#Mace Windu

[gffa]

Here's why I enjoyed this scene so much: there is so much mutual respect going on here. There's teasing that is good-natured and makes people laugh, there's consideration and compliments being made, but most of all, everyone is listening to each other. They might rebut a point here or there, they discuss it a bit, but they're honestly and genuinely listening. This scene also comes with the context that, even though it's Qui-Gon who issues a "challenge" (and ultimately the scene where Qui-Gon explicitly admits that he did it to prod the Jedi Council members into taking a vacation), it's the Council themselves who come up with the idea to go to Kwen and have an outreach celebration on a personal level. This scene comes with the context of how an earlier scene had a callback to mentioning that Qui-Gon was asked to join the Council, a plot point from Master and Apprentice where they directly said they wanted him for his different point of view on things. But mostly it's a scene where both the members of the Council and Qui-Gon very clearly respect and like each other. The Qui-Gon of this book, the Council of this book, point out that they are thinking about others, just on a bigger scale, and that that's important. That that is helping the galaxy be better, lighter, more balanced. That this isn't about the Council not caring, it's about the Council being so busy saving entire planets that they don't have time to do something smaller scale for themselves. And that it's not about a lack of care or that Qui-Gon cares more, just the direction of that care. I can vibe with a Jedi who had gotten caught up in helping people on a galactic scale (that it's better to help a thousand people than just one person, if you can) because that's what this is. Not a lack of care, just a gentle reminder to get back to one-on-one helping, not because it's somehow "better" for the galaxy, but because both are good. Honestly, I've always been on the hill of, "one of the Jedi's biggest problems is that they believed their actions would speak for themselves and thus had absolutely terrible PR because they thought people would look into the truth of the situation" and I think that's one facet of what's going on here, it's about PR and getting the stories of their good work out, more than it is saying that the Jedi weren't doing good work. Of course they were, but this was a nudge towards spreading the word of that. This scene felt honestly good faith addressing that to me. It took care with understanding why each side's motivations were valid and important, along with making it clear that this was coming from a place of community and love, that Qui-Gon respects his Jedi family and they respect him. So I was totally down with this. (Star Wars: The Living Force | John Jackson Miller)

#lumi.txt #star wars #jedi order #mace windu #qui gon jinn

[adragonsfriend]

Mace Windu: “only imposing if you see him that way”

Fuck it I’m bringing my Othello class into this again.

So we read American Moor by Keith Hamilton Cobb (review, full text is available as a free pdf if you look it up), which is a play that comments on the experience of black men who play the role of Othello as well as of course more generally on the experience of black men in the United States by showing the interior thoughts of an experienced black actor auditioning for the role of Othello in front of an inexperienced white director. There’s this line, it’s not even dialogue, it’s part of the description of what the actor is doing for the pre-show in the stage directions:

“He is a tall man, powerfully built and handsome, and only imposing if you see him that way.”

—American Moor, page 5

Sound like anyone we might know?

This caught my eye because I have noticed a bit of a pattern. Even very well meaning SW media—like Shatterpoint by Matthew Stover and fics that really love him—often goes out of its way to describe Mace Windu as intimidating and imposing.

And yeah on some level a tall man with muscles who knows how to fight might just be imposing, but to be honest I never remember Qui-gon Jinn being described that way, or Ki-Adi Mundi, or really any other tall, male Jedi. Dooku is sometimes described as intimidating, but it is usually framed in terms of either his Sith personality or his skill with a saber, not his physicality. Only some fics go out of their way to even describe Anakin as physically imposing.

And like I say, many of these works I’m noting are ones that have very good intentions and otherwise make mainly good, interesting moves with Mace’s character (works that take an explicitly negative view of Mace are a whole other can of worms I’m not addressing here). This is something that is being picked up from a deeply embedded culture of racism, not (in these cases at least) malicious. But that means writers, especially white writers—even if we have great intentions—we have to stay careful and aware of this. Readers aren’t off the hook either. It is through reading, and reading with a lot of love, that this pattern emerged to me.

Keep noticing these things, keep reading, keep writing, and maybe above all, keep revising.

Personally, I’m gonna be going back through my Mace Windu writing to check for this specifically.

#star wars #mace windu #racisim #racial bias #shatterpoint #fanfiction #othello #shakespeare #American Moor #looking for a decent review to link was…ugh #some people have apparently missed the point

[comicwaren]

From Star Wars: Mace Windu Vol. 2 #003, “The Run”

Art by Georges Jeanty, Dexter Vines and Andrew Dalhouse

Written by Marc Bernardin

#star wars: mace windu #mace windu #azita cruuz #diya #star wars #marvel #comics #star wars comics #marvel comics

[jewishcissiekj]

long-awaited sequel to this

#sw #star wars #clone wars 2003 #asajj ventress #ventress #count dooku #padmé amidala #padme amidala #yoda #luminara unduli #mace windu #anakin skywalkers #anidala #shaak ti #star wars memes #sw memes #barriss offee #c-3po #r2-d2 #palpatine #sheev palpatine #saesee tiin #san hill #durge #jedi council #the jedi council #oppo rancisis #jedi

[rien-maz]

I'll finish it someday, but for now it's in the sketch.

Oh yeah, I love the work @blackkatmagic "Hunting towards heartstill". So, in the near future, I'll probably be slowly painting my favorite moments.

#star wars tcw #the clone wars #tcw cody #sw tcw #tcw #commander cody #clone trooper cody #mace windu #sith #fanart #tcw fanart #hunting toward heartstill #art #digital art #star wars #арт #диджитал арт #мой арт #my art

[you-need-not-apply]

Starwars: Mace Windu writes a list

Chapter 1 and 2 are now up!

11. Do not teach the younglings, or anyone for that matter, to curse in any language. 

17. Knight Skywalker, I don't care what they're paying you, I'll double it. Stop advertising for pro-droid companies in the middle of battle.

28. Illegal pod racing is just that; illegal.

#ao3 #ao3 fics #starwars #star wars #star wars fanfiction #starwars fanfic #star wars fanifc #fanfic #star wars: the clone wars #clones #the clone wars #anakin skywalker #obi wan kenobi #mace windu #yoda #plo koon #ashoka tano #crack #funny #humour

[captain-mozzarella]

I headcanon that all of Yoda's finest teacups were made by younglings

In fact most masters of the order's finest teacups were made during crèche crafting time when the kids were learning pottery.

#what im saying is that if one jedi is mad at another #they will serve tea in a normal store bought boring looking teacup and not the wonky colourful child made ones #like they can feel the joy an creativity flow from the cups in the force amd it just makes tea time just so much better #so receiving tea in a store bought cup feels more lifeless (unless its a gift from a friend outside the temple or sth idk) #you know youve made it as a jedi when a youngling gifts you a teacup #yoda has multiple of those vitrine shelves to showcase his gigantic collection #Star Wars #obi wan kenobi #mace windu #shaak ti #plo koon #yoda #jedi council

[orientalld]

#star wars #anakin skywalker #obi wan kenobi #qui gon jinn #yoda #ahsoka tano #mace windu #ki adi mundi #plo koon #kit fisto

[jkl-fff]

Jedi Teacher: Padawan Windu, that was amazing! How were you able to take out that rampaging rancor so easily?

Mace Windu, who has Force Shatterpoint which allows him to see where and when to strike: I just hit the glowing weak spot. It's not that hard.

Jedi Teacher:

(Mace Windu, holder of the rare Jedi skill called "Video Game Vision".)

#star wars #jedi #mace windu #the force #video games #meme

[necrophatic]

Korkie is Obi-Wan's bastard pass it on

#star wars #clone wars #obi wan #qui gon #duchess satine #mace windu #comic #doodle #bastard man quiggs

[stealingpotatoes]

I know you have several time travel AUs already but consider: the last (4) Jedi wind up in the Clone Wars era.

Only one of them is an actual Jedi, half of them are romantically involved with someone (maybe even with each other if you ship skybridger), another half are extremely close with one or more Mandalorians, and none of them have had more than two years of training. And somehow THEYRE the only ones left.

The council would have a conniption.

i have a LOT of thoughts about this au but as always, gotta start with the silly

(commission info // kofi support!)

#this is probably after all of them were like we're in the republic??? okay let's tagteam killing palpatine rn #mace windu #ahsoka tano #luke skywalker #ezra bridger #cal kestis #bd 1 #yoda #star wars #the last (4) jedi #my doods #tl4j time travel au

[gffa]

YOU WILL PRY FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS THAT MACE AND QUI-GON WERE FRIENDS (Star Wars: The Living Force | John Jackson Miller)

#lumi.txt #star wars #mace windu #qui gon jinn #novels #meta #novels: the living force #the living force spoilers

[milkcioccolato]

How to baby, with Good Dad Mace Windu and Questionable Dad Qui-Gon Jinn.

Yes I am reading Master and Apprentice by Claudia Gray. Yes I’m only at the beginning. Yes Qui-Gon is trying, but he just doesn’t know what he’s doing, poor dude.

#star wars #maul #darth maul #jedi maul #obi wan #obi wan kenobi #obimaul #jedi obimaul au #mace windu #qui gon jinn #mace windu is a good dad #qui gon jinn less so #but he’s trying #milks artsies

[a-wisebear]

mace windu is amazing, he's the best, he has a purple lightsaber, the master of the order, the master of vaapad, he tried diplomacy with droids, he was going to kill palpatine, he's as bald as his commander, he's played by samuel l jackson in the movies, he's fucking hilarious, he trained master depa billaba, he's actually nice to jar jar, if you hate him you simply are stupid, thanks, have a nice night

#mace windu #master windu #jedi #star wars #the clone wars #tcw #commander ponds #depa billaba #master billaba

[padmestrilogy]

i’m not into “who’s the most powerful jedi” “who’s the best duelist” stuff but if i was, mace windu would be my man. who the fuck defeats palpatine. in a 1v1 . every other time someone has to fight palpatine in this saga they’re like “noooo i’ll turn to dark side there must be another way 😔😔” mace just does it. he beat the shit out of that old man what the fuck

#this got away from me #mace windu #star wars

[mandhos]

perdon por la falta Sabine...

#mace windu #depa billaba #kanan jarrus #ezra bridger #count dooku #qui gon jinn #obiwan kenobi #anakin skywalker #ahsoka tano #ahsoka series #star wars