Creature inspired by rogue planets Wandering in space, without any light or companion nearby 

the part of the Rogue Planet book where Obi-Wan tells of preteen Anakin repairing a droid, dressing it in Jedi robes and sticking it in the corridor outside his door which he then ended up talking to it for what? like 5 minutes before he realized it was a fucking droid is sending me😭

“Anakin suddenly jumped out of his chair and hugged his master with a fierceness that took Obi-Wan by surprise. Obi-Wan held the boy gently, and let the moment flow into its own shape. Some padawans were as simple as quiet pools. Only in training did they aquire the depth and complexity that showed maturity. Anakin had been a deep and complex mystery from the first day they had met. And yet, Obi-Wan had never felt such a strength of connection with any other being – not even Qui-Gon Jinn.”

- Greg Bear, Star Wars: Rogue Planet

Galactic Gazetteer: Gothos

Class: A or R (Rogue)

Type: artificial free-roaming planet

Quadrant: Alpha

Location: Quadrant 904 Star Desert, near Beta 6 system

Distance from Earth: 900 ly

Atmosphere: toxic, storm-ridden

Surface: molten

Appearance: TOS "The Squire of Gothos" (1967)

Fun fact: created by the incredibly powerful alien child Trelane as his personal playground.

Another fun fact: Trelane was able to move the planet through space and chase the Enterprise with it.

whatever. killing myself.

by Mirko Lalit Egger

this book was written before aotc even went into production. greg bear get out of my BRAIN I’m only on page six….. my heart……

Rogue Planet - Greg Bear

Honestly whenever I think about how both Rogue Planet and the comic Obi-Wan and Anakin take place when Anakin was 12, plus that's around the time the Jedi Quest books start too, I'm like "jesus christ that has to have been the most eventful year of his life right up until the year he went Vader" like. He was just about to turn 13 when Yaddle died if you go with the Jedi Quest version of her death and Anakin basically thinks he got her killed and he's like fucking 11 when Obi-Wan takes him to Ilum like.

He had his first prophetic vision of becoming Vader, violently killed another preteen who was coerced into trying to take him out (and immediately regretted using excessive force & tried to save the kid but he like died in Anakin's arms), participated in illegal podraces on Coruscant (and almost got assassinated), his Best Friend the Chancellor took him to the Lower Levels and convinced him to low key use the Force make a corrupt Senator with a gambling problem lose at dice and then they got politely thrown out of the establishment for Palpatine laughing too loudly at the loser, he almost left the Jedi Order and he NEVER FOUND OUT Obi-Wan was gonna go with him, had an obsessive crush on a girl who didn't exist, physically tried to tell the Jedi Council his emotions were all fucked but he couldn't figure out how, like, he's got a lot going on okay?

absolutely cannot stop thinking about this bit in rogue planet after qui gon ended up appearing to obi wan in the last ep

i am on page 15 of "Rogue Planet" and i have two key points:

"rougher neighbourhoods on Coruscant: as a hoodrat, let me just say fuck yes

"pirate entertainment channels that fed into elite apartments": as someone who relied on digital piracy since their infancy, let me just give another fuckkk yESSSS

Ouch! 😏

Phantom Blot: Given your reputation I was hoping in an adversary of way higher caliber!

Double ouch! 😱

Phantom Blot: If you and that pathetic excuse for a scientist (Gyro TN) think you can play mind games with me- Duck Avenger: Umpf! Mickey always described you as a criminal mastermind... but all I see is a common pilferer!

Topolino e il Pianeta Ramingo (2022)

Star Wars: Rogue Planet - Greg Bear

the thought that anakin had been having premonitions about vader since age 12 :')

Wait in the ROTS novelization obi wan doesn’t really like flying. Can you summarize his history/relationship with flying so I don’t have to read all these books just to find out?

Lol! Obi-Wan/flying is so funny to me in part because I have seen so many conflicting things about their relationship. I think my personal headcanon has always been that whatever fondness and affinity for flying you see in TPM gets strangled to death by what Anakin calls flying and what Obi-Wan calls suicide. But:

There's a lot in the Jedi Apprentice series and other novels (Rogue Planet for one) about how as a child/teenager, Obi-Wan loves flying, pilots, ships, going fast, machinery, etc.! When he's kicked out of the order at the age of 12 and is packing up his room, he looks sadly at the model starships he lovingly built himself! He's always eager to learn how to pilot a new machine. He seems to like flying and machinery and stuff because it follows strict patterns and can be done according to memorized rules, and that is comforting to his mind.

In the book Master and Apprentice, the author attempts to creatively bridge the gap between "I love flying" Obi-Wan and "flying is for droids" Obi-Wan by providing him with a horribly negative experience of trying to pilot a new ship that bites him in the ass.

And that's how he ends up renouncing flying at the age of 17 here:

But I personally love to speculate on all the changes in Obi-Wan's personality that happen 1) under Qui-Gon's mentorship and then 2) as the master of someone who is an even more skilled and enthusiastic pilot than himself. A lot of Obi-Wan's natural qualities in youth are things that he ends up effectively silencing in himself in the context of these forces. I think his love of flying is one of the many things that become a contentious issue for him, that he over-regulates about and has deep insecurities about, and that ultimately becomes something he distances himself from, perhaps even in order to better honor it/balance it in Anakin.