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gffa · 9 months

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What are the attachment rules in the High Republic Jedi are like?

The High Republic Jedi and the prequels Jedi are pretty much exactly the same on this front--attachment is specifically the fear that keeps you holding onto something/someone to possess it/them because you're afraid to live without them, that you would sacrifice a thousand lives to save just the one because your fear is greater than your compassion. Because the Force works based on your emotions--what you put into it is what you get out of it--you cannot connect to the Force through fear and anger (ie, attachment, as more closely aligned with the Buddhist definition, because Jedi are strongly influenced by Buddhism more than anything else), because that's a path to the dark side. GEORGE LUCAS & ATTACHMENT:

“[Jedi Knights] do not grow attachments, because attachment is a path to the dark side. You can love people, but you can’t want to possess them. They’re not yours. Accept that they have a fate. Even those you love most are going to die. You can’t do anything about that. Protect them with your lightsaber, but if they die they were going to die. there’s nothing you can do. All you can do is accept that fact. “In mythology, if you go to Hades to get them back you’re not doing it for them, you’re doing it for yourself. You’re doing it because you don’t want to give them up. You’re afraid to be without them. The key to the dark side is fear. You must be clean of fear, and fear of loss is the greatest fear. If you’re set up for fear of loss, you will do anything to keep that loss from happening, and you’re going to end up in the dark side. That’s the basic premise of Star Wars and the Jedi, and how it works. “That’s why they’re taken at a young age to be trained. They cannot get themselves killed trying to save their best buddy when it’s a hopeless exercise.” --George Lucas, The Star Wars Archives: 1999-2005

“In this film, (The Phantom Menace) you begin to see that he has a fear of losing things, a fear of losing his mother, and as a result, he wants to begin to control things, he wants to become powerful, and these are not Jedi traits. And part of these are because he was starting to be trained so late in life, that he’d already formed these attachments. And for a Jedi, attachment is forbidden.” --George Lucas to CNN, May 8, 2002

“The fact that everything must change and that things come and go through his life and that he can’t hold onto things, which is a basic Jedi philosophy that he isn’t willing to accept emotionally and the reason that is because he was raised by his mother rather than the Jedi. If he’d have been taken in his first year and started to study to be a Jedi, he wouldn’t have this particular connection as strong as it is and he’d have been trained to love people but not to become attached to them.

“But he has become attached to his mother and he will become attached to Padme and these things are, for a Jedi, who needs to have a clear mind and not be influenced by threats to their attachments, a dangerous situation. And it feeds into fear of losing things, which feeds into greed, wanting to keep things, wanting to keep his possessions and things that he should be letting go of. His fear of losing her turns to anger at losing her, which ultimately turns to revenge in wiping out the village. The scene with the Tusken Raiders is the first scene that ultimately takes him on the road to the dark side. I mean he’s been prepping for this, but that’s the one where he’s sort of doing something that is completely inappropriate.“ --George Lucas, Attack of the Clones commentary

PREQUELS JEDI & ATTACHMENT:

THE HIGH REPUBLIC JEDI & ATTACHMENT:

"I'm like...just a big huge ball of attachments!" she moaned. "I'm attached to being alive! And to my friends being alive, too! And to Master Sy! Every day I go somewhere new in this galaxy and feel attached to it, meet more wonderful people that I don't want to be hurt or killed! The attachments just keep coming! If I live to grow old, I'll have thousands and thousands of them! I'm even attached to the Star Hopper, and that's just a silly ship! Ugh!" [....] “Let me ask you this: If saving Master Sy or Zeen meant that you’d never see them again but you’d have the knowledge that they’d be safe, would you still do it?” [....] “I would.” “Then you are saving them for them, Padawan, not for yourself. It is not attachment.” --Vernestra Rwoh and Lula Talisola, [Star Wars: Race to Crashpoint Tower]

But Jedi weren't supposed to have attachments, even to the past, even to a simpler, safer life. If this was the time she'd been born into, she would face it with everything she had. It was the only choice. --Lula Talisola, Race to Crashpoint Tower

Lula knew she wasn't supposed to form attachments, and she understood why—she could feel it jangling up her flow, twisting her connection to the Force into unintelligible knots. But what else was she supposed to do? She cared about her friends and didn't want them to get hurt. --Lula Talisola, [Star Wars: Race to Crashpoint Tower]

[Ram had] been in his first real fight! He'd lived! And so had everyone else! Which was a huge relief, really. The idea of taking a life, even in battle, was almost as scary to him as the thought of losing his own. He hoped he'd never have to do it, and then, as he'd been trained to do, he did his best to release any attachment to outcomes and just exist in the gigantic spinning galaxy. --Ram Jomaram [Star Wars: Race to Crashpoint Tower]

How many times had Lula ignited her saber to save her own life or those of her loved ones in just the past few months? She'd lost track. But Jedi weren't supposed to have attachments, even to the past, even to a simpler, safer life. If this was the time she'd been born into, she would face it with everything she had. It was the only choice. --Lula Talisola [Star Wars: Race to Crashpoint Tower]

“So, the Jedi are Force users united in our quest to understand the mysteries of the Force and to serve as guardians of peace and justice throughout the galaxy. [....] we ground ourselves in a spiritual existence and give up individual attachments in order to focus entirely on greater concerns." --Reath Silas [Star Wars: The High Republic: Into the Dark]

All of this forms a consistent definition and pattern and set of rules--the prequels Jedi and the High Republic Jedi both are more along the lines of attachment in the Buddhist sense and it's dangerous because of how the Force works, because as the Jedi define it, it's inseparable from anger and fear. Of course there's room for Jedi to question how they approach those same rules and what it means to them individually, just as Lula questions it, so does Ahsoka, and this is shown to be a natural part of the process of learning to be a Jedi, but ultimately both the prequels and the High Republic have the same rule for the same reason--attachment is forbidden because the worldbuilding says it's a path to the dark side and the dark side will fuck you up.

#lumi.txt #star wars #jedi order #attachment #anakin skywalker #ahsoka tano #aayla secura #the high republic #lula talisola #reath silas

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armoralor · 9 days

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Happy Lesbian Visibility Week! (part three) ✰ if you're looking for canon lesbian relationships that appear for more than 2 seconds in the background, check out The High Republic & Doctor Aphra comics ✰ reminder that T*RFs can fuck off, only interact if you love trans & nonbinary folks ♡ more characters under the cut!

Tumblr only allows 30 images per post, so this was the max number of characters I could include BUT if there is anyone you would like to see made into one of these edits that isn't here, just let me know and I'll make it separately ♡

#star wars lesbians #sana starros #doctor aphra #chelli lona aphra #the high republic #zeen mrala #lula talisola #sabé #naboo handmaidens #THR #magna tolvan #my edits #mine #sapphic star wars #star wars wlw #star wars femslash

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steepedfoxglovetea · 8 months

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Star Wars, more like Sapphic Wars am I right?

#nitearmor #velcinta #lula talisola #zeen mrala #Herahskoa #jordanna sparkburn #sylvestri yarrow #star wars #wlw #the high republic #ashoka series

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darth-memes · 7 months

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#star wars #sw memes #prequel trilogy #phantom menace #attack of the clones #darth tyrannus #count dooku #darth vader #anakin skywalker #kylo ren #ben solo #kantam sy #lula talisola #yoda #grand master yoda #the high republic #the high republic adventures

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cherriielle · 2 years

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lula & zeen my loves ❤

#my art #star wars #the high republic #high republic #lula talisola #zeen mrala #star wars fanart #Illustration #digital painting #artists on tumblr #portfolio #Paint Tool SAI

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jewishcissiekj · 2 months

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“Welcome to High Republic. Everyone's dead.” -Justina Ireland The High Republic Phase 3 and quotes since I'm miserable about it (Part 6/?)

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hyojeongaee · 10 days

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happy lesbian visibility week

4 and 9 pictures are fanart made by Isobel Rees (@/isob_ell on twitter).

#lula talisola #zeen mrala #star wars #the high republic #sw thr

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napnapcakes · 5 months

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Nihil Warlord Tartak Vil

#star wars #star wars fanart #star wars art #star wars the high republic #the high republic #lula talisola #nihil #my art #art #thr #thra #the high republic adventures

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yih · 1 year

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Lula Talisola, Zeen Mrala, Farzala Tarabal, Qort, and Bibs for Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi by Cole Horton.

Editor: Harrison Tunggal, AD: Stuart Smith, additional art: Alberto Buscicchio

The sketch with the Padawans standing around Zeen was the first concept. I'm glad the creative team went for the final direction, as it is my favorite piece in the book. I like the happy atmosphere.

#artists on tumblr #illustration #painting #star wars #jedi #the high republic #padawan #lula talisola #zeen mrala #mikkian #bibs #qort #bravaisian #farzala tarabal #zygerrian

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ikindamaybewanthertositonmyface · 5 months

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Okay so, obviously I am squeeing like anything right now. But on to more serious matters regarding this scene.

I think it's pretty clear based on Lula's dialog on these pages that whatever happened to her in the fall of Starlight, gave her amnesia.

Now the only question that remains is, has she only been with these people because of how had nowhere else to go, not knowing who she was or where she might have come from, and they just took her in.

OR. Did they take advantage of her amnesia in order to brainwash her into being an enemy of the Jedi, ala the Winter Soldier, and part of the ongoing story is Zeen trying to bring Lula back to herself.

#Zeen Mrala #Lula Talisola #The High Republic #High Republic Adventures #Star Wars #Mralisola

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lowcountry-gothic · 6 months

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Jedi among those confirmed dead or missing after the fall of Starlight. Background, left to right: Obratuk Glii, Nooranbakarakana, OrbaLin, Estala Maru, Stellan Gios, Torban Buck, Burryaga, and Regald Coll. Foreground, left to right: Sskeer, Orla Jareni, Monshi, Lula Talisola, Farzala Tarabal, and Nib Assek.

Art by Yihyoung Li. From Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi: An Illustrated Guide to the Galaxy's Golden Age.

#art #yihyoung li #star wars #the high republic #the fallen star #obratuk glii #nooranbakarakana #orbalin #estala maru #stellan gios #torban buck #burryaga agaburry #regald coll #sskeer #orla jareni #monshi #lula talisola #farzala tarabal #nib assek

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uncannyzuck · 4 days

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All the non-comm art from this weekend!

#nurse joy #vault boy #nubs #vaggie #silksong #valak the nun #rey skywalker #cowabunga it is #spinel #lula talisola #zeen mrala

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tremendouskoalachild · 7 months

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Status of High Republic kids post-Phase I

(including main and side characters that are children, teens, or equivalent in thr books and comics. spoilers for everything published, including Tales of Light and Life and Starlight Coda, with additional spoilers for upcoming media under the cut)

(SB - Starlight Beacon, SBF - Starlight Beacon's Fall)

I. main Jedi kiddos (plus Zeen, a member of the Padawan squad)

Bell Zettifar – present on SB. survived. spent months on Eiram afterwards helping the relief efforts and searching for Burryaga. learned to fish.

Burryaga Agaburry – present during SBF, presumed dead in its aftermath. actually survived and was stranded in inaccessible part of Eiram’s ocean. eventually found and recovered by Bell. malnourished and with patchy fur.

Farzala Tarabal – helped evacuate younglings off SB. last seen unconscious after confrontation with Nameless, still on SB. presumed dead in the immediate aftermath of SBF. status unknown.

Lula Talisola – helped evacuate younglings off SB, then went after escaped prisoner Krix. last seen still on SB as it is on fire in Eiram’s atmosphere, thinking of Zeen. presumed dead in the immediate aftermath of SBF. status unknown.

Qort – present on SB. successfully evacuated with group of rescued younglings. sole confirmed survivor of the original Starhopper Padawan squad.

Ram Jomaram – on Corellia during SBF. survived battle with Nihil. all in all one of the least traumatized teens in the series despite his home being destroyed by Nihil.

Reath Silas – on Corellia during SBF. survived battle, got knighted and lost his replacement master right after. otherwise fine though.

Vernestra Rwoh – on Eiram during SBF. lost Stellan and, as far as we know, Imri and Avon. traumatized beyond belief. months post-SBF following the Force as a Wayseeker without official approval. now headed to Ibbe to recover.

Zeen Mrala – on Corellia during SBF. survived battle with Nihil. last seen thinking of Lula, determined to find her in the aftermath.

II. non-Jedi heroes

Affie Hollow - present during SBF, evacuated. helped with disaster relief on Eiram for a month afterwards. started work on rebuilding the Guild. has been seventeen for several years now.

Avon Starros - apparently presumed dead by Vernestra months after SBF. had very correct suspicions about her mom's Nihil connections the last time we saw her. status unknown.

Crash and Svi’no – maybe I’d know if Lucasfilm weren’t releasing stories exclusively in print in one region only. survived battle on Corellia and got together so yay?

Honesty Weft - ehh he's probably fine? no real reason to believe otherwise. including him for completeness tbh

Jordanna Sparkburn and Sylvestri Yarrow – probably fine since we have no reason to think they were anywhere near SB or Corellia. might have to deal with Sylvestri's mother’s horrible death by Elzar during SBF. also got together so yay. also also if we can't have art of them together why don't the backgrounds of their concept art at least match up cleanly

III. minor Jedi characters

Amadeo Azzazzo – somehow matrix dodged all the death flags. don’t know if we’ll see him again but I’m proud of him and wish there was art of him.

Bibs and Rardal – present on SB. last seen squaring off against the Nameless. strongly implied to be dead.

Gabino and Kaimo – they better be okay!! a group of younglings were successfully evacuated off SB, though we didn’t see these 2 specifically.

Imri Cantaros – apparently was present on SB. presumed dead by Vernestra months later. status unknown.

Nima and Viv’nia – present on SB for a bit but got sent away a while before SBF. presumably fine on Coruscant.

Ruu – the summary I found says he’s okay on Corellia. he also seems extremely cool and I hope I get to meet him. wish there was art.

Zint – present on SB. successfully evacuated with Qort.

IV. Nihil kids

Krix Kamerat – last seen still on SB as it is on fire in Eiram’s atmosphere, fighting Lula. status unknown.

Nan – present on SB. tried and failed to prevent its fall. evacuated in Koley Linn’s ship, returning to the Nihil.

Sabata Krill – last seen on the bridge of a crashing ship over Corellia. status unknown.

what we know from announcements of upcoming media:

Avon – confirmed for Defy the Storm so alive (which we knew anyway due to her connection to Sana’s storyline during the OT).

Imri, Jordanna – confirmed for Defy the Storm so alive. I would guess the same goes for Sylvestri but I haven’t seen any info about that.

Lula – still MIA, presumed dead one whole year after SBF. the same probably goes for Farzala but he isn’t mentioned by name.

#the high republic #the high republic spoilers #tales of light and life #tales of light and life spoilers #the high republic adventures #midnight horizon #the fallen star #bell zettifar #burryaga agaburry #lula talisola #zeen mrala #avon starros #vernestra rwoh #affie hollow #qort

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uwingdispatch · 3 months

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High republic babes, I made you something super cool!!!

These keychains are designed to feel like something Lina Soh gave to folks at the launch of Starlight beacon.

The text over the top says STARLIGHT BEACON in Aurebesh. The bottom says COMMEMORATIVE LAUNCH 7745 CRC. They are printed on marbled acetate.

CRC is the Coruscant Reckoning Calendar that was used pre-empire. (It also appears in Andor on Maarva’s funerary brick.)

Shop is here. Enjoy!

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darth-memes · 6 months

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#star wars #sw memes #the high republic #the high republic adventures #star wars the high republic #midnight horizon #lula talisola #zeen mrala

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enfysandember · 4 months

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they went to see Barbie

#mralisola #zeen mrala #lula talisola #the high republic #high republic adventures #in light of recent *events* looking at this is making me sad.#star wars #sw comics #sw thr #sw fanart

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