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The Life of Luke Skywalker by Ryder Windham

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I have been screaming this into the void for years, but it's nice to basically have confirmation that

Anakin trained Ahsoka to survive.

That's it. He trained her to be what she needed to be to make it through the Clone Wars, and he was successful. This episode hammered home how young she was 14 in the middle of a war zone with only a lightsaber and her courage, and Anakin of all people knew how to get her through it.

He didn't train her to be the best jedi, but he taught her to survive, and that's what she needed most at the end of the day.

#anakin skywalker #ahsoka tano #snips and skyguy

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“Anakin…exists relative to the state of the galaxy. He is not Luke, he is not the youth of western literature on a journey; that is Luke’s role. Anakin’s role is that of the demi-god of Greek and Roman origin. When Anakin rises, the galaxy rises with him, when Anakin is in turmoil, the galaxy is in turmoil, when Anakin falls, so falls the galaxy. Anakin is intrinsic to the galaxy because Anakin, like so many other mythological demi-gods, is an avatar for the gods or, in the case of Star Wars, the Force. Regardless of any one person’s views on the Force (which are extremely disparate and widely varied, so we won’t broach that subject here), this fact is indisputable. Anakin, as the Chosen One who will “bring balance to the Force”, is its avatar. When Anakin is claimed by the Dark, the Jedi Order’s zenith is reached, the Balance is tipped, and the Order descends into darkness with Anakin, just as his return also signals theirs. The title ‘Return of the Jedi’ doesn’t just reference Luke becoming a Jedi, but Anakin’s return to the Light, and with it, the ability for the Jedi Order to once more flourish. In this he is much like Beowulf, when the Geatish hero sacrifices himself to defeat the dragon at the end of the epic poem. Failure would spell ultimate destruction for Beowulf’s people and country, just as, had Anakin failed to destroy the Emperor, the Jedi and the galaxy would truly have been wiped out. Anakin himself has to die, however, because he is what tips the scales. Once he dies and becomes one with the Force, only then is balance restored.”

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‘STAR WARS: The Creation of a Modern Myth: Cultural Influence, Fan Response and the Impact of Literary Archetypes on Saga Perception’ 

(via muldertorture)

This right here is absolutely fundamental to understanding the entire purpose of the Skywalker saga, as Lucas so painstakingly told it. The destruction of the old Jedi Order that had ‘lost its way’ and forgotten its true role in the galaxy, and the founding of the New, heralded by Anakin’s return to the Light, and Luke’s essential role in reminding him—and us all—of what it means to be a True Jedi.

(via the-far-bright-center)

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Anakin being canonacly good at drawing is so attractive of him

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Ahsoka and Anakin matching Jedi robes hc! she really is his Padawan

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I wonder if Vader ever found out that the droid who carried the Death Star plans was Artoo.

I can just imagine him thinking: “This explains everything. My men didn’t stand a chance.”

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people criticize anidala for having unrealistic dialogue

but i’m translating love letters from the 1800s for french class and here are some of the lines

“the intoxicating memories of yesterday evening do not allow me to rest my senses”

“sweet, incomparable Josephine, what a strange effect you have on my heart”

“i draw your lips on my heart and the flame burns me”

and if that doesn’t sound like something anakin would say to padme then idk what does

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Anakin let out a ragged cry, plates of metal chipping, stripping from his figure as his body emerged, unmarred, from Darth Vader’s Sith armor like a chrysalis from its cocoon.

—A Study in Tears 6

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i think some confusion about padmé’s characterization comes from the fact that she’s described as being “rational” but people forget that that is in comparison to anakin…… “more rational than anakin skywalker” is not necessarily a compliment because that bitch is insane

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"Not all men—" you’re so right, Anakin Skywalker would never. He’d do so much worse.

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Disaster lineage

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Anakin’s hair is hammered bronze, amber sunbeam chestnut honey, end of story

BRUH WHAT KIND OF BLACK MAGIC IS THIS 😂😂

HOW DID YOU GET IT SO SPECIFIC I actually think I might cry I’m scared.

Okay ladies and gentlemen this anon wins 😭😭😭 WHAT THE FUCK I’m still freaking out WHAT???

#anakin skywalker #the hair discourse

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ANAKIN SKYWALKER/DARTH VADER

Anakin Skywalker was a legendary Force-sensitive human male and the prophesied Chosen One of the Jedi Order. Born into slavery in 41BBY to Shmi Skywalker and no father, he served the Galactic Republic as a Jedi Knight and General during the Clone Wars. After his fall to the dark side, he served the Galactic Empire as the Sith Lord Darth Vader and eventually destroyed the Sith with his death in 4ABY, fulfilling the prophecy and becoming one with the Force. He was one of the most powerful Jedi and Sith in galactic history.

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#obi wan kenobi #darth maul

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It's Anakin, what were you expecting...?

Or, the Anakin & Padmé Meme, a tragedy(?) in four parts.

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@kenobi-source event 02: favourite quote

“If you define yourself by the power to take life, the desire to dominate, to possess…then you have nothing.” ─ OBI-WAN KENOBI, REBELS

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Before the script was written, the design team was given the freedom to imagine possible scenarios. Here Derek Thompson has Vader find Padmé and their babies and use The Force to dispatch the Jedi who are protecting them (December 20, 2002). - The Star Wars Archives. 1999-2005 by Paul Duncan