious Consent, Getting to Know Each Other, Sith Ahsoka Tano, Qui-Gon Jinn Lives, Additional Warnings In Author's Note, Tags May Change, Tags Contain Spoilers, Children of Characters, Secret Children, Canonical Character Death, Aftercare, Sexual Slavery, Non-Consensual Blow Jobs, Loss of Virginity, Virgin Sacrifice, Rape/Non-con Elements, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Implied/Referenced Torture, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Implied/Referenced Abuse, Slow Romance, Slow Burn, Slow Build, Fix-It of Sorts, BDSM themes, Additional Warnings Apply, Rating May Change, Implied Master/Padawan Relationship(s), Established Relationship, Post-Star Wars: A New Hope, Post-Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Post-Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Spies & Secret Agents, Non-Canonical Character Death, Loss of Parent(s), Loss of Control, Loss of Faith, Loss of Identity, Loss of Innocence, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Ahsoka Tano Lives, Secret Relationship, Secret Identity, Secret Identity Fail, Identity Reveal, No Aftercare, One-Sided Relationship, Dubiously Consensual Blow Jobs, First Time Blow Jobs, Prosthesis, Dysfunctional Relationships, Unhealthy Relationships, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Lightsaber Battles, Dreams and Nightmares, That's Not How The Force Works, Quote: The Force works in mysterious ways, The Force Ships It, Mental Health Issues, Trust Issues, Loss of Trust, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Slave Trade, Master/Slave, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Psychological Trauma, Angst and Fluff and Smut, Pregnancy, Unplanned Pregnancy, Child Destruction, Feticide Or Foeticide, Sex Pollen, Rimming, Developing Relationship, Relationship Problems, Adopted Children, Terminal Illnesses, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Non-Traditional Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Age Difference, Jedi Ahsoka Tano
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A collection of Star Wars of all era's short stories/flash fictions for mostly LGBTQ+ pairings that include but is not limited to Rare-pairs.
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Spiritual Awakening
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"He awoke to an alarm. He knew it was an alarm - that high pitched ringing sound was inescapable - and the word 'alarm' had jumped to his mind immediately and without effort.
Unfortunately, the now conscious man knew nothing else. Well, that wasn't quite true. He knew he had language and consciousness for thoughts, and a physical body that hurt like hell. He knew he was lying on a soft bed of some kind but that it was vibrating in a way it definitely shouldn't be."
Obi-Wan and Anakin awaken on a doomed ship, plummeting through hyperspace. They have no memories, just each other.
Words: 2738, Chapters: 1/5, Language: English
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Categories: M/M
Characters: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader, Ahsoka Tano, CC-2224 | Cody, CT-7567 | Rex
Relationships: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker
Additional Tags: Tags Contain Spoilers, Feelings Realization, First Kiss, Angst and Tragedy
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Catalogue of Futuristic Portrayals of Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) in Sci-Fi Films and TV Episodes
GLAM 3017 is the theme of this month’s GLAM Blog Club. Where do we think GLAM will be in a thousand years?
Sci-fi as a genre has often predicted the future. So I have decided to create a catalogue of sci-fi films and TV featuring portrayals of galleries, libraries, archives and museums in the future, as I think these films may predict the future of GLAM.
Andrew Kelly argues that Star Wars is set in the past, so is not an example of what things might be like in the future. I would argue that it is just as likely that we could be watching those stories from the past in the future. I think Star Wars films such as Attack of the Clones and Rogue One have portrayed some of the most compelling archives of the future, so I have included these films in my catalogue.
Many of the films and TV in this catalogue may not be set 1000 years into the future, however I think they assist the imagination in seeing what may be possible, or indeed a reality, in the GLAM world in the future. I am making a huge assumption that humanity will still exist in some form in a millennium from now, assuming we have not exhausted all of our resources, destroyed the planet and each other in warfare, and that Mother Earth doesn’t reclaim what is rightfully hers, I am airing on the side of blind optimism. Let’s hope major change happens to make a sustainable future for humanity possible.
If you have any suggestions for the catalogue please contact me because this database is a work in progress, and I would love to add to it and discuss the selection with my fellow GLAM Bloggers.
The catalogue is arranged chronologically from release date so that you can follow the progression of portrayals of futuristic GLAM through different periods in time where technology and ideas change over time, and perhaps even influence filmmakers and TV producers.
Warning: I have attempted to avoid spoilers in this catalogue, however please be warned that the stills and plot information may contain some key details about the films and TV episodes that you may wish to avoid if you haven’t yet seen them and wish to see them in the future (pardon the pun). The films and TV episodes included in the catalogue in chronological order are: All Our Yesterdays in Star Trek, Season 3, Episode 23; Visitor of a Museum; Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones; Silence in the Library in Dr Who, Fourth Series, Episode Eight; Forest of the Dead in Dr Who, Fourth Series, Episode Nine; Robot & Frank; and Rogue One.
I have included skeleton records as I do plan to update this blog, and I also have a list of possible films and TV episodes that I want to watch and re-watch before adding them to the catalogue. I really should have started this catalogue earlier in May, but it has been a very busy month!
Still image of Captain James T Kirk and chief librarian Mr Atoz in All Our Yesterdays in Star Trek, Season 3, Episode 23 / Source: © Paramount Television
Title - All Our Yesterdays in Star Trek, Season 3, Episode 23
Director - Marvin J Chomsky
Writing credits - Gene Roddenberry (created by) ; Jean Lisette Aroeste
Release date - 14 March 1969
Company credits - Paramount Television ; Norway Corporation (in association with)
Plot summary - to be updated
GLAM plot - to be updated
Genre - Action ; Adventure ; Mystery ; Sci-Fi
Copyright status - This work is in copyright
Terms of use - Copyright restrictions apply
Distributed by - National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1969) (USA) (TV) ; Paramount Home Video (2009) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Formats - Home media – Blu-ray ; DVD
Runtime - 50 minutes
Subjects - to be updated
Still image of Visitor of a Museum / Source: © CFM Productions
Title - Visitor of a Museum
Director - Konstantin Lopushanskiy
Writing credits - Konstantin Lopushanskiy
Release date - July 1989 (Moscow Film Festival)
Company credits - CFM Productions ; Goskino ; Lenfilm Studio ; Studio Troitskij Most ; Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
Plot summary - to be updated
GLAM plot - to be updated
Genre - Action ; Adventure ; Mystery ; Sci-Fi
Copyright status - This work is in copyright
Terms of use - Copyright restrictions apply
Distributed by - Films Cosmos, Les (1990) (France) (theatrical)
Formats - to be updated
Runtime - 136 minutes
Subjects
Still image of Obi-Wan Kenobi researching in the Jedi Temple Archives in the film Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones / Source: © Lucasfilm Ltd 2002
Title - Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
Director - George Lucas
Writing credits - George Lucas (screenplay and story by) ; Jonathan Hales (screenplay)
Release date - 16 May 2002 (USA)
Company credits - Lucasfilm Ltd
Plot summary - Second in a prequel trilogy to the first film in an epic space opera series, Star Wars, released in 1971. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones is set ten years after Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Anakin Skywalker first met the Queen of Naboo, Padmé Amidala, in Episode I when he was a child. In Episode II Anakin is an apprentice Jedi, and Padmé is a Senator. Anakin is assigned to the Senator as a bodyguard after a failed assassination attempt on her life. Obi-Wan Kenobi is Anakin’s Jedi Master. While Anakin protects the Senator, Obi-Wan investigates the assassination attempt, and uncovers a dark plot.
GLAM plot - During Obi-Wan Kenobi’s investigations, he visits the Jedi Temple Archives. A physical repository of the Jedi Order’s knowledge and history, some of the archive material is restricted due to its sensitive nature, such as secrets about how the Jedi’s use the force. Information can be accessed in the Archives, but cannot be removed from it. Chief Librarian and Jedi Master Jocasta Nu assisted Obi-Wan in his research in the Archives. The electronic data is often portrayed as holograms in the case of maps of galaxies, as seen in the still above, blue lights represent the electronic data in the Archives.
Genre - Action ; Adventure ; Fantasy ; Sci-Fi ; Space Opera
Copyright status - This work is in copyright
Terms of use - Copyright restrictions apply
Distributed by - 20th Century Fox
Formats - Printed film – 35 mm (anamorphic) (Kodak vision 2383) ; 70 mm (horizontal) (IMAX DMR blow-up) (Kodak Vision 2383) ; Digital (Texas Instruments DLP 1280 x 1024, 1.9 : 1 anamorphic). Home media – DVD ; VHS.
Runtime - 142 minutes
Subjects - Star Wars film ; Science fiction films ; Movie
Still image of the Doctor and Donna in Silence in the Library, Fourth Series, Episode Eight of Doctor Who / Source: © BBC Wales
Title - Silence in the Library in Dr Who, Fourth Series, Episode Eight
Director - Euros Lyn
Writing credits - Steven Moffatt
Release date - 20 June 2008
Company credits - BBC Wales
Plot summary - to be updated
GLAM plot - to be updated
Genre - Adventure ; Drama ; Family ; Mystery ; Sci-Fi
Copyright status - This work is in copyright
Terms of use - Copyright restrictions apply
Distributed by - to be updated
Formats - Home media – Blu-ray ; DVD
Runtime - 43 minutes
Subjects - Science fiction
Still image of a planet that is a library in Forest of the Dead, Fourth Series, Episode Nine of Doctor Who / Source: © BBC Wales
Title - Forest of the Dead in Dr Who, Fourth Series, Episode Nine
Director - Euros Lyn
Writing credits - Steven Moffatt
Release date - 27 June 2008
Company credits - BBC Wales
Plot summary - to be updated
GLAM plot - to be updated
Genre - Adventure ; Drama ; Family ; Mystery ; Sci-Fi
Copyright status - This work is in copyright
Terms of use - Copyright restrictions apply
Distributed by - to be updated
Formats - Home media – Blu-ray ; DVD
Runtime - 45 minutes
Subjects - Science fiction
Still image of Mr Darcy, a robot that works at the public library in the film Robot & Frank / Source: © Dog Run Pictures
Title - Robot & Frank
Director - Jake Schreier
Writing credits - Christopher D Ford
Release date - 15 November 2012 (Australia)
Company credits - Dog Run Pictures ; Park Pictures ; TBB ; White Hat
Plot summary - to be updated
GLAM plot - to be updated
Genre - Comedy ; Crime ; Drama ; Sci-Fi
Copyright status - This work is in copyright
Terms of use - Copyright restrictions apply
Distributed by - Samuel Goldwyn Films
Formats - Printed film – 35 mm (anamorphic) ; D-Cinema. Home media – Digital HD ; Blu-ray ; DVD.
Runtime - 89 minutes
Subjects - Science fiction films ; Movie
Still image of Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor inside an Imperial data bank in the film Rogue One / Source: © Lucasfilm Ltd and Walt Disney Pictures 2016
Title - Rogue One
Director - Gareth Edwards
Writing credits - Chris Weitz (screenplay) ; Tony Gilroy (screenplay) ; John Knoll (story by) ; Gary Whitta (story by) ; George Lucas (based on characters created by)
Release date - 16 December 2016 (USA)
Company credits - Lucasfilm Ltd ; Allison Shearmur Productions ; Black Hangar Studios ; Stereo D ; Walt Disney Pictures
Plot summary - Rogue One is the first film in the Star Wars Anthology series, set immediately before the original Star Wars (1977).
GLAM plot - to be updated
Genre - Action ; Adventure ; Sci-Fi ; Space Opera
Copyright status - This work is in copyright
Terms of use - Copyright restrictions apply
Distributed by - Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Formats - Printed film – 70 mm (horizontal) (IMAX DMR blow-up) (Kodak Vision 2383) ; D-Cinema (also 3-D version). Home media – Digital HD ; Blu-ray ; DVD.
Runtime - 133 minutes
Subjects - Star Wars film ; Science fiction films ; Movie
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Peculiarity
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by MooMooTiger
fuck uhhhhh shit dude idk i didn’t think this far ahead ummm try again later i’ll figure something out probably
Words: 776, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars Legends - All Media Types
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Categories: M/M
Characters: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, CC-2224 | Cody, Quinlan Vos, CT-6116 | Kix, CT-7567 | Rex, Ahsoka Tano, R2-D2 (Star Wars), R4-P17 | Arfour (Star Wars), C3-P0 (Star Wars), Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Padmé Amidala
Relationships: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker, CC-2224 | Cody & Obi-Wan Kenobi, Obi-Wan Kenobi & CT-6116 | Kix, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Quinlan Vos, CT-7567 | Rex & Anakin Skywalker
Additional Tags: Tags Contain Spoilers, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - College/University, Angst, Tattoos, Piercings, Military Backstory, BAMF Obi-Wan Kenobi, Obi-Wan Kenobi Angst, Obi-Wan Kenobi Gets Therapy, Obi-Wan Kenobi Has Issues, Obi-Wan Kenobi Has PTSD, Obi-Wan Kenobi Needs a Hug, Obi-Wan Kenobi is a Little Shit, Obi-Wan Kenobi Loves Poetry, Obi-Wan Kenobi Whump, Professor Obi-Wan Kenobi, General Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker Has ADHD, Anakin Skywalker is a Little Shit, Autistic Anakin Skywalker, Brat Anakin Skywalker, College | University Student Anakin Skywalker, Horny Anakin Skywalker, Mechanic Anakin Skywalker, Good Friend Quinlan Vos, Quinlan Vos is a Little Shit, Soft Quinlan Vos, Tags May Change, Dog R4-P17 (Star Wars), Slow Burn, Other Additional Tags to Be Added
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The Mandalorian Season 2: Ahsoka Tano’s Return Explained
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This Star Wars article contains spoilers.
Just hours after Ahsoka Tano had returned to the small screen in the final season of The Clone Wars, Variety confirmed one of the biggest Star Wars rumors circulating the internet: that Rosario Dawson would play Ahsoka in the live-action series The Mandalorian, bringing the Jedi out of the realm of animation for the first time.
Ahsoka, Anakin Skywalker’s apprentice who left the Jedi Order just in time to escape the Jedi Purge, was herself a much-discussed addition to the story of the Prequels. Introduced in 2008 as the break-out star of the animated movie Star Wars: The Clone Wars, fans watched her grow up in The Clone Wars series and later watched her come face to face with her former master in Rebels.
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In Chapter 13 of The Mandalorian, an episode appropriately titled “The Jedi,” Ahsoka finally makes her live action-action debut, bringing with her an air of mystery, some new developments regarding her current quest, and some answers about Baby Yoda’s past. Here’s what you need to know about Ahsoka’s return on The Mandalorian:
Where Has Ahsoka Been Since Rebels?
Ahsoka’s story stretches through most of the Star Wars saga. She debuted in the Prequel era as a young Jedi padawan and re-emerged as a friend to the Rebel Alliance in the years before A New Hope. In Rebels season 2, she confronted her old mentor and discovered Darth Vader’s true identity was Anakin Skywalker.
In The Clone Wars and the novel Ahsoka, she tries to find her place as an ex-Jedi at a time when most Force users are being hunted down. We don’t get to see her adventures in the years between the fall of the Republic and the rise of the Rebellion, but by her debut on Rebels, she’s become a confident and powerful Jedi Master in every way except in title.
At the end of Rebels, after the Battle of Endor, Ahsoka sets out on a new journey to look for Jedi apprentice Ezra Bridger, who jumped to hyperspace to parts unknown before A New Hope. But why wasn’t she around to help Luke during the Galactic Civil War? She was stuck on the ancient Sith planet of Malachor, unable to escape for years before she finally found a way off the dead planet. (Yes, it’s a little convoluted but it gets Ahsoka from point A to B on the timeline.)
The Mandalorian, which takes place approximately five years after Return of the Jedi, confirms that Ahsoka is still searching for Ezra, and maybe she’s getting closer to finding him. “The Jedi” hints that Ahsoka has finally learned the location of Imperial Grand Admiral Thrawn, the villain who disappeared alongside Ezra so many years ago. Whether we’ll see her search for Ezra continue on this show or in her own spin-off remains to be seen.
How Old Is Ahsoka Tano?
The Mandalorian gives us the oldest version of Ahsoka that we’ve seen on screen. Wookieepedia says she was born in 36 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin), making her about 45 at the time of The Mandalorian. Dawson herself turned 41 in May.
Ahsoka’s Connection to the Rebellion and Mandalore
Ahsoka was a major operative for the Rebellion in its infancy. In fact, Ahsoka was the first “Fulcrum,” the spy codename Cassian Andor would later use in Rogue One. This means that she could have a connection to at least one of the ex-Rebel characters on The Mandalorian.
The character most closely connected to the Rebellion on The Mandalorian is Cara Dune, who left her years of service as a Rebel shock trooper behind after she became disillusioned with the New Republic, the government formed out of the Rebellion after the Emperor’s defeat. The Star Wars saga has long been a story of connections and coincidences, so it wouldn’t be surprising if Cara and Ahsoka knew each other from their days fighting the Empire. Either way, we don’t get to find out in Ahsoka’s debut.
She also has a major connection to the Mandalorians themselves. At the Siege of Mandalore, she helped liberate the planet from Maul, which opened up a power vacuum the Republic filled. But since the Republic became the Empire almost immediately after that, Mandalore was promptly subjugated by a different tyrant.
Ahsoka’s victory on Mandalore inadvertently handed Palpatine the planet, which led to the Empire committing a “Great Purge” against the Mandalorians, who were forced to go into hiding across the galaxy after that. The Jedi’s participation in the Siege of Mandalore that led to the deaths of so many could eventually put Mando at odds with Ahsoka, but this again isn’t explored in “The Jedi.”
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The Jedi and Baby Yoda
It was never necessarily a fact that Ahsoka would take Baby Yoda, who we now know is actually named Grogu, under her wing. And ultimately, she doesn’t after sensing a strong bond between Mando and the Child that she doesn’t want to break. She knows from experience that strong attachments can lead to fear and anger, which are paths to the dark side. Ahsoka saw this first hand with her former master, whose separation from his mother and quest to save Padme eventually turned him into Darth Vader.
Instead, she sets Grogu on a path to make his own decision. Ahsoka tells Mando to take the child to Tython, the ancient Jedi planet that is a particularly strong conduit for the Force. Once Mando and Grogu reach the ruins of the Jedi temple there, Grogu must make a choice: to reach out with the Force to contact another Jedi who might train him or stay with Mando as a galactic wanderer.
“The Jedi” seems to make a clear distinction between Mando and Grogu’s journey and Ahsoka’s search for Ezra. These are separate missions and the episode doesn’t really blur the lines, placing a literal wall between Mando’s duel with Michael Biehn’s Lang and Ahsoka’s interrogation of the Imperial magistrate who knows where Grand Admiral Thrawn is. It’s possible the episode is actually a backdoor pilot for Ahsoka’s own spin-off series, although nothing has been formally announced by Disney. For now, The Mandalorian gives us just enough to satisfy both fans of Baby Yoda and those who grew up watching Ahsoka on The Clone Wars.
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