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Star Wars | Anakin Skywalker’s Cyborg Hand

Anakin’s first prosthetic was, like almost all replacement limbs, specially built for him. He was quite content that it was not covered by synthetic flesh. The droid-like appearance of its skeletal frame, complete with exposed wiring did not bother him in the slightest. When Anakin married Padmé Amidala, his new arm was still unmodified and carried no armour plating. The gold fingertips used electrostatic technology to create signals that were transmitted through a synthennet neural interface linked to Anakin’s own nervous system at the stump of his flesh-and-blood arm. The servos in the arm meant it was significantly stronger than a human arm, meaning Anakin had to be conscious of not accidently crushing things in his grip.

As with pretty much every piece of technology left in his care, it wasn’t long before Anakin began to modify his mechno-arm. He fitted to it armour plates which were shielded to prevent outside electric interference from disrupting its function. Although he wore a protective glove over it as a matter of course, one of Skywalker’s first changes was the addition of this armour. As well as additional strengthening golden supports to the forearm, Anakin added curving matt-black plates. To the back of the hand and the fingers, he added additional plating that allowed the hand to absorb – and dish out  – significant punishment before taking any actual damage. Anakin even modified the glove he wore, adding an auto-seal function at the cuff that ensured no liquids or even airborne corrosives could easily reach his mechno-arm components.

The realities of conflict meant that Anakin didn’t just carry spare parts for his cybernetic arm. He ensured that, as often as possible, he had access to a full replacement.

Disclaimer: as of today, 11/11/18, I have NOT read any books in this thread, but I have 2 (they’ll be marked) I’m waiting on from Amazon~

I’ll update this list with more ace books I find

*** 1. Let’s Talk About Love // Claire Kann •ordered from Amazon

2. Tash Hearts Tolstoy // Kathryn Ormsbee

3. Radio Silence // Alice Oseman

4. We Awaken // Calista Lynne

5. How To Be A Normal Person // T.J. Klune •ordered from Amazon+recc’ed to me by someone I know IRL

6. A Darker Shade of Magic // V.E. Schwab

7. The Asexual Equation // R.J. Seeley

8. Beneath the Citadel // Destiny Soria

9. The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy (#2 in a series) // Mackenzi Lee

10. Vanilla // Billy Merrell 

Brought to my attention by @melon-official, thank you!

11. 27 Hours (#1 in The Nightside Saga) // Tristina Wright

Brought to my attention by @diadelwalrus, thank you! 

12. The Memoirs Of Lady Trent (series) by Marie Brennan

Brought to my attention by @aravisthetarkheena !

Anakin Skywalker + “Low-key Byzantine vibes” ended up not being low-key at all

1. Have a goal

While it may sound like I’m stating the obvious here, your character needs to have something they want to accomplish. Maybe they want to be the best at something, see a place, fall in love, conquer the world, or something else. Whatever it is, they need to have something that they desire beyond all other things. Ideally, give them more than one goal. Make them have to sacrifice one to achieve the other, to add extra drama

2. Have a reputation

Maybe they’re the best artist in their class or they’re great at juggling. Perhaps they slipped on the stairs in front of their whole village. Either way, give something for the locals to remember about them. That way it can give you a starting point for the interactions with other characters

3. Have a friend

Whether a friend, a coworker, a sibling, an army buddy, or someone they saved, have someone close to your character whom they’re close to and wish well. Yeah, angsty “I have no friends” characters can be fun, but in small doses; eventually the reader gets fed up with them. At the very least the character needs someone to talk to or bounce ideas off of

4. Have a home

It may be a neighborhood they grew up in, their parents’ house, or a room they’ve been renting in a tavern. Hell, it could even be a person if you so choose. Everyone needs to feel secure at one time or another

5. Have a signature item

Now, recognize that this may not work for EVERY character, but it’s up to you to decide what will fit and what won’t. In many cases, it can work. A signature item is something that is recognizably YOUR CHARACTER’S, be it a weapon, a scarf, a toy, or a piece of jewelry. It’s something that makes them feel like themself

6. Have a problem

This should be something other than the problem addressed in the main plot line. Maybe a member of their family is sick, they are broke, or they’re failing their classes. This helps make your character seem more realistic because NO ONE has one problem at a time

7. Have a secret

This can affect the plot or not; either way, it helps make your character more well rounded. Maybe your character can’t read, left their crewmates to die when a kracken attacked their ship, or made their long lost sister run away. If you choose to have it affect the plot in any way, this secret should embarrass your character, make it so that other characters don’t trust your character, or somehow endanger them and the people they’re close to if found out

8. Have a reason to be brave and to fight

Maybe it’s because your character wants to be like their hero, maybe it’s so they can repay a debt (like if someone saved their life previously), maybe it’s for their child, but your character needs to have a reason to occasionally face their fears

HAVE STOLEN DA TOY

DA PERFEC CRIME

Human: Lemme see that

No one’s denying Lucas’ clunky, and sometimes cringey dialogue writing. But I’m absolutely going to argue that TPT added more to the star wars universe than any of the other 6 films had. I’m talking the absolute grandeur of world building, costuming, score, an entirely new fighting style. The CGI is a product of it’s time, BUT we’re talking about a fully relevant narrative about how a democracy collapsed - which, I might add was completely enthralling, smart, and interesting. 

All of the actors not only understood their characters, but their arcs, and essentially had an uphill battle of bringing back a 20 year franchise for a fresh audience - this meant pleasing the old fans as well as the new. And if we know anything about the star wars fandom, that was literally an impossible job. None of the star wars films are perfect - I’m definitely including the Original trilogy. But it’s absolutely unfair to treat them like trash when they were actually amazing. Literally just a bunch of neckbeards made you feel bad for having fun and you bought it.

 (I’m going on a limb by saying Revenge of the Sith was probably better than any of them.)