#i hope ahsoka series will be as good!!

[kimvvantae]

anyone else here likes star wars?? i just finished watching kenobi and like. i will need 30 business days to recover emotionally. literally shaking crying throwing up

#isa speaks #not bts related #star wars #no but obi wan crying and apologizing felt like A STAB IN MY HEART #also anakin lowkey saved obi??? bc he was like it aint your fault bro #you CAN'T TELL ME that wasn't ani trying to make obi wan feel better!!!!!! #I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!!!!!!! #ALSO WHEN OBI WAN TALKED TO LEIA ABT HER PARENTS???? I FUCKING DIED #this series was everything i asked for EVERYTHING #i hope ahsoka series will be as good!!

[thegirlsinthecity]

This one is for the lovely @kalevalakryze ! Thank you for all the time and effort you put into your amazing fics!

This idea is once again pulled from their fic Mine over on AO3 :)

#star wars #ahsoka #wolfwren #sabine wren #shin hati #ahsoka series #ahsoka show #sabine wren x shin hati #star wars fanart #my art #thegirlsinthecity #okay when I read this scene it stuck in my head for days #(i had to get the dyeing image out of my brain first to be able to work on this one but once it was done? I immediately started this one #It’s such a good fic and a very cute scene!! #i hope you like it :) #i’m actually pretty proud of myself on this one #still lots to learn but i am improving i feel like #the lighting is what took me the longest because no matter how many videos i watched about light i still don’t get it #i also tried really hard to make the faces a focal point by rendering that area more than the rest. i originally had more detail on the rest #but it distracted from what should be the focus #also i am a perfectionist and often lose sight of the bigger image… note to self it doesn’t matter if something is rotated 37 vs 38 degrees. #no one will notice you don’t have to waste an hour deciding on if a single pixel should be added or not #also note to self phone will crash multiple times as soon as more than 30 layers are involved #also note to self overlay is your best friend #but yeah probably the first time i’ve looked at something i’ve made and been like ‘holy fuck i did a good job’ #also you know what? i will be shameless and put my own damn art in my favourites tag if i want to because i’m so proud of myself #favourites #tumblr is compressing my image quality >:( it actually looks so much crisper in my camera roll #adhd rambling sorry got off track here

[weregonnabecoolbeans]

Watching Eman Esfandi practice his little lightsaber twirls makes me so happy

#his enthusiasm and excitement for star wars is refreshing #he really is the perfect ezra isnt he #i hope season 2 gives us some good ezra lightsaber moments #i wanna see hayden and ewan level intricate choreography #i feel like the ahsoka cast if they were genuinely given the chance to do that they’d do it #i doubt they’d be given the time though #but i can dream #but seriously as someone who never really payed attention to star wars for the longest time #then all at once became obsessed #watching eman esfandi brings me joy #the rest of the ahsoka cast too #star wars #eman esfandi #ezra bridger #ahsoka #ahsoka series #ahsoka season 3 #ahsoka cast #star wars rebels #also they should give ezra a new gunsaber #or maybe give one to sabine #kate's post

[pandora15]

I can probably write a whole entire essay about the journeys that obi-wan and ahsoka go on in their respective shows and how they're both so similar and yet so different, and how it works for both of them

anyways I love it when star wars

#ahsoka spoilers #i'm still. plenty concerned about how the ahsoka series treats the jedi order but damn hayden was good in episode 5 #there are things that i personally wish they did with the flashbacks/wbw of it all but like. it's still amazing???? #like i'm not gonna be upset at a show for not doing something i was hoping for -- that doesn't make it a bad show? #(pointing this out because people love to hate on the kenobi series for this reason) #ANYWAYS #love me some good emotional character arcs #obi wan kenobi #ahsoka tano #ahsoka show #obi wan show

[0alix0]

that moment when everyone's hyping show for anakin cameo/thrawn/ezra/etc. and you're here only for an old tired fallen jedi and his little ukrainian chihuahua-looking daughter

#filoni you're so fucking boring you know that? #baylan skoll #shin hati #ahsoka series #star wars #anti dave filoni #you could've make it into a beautiful small personal story about surviving trauma #and having the whole galaxy literally hunting you like an animal for 20 years #moving forward and still not wanting to engage with new jedi order #cuz you're far too gone for it and some scars never heal #something that both ahsoka and baylan could both relate to (if the writing is good ofc) #and finding fulfilment in you child/apprentice who you care about deeply #put some really interesting jedi critical thoughts #to finally have some complex dark side characters who's entire motivation for using it could've been just basic desire to SURVIVE #and not depicting them as mustache-twirling villians #BUT NAHHH we need huge stakes (again) & more useless cameos (again) & the world between worlds whatever the hell that even is #and fucking thrawn cuz he's recognizable and will bring you money #anyway fuck filoni i hope ahsoka finally dies cuz i can't take her character seriously anymore #and i hope baylan & shin will go on funny father-daughter adventures together when this shit is done #at least starkiller isn't there......... thank god #KEEP MY BOY'S NAME OTTA YOUR FUCKING MOUTH FILONI #textpost #shitpost

[loth-creatures]

NO ONE TALK TO ME I JUST WATCHRD THE AHSOKA TRAILER FUCKKDJ SHIT FUCK I AM NOT GOING TO SURVIVE THIS FUCKING SHOWW HJKHDFGJSAAAASDDD

#I think some of its going to be good #There is hope yet #unless they make Sabine force sensitive??? I need to watch it again #Multiple times like on loop for like awhile #Now it would be COOL AF ACTUALLY if Ahsoka decided to just teach a non force user the ways of the jedi. Why not? Finish what kanan started #Massive missed opportunity if they're seriously gonna make bine Force-sensitive tho come on #But oh I am intrigued by the dynamic being set up here praying they don't fuck it up #sabine wren #swr #ahsoka series #ahsoka tano #eel thoughts

[loveoaths]

if anakin and obi wan are presented as opposite ends of the jedi spectrum, then ahsoka is smack dab in the middle of them, the culmination of their shared lineage.

she has the strong moral values and idealism of dooku. the righteous anger and recklessness and loyalty of anakin. the calculating capacity of obi wan. the mischief and heart of yoda. the respect for, willingness to work outside of, and challenging of tradition of qui gon. she is the best and worst of all of them. anakin’s darkness is her darkness. obi wan’s light is her light. and in combining everything that’s been passed down to her with the core values of her togruta village and the philosophy of the jedi order, ahsoka becomes something entirely her own: a jedi made for the new era.

#i hope her show has her and Luke interacting because i believe the two of them are strong foundations for the new order etc etc #ahsoka tano #the clone wars #ahsoka series #that post i reblogged about ahsoka being loyal and not Good is in my brain rn #so true.

[kodicrome-212]

I’m going to be watching the new Ahsoka series for one reason and one reason only

Live action captain Rex

#i believe Tem will do a good job as Rex other than that I’m really not getting my hopes up #I want it to be good so bad but I’m not going into it expecting Andor #maybe it will be #but I’m not getting to excited #just to spare myself the sadness #star wars #capitan rex #ahsoka series

[starwarsshippings]

Ok i watched episodes 1 and 2. I'm sort of torn about whether i liked them or not? the only tv live action series i've watched is Obi wan and i really loved that one, so maybe it's me just getting used to live action stuff again? and also the animation turned into live action factor is probably also a thing. And the characters looking/soundly different to their animated versions.

It felt like Star Wars in some ways and not like Star Wars in other ways. I'm not sold on Sabine being force sensitive/a Padawan, especially Ahsoka's Padawan. Maybe it'll make more sense later on but for now i just find it weird. I mean one of the reasons i liked Sabine so much was that she wasn't force sensitive and didn't need to swing a lightsaber around to be cool. And Ahsoka being a ''Jedi Knight'' now?? when did that happen??? i mean in Rebels she said she WASN'T a Jedi anymore, is all that just null now?? and for Sabine to her Padawan, i don't know. I mean i guess i'm glad it's not some random but it just doesn't sit right with me (for now maybe?).

I'm also not sold on these bad guy dark side users. You can already tell that the girl will change sides, maybe the old man too. they seem really weak to me. Unless they commit some atrocities on screen i'm not buying it.

The whole premise of the map and figuring it out was giving me sequel trilogy flashbacks which i don't like. We don't need anymore characters running away and leaving maps behind. It's just dumb.

Ahsoka and everyone else talks really slowly and it's kind of annoying. A lot of pausing and slow movement, even the lightsaber fights were slow (and boring) too.

Besides that, i really like Sabine's room, all the colors and paint and drawings, just like in Rebels. And the little Lothcat's are SO cute!!! the practical effects for them are so good!!

Sabine cutting her hair like Kanan was cool. I'm not really a shipper for them but the way Sabine keeps dreaming/talking about Ezra, touching the painting, i think there still might be something there? who knows

I'm just kinda unsure what i think about it, kinda underwhelmed to be honest. But hopefully it will really pick up in the next episodes. The show will be awesome if/when we get Anakin and maybe Obi wan content, i want to see them again!!

so yeah like a 5/10 so far

#ahsoka tano #ahsoka series #ahsoka show #star wars ahsoka #sabine wren #ezra bridger #star wars #sw spoilers #i don't want to hate it i'm trying hard to keep positive about it and give it a chance #those lightsaber fights sucked ass though #so slow and boring??? what?? #god i'm hoping it gets better. i don't want to be disappointed i really don't #i want it to be good and have fun #ahsoka and rebels are my beloveds and filoni better not fuck them up

[quietpersephone]

We finally got Anakin and Obi-Wan flashback content, I am living!!!! If we could just get one little Ahsoka mention or reference then my Obi-Wan bingo card would be complete, like I would be all set.

#TV Tag #Star Wars #Obi-Wan Kenobi #Ahsoka Tano #Spoilers #Obi-Wan Kenobi Spoilers #I know there hasn't been a good spot to fit that in narratively #And I'm def not getting my hopes up for that #But if they did like another flashback in the finale where they have Ahsoka say something off screen #Or have flashback Anakin offhandedly mention keeping track of Ahsoka's mission on Mandalore or something #Idk just something tiny #Otherwise though I really am loving this series #I've had a lot of fun geeking out about it with my brothers

[illustratingari]

So excited to post my Hera painting tonight! The last character in my Ahsoka series (Chopper will be in the poster) and I’m super happy to be sharing it. Can’t wait for you all to see it 💚

#guys it’s actually good #super proud of it #instagram hates me and has decided it’s worthless #I hate that app sometimes #hoping it’s better here #ahsoka series #my txt post #illustratingari

[gffa]

Usually, I like to finish reading a fic before recommending it properly, but I've been sucked into about five different STAR WARS fics recently that I've gotten far enough into that I'm willing to trust my heart to them because they're scratching a very specific itch for me--namely, that I want deeper explorations of both the Jedi Order and of Anakin's character. I want fic to punch me in the feelings over both of these aspects of the story. I want fic to sometimes set Obi-Wan and Anakin aside and focus on Ahsoka for awhile, really tell her story. I want Jedi themes woven into a story. I want an exploration of Anakin's mindset that reminds me of just how much I love him and have sympathy for him. And fandom has delivered for me.

DO YOU WANT FIC TO BLACK OUT TO AND LOSE AN ENTIRE WEEKEND OVER? HAVE I GOT SOME RECS FOR YOU:

✦ Out with Lanterns by SkyeBean, ahsoka & mace & jedi & clones & cast, 312.5k     In another universe, Jedi Masters Plo Koon and Depa Billaba decide a Padawan could do Mace some good. It takes a while, but he eventually agrees. When he takes Ahsoka Tano as his Padawan, Mace knows that he's broken through a Shatterpoint and changed the course of a life. How, he doesn't know.     This fic accomplishes several things that have sent me over the moon: 1) At its heart, it's an Ahsoka fic that shows her growing up as a Padawan, going on missions, learning lessons, and having character growth. 2) It weaves in so many other characters around her, that Mace is there in almost every chapter, serious but warm in the Force, just as beautifully characterized as she is. 3) The other Jedi get their moments of excellents, Shaak taking Ahsoka on her Akul hunt was wonder to read, seeing Obi-Wan show up for a chapter had me over the moon, Adi taking care with Ahsoka was lovely, Depa was a shining star when she took Ahsoka under her wing, Fox growing used to these strange Jedi and growing into himself through Ahsoka's eyes was wonderful. 4) The writing is that kind of solid that I don't mean as mid-tier, but the kind that I feel like can bear weight on it, I can pick it up and read for 30k and barely realize any time has passed, despite that I've gotten through an entire arc of the fic. 5) It does an incredible job of balancing that feel of The Clone Wars show, without directly copying anything, that it's like these are arcs that I could have seen on the show itself, the lessons woven in, but still with enough plot moving forward and action to make it exciting. If you want more Jedi-centric fic in your life (where they don't have to be perfect! sometimes they can be less than perfect and it's okay because they're still good! ohhhh, my heart warmed at that) or you want to read a lovely Ahsoka-centric fic in a different life, but still so recognizably herself, then this is one I want to shove right in your face immediately.

✦ Take it from the top and try again by mauvera, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon & padme & mace & dooku & cast, time travel, 116.k wip     Five years into his self imposed exile on Tattooine, Obi-Wan Kenobi is gifted the chance to go back and bring hope back to the galaxy. With hindsight on his side, he fully intends to save his master, save his padawan, make some new and old friends again, prepare the Jedi for a war they’ll hopefully never see and begin to pull apart all the many tangled threads of the Sith Lord’s plans. Should be relatively easy. Right?     I got sucked into the first fic in this series (which is complete, if you want to read it--it's not the end of the story, but it's a good stopping point and feels like it should have some solid resolution if you don't want to get into a wip) and read the first fic over the course of about three days because I was sucked in so thoroughly. I can never get enough of Obi-Wan time traveling back to the past, where he loves the Jedi and they love him, and I love this one because he has to make genuine plans for changing things--things change and I have no idea how that's going to affect Palpatine's machinations! Exciting! But it's also a lovely look at Obi-Wan's dynamics with multiple characters--I found the Obi-Wan & Padme scenes a hightlight personally, their friendship really blossomed as they both flung themselves into trying to better the galaxy, even if she doesn't know he's from the future, that he's working so hard matched a lot of her energy and I really enjoyed that--from Qui-Gon to Mace to Padme to Anakin and, as the sequel progresses, Dooku as well. It's another Jedi-positive fic, it has me invested in the plot, it's a joy to see competent!Obi-Wan, and I would love to shove it at more people.

✦ Post Order 66 Exile AU by Livsy, obi-wan & anakin, 46k (wip-esque)     After a failed order 66, in which many Jedi still died but the Sith were defeated, an exiled warrior and a boy wander a distant planet and attempt to get along.     This is probably the shortest fic on this list but I'm including it because it genuinely felt longer than that, for how dense the emotional intensity of it is. It's an AU where the Jedi barely eked out a victory, still on the edge of extinction in many ways, and Anakin deep in the pits of the dark side, so Obi-Wan takes him to a backwater planet in exile for the both of them, traveling through the countryside and just trying to make it from day to day. What punched me right in the feelings place is that this fic doesn't shy away from the hurt and the anger on both sides, that both of them are allowed to be unreliable narrators that have their own points of view on what's transpired and what lays between them. It doesn't back away from the hurt they both feel, the despair they both feel, yet there's hope here. It's ultimately a story about clawing yourself back from the dark side, and it's beautifully characterized for both of them, that unkind things are said on both of their parts, but you understand why the characters are in the place they are. It's wrapped up in a lushly written backdrop, with some lovely Japanese feudal era details woven in, but also with a Star Wars patina spread across all of it. It's not necessarily a kind fic, but if you like fic that bites down on a wound, I enjoyed this series a lot and would love to see it continued--but, honestly, what's here is already enough resolution that, looking back on it after the initial "Noooooo, I need more!" feeling has faded, I'm actually very satisfied with. ✦ Men of Power by AlabasterInk, obi-wan & anakin & mace & yoda & jedi & palpatine & cast, 86.1k wip     When an old powerful man suddenly comes in and sweeps your underage Padawan away without so much as a by your leave, that’s the time to start asking questions.     I'm only about 20k into this fic, so I can't say what shape it will take later on or how much pairings might come into it, but I still had to come running over to shove this fic at people, because it's scratching the itch I have for Jedi-positive fic that explores the idea of Anakin's trauma from his childhood as a slave, that this is a child who is wound so tight and comes from such a horrible thing having been done to him, having been owned as a person, that I understand why he stays silent on some of the things I desperately wish he could talk about or he doesn't really believe some of the things the Jedi tell him. It's a fic that takes a lot more care with Anakin's character than I think canon ever intended, weaving in a lot of the heartbreaking stuff from Legends' supplementing the canon, and is creating something that punches me right in the feelings place for him, that he's such a bright, brilliant boy, but I see why he struggled and it's not about assigning blame in any direction. It's about deeply caring people who fate has take a few steps to the left and something shifts just a little--and I appreciate that there's something very delicate feeling here, that the Jedi just don't have any real reason to be suspicious of Palpatine, his actions make sense, they genuinely can't feel any ill intention from him in the Force, they discuss why it would make sense that he'd want to support Anakin, all while we the readers can see, in hindsight, where the shadows have been creeping in. If you want Jedi-positive fic that also leaves some teeth marks over Anakin's trauma being explored in a way that is entirely sympathetic to him, then I want to shove this fic at you, too.

#lumi.txt #star wars #obi wan kenobi #anakin skywalker #mace windu #yoda #ahsoka tano #jedi order #fic recs #star wars fic recs

[aidelon]

Ahsoka and Morai! 💚🦉

I haven't been in such good health lately and I feel like my drawings had a downgrade, but today I felt a lil better and I did this Ahsoka and also tried new brushes!!! What are your hopes for the series? Honestly I hope they don't erase the Mortis storyline :')

#star wars #ahsoka series #Ahsoka Tano #fanart #ilustration #Star Wars fanart #Clone Wars #Star Wars rebels

[hashtagloveloses]

But the real root of the problem seems to be that Disney higher-ups see these characters as only dollar signs, so they gave a visionary and talented creator the bare minimum amount of time and resources to continue their stories. The show didn’t need to be good to sell merchandise, especially when the characters were already familiar to viewers, similar to how the Marvel Cinematic Universe has apparently been cutting key elements of the TV production process to churn out its many IP-stretching series. Here lies the bittersweet truth of Ahsoka — this eight-episode streaming series with one writer, the corporate pressure to maintain a streaming service’s profitability, and the responsibility of launching the future direction of the entire franchise, was doomed from the start. Whether it continues with another season, a movie, or not at all, Ahsoka is another victim of late-stage capitalism’s path of destruction through Hollywood, decimating incredible storytelling potential in its wake. Even Filoni’s considerable talent, much like that of J.J. Abrams, Rian Johnson, or any of the gifted screenwriters and directors these studios bring on for both major franchises and original prestige projects, can’t stand up to Hollywood’s intellectual property machine turning almost everything into passable “content,” good enough for merchandising and driving subscriptions. A few genuinely wonderful projects, like Andor, and compelling characters and concepts, like the Mandalorian, miraculously slip through the cracks to keep audiences interested, but this IP-squeezing race to the bottom continues. Let’s just hope that the recent gains by the WGA and rise in unionization across the industry can prevent it from continuing before more beloved characters are put through the wringer.

i wrote this piece about ahsoka, a show i'm so so sad didn't live up to it's potential, and what it says about the entertainment industry right now. i am not a total hater, and there really were things to love about this show, but i needed to get out how disappointing it all feels, and hopefully i got that across. thanks for reading!

#original post #star wars #disney #wga strike #sag aftra strike #ahsoka #ahsoka series #hot labor fall

[jedimandalorian]

The Path to Peridea.

Baylan Skoll says that Peridea is from a fairy tale known to Jedi younglings, a children’s story, but in reality Baylan says this to remind us that Star Wars is exactly just that, a fairy tale, a children’s story.

What does “Peridea” mean?

peri: (in Persian mythology) a mythical superhuman being, originally represented as evil but subsequently as a good or graceful genie or fairy.

ASTRONOMY

peri: denoting the point nearest to a specified celestial body.

from Greek peri ‘about, around’.

dea: Latin for “goddess”

The descent into the underworld is one stage of the hero’s and the heroine’s journey.

As @better-call-mau1 pointed out, the Path to Peridea sounds a lot like the “path to perdition.”

perdition: (in Christian theology) a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unpenitent person passes after death.

Perhaps this is where Thrawn is, in a kind of hell.

But as in the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, a brave lover is willing to descend into Hades to rescue the beloved. This is Sabine Wren’s mission to find Ezra Bridger.

There’s another meaning to “Peridea” though.

It is a genus of moths from the family Notodontidae.

The moth in The Lord of the Rings films brought Gandalf the Grey hope when he was imprisoned in the Tower of Orthanc. When the moth appeared, it was a sign that Gandalf would soon be rescued by the giant eagles, which are used as symbols of divine intervention in Tolkien’s fiction.

Please note that the letters on the star-map to Peridea resemble the Viking runes Tolkien used in The Hobbit. Both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are stories of a hero’s journey filled with danger and wonder. The brave protagonists have to go “there and back again” just as Sabine will in the Ahsoka series.

I think that Baylan Skoll reminding us that Star Wars is a children’s story is significant. Consider this quote from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling.

“Of house-elves and children’s tales, of love, loyalty, and innocence, Voldemort knows and understands nothing. Nothing. That they all have a power beyond his own, a power beyond the reach of any magic, is a truth he has never grasped.”

In all the great fairy tales, the love and loyalty of the protagonist is the key to the triumph of good over evil.

Although she isn’t strong in the Force, Sabine Wren’s love for and loyalty to Ezra Bridger will strengthen her resolve on her road of trials along the Path to Peridea. With Ahsoka the Grey by her side, Sabine is ready to leave the comfort of Lothal (her Shire) and go to Peridea to save the man she loves.

Update, post Ahsoka Episode 6:

Here’s Huyang reminding us that this is indeed a fairy tale, a children’s story.

And here’s Thrawn, showing us how the villain “knows and understands nothing.”

“You wouldn't understand,” says Sabine.

“Perhaps not,” Thrawn responds.

What he doesn’t understand is love. The love and devotion that Sabine and Ezra have for each other is the power the dark lord knows not, and it will be his undoing.

I have spoken.

#sabine wren #ezra bridger #star wars #ahsoka series #sabezra #star wars rebels #ezrabine #Peridea #baylan skoll #j r r tolkien #lotr #the hobbit #j k rowling #Harry Potter and the deathly hallows #fairy tales

[david-talks-sw]

I got a good feeling about "The Acolyte"

Not even kidding. Like, I've spoken before about why I'm wary of it.

George Lucas' Star Wars is something that intentionally has black and white morality, rather than shades of gray. Those movies are meant for kids and projecting a "gray" morality onto them then proclaiming it was George's vision all along is doing so in bad faith.

The narrative of the Prequels doesn't frame the Prequel Jedi in as negative a light as Leslye Headland, Dave Filoni, etc etc do.

See here for more details, but bottom line: yeah, a show that has a darksider as the underdog is bound to demonize the Jedi (who are the actual underdogs in the Prequels), and obviously that rubs me the wrong way.

BUT.

The trailer looks fucking cool. It really really does.

And more importantly? I've done some research... and Leslye Headland is ticking a lot of good boxes, in my book.

1. The Acolyte won't be a 10-hour movie.

I've criticized Disney Plus shows before, explaining that a big source for most of their issues is that these series are being structured as "long movies" rather than, y'know, actual shows.

But in this interview with Collider, Headland addresses that: it'll be a series. Not a long movie that you need to watch across four weeks.

Thank God. You have no idea how much that comforts me. Finally a showrunner who's, y'know, actually running a show.

And this goes hand in hand with what she told IGN, here, about how she's going about building suspense.

Yes! Exactly! That's how it's supposed to be!

Like, compare this to Baylan Skoll's storyline in Ahsoka.

In no possible way was that emotionally-fulfilling. For 8 episodes we had no idea what he was after, and the season ended where we still don't know. What does he want? What is he after? Your guess is as good as mine, it's something Mortis-related.

So yeah. Maybe getting the Emmy-nominated trained screenwriter on board to run this was a good idea.

2. Maybe the Jedi will not be as demonized as I originally thought.

Don't get me wrong. 80% of what she says about the Jedi makes me cringe. It's the typical fan's interpretation and y'all know I disagree with that interpretation.

It's painful to see her refer to the Jedi as an institution (not how the Prequels' narrative frames them) and to see her frame "Balance" in the "oh there's so many of them and just two Sith, that means the Force is out of balance" meaning... but at least she acknowledges the Jedi are a benevolent institution.

They're not an "elitist force hiding in their ivory tower" as others have described the Jedi.

Moreover, there'll be a variety of Jedi POVs, many personalities.

Yord Fandar, is described as a strictly by-the-book Jedi Knight and guardian from the Jedi Temple, is an overachiever and a rule follower.

The question now becomes: will the narrative frame him as "your typical Jedi" or is it just this one guy? I'm hoping it's the latter.

I also like how her reasoning goes re: Jedi drawing their lightsabers.

Which explains the hand-to-hand combat seen in the trailer.

This teenager is coming at Carrie-Ann Moss with a dagger, of course the Jedi won't draw her saber.

3. She's a fan of Star Wars... but a screenwriter first.

You can tell in the interviews she's a fan. She's using words like "BBY" and "EU" casually. In the above-linked interviews she's bringing up the Nightsisters, Timothy Zahn, The Clone Wars, she mentions she has a tattoo of Ralph McQuarrie's concept art of Leia, the High Republic books, etc.

She's done her homework. She's a fan.

But the vibe I'm getting from these interviews is that she's weaving in these various lore-elements in a more organic way, rather than in the "fan-servicey" way Dave Filoni has been doing in his shows.

The references and Easter Eggs will be there, but the narrative won't bend over itself just so you can get it. Crafting a good story comes first, and Andor is a beautiful illustration of why this is true.

Which is why I was never bothered about one of the writers never having watched Star Wars before getting the job. You need those fresh eyes when you're tackling something of this scale.

That makes sense to me. Maybe it's because of my own screenwriting experience, but yeah. That out-of-the box perspective is precious.

And like, obviously, that writer watched the films eventually, but for some reason everyone who bitched about Headland omitted that detail and opted for a more bad faith interpretation.

Hm. Wonder why.

Maybe it's the same reason that months ago this clipped audio circulated socials without context, in which she debates whether Star Wars only came from George Lucas and only Lucas is the key.

The FULL context of that interview reveals that she's actually:

debating the "autheur director" myth and positing that it was achieved by a collective of excellent filmmakers and craftspeople that George was skilled and smart enough to recruit...

the studios now think it's a simple as hiring one guy and throwing money at him, because they have no idea what the fuck they're talking about. See Napoleon (2023) for example.

Yes, she also does a jab to the Prequels, which speaks to the generation of fans she's a part of... but overall she's giving Lucas props whilst also stating an ideological difference, that's it!

George is a proponent of the "autheur" theory, Leslye isn't.

However, guess what, in like half the talks George gave post-selling Star Wars? He's giving shoutouts to everyone who helped make the first film, even remembering their names.

So I'm not even sure he'd vehemently disagree with Leslye, in fact they'd prolly have a conversation about it and immediately bitch about how stupid studio executives are :D

But that's not as incendiary, is it? Again, the more I do the research, the more it feels like the reason most of these influencers are hating on her is purely sexist.

I mean, on IGN she's even acknowledging that she does plan on taking stock of fan reactions for Season 2.

It's not a guarantee that she'll incorporate the feedback, but at least that's more consideration than, say, JJ Abrams or Rian Johnson gave the fandom.

She's even bringing the moral ambiguity that the Gray Jedi-loving edge-lords love so much.

"No, she's a woke feminist! Anything she does is evil! Eww, girls!"

🙄

Needless to say... I'm gonna give it a shot.

I think it's gonna be a good show, I think it's gonna be a solid story.

I'm crossing my fingers that they won't as biased against the Jedi as it seems they'll be. Even if they are... if it's still an enjoyable experience, I'll gloss over it.

As @gffa states in this post:

Worst case? It's not a story from George. I can dismiss it from my headcanon without a moment's hesitation :D

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