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if the sequel trio had iPhones...

#married

Inktober 52 2024 - Week 33 - 'Stormtrooper'

STAR WARS IS THE MOST DISAPPOINTING THING SINCE MY SON.

My boy Finn deserved better, dammit.

Babble below.

[available now]

𝙵𝚒𝚊𝚝 𝙻𝚞𝚡 𝙸𝚕𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗

"In American Graffiti I was trying to portray change. I was trying to say that things are always changing and that change is inevitable."

Lucas in 2002:

"This is obviously a very pivotal scene for Anakin because this is reuniting with his mother and his youth and, at the same time, dealing with his inability to let go of his emotions and allowing himself to accept the inevitable."

Lucas in 2003:

"[Anakin makes] a pact with the devil. And that usually leads to the same end: You cannot change the inevitable. If you try, you're basically going against the cosmos or however you want to define that. [...] No human can let go. It’s very hard. Ultimately, we do let go because it’s inevitable; you do die and you do lose your loved ones. But while you’re alive, you can’t be obsessed with holding on. As Yoda says in this one, ‘You must learn to let go of everything you’re afraid to let go of.’ Because holding on is in the same category and the precursor to greed. And that’s what a Sith is. A Sith is somebody that is absolutely obsessed with gaining more and more power - but for what? Nothing, except that it becomes an obsession to get more."

Lucas in 2010:

"There’s a line between loving somebody compassionately and caring about them and helping them. But the other line is not to be greedy or once you are greedy then you get fearful. You don’t want to lose what it is you have that you are getting. So you have to learn to give up everything. And ultimately for a Jedi Knight, it’s very easy to give up.  [...] There is an inevitability to life which is death and you have to accept that."

The fandom:

So, now we've got god-knows-how-many television shows and films (canceled or completed) that problematize the Jedi (and are far too sympathetic/lenient with Sith and Empire ideology) and their philosophy, and people who unironically believe "the Jedi bad, actually" telling those stories.

Fuck you Disney these characters are queer :)

Version with my headcanon individual pride flags under the cut:

This article actually mentions the racism that boyega faced but another article I saw didn't. But like part of the problem is that boyega was cast nearly a decade ago. And they didn't do SHIT to defend him or the casting choice.

Star Wars’ Billie Lourd Would “Do Anything” to Reunite With Rose Tico

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Lourd is certainly open for a reunion, but there’s one sequel alum she’d especially like to team up with in a new project: “Honestly? Rose [Tico], baby. Kelly Marie Tran is one of my favorite people of all time, and I would love to team up with her. We should do a buddy comedy: Rose and Connix.”

A Rose and Connix team-up would be an intriguing sequel follow-up. Rise of Skywalker faced scrutiny for sidelining Rose: she appeared for little over a minute in the two-hour film. It felt like a considerable downgrade from her appearance in The Last Jedi, and the filmmakers never quite explained her diminished role.