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“These aren’t merely just visually similar moments. They are carefully composed—in fact, the whole scenes in which they appear had to be carefully staged so that the key moments could be composed—in a direct symmetrical reflection of the earlier shots that Lucas wanted to quote.

What is this point of this? [Mike] Kilmo has his Ring Theory which describes structural reasons for the patterns. I’ve always thought of it more in musical terms, because that’s how Lucas describes it. He describes these moments as the same melody or theme, but played on different instruments. And what is the purpose of it when a particular melody is reprised in an opera, but given a different interpretation? To compare and contrast the two different moments, to mark the differences and create subtextual meaning.

In the case of these particular moments, he is creating bookends for the story of the entire saga. First, the murder of Qui-Gon by a Sith, which is what leads to Obi-Wan training Anakin and all the misfortune that follows, and this is inverted by Vader’s eventual sacrifice where he is able to turn back to Anakin again, and he dies himself. Pulling these two moments together by making these shots direct quotations of one another tells the story of the entire saga in miniature, and it’s beautiful to see.” [x]

It wasn’t just about, “Oh remember this moment/shot? Same thing! Isn’t that cool?” it had a reason behind the choice, it was deliberate in its paralleling because it was saying something about the wider saga.

It mirrors the metatextual Campbellian Hero’s Cycle Lucas styled Star Wars after in the first place. A closed circle. A complete circuit.

It also has a lot of different kinds of stitches you can do that make different densities of fabric.

I was surprised that I’d never heard of it though. It’s older than knitting and crocheting and even though it’s been done all over the world it’s super relevant to Nordic culture and my grandmother and I are both into keeping in touch with our roots a bit so I’m surprised I’ve never heard of it.

It’s also a lot easier to freehand and adjust as you go than crochet or knitting and you mostly go by inches instead of rows and number of stitches so a large number of accessories like stitch markers or whatever isn’t really necessary.

Still in pursuit, we followed the ball toward a small lake in Motor World that had been earmarked for a fleet of tiny bumper boats for children. The area wasn’t open yet, but the empty boats were being tested and floated on the surface. The ball soared over the grass and smashed into several of them, scattering the others with rippling waves from the impact, which launched some of the boats several feet in the air.

Charlie and Ken waded into the water looking for the hatch. After some difficulty, they got it open. Charlie pulled Frank out by grabbing him under his armpits like a baby. Frank crawled up the bank, coughing and sputtering. He splayed across the grass as we all stared at the ball, which bobbed in the water like it was attached to a fishing lure.

We did not ask for the inspector’s report, nor did we ever hear of one being filed. Ken Bailey returned to Canada. The snow-makers cleared away the PVC. Told to dispose of the Bailey Ball, they rolled it into the woods, where it remained for many years."

however, "do you want" also works.

"want" by itself, also works

Ahsoka: I don’t know, Grandmaster doesn’t seem like the romantic type.

Anakin: I mean, it’s not like Obi-Wan is single because he’s emotionally stunted, it’s because his personality is shit. But Cody’s an asshole and I think they would work out together.

Rex: *livestreaming this to the 212th in a very sick move* Keep goin, Skywalker, tell us about Cody’s horrible personality a little bit.

Anakin: Well, the last time I met up with the 212th he said the gai bal manda at me for the entire purpose of grounding me, and I think that’s not a bad personality, so much as an absolutely dick move. Jokes on him, I refuse to disown him. He’s my dad now. And I think he should date my other dad.

Ahsoka: Lovely. Rex I’m gonna say the gai bal manda at you as soon as I can pronounce it, just watch!