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mmelolabelle · 2 years

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Sometimes I think about how deeply loved and wanted Luke and Leia ultimately were by all of their parents; Anakin, Padme, Breha, Bail, Beru and Owen and I just want to throw myself into the sun.

In some form or another each of them risked their lives for those children at some point. They didn’t have to. Anakin and Padme didn’t have to keep the pregnancy. Bail and Breha and Beru and Owen didn’t have to take them in. Obi-Wan didn’t have to dedicate the rest of his life to keep them safe. Every single one of them either the last thing they did, the last thing they thought about, or the last thing the saw was Luke and/or Leia.

So much of the Skywalker twins lives sucked but they were so, so loved by all their parents and I just 🥲🥲🥲

#obi-wan is a Skywalker Parent and I will not be taking criticism on this #they all loved those kids so much as best they could given their circumstances #even vader at the end #idk i just have a lot of skywalker family feelings #luke skywalker #leia organa #padme amidala #anakin skywalker #darth vader #obi wan kenobi #bail organa #breha organa #beru lars #owen lars #skywalker twins #skywalker family #starwars #star wars

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bibxrbie · 2 months

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It is so difficult loving Luke Skywalker and being Jedi positive.

#what if i told you that Luke loves his dad without it being attachment?#what if i told you that at the end of ROTJ Luke practices non-attached love when he lets Vader die instead of dragging him to escape?#because instead of letting Vader suffer through Luke’s desire to see him live; Luke sets it aside and removes Vaders masks #stays with Vader until he dies; fulfil Vader's last request even when it isn't something Luke really wants to #'our attachments make us strong' Luke literally lets Vader go! he mourns and moves on #Luke Skywalker is THE Jedi!#he is the foundational cornerstone of all things Jedi #i hate you 'time travel fics where Luke judges all of the Old Order'#luke would absolutely be the people's padawan bothering all of them about learning new things #luke skywalker #pro jedi #jedi positivity #luke skywalker loves being a jedi #their philosophies and way of life isn't for everyone but it's a life HE chose and he chose it out of love #star wars

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mayhemspreadingguy · 22 days

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But when you think I've had enough From your sea of love I'll take more than another river full

A collab with @magnusbae ♡

#Magnus Mayhem Art #darth vader #anakin skywalker #vaderkin #anakin #anakin fanart #vader #star wars #sw art #mayhem art #magnusbae #I gotta say‚ this was very fun. I didn't expect that we'd be able to finish and decide on a final look in one evening.#considering our track record lately X'D -grins and decidedly doesn't look at a certain wip #(not mentioning the many also /finished/ looks we got along the way. maaan‚ this piece really went through it XD)#I love how we accidentally ended up with snowy mountain tops and introduced the pink hue due to your filter wizardry.#a successful fucking around and finding out I'd say -lauggghsss

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redbean-nom · 10 days

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love that hunter's like "we've all fought enough battles for one lifetime."

and then there's rex stuck fighting all the way to the battle of endor. poor guy

#star wars #tbb #the bad batch #tbb s3 #tbb spoilers #tbb hunter #tbb rex #captain rex #he even tried to retire!#and then was forcefully un-retired by the sudden arrival of the empire #rex and ahsoka have been fighting the same war for like 30 years straight #at this rate thrawn will show up and 90 year old rex will still end up fighting him #we've circled all the way back to the original obi wan vs vader Senior Citizens Duel #it's just going to be elderly rex and wolffe hobbling around shooting at thrawn's 60 year old stormtroopers #they really need to get some new Protagonists #sorry boba you and omega are the youngest so you have to fight palpatine part 2

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theseptemberist · 2 years

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i wonder how much of anakin’s sense of betrayal toward obi-wan, his utter hate and resentment of him, is based on how if their roles were reversed anakin would stop at NOTHING to get obi-wan back. he will slaughter thousands to save his loved ones, he’s still trying to find a way to get padme back years later, but he stands there and tells obi-wan “anakin skywalker is dead” and obi-wan just… believes him. and walks away.

to anakin that level of non-attachment, that acceptance of reality, is unfathomable. they loved each other, they love each other, so they must continue to act out their feelings as they always have— obi-wan by trying desperately to help or reach anakin, and anakin by refusing him, by hunting him, torturing him, hating him because he loves him so.

when vader tells luke “obi-wan once thought as you do,” there is a profound grief behind those words. obi-wan thought he could reach me, but he gave up because he stopped loving me, because i made him stop. anakin could’t understand until the very end that obi-wan loved him, loved him always— but that in this life, the only way obi-wan had left to love anakin was to let him go.

#there was a part of vader that expected obi-wan to fight back even now #‘i know that i ended it but why didn’t you chase after me/you know me better than i do so why didn’t you stop me’#like deep down he knows obi-wan can’t fix him but he wants him to try he wants him to be just as obsessed he NEEDS him to be #anakin skywalker #obi-wan kenobi #obikin #meta #kenobi spoilers

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zingaplanet · 1 year

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I hope when the time comes you'd be able to forgive my last secret,

I have always known how my story ends,

For despite it all, my harm comes not at your convictions

But because I would always choose it over yours.

#he couldn't do it #not even to the very end #he will always be anakin for him #obi wan kenobi #anakin skywalker #obikin #kenobi series #darth vader #star wars #ewan mcgregor #hayden christensen

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spidezer · 2 years

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this is one of The most misinterpreted scenes from jfo tbh

i see so many people saying "oh its cal trying to deal with the shitshow around him with humour" or "he's being sassy" and like. No. you can hear it in his voice!

he's terrified.

cal just watched this absolutely mechanical monster of a man kill trilla like it was nothing. he knows with one flick of his wrist vader can send him hurtling over the edge just as he did to cere moments before this. he's scared to hell and back.

this isn't some sort of show of bravery or coping, this is a real response from cal. this is him acknowledging that surrendering WOULD be the wisest choice, but if he surrendered the holocron would be lost. all of their work would be for nothing, cere's "death" would be for nothing, and cal would die knowing those force sensitive children are now in the empire's hands. he's can't not fight, he can't not desperately try to run through vader's home territory looking for an escape. if cere hadn't intercepted, i wouldn't be surprised if cal's final act was to destroy the holocron and not attempt to take vader down with him like some others might.

that "Yeah, probably." is the words of someone who knows there's a high chance this'll end in death, and fights it anyway

#i have so many thoughts ab the final fight tbh #i've already talked ab ceres ''death'' bc it hurts me #i still need to concise my thoughts about cere near the end #bc lets talk ab how she literally throws up a force field that can withstand vader??? HELLO??? fuckin incredible #even mere minutes after almost falling to the dark side too #i love cere #jedi fallen order #jfo #cal kestis #darth vader

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sinvulkt · 2 months

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Chapters: 4/4 Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Original Trilogy Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Luke Skywalker & Darth Vader, Firmus Piett & Luke Skywalker, Firmus Piett & Darth Vader Characters: Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader, Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Firmus Piett Additional Tags: Crash Landing, Angst, Crack Treated Seriously, Crack, Forced Camping Trips, Dysfunctional Family, Dysfunctional Relationships, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Vaderkin-centric, Animal Attack, Darth Vader Has Issues, Luke Skywalker Needs A Hug, Canon-Typical Limb Loss, POV Alternating, Darth Vader A+ parenting, camping trip AU, And befriend Luke, The Force is doing favoritism, Pray For Piett, He will need it, even if he is not here yet, Darth Vader Needs a Hug, or to stop losing importants part of himself, like limbs, Bespin hasn't happened yet, But Luke destroyed the death star and Vader knows he is his son, Temporary Amnesia, very temporary, It’s more like... blow on the head confusion, Protective Luke, Sunshine Luke Skywalker Summary:

As all good Skywalker stories does, this story begins with a crash. For once, it's not Anakin's (Vader's) fault; or so he would say.

Luke very much wish he hadn't crashed and gotten stuck with his father's murderer, Vader is glad to finally have his son in his hands, and Piett swear he will never again participate in straws draw. Maybe something might be revealed during the trip?

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ozarlu-seda · 1 year

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Been mulling over this line from the Matthew Stover book for a while: "I think," Obi-Wan said carefully, "that abstractions like peace don't mean much to him. He's loyal to people, not to principles. And he expects loyalty in return.

I think it's a little bit more complicated than that. Like, even with Sidious he had to slowly be walked into accepting his arguments, that everything Sidious did was in justifications for the greater good. Like, sure, the entire time he could be walking around with alarm bells in his head at the stuff he's doing, but ultimately he needs a cover to believe what he's doing is right. He's not the type of person who can gleefully enact evil for its own sake.

The entire time we see him as Darth Vader, we never really see him truly happy. Maybe he has brief moments of respite or triumph, but ultimately he's miserable, he's not thriving off of the evil he does, but rather sees it as a chore to ensure the proliferation of his ideals.

What I'm trying to say is, Anakin is not merely loyal to people in disregard to ideals. He's loyal to people above ideals, sure, but his loyalty to a person is also contingent on them acting in accordance with shared ideals (loyalty and integrity in the case of Obi-wan and Padme, or adherence to the jedi code and fundamental principles of justice as with Mace) or at least being able to justify their deviation from it as with Palpatine. When a person deviates from those ideals without what he considers sufficient justification (like Obi-wan's refusal to let him help his mother), that's when he turns face.

I think a person's integrity is particularly important to Anakin. He lives in fear and uncertainty, so the thing most important him about a person is that he needs to know what they are about, through and through. When he gets put into a position where people say one thing but do another, like Mace with the Jedi code but being ok with executing Palpatine on the spot or the Jedi helping the Hutts, that's when he gets conflicted and doubtful. And that's partly been Palpatine's strategy in pulling him away from Obi-wan and Padme, by artificially breaking their appearance of integrity to him. I think that's partly why Luke's strategy was particularly effective with him. Cause Luke was consistent to the point of death in his messaging, it gave Anakin the basis to trust Luke's claims beyond even what's been hammered into his head for the last two decades. Palpatine's an outlier in this of course, but Palpatine's so good with his messaging and manipulation, that ultimately, Vader can't get ahold of the logical footing needed to conclusively call out his bullshit.

So ultimately, I guess what I'm saying is that it's not so much that Anakin doesn’t care about ideals, it's that his understanding of them is so surface level that he ultimately needs them to be rooted in a person to help him navigate the nuances of following them. Thus, he's beholden to people more than ideals because ideals are not tangible and accessible to him without the filter of a person. In turn, he then requires the people who filter these ideas for him to be unwaveringly consistent, or at least able to appear so in a way that does not trip up all his worst anxieties about abandonnent, loss, and indeed, being coerced (the important thing about this last point is that he's needs to not feel coerced because he doesn’t have language and training to spot actual coercion).

I'm not wholly satisfied with this explanation and think there's more to pick at here that I will need to come back to, but yeah. This is my take on his apparent flip flopping of ideology. I think, in his head, ultimately he's not. It's just that what those things mean to him and how they translate to real life is heavily dependent on who he's using as a filter. At the heart of it, I think he just doesn’t have enough faith in his own interpretations on his ideals to not be easily swayed by the next most convincing argument. Grooming will do that to you, I guess.

#i mean yeah his selfishness is also a factor #in how he navigates principles and ideals #but think that ultimately is just a factor of how much he kicks and screams on the follow through #like with the Padme and Clovis bit #he argues with her at first #sure #but he ultimately does sit by and trusts her to get the intel #anakin skywalker #darth vader #bah idk where I'm even going with this #ultimately his characterization is just so inconsistant that you can say whatever #george lucas drawing a horse and ending up with a hippo

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pissfaggit · 1 year

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Meeting Rick the Door technician is a harrowing enough experience as it is but this really just elevated it to a whole other level

#finished yesterday 👁️👄👁️#and im moving into my own place tomorrow so i won't be able to use my sisters xbox anymore #so this is my last clip i swear xD #YOOOO dude that ending though...#ffffffuck #ive been listening to ghost star on youtube it was so haunting...#also... im about to be a typical pissy little star wars fan 4 a sec and bitch about a little detail #i kinda feel like it wouldve been better if bodes lightsaber wasnt red #like...hes not an inquisitor? if i understand correctly his deal with that isb officer was that #he would spy for him in exchange for hiding his identity from the empire/vader?#and also...even though he doesnt identify as a jedi anymore i dont think bode seea himself as a dark side user/sith #hes just a guy doing what he has to...so why would he bleed his crystal?#i wander what the orignal color was 👀 im kinda thinking purple would fit him #like a lighter purple #jedi survivor #jedi survivor spoilers #cal kestis #star wars #sir i protest i am not a merry man

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thetimelordbatgirl · 9 days

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Will never understand anyone who watches Anakin/Vader never get over Padme's death, never get over how things went with Obi Wan in the end and literally remember Ahsoka leaving the order and him when fighting her in Rebels and still somehow conclude when it comes to the idea of him holding a grudge against Barriss: "Vader wouldn't hold grudges because he is no longer Anakin-"

#like???? are you guys actually not paying attention or???#he still is anakin???#thats literally the whole point of luke appealing to him in the end to turn good #as hes still anakin even inside the suit #he may say anakin is dead and hes vader now but in the end hes anakin still #hell the example i cited for ahsoka only fuels even more the idea he would have a grudge against barriss #as her actions led to ahsoka leaving ultimately #sure it was the jedi mainly but it wouldnt have happened if it wasnt for barriss' actions #kinda sad we didnt get it touched on really

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stacks-of-stags · 10 months

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stop framing prosecutors for murder challenge

#ace attorney #stacks of thoughts #spoilers in the tags #phoenix wright ace attorney spoilers #turnabout goodbyes spoilers #excuse me sir thats my emotional support aggressive asshole you cant have him #can we just execute von karma 12 hundred consecutive times instead and call it a day #it would be utterly useless but consider this #it would be FUNNY #i really hate that little gremlin man can you tell #and not even for any legitimate reason #like oh i dont know #the fact that he MURDERED Edgeworth's father inflicted soul-crushing trauma on him changed the entire course of his life #AND THEN TRIED TO PIN IT ALL ON HIM ASDFGHJ #but yeah no #its just that his darth vader voice and his scrunched up sphincter mouth will be a prominent feature in my nightmares until the end of time #not looking forward to that

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maridiayachtclub · 11 months

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love it when a villain is defeated and is sitting there looking at the enormity of their failure and accepting it. love it when the realize they were wrong and in doing so see everything they've lost in their journey to that point. i think it's just great when all the malevolent energy of their rise to power dissipates in a moment of personal loss and tragic understanding. chef's kiss moment

#inspired by thinking of sad unmasked darth vader lying there in luke's arms #or at the end of Mass Effect if you talk the Illusive Man down. or at least as down as he can get #one of my favorite flavors of catharsis #you see it's about realizing that the pain is over and the healing now begins #even if the healing has to go on without you

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marvelstars · 11 months

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Why Palpatine LOVED Anakin’s Mechanical Arm

In the novelization of ROTS Dooku said to Sidious how he was disgusted by Anakin´s mechanical arm, he was revolted at the idea of recruiting an ally who wasn´t entirely human, comparing Anakin to general Grievous. To Dooku´s surprise Sidious replied that Anakin´s mechanical arm was exactly what made him the perfect man for their plans. He saw Anakin´s arm as a permanent symbol of the sacrifices he had to make for peace and justice. That arm was a badge of heroism that Anakin had to publicy wear for the rest of his life, forcing everyone to look at him and see his honor, courage and integrity. Sidious said that Anakin was perfect just the way he was.

#starwars #anakin skywalker #palpatine #On the one side Palpatine has been preparing for years to make Anakin fall to the darkside and destroy his life on the other he´s genuinely #An Anakin stan who actually likes him and respected him losing his arm defending Obi-Wan from Dooku #it´s Sidious dichotomy how he actually respects and likes Padme and Anakin even while designing their tragic end #I guess there´s something to be said about how Dooku/ Obi-Wan see Anakin losing parts of himself as him losing his humanity and become more #like a droid #Anakin and Vader himself think of themselves as less because of this but they don´t allow it to stop them doing their missions #because he´s at the end a practical man who´s also a survivor despite himself #Lucas does link the act of "losing an arm/legs with punishment for falling but Sidious interpretation is sound in this case #Anakin lost his #arm defending his master #which was an heroic act given he was just a padawan at the time dueling a seasoned Jedi master #quite introspective for a Sith but then again Palpatine would not have become a great adversary if he wasn´t able to read people acurately #This is by far his most scary power #the hability to read and understand others even if he himself hardly feels something for anybody else with a few exceptions #Youtube #count dooku #darth vader #emperor palpatine

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stressedimaginativecat · 7 months

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Villain rando: Are you three like friends or something?

*Lord Dominator and Bill Cipher shrug*

Slade:*deadpan* I'm being held hostage.

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Dominator: *about Slade* Old man Joe is just the coolest ya know?

Villain rando: Who's Joe?

Dominator: *inhale* JOE M-

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The Beast:*about Belos* 🎶Something wicked this way comes~🎶

Dominator: Congrats you literally described everyone here

Cozy Glow: Excuse you i'm a delight!

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*in a library like place Slade sits comfortably in an armchair and reads a book*

Dominator: Heeey Joseph!

Slade:..*sigh* What is it?

Dominator: Beast says that there is new folk about to appear soon in these ports of Void and i with Bill plan on bullying the villain newbie a bit.. A lot actually.. So! Ya wanna come and make em cry?

Slade: Who will be gracing us with their presence?

Dominator: That Belos.. Philip guy.. The one who killed and cloned his brother a lot or something like that *shrugs* A worstie like us

Slade: Joy.

Dominator: Are you coming then?

Slade: I pass.. *resumes reading* Have fun.

Dominator: *looks at the book cover*.. Why are you reading Warrior cats?

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Emperor Belos: Why is a child there?

Cozy Glow: Mind your own business.

#I imagine every character that had their shows ended (or cancelled) in a void place #the Void is infinitely big and can be..changed? Like they can imagine a room or their old places they used to be in #Everyone that ends here gets punched with that theyre just a written in script fictional character like “That thing makes more sense now"#Their shows ended so all they can do is chill together and talk about stuff #possibly sulk (villains for example) or even do activities together they can come up with to keep sane #watch their own or others show or read or just observe #Villains and heroes do have their own areas.. Maybe ones with redemption arc are either in between or like..#imagine Anakin just chilling and then looking in a direction and just seeing Vader standing there menacingly (Marcy with Darcy too maybe?)#Differently animated characters probably get headaches by looking at each other so they don't interact that often #they can't sleep but “dream” like its maybe fever dreams of fans fanfics or artwork..Roleplays #used to watch House of mouse #But mostly i got inspired by character ai i imagined talking to a character in a void like place and bam #Also anyone remember those old cartoon network ads with characters interacting?#Alright im done for now #emperor belos #Lord dominator #Bill Cipher #Slade #Teen titans slade

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oflgtfol · 1 year

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“obi-wan couldnt have known the anakin survived the fight on mustafar because that would make him cruel” even if anakin had died it was still cruel to leave anakin burning without putting him out of his misery. like the fact obi-wan left anakin there is so near and dear to my heart let this man be a lil messed up

#im not an obiwan expert but like in my heart #in my understanding of it #he wasnt even being purposefully cruel #but he was just too much of a coward to go down there and actually kill anakin #so he walked away instead under the assumption that anakin was as good as dead #his cowardice was cruelty. even if anakin would have died. he wouldve suffered #but as obiwan said - he loved anakin and he couldnt bring himself to bring the killing blow #he didnt want to fight anakin and he especially didnt want to kill him #so he said. hes as good as dead and thats all im willing to do #even if in the end it was a crueller choice by letting him suffer #AND THATS WHY VADER IS SO FUCKING MAD AT OBIWAN #BECAUSE IT WAS CRUEL !! HE LEFT HIM THERE TO BURN!#HE WAS TOO COWARDLY TO DEAL THE KILLING BLOW AND THATS WHY VADER IS PISSED !#brot posts #sw posting #sorry their toxic fucking brother son apprentice shit is soooo much #and my most important point is that intentional or not. assumed dead or not. it was cruel either way.#and do not try to woobify this fucking man by taking that away from him

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