SON OF SKYWALKER

There is a wound that won't heal at the center of the galaxy. There is a darkness reaching like rust into everything around us. We let it grow, and now it's here. It's here and it's not visiting anymore. It wants to stay. The Empire is a disease that thrives in darkness, it is never more alive than when we asleep. It's easy for the dead to tell you to fight, and maybe it's true, maybe fighting is useless.

"How can I help?" "Turn back the clock. Send everyone home." "How I wish I could make that so. This bombing last night..."

So, I feel like this is somewhat obvious for those who have followed me for awhile.. but Luke in his rebel fatigues in Empire will always be my favorite. Especially on the visual front. I feel like it is a very sleek and snug outfit, both utilitarian and stylish, that seems quite complimentary to his appearance in the first film: the flowing white tunic is bulkier and slimmer (toned down a bit, closer to a beige), the waist and legs visible and uncovered. It is more mature and confident, somewhere between lithe and strong. I think that his hair is also at its absolute peak in this movie, slightly less dated than the other two. In general, I think that everyone looks their best in Empire.

But speaking of strength, it also allows us to see Luke at his most vulnerable. The way that this outfit is ripped to shreds is actually magnificent to me, like, yes, it is flapping in the wind and dangling by individual threads but it looks so good and really captures Luke's resilience and the naïveté in his overconfidence. So, there is a fun little contrast in representation here: we see Luke at his most traditionally "masculine" and also at his smallest and most sensitive. It has always been a dream of mine to have this outfit for a cosplay or Halloween.