What do stars do? Shine.

Oh easy mistake. Yearning actually rises from the floor and longing hangs from the ceiling

something something “I’m a person and my name is Anakin” showing his name is a central way he retains identity while a child slave vs “that name no longer has any meaning to me” in almost the same breath as “I must obey my master” thirty years later after Sidious accomplished what Gardulla and Watto never managed to: breaking his spirit and convincing him he has no other options but obedience, accepting painful consequences, never looking for a way out. something like that

no matter how bad I feel, I'm comforted by the thought that it could always be worse. for example Henry VIII could be in love with me

*turns my attention inwards* mmmmm. no *turns my attention back outwards* oh god

(nods sagely) (nods basily) (nods rosemarily) (nods saltly) (nods star anisely)

formative years? aren’t they all?

show me a permanent self and i will show you a facade or a corpse