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Not Qui-Gon trying to force mind trick literally EVERY SINGLE PERSON THEY MEET. It's like his go-to anytime someone does something he doesn't like lol. And I’m absolutely cackling at how unbothered he is by the ‘always another fish’ thing. Even Obi-Wan piloting is freaking out a little, but Qui-Gon just sits in the back with that same little smirk on his face the ENTIRE time

After Artoo saves the ship and they successfully escape from the Trade Federation blockade Padme holds a little commendation ceremony thanking him for his bravery aaaaaa my heart that is sooo sweet

Baby Anakin is SO CUTE. But there’s also something so… I don’t know how to describe it. “I’m a person and my name is Anakin.” Those cute tiny blue eyes absolutely blaze. He’s bold and unafraid. “Have you come to free us?” Qui-Gon says no. “I think you have. Why else would you have come?” It doesn't feel like wishful thinking, or even childlike optimism. He's so confident about it. Almost like he knew what the Force really intended to happen. And his line, “No one can kill a Jedi” made me feel… too much. Heavy. knowing how much death he will see. how many Jedi he will grieve. how many he’ll kill. It was a startling contrast to his adorable little face. 

For some reason Obi-Wan suggesting that they sell the Queen’s wardrobe to raise enough money to get their hyperdrive fixed on Tatooine is SO FUNNY to me

I forget that not only was Watto in on Anakin’s podracing, but he actively encouraged and even forced Anakin to participate once he realized how good the kid was. Makes me want to write an AU where instead of being freed, Anakin remains on Tatooine and eventually becomes a podracing champion… but he still has to find some way to get out from under Watto’s thumb… and maybe he gets a chance to race in other circuits, ends up on Coruscant for a big championship, and that’s how the Jedi encounter him for the first time… idk.

My translator/interpreter brain loves the little detail of the two-headed announcer for the Boonta Eve podrace interpreting in two languages—one head is Basic, the other Huttese!

 The Naboo people take such good care of Anakin. There are several scenes of not just Padme but all of them looking after him—showing him the ship’s controls, comforting him when he was cold and homesick, teaching him about Coruscant. Absolutely adorable

is a take that fundamentally misunderstands both Luke as a character and the entire point behind Star Wars and the Jedi religion.

Luke didn't act out of attachment. If he did he would have killed Palpatine and Vader in a desperate attempt to save his friends.

Let's actually compare this to mister attachment aka Anakin, shall we.

If Anakin was in a position where some guy (for example Dooku) was responsible for Padmé, Obi-Wan, Ahsoka, Rex etc. being in current life threatening danger, he would have killed that man and anyone who stood in his way. If there was another guy claiming to be his father that might have thrown him off for a bit but in pure rage and terror of what might happen to the people he loves he would have 10000% killed him, father or not (he literally tries to kill his surrogate father / brother out of attachment and greed and later succeeds IN THE MOVIES).

Luke however chooses AGAINST acting out of attachment. He doesn't let his fear for his loved ones control him. The literal moment he crashes out and eventually almost kills Vader is when Vader mentions Leia. His attachment to her led him to react with rage in a desperate attempt to protect her but then he realizes that that's WRONG. That he's playing into Palpatine's hands and giving himself over to the dark side, so he stops. He chooses not to become what Anakin let himself be turned into.

Luke's motivation for saving Vader is not attachment - it's compassion.

Attachment is to act on behalf of yourself. Attachment is choosing your own feelings over what the people you love would want. Attachment is sacrificing everything your wife stood for, choking her to unconsciousness because she doesn't react the way you want her to and trying to kill your own brother out of greed and jealousy. Attachment is selfish love - love that is about YOU and not the people around you.

Compassion is SELFESS love. Compassion is choosing others over yourself. Compassion is valuing the ideals and wants of the people you love - not just wanting to keep them by your side at all cost. Compassion is tossing away your lightsaber and letting yourself get tortured and almost killed because you REFUSE to act out of attachment and let anyone be hurt but yourself. Compassion is also to sacrifice yourself to save your child even though it gains you neither a better future nor him staying in your life.