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Oh you mean besides Mara Jade? about whom I have written nearly 40 fics? Not obvious enough? But "haunt" is such a dramatic word and I don't know if it applies to my relationship with star wars characters. I guess the closest character who came to haunting me was Jysella Terrik. A dead star wars mom who isn’t even named in the books, Jysella haunted me until I wrote her story in Pour Away the Ocean. She's essentially an OC, but I'm very proud of how the character developed based on fragments of background info on the Terriks and sw worldbuilding. 

thanks, @jadedjo!

Thank you! This is actually the next chapter of Twin Hearts of Kyber, the fic that was meant to be a one-shot and became a two parter, but I couldn’t just leave Han out so it’s now turning into a much bigger fic.

How to bring him into the twins’ orbit when he wasn’t needed for transportation to Alderaan and why is what I’m still struggling with, but I have bits of the first interaction written:

He scrutinised her again; she had an aristocratic bearing her brother lacked; reserved where he was effusive, analytical where he was emotive, every move and look and word schooled and deliberate. Such mannered ways were not learned in the Rebellion.

Han leaned in to mirror her. “Because Leia Skywalker ain’t your real name either, and this,” he made a sweeping gesture, “is all a fraud; a role you’re playing.” 

He could tell he had surprised her, even if her expression had not changed a bit.

“You’re very astute Captain Solo.” Her voice was hushed so not to be overheard. “Have we met before?”

“Believe me sweetheart, I’d remember if we had.” He winked, and she continued to stare back at him, seemingly immune to his charm. 

“If I told you my real name, could I trust you with it?”

“What discretion being the better part of valor and all that?”

Leia gave a small snort. “That’s not what that means.”

Apologies for the uber late reply to your asks, but I wrote the answers and then hit backspace and my tumblr browser KILLED my reply and well, I almost lost the will to go on. 😊 So here is Take Two.

4. which character is the most misunderstood?

The most misunderstood character…I am gonna say Luke Skywalker. 

Hear me out—we are all in our Luke stan bubbles here and we know he’s the most brilliant character to ever be dreamt up, plus he’s gorgeous, but I digress.

The sad truth is while in 1977 he was the undisputed hero and popular dude from the films, when Empire and Jedi came out (when he was really evolving and struggling, etc.), Luke took a backseat to Han and Boba Fett and Darth, etc. and the ensuing years have not been kind to him in pop culture.   But merchandising didn’t feature him as much, even Leia, I remember when Jedi came out, it was HARD to find Luke stuff.  But Leia, Han, Boba, Jabba, Darth, even Chewie, seemed ubiquitous. WHY?!  IT’S HIS STORY!

I think the average casual SW fan tends to think of Luke as whiny or boring or uninteresting and are more drawn to the rogue that is Han or the bad guys.  (Not even talking about ST fans who mostly think of Luke/Jake as a grandpa.)  They mock the whole kissing his sister thing, they quote the power converters line, they DON’T UNDERSTAND his amazing.

So there is a movie, As Good As It Gets, and there is a great scene, the gist of which is Jack Nicholson’s character tells Helen Hunt’s waitress character that all the people in her restaurant, they go about their day not realizing that the most amazing woman in the world waited on their table.  But he gets that, he knows that about her, he SEES it, and that makes him feel good about himself, makes him happy that he understands her awesomeness. And that is sort of how I feel about Luke.  Disney may have betrayed his character, but I never will.  And that makes me feel good about me!

16. what’s the saddest moment in star wars?

For the saddest moment in Star Wars, that is hard.  I discussed this with my mom, a big SW fan, last night.  She picks Vader’s daddy reveal, but while I think that is the most dramatic/traumatic moment, I think for saddest moment I would probably choose Vader’s death, when Luke is all “I’ve got to save you” and his hand, his prosthetic hand that Vader chopped off, is on his dad’s shoulder…

*reaches for tissue*

Luke never knew his daddy, then he found out his daddy is evil and mean, and then he gets back the daddy he always wanted and loses him again.  It’s just…so sad.  So so sad. And I really give props to those actors in that scene because it makes me sad every time I watch it.

And Mark Hamill probably never looked as good in his life as he did in this scene and the one immediately after (in the Lambda shuttle) and I DON’T KNOW WHY because he just had this horrible trauma and loss but he looks incredible. So that’s an added bonus to the saddest scene in Star Wars.  Honestly ridiculously hot.  Excuse me while I go swoon a moment.

There are a lot of sad moments in Star Wars, the OT.  But that is the scene where I think Luke MOST needs some hot chocolate, a hug, and maybe some sexual healing.  I can assist, Luke, I can assist.

OK and your substitute ask since I already answered #15 was #6…

thank you :)). we all know that the eu wasn’t perfect at all, but with all its flaws, it was awesome too and way better than disney!star wars lol

I really wish I had the chops to actually write a Screwball Rom-com in SPACE, rather than wistfully title my WIPs after dreams. (It would also be a house party murder mystery in SPACE. in my dreams). I just don’t know if I can pull all of those concepts off at once. 

What’s in the wip file at the moment? A bunch of notes and half written scenes for a story featuring Mara and Lando, undercover as a couple at a fancy to-do (on a mission for Karrde). Someone gets murdered, I assume? Hijinks ensue, obviously. Dancing, probably. Mara is annoyed at everything. Karrde sweeps in and sweeps Lando off his feet (as much as Lando is ever swept off his feet)--there’s the rom in your rom-com. 

A not very exciting sentence that may not make it to the final draft of my fic about clones: 

Thank you for asking! 

You’ve posted a fic anonymously. How would someone be able to guess that you’d written it?  Is it a shippy adventure story starring Mara and Luke? That would do it, probably. 

I do have small tics that I notice, but I'm not sure anyone else notices. Phrases and rhythms I repeat. I notice them when I'm writing/reading over my fic, but I haven't made a list of them, and I'm not sure I'd want to share it. If I tell you the tic, you'll always notice it too.  Name three favorite characters to write. This one seems pretty obvious to me, but: Mara Jade and Luke Skywalker, natch. Han Solo, which was a surprise to me when I started writing. Talon Karrde, my other Legends fave. And this might be a cheat: Meena clan Skywalker, my Legacy OC.