#heir to the empire

[stealingpotatoes]

Imagine Luke Skywalker introducing his girlfriend Mara Jade to Ahsoka, Ezra and Cal?

i havent actually finished heir to the empire so im not very knowledgeable on mara jade!!! HOWEVER can I offer you this doodle i did Ages ago when i started reading it instead

#i've owned htte for 10 years and i only started reading it this summer LMAO #special treat. unposted dood #maraluke #luke skywalker #mara jade #mara jade skywalker #star wars #heir to the empire #thanks for the ask! #star wars legends

[xplore-the-unknwn]

Graham Hamilton as Luke Skywalker BTS Shots of The Book of Boba Fett

He's so adoraaable. He's giving "Padme's favorite child" energy 👑✨ Post ROTJ Luke would work so well on him.

#He really looks like he's got Anakin and Padme's genes #Heir to The Empire just went official just making noise for him as a recast #disneyrecast #Luke Skywalker #star wars #anakin skywalker #padme amidala #graham hamilton #sw #Disney #sw news #Heir to the Empire #Tbobf #The mandalorian #Tbobf bts #Luke Chanel Boots Skywalker

[infinitepunches]

Finally, we've completed the CGI Abomination trinity.

Heir to the Empire movie, here we come.

#star wars #star wars memes #luke skywalker #leia organa #han solo #harrison ford #indiana jones #indiana jones and the dial of destiny #dial of destiny #carrie fisher #mark hamill #the mandalorian #heir to the empire #dave filoni #ahsoka #thrawn

[ruthesla]

#grand admiral thrawn #thrawn #star wars art #star wars #ahsoka #morgan elsbeth #my arts #fan art #heir to the empire

[omorales81]

We need Mara Jade inserted into the live action mix — and we need it now. #StarWars #MaraJade #Thrawn #HeirToTheEmpire #LukeSkywalker #Jedi @dave_filoni @Jon_Favreau ✨

#star wars #mara jade #thrawn #heir to the empire #talon karrde #lukeskywalker

[frc-ambaradan]

"So here at last we have all the pieces that went into the creation of Grand Admiral Thrawn. He’s competent and capable, enough so that his troops can be assured that they have the best possible chance of winning whatever battle they’re being sent into. He cares about his troops, and they know he won’t sacrifice them for nothing. And he’s driven by logic and reason, not anger or ego or wounded pride." Timothy Zahn (Heir to the Empire, 20th Anniversary Edition)

#and he kept true to himself in the series #very much so #thrawn #mitth'raw'nuruodo #grand admiral thrawn #timothy zahn #heir to the empire #heir to the empire 20th anniversary edition #zahn's notes on admiral thrawn #lars mikkelsen #ahsoka series #star wars #my gifs #(spent ages on these gifs ^^''') #(some would say i should spend my time better)

[leahikol]

The Grand Admiral, leading a lecture about the Chimaera symbol

Huge inspo for me was the Last command cover by Rich Kelly and by the amazing @02png (i love their art sm)

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#thrawn #star wars #heir to the empire #chiss #empire #fanart #chimaera #rebels #ahsoka series #grand admiral thrawn #artwork #thrawn trilogy #timothy zahn #leahikol

[phoenixkaptain]

Luke’s biggest character flaw isn’t impatience or arrogance… it’s reckless optimism.

Like, Luke doesn’t actually think he can beat Darth Fucking Vader in a fight. He wants to get revenge, yeah, but he doesn’t think he’s a better fighter than Darth Vader, he thinks he’s luckier than Darth Vader.

Luke isn’t actually suicidal, despite how little effort you’d have to put in to provide evidence that he could be. He thinks, no, he knows he’s lucky. He’s used to being lucky, even. His survival tactics all sort of depend on Luke being the luckiest person in the room at any given time.

And he isn’t actually all that lucky, that’s pretty obvious, but he really just thinks “If I stay alive long enough, things will eventually just work out.” Like he believes in the Force before he even knows about the Force, almost. Some thingd are just supposed to happen, and his own continued existence as a free man is one of those things, so if he waits long enough, an opportunity will eventually show itself and all Luke has to do is grab it.

He is stupidly optimistic about his chances. But, he’s also not wrong? Like, he doesn’t win his fight against Vader, but he’s also one of the only people who have fought Vader twice and not died either time. He went and rescued Leia without a plan beyond “rescue Leia” and he made it out relatively unscathed. He got captured by a wampa and hypothermia, one right after the other, and he only has to spend a bit of time floating in space jell-o that isn’t quite set. He goes to Dagobah and gets the training he requests from Yoda, despite Yoda not wanting to train him. He rescues Han from Jabba the Hutt, and he doesn’t get fed to a sarlacc in the process.

But really, just look at his final fight with Vader. Luke just honestly believes that everything will be fine. He really thinks he can just ask his dad to please chill out and Vader will. Luke tells the literal actual Emperor of the entire fucking galaxy “No. I will not become evil. And I won’t be evil because I’m not actually angry at anyone.” Luke is the luckiest man alive, because he is still somehow alive.

Heir to the Empire really has him thinking “If I stay alive long enough, an opportunity will present itself” on the planet Myrkr. As in, the planet covered in ysalamiri that cut him off entirely from the Force. As in, Luke doesn’t feel the Force telling him to be patient because it’ll all work out. Luke just believes that.

And it only really hit me as I read that novel. Luke is aggressively, stupidly, recklessly optimistic at all times about his chances of survival. Like, he is one meta joke away from just being actively aware that he is a protagonist and therefore can’t die in the middle of a plot. He’s optimistic about his own life, his dad’s life, his sister’s life, his droid’s life; Luke is the most optimistic man alive.

He is not the most cheerful person. There’s a difference between optimism and happiness, and Luke is a character who is constantly doubting himself, but he also just fully believes in his own ability to stay alive. Like he thinks “As long as I’m in mostly one piece, that’s a success :)” He thinks “wow I’m a terrible Jedi. I don’t know what a Jedi is, but I’m pretty sure I suck at it,” while at the same time being the character who believes in and listens to the Force more than Qui-Gon Jinn.

All this to say, I really hope that one day I can be as optimistic as Luke Skywalker. That man felled a galactic Empire with enthusiastic optimism and familial love alone, I wanna be like that.

#luke skywalker #star wars novels #star wars original trilogy #heir to the empire #thrawn trilogy #luke is the most reckless man i can think of #because of his reckless optimism #i love him #all this to say #luke didn’t live fifty reckless years #spending all of that time thinking well it’ll probs all work out #for disney to portray him this way #luke is distant and zoned out and suicidally optimistic #he also has no idea what a jedi is #and i can’t help but feel that he would look at a description #then think back to yoda and obi wan #then try to emulate obi wan #and no one who wants to be a traditional jedi #should try to emulate obi wan #the inane ramblings of a madman #do not speak to me #luke is living force all the way #it’s the only explanation

[incorrectstarwarslegendsquotes]

Talon Karrde: What are your concerns? Luke Skywalker: Well, you’ve kidnapped me. Talon Karrde: Hmm, noted. Go on. Luke Skywalker: And you threw me in this dungeon. Talon Karrde: I see. Anything else? Luke Skywalker: Uh, no. But... hmm. No, I guess those are the main two. Talon Karrde: Thank you. Your feedback is a gift.

#talon karrde #luke skywalker #heir to the empire #the thrawn trilogy #star wars #star wars legends #incorrect star wars quotes #original: the dragon prince

[cambion-companion]

#thrawn #mitth’raw’nuruodo #chiss #grand admiral thrawn #star wars #thrawn trilogy #heir to the empire

[nobody-expects-the-inquisitorius]

HEIR TO THE EMPIRE GUYS THEY SAID IT THEY FUCKING SAID IT

#ahsoka show #grand admiral thrawn #heir to the empire #star wars #star wars celebration #damnnn time to go finish the books

[katekryze]

#Star Wars #star wars books #heir to the empire #thrawn #timothy zahn #luke skywalker #mara jade #lukemara #r2d2

[2stepadmiral]

Okay this episode of Ahsoka was incredible and broke me so many times and I’m so happy that Dave let us finally see live action Clone Wars. Ahsoka was so freaking young in the Clone War and I forget that with how cocky and mature she is in the show. They freaking nailed Anakin and Ahsoka’s dynamic in live action and I love it. Anakin actually teaching her in live action was great, especially since it’s clear that he wasn’t quite sure how to teach this child yet and he’s still figuring it out and trying to connect with her while still fighting a war. Anakin never wanted a padawan and hadn’t prepared himself to be a teacher at first, he was figuring it out as he went and they showed that perfectly. The designs of Anakin in his clone war armor and Ahsoka’s young design were all 👌. Live action Rex was almost everything; if only Temuera’s face could have been seen. Young Ahsoka’s actress nailed the role, especially the older Ahsoka of the Siege of Mandalore (that armcross, though). Anakin and Ahsoka’s duel(s) had so freaking much to unpack that I’ll need ages before I can even try; the choreography was phenomenal and they once again nailed Anakin’s style. They mentioned Leia and she’s just as defiant against the New Republic bureaucracy bullshit as she should be, doing all she can to help Hera from afar and that’s fucking awesome. It also implies that either Luke knows about the situation and has a valid reason to be elsewhere or they didn’t call him because he is busy rebuilding the Jedi and the Republic military knows this (and it eases the MCU phase 2 “why aren’t they just calling the Avengers” vibes I’ve been getting for weeks). And I’m just rambling because I loved it so much and I want to gush before reality hits again.

I’ve edited this post several times as stuff keeps popping up.

#star wars #ahsoka spoilers #ahsoka #ahsoka tano #anakin and ahsoka #ahsoka series #anakin skywalker #luke skywalker #grand admiral thrawn #thrawn #leia organa #hera syndulla #the clone wars #clone wars #heir to the empire #captain rex #rex and ahsoka #rex and anakin #better than andor #sorry not sorry #snips and skyguy #hello snips #he called her snips #hayden christensen

[jadecrusades]

Cover art by Munehiro Uchimichi. “Star Wars: The Last Command,” Japanese edition. May, 1993.

The Japanese edition of “The Last Command” boasted original cover art by Munehiro Uchimichi, featuring a bad-ass Mara Jade! Until recently, only sub-par thumbnails could be found online. I managed to track down a physical copy of the book and scan it, so we could all enjoy!

#Mara Jade #Mara Jade Skywalker #Han Solo #Princess Leia #Heir to the Empire #Star Wars #Star Wars EU #Star Wars Expanded Universe #Star Wars Legends #Thrawn #Munehiro Uchimichi #The Last Command #打道宗廣

[purringysalamiri]

shh he's angy

#star wars #grand admiral thrawn #star wars comics #icons #thrawn trilogy #comics #thrawn #comic #galactic empire #comic art #mitthrawnuruodo #blue man hot #mitth'raw'nuruodo #star wars legends #heir to the empire #chiss ascendancy #no talk him he angy #legends thrawn

[jay-wasstuff]

novel + comic, animation and live action adaptations of Thrawn

#the big FOURRRR!! #cant wait for live action so excited omgg #star wars #grand admiral thrawn #thrawn #star wars legends #ahsoka #star wars rebels #heir to the empire #lars mikkelsen #dave filoni #star wars comics #ahsoka series #thrawn live action