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antianakin · 4 months

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So again I'm going to hit this in a few parts because I think there's a few different things happening depending on the situation.

Plo's insistence that they will be found in the Malevolence arc is serving two purposes: he's presumably choosing to have faith in the Force which could be telling him to keep hope, AND he's saying what needs to be said to keep his men's spirits up. If they go into this fight believing it's hopeless anyway, then the chances are a LOT higher that they'll end up dead, whereas if they keep a little more faith in their chances of being found, it'll give them the best chance possible. He's also just trying to lift up the clones' self-esteem in GENERAL because they're mentioning that they're "expendable" which is why they have no hope in being rescued. It's not that they think the situation is completely unsalvagable, but that nobody would bother risking their lives to save a few clones when there's so many of them and they can be so easily replaced. What Plo is doing here isn't that far off from what Yoda does just the episode before with Thire, Jek, and Rys: he's affirming that he sees the clones as PEOPLE worthy of caring about and fighting for, not because they're tools he needs in the war but just because they're THEM. There is nothing else Plo can do in this situation aside from keeping them alive as long as possible, and the best way he can do that is to keep their hopes up and keep them fighting. So regardless of whether he personally believes their chances of discovery are high or not, their best chance is for Plo to convince the clones he believes they'll be found.

ANAKIN'S reaction is completely separate from that (unless you believe that Plo is sort-of listening to the Force which is telling him to keep up hope and that that's possibly coming from Anakin and Ahsoka's choices here). Anakin is basically just bending the rules here because he can tell Ahsoka cares about this. I don't personally believe Anakin would've ACTUALLY gone after Plo in this situation if Ahsoka hadn't been there and being so vocal about her feelings on the matter. I think Anakin likely would've recognized the situation as a pretty foregone conclusion and continued on in his own mission. Keep in mind that this isn't the first attack by the Malevolence and in the other situations, there were no survivors. There's no actual reason to believe Plo is alive this time and it's a LOT more logical to assume that he didn't make it. Ahsoka is being emotional because she's young and she cares about Plo and wants to abandon her own mission in order to go check on someone she cares about, which is something that could potentially have dire consequences in other areas.

What Anakin does is try to find a loophole of sorts that allows them to still complete their original mission while accomplishing this other task, too. And while this logic works out for him, it assumes that nothing is going to happen to his fleet on the way to their final destination while he's gone. He is, effectively, abandoning his entire battalion in order to go save ONE PERSON (because I don't for a SECOND believe he cares about the 104th, he only cares about Plo because that's who AHSOKA cares about). If the 501st had gotten attacked mid-route somehow or they'd had issues along the way, they were left without either Jedi General or Commander to help them out. Yes, Plo and his three men would've died, but losing an entire fleet (which would be in ADDITION to losing Plo's entire battalion) would be far worse in the long run.

And this is why Anakin keeps getting away with acting like this. He takes massive risks in the name of emotional attachments that COULD have dire consequences but he manages to just keep getting lucky, which he convinces himself means that he was RIGHT. But that's not how it works, it's not the same thing. And eventually, that kind of thinking is going to lead him down the wrong path and he won't get so lucky.

You can also look at this situation like the trolley problem. Ideally, they'd like to just stop the trolley before it gets to either line with people on it. But if they CAN'T stop the trolley in time (and they have no control over which line it goes to), and the trolley's now hit that line with one person on it, is it better to go check and see if that one person survived being hit or is it better to go get the other people off the trolley line so they DON'T get hit by a trolley at all? It's possible another trolley might never come down, it's possible that that one person is still alive and could survive if only they're attended to in time. But it's also just as possible that a second trolley might come down and hit those other people on the other track while you're off saving that one person who's already been hit.

Now let's look at Luminara on Geonosis during the factory explosion. Here we get a more direct comparison between how a REAL Jedi handles the possibility of losing someone they care about and how ANAKIN handles the possibility of losing someone he cares about. The main difference for me here is the way they ultimately end up treating EACH OTHER. There's zero evidence that Luminara WOULDN'T have supported Anakin's attempts at finding them, and in fact there's actually evidence to support that Luminara was ALSO trying to look for them when she knelt down on the ground to meditate (something Anakin, like most of the fandom, tends to misinterpret as Luminara dropping to her knees in grief). When Anakin sees what he THINKS is Luminara losing herself to emotion, he's completely capable of being compassionate and reaching out to comfort Luminara, but when she responds that she's actually okay and will deal with Barriss's death if it happens, his compassion EVAPORATES. Almost like it was never even there and wasn't truly compassion in the first place (it's not that selfless if it's only offered when she adheres to HIS idea of how to properly grieve). And he never gives her the benefit of the doubt after this, never tries to understand her perspective AT ALL. All he does is continue to provoke her and harass her and then when they DO find Barriss and Ahsoka, Anakin IMMEDIATELY chooses to throw Luminara under the bus and accuse her of not caring about her own padawan RIGHT IN FRONT OF BARRISS.

Luminara, by contrast, continuously reaches out to Anakin to offer HIM compassion. Even in the face of his being a complete and utter asshole, his anger and selfishness towards her, she recognizes that this is Anakin GRIEVING the possibility of having lost Ahsoka, and so she offers selfless comfort ANYWAY. Even as he lashes out at her, even as he rejects her comfort and advice, she keeps offering it. Because she's a TRUE Jedi while Anakin is only a Jedi in name and nowhere is that more obvious than in this super direct parallel.

And you can compare this later to the advice Plo gives Anakin about Ahsoka during the Padawan Lost arc where he says that all Anakin can do at this point is trust that he's given her enough training to find her own way home. When there's nothing Anakin can truly do to help, he just has to trust in Ahsoka and trust in the Force to guide her. He has to trust he's been a good enough teacher. And in both the Geonosis episode with Luminara and the Padawan Lost arc with Plo, Ahsoka DOES manage to save herself. Anakin isn't really the person who does anything to save Ahsoka on Geonosis because he has no idea where to even start looking and it's a large area to search and they don't have enough time to search everywhere. Ahsoka sends a signal that gets through to the others, though, and THAT'S what saves her. It's something Anakin taught her before, sure, but nothing Anakin is doing right now in this moment is helping and THAT'S what Luminara is trying to impress upon him. All they can do right now, just like Plo and his men with the Malevolence, is trust in the Force and WAIT. Luminara is keeping herself calm, focused, and centered because getting emotional isn't going to help Barriss. Anakin getting emotional certainly doesn't help Ahsoka.

This is also a lesson we see pop up in other areas, as well. We see Obi-Wan getting taught a similar lesson during AOTC where he has to just trust he's taught Anakin well enough that he can manage his own obstacles and fix his own mistakes on a solo mission. He has to let go of his worries and doubts enough to let Anakin go because that's just how growing up works. And while we as the audience know that there's absolutely good reason to worry about Anakin being able to handle a solo mission, the Jedi aren't wrong to advise Obi-Wan to give Anakin room to make his own mistakes so he can grow. Also, in the episode JUST PRIOR to the one with Luminara, Landing at Point Rain, we see Anakin dealing with the loss of a loved one in the RIGHT way. Obi-Wan's ship crashes and Anakin is stuck far away and they don't know if Obi-Wan is injured or even alive. But Anakin is also still with Ahsoka and their troops, trying to get to the original landing site. Anakin COULD run ahead and try to get to Obi-Wan's ship to help him, but he'd be abandoning everybody else in order to do so and there's tons of enemies between them and the landing site, so the chances that they'd make it without his help are slim at best. So when Ahsoka starts getting emotional about wanting to help Obi-Wan, Anakin has to be the one to teach her this and tell her that they can't just go running off when it means abandoning other people to die. All they can do is protect the people they have the ability to protect and trust that in the Force and in Obi-Wan's own abilities.

So it's not like Anakin doesn't KNOW how he's supposed to handle this situation. He literally does EXACTLY what Luminara does JUST THE LAST EPISODE and teaches this exact fucking lesson to his own Padawan like the day before. And yet, when he's losing it and someone else is having to remind him about it, he can't take his own advice. He forgets everything he's ever learned and instead becomes a complete asshole to someone who has done nothing to deserve it.

So the lesson here isn't that you should never do anything to try to help people that MIGHT be dead, it's about prioritizing and knowing what it is you CAN do in the situation. With Plo, Anakin and Ahsoka CAN go save Plo, sure, but it means making a concession somewhere else. They prioritize saving Plo over staying with their own battalion. Plo has to prioritize keeping his men alive which means he has to choose to be optimistic even in the face of low odds because all he CAN do is keep fighting to stay alive as long as possible. Anakin can't REALLY do anything for Ahsoka when the factory explodes because he just has too little information to act on and this drives him NUTS. AHSOKA can work on sending a signal to him, but all Anakin can do is WAIT and have faith that Ahsoka will find a way out. Anakin's not so good at the faith thing, though, just canonically. Anakin doesn't like letting go of that much control in his life (or the lives of people he cares about). Luminara, however, CAN let go of the need to have control over everything and is doing what little she CAN do, which is reaching out with the Force to see if she can sense where Barriss is and keeping herself calm and focused.

Anakin IS wrong both times. The fact that things work out for him both times doesn't make him right in either instance. Remember, the exact things that cause him to make the choices he does HERE are the same things he uses to convince himself it's okay to commit a genocide against the Jedi later in order to save Padme. It's the exact same reasoning, he just gets lucky these times and gets LESS lucky later.

#star wars #anakin critical #anakin skywalker critical #luminara unduli #plo koon #barriss offee #jedi #pro jedi #attachment #attachment ≠ love

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team-jedi · 7 days

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Crack fic idea: Carrie White is rescued by the Jedi as a baby and she is chosen to be Windu’s padawan. I feel like he’d be so kind and patient with her and she’d have a much better life being with people like her and not her with crazy mother and horrible town. Anakin can still exist…I guess and still be Obi WAN’s padawan but if he does exist Carrie will not like Anakin, because she doesn’t like his “jock like” personality or his attitude. Carrie will also be best friends with Barriss Offie (who does not turn evil) and the two will be older than Ashoka like cannon originally planned.

#star wars #jedi order #jedi #anti anakin skywalker #pro jedi #obi wan kenobi #sw #obi-wan kenobi #tcw #barriss offee #jedi appreciation #pro jedi order #darth vader #jedi culture #luminara unduli #anti ahsoka tano #anti ahsoka #carrie white

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gryffindor-jedi · 2 years

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I don't even know how people talk about how deeply they have analyzed Star Wars, and come to the conclusion that the Jedi are to blame for everything. Anakin had an incredibly traumatic childhood, and he still had a bright future ahead of him, because of the Jedi Order. Without Palpatine, aka Darth Sidious, a Sith Lord who manipulated Anakin and the entire galaxy to some extent just to rule an empire, Anakin would have had a good life, with Padmé, Obi-Wan, Ahsoka, etc., not a disfigured slave, stuck in a cybernetic body, doomed to obey Palpatine's wishes. He might have eventually left the Jedi Order to raise his twins, but his life would have been so much better, than a slave on Tatooine. I wish people would realize that Palpatine is the real villain behind Anakin's downfall, and the Jedi Order helps people. Without the Jedi, Palpatine would have been able to create his empire much earlier, since no one else would be able to successfully oppose him. The Jedi saved countless lives, so can they get a little appreciation?

#especially Windu and Luminara #sw #star wars #pro jedi #star wars discourse #pro jedi council #mace windu #luminara unduli #obi wan kenobi #mace windu appreciation #anakin skywalker #swtcw #jedi appreciation #sw prequels #prequels appreciation

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r-2-peepoo · 1 year

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Whenever I see someone insulting the Jedi Order for the way they express their emotions, I can’t help but think about how badly they missed the entire point of what the Jedi are but also about the real world parallels. That really is how so many people react to people who don’t emote in traditional ways (ie. how neurotypical people treat neurodivergent people).

Here is your reminder that the Jedi are not “cold” and “calculating”. A Jedi, by the simplest definition of what a Jedi actually is, cannot be like this. That Jedi you hate because they were mean to a character you like isn’t a sociopath. A Jedi cannot be a Jedi and not have empathy (also sociopath is an actual medical diagnosis, not an insult).

Krell is basically the only Jedi who would come anywhere close to matching this description and he had already fallen to the dark side by the time we get to his arc in Clone Wars. But dark side users are also emotional. They’re just generally self centred and destructive in the way they experience/express them. All force users experience emotions in a heightened way, whether it’s their own or someone else’s.

Not outwardly expressing emotions ≠ not having them.

The Jedi have a very efficient, advanced way of processing their heightened emotions because they have to. It’s probably an incredibly difficult thing to deal with and they have to work constantly to manage their emotions. It’s not that they shouldn’t be criticised but at least make sure the criticism is valid.

#clone wars #tcw #Star Wars #Jedi #pro jedi order #pro jedi #yes this is about mace and ki adi mundi and luminara #mainly ki adi mundi bc i cannot find one actual reason for him to get labelled as a sociopath as often as he does #he cared about the clones and his fellow jedi idk what else people want

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devondeal · 7 months

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Hello there wifey 💚💙 Here’s some Jedi ask questions about our favorite Jedi women, enjoy 😘

Ahsoka

1,9,21,50

Barriss

2,38,42,43

Luminara

10, 16, 46, 49

Leia

5, 14, 39, 48

Oooo I love me my Jedi women! I had a blast answering these, thanks wifey! 💙💚

Ahsoka

1.) How did she find her Kyber crystal(s)?

So the first time she had to have had gone with her creche led by Yoda I imagine. I think the Illum cave would only show her the Kyber after she learned to slow down and not let her anxieties rush her. I say this because this is a consistent issue for early seasons Ahsoka where she is very impulsive.

For her second Kyber crystal, she had to have gone to Illum with Anakin. I think Ahsoka did not expect to need another crystal because I feel like it was Anakin's observation as a teacher that she was best suited to Jar Kai (dual wielding). It is possible Ahsoka became insecure at her Master deciding she needed a second blade like maybe she wasn't doing good enough with one even though that's not at all what he meant. So I feel like the crystal would present itself to her when she learns to accept that it's ok to use a different style than is the most common and traditional. That she isn't any less a skilled Jedi because she is better with two lightsabers (which would mean a lot to me personally as someone who always needed extra help in school).

9.) Their favorite memory with their Master

I feel like her favorite memory with Anakin would be anytime he teaches her about mechanics given she's mentioned it a few times in Clone Wars namely when she fixes her comm on Geonosis.

I chose this because given what we learned in Tales of the Jedi of how Anakin trained her, these memories of combat training may be confusing and stressful. She probably would turn to a different activity they did together for good memories.

I feel like she also gets nostalgic just remembering when Anakin and Obi Wan bickered like siblings while she just rolled her eyes.

21.) Their greatest challenge

Ahsoka in my opinion really really desperately needs to work on letting go of her guilt and insecurities. She has a tendency to feel responsible for things beyond her control which really gets out of control with Darth Vader.

She just never feels good enough and questions every decision she makes and that only gets worse when she realizes the man who taught her turned to the dark side.

50.) Something in canon about them you reject

The Ahsoka show so far. I'm sorry but I just don't like story or the interpretation of her character at that point in time. She just doesn't feel the same to me anymore. She feels so watered down and just not how the Ahsoka from Clone Wars and even Rebels would act.

Barriss

2.) Why did she build her lightsaber hilt the way she did?

Barriss's hilt is pretty simple so I feel like she built it for practicality. Plus as a healer, she isnt one for fighting so she wouldnt put as much thought into a weapon. There are some similiarities to Luminara's lightsaber so that's definitely a tribute. I also notice that the metal of saber isnt as shiny as most lightsabers. Maybe it's for stealth, or maybe it's a lighter metal to carry, possibly native to her planet if we wanna get sentimental.

Her blade would be blue because Barriss's number one priority is to protect above all. I just love how her lightsaber hilt looks because it's so symmetrical and seems pleasant and easy to hold. The bit of gold at the top is just enough to make it stand out and a lovely tribute to her Master.

These pics are from the lightsaber books which helped inform my opinion given when I google it, her saber looks different depending on what comes up. I also like how it describes her hilt in the end of the paragraph:

38.) Their favorite place in the Jedi Temple

The archives cuz she's a nerd 🤣 seriously though, I think reading and learning stimulates her in a way she needs and is a comfort for her when she's anxious.

42.) What's something she'll never forget?

Sorry for the angst but the Geonosis Arena. That changed everything for her. She saw so many fellow Jedi killed and that was so traumatizing for her, she just couldn't be on the battle field again for a long while according to the canon short story.

The happier answer is Luminara just being the bestest Master and also the moment she realized she has feelings for Ahsoka.

43.) If she could talk to any deceased Jedi, who would it be and why?

I'm gonna give the obvious answer with Luminara and I feel like she would need to say everything she wish she could have told her when she was alive. Especially to free Luminara from any sense of guilt she may have regarding how the war affected Barriss.

Luminara

10.) Her favorite memory with her Padawan

I think it would be watching Barriss build her lightsaber like in the 2003 series. She would be so proud of Barriss I know it.

I also think there are many moments in The Approaching Storm of watching Barriss just having fun. I think she and Anakin basically have a splash fight in a river. Also Luminara would definitely be so proud of Barriss's lightsaber dance. I can see her looking back on these memories after the Clone Wars began wishing it were like that again.

16.) Who are her best friends and how did she meet them?

Obi Wan and Quinlan since I think they're close in age. They'd meet as young Padawans maybe sparring. She probably bested Obi Wan and he was just all blushy which Quinlan def teased him for. They probably got in trouble together all the time. Or maybe as 8 year olds, Quinlan dared Lumi to kiss Obi Wan leaving the poor boy all blushy and tripping over himself 🤣

46.) Your favorite headcanon about her

That she hates Ventress with unreasonable fury 🤣 also that she and Obi Wan are in love and she was a naughtier Padawan.

The reason for that last bit is I headcanon Katri to be her first Master but she sadly was killed as we saw in Tales of the Jedi while Luminara would still be pretty young so she'd probably struggle with that grief. It's also why I feel like Dooku might have a soft spot for Luminara because he respected her Master and avenged her. But I feel like Luminara had to have struggled with the dark side as a teenager as a result of all this.

49.) Her greatest moment

That one bit in a comic where she kicks a pebble at a giant and it knocks him the fuck out looking like she just doesn't have time for this nonsense 🤣

Onscreen, I'd say in Cloak of Darkness, when she was willing to admit she made a mistake about Ventress to Ahsoka. It's so rare to see authority figures be so humble and admit a mistake. It really shows how wonderful and kind and soft she is. It shows why she is to me one of the greatest Jedi.

Leia

5.) Her favorite thing about being a Jedi

Being a Jedi would feel like coming home for Leia. Because she has always felt the Force though she didn't know it. Being a Jedi would feel like reuniting with an old childhood friend. It would remind her of how Bail and Breha raised her to be kind and never let cruelty prevail.

14.) How does she like to meditate?

I feel like she'd prefer isolation. I think she'd levitate because we see Rey doing that so I imagined she learned it from her. I think Leia would also meditate while holding onto a trinket from Alderaan because she'd need something to fidget with. And as a woman of action, meditating would be hard for her so she'd need an object to take out any energy with.

39.) If she were to enter an ancient temple, what would she see?

Since ancient temples love to fuck with Force sensitives, Leia would probably see Darth Vader morphing between that form and Anakin since I feel like he's her worst nightmare. She's afraid if she has any bit of him in her because of genetics so he'd taunt her abt that.

48.) A crack headcanon about her

Leia has the biggest potty mouth and it's a fucking problem. She has def slipped some cuss words in places she REALLY should not. Yes she has all the royal and political training but piss her off enough and the entire senate will hear exactly how she feels. Tarkin has def been at the recieving end of it and she has been suspended as a result.

The only reason Leia keep C3PO around is that she needs him to do her hair. All those fancy updoes? Yeah she never had to do them a day in her life but she does want to look her best so she keeps his annoying metal ass around. Eventually though, it's Han who does her hair for her and 3PO is just there for... tradition? Maybe translation abilities 🤣

#jedimasterbailey 💙💚#jedi ask game #star wars #luminara unduli #ahsoka tano #barriss offee #leia organa #pro jedi

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val-aquenta · 2 years

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Jedi June for the prompt Symbols/Faith. This one was a little strange and I ran away with Luminara’s section a bit, but whatever. She’s the loml so she deserves it.

Read it on ao3 here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/39451506/chapters/99523599

We lost.

It’s been…months since the galaxy went dark. She evaded capture for a while, trying to find a way off the planet. The wookies could not help her. Not without putting themselves in more danger than they were already in which was something she would not stand for. Without help, though, it was near impossible for Luminara to find a way off Kashyyyk.

Then, she was captured, but surprisingly not killed.

She had seen what the clones had done to Master Kirit and his apprentice, and she had felt all throughout the galaxy as the Jedi fell en masse, bringing darkness. That she hadn’t been killed was surprising, but not a relief, for she knew where her road would eventually lead.

‘You’re too quick to accept defeat, Master,’ Barriss’ voice was both a kindness and its own brand of sadness that made guilt twist in her gut. ‘Have hope, you tell me. I'll tell you the same.’ Still, not even order 66 and the fall of the Order could eclipse the pain of Barriss falling. Instead, they merged into one big miasma of pain.

“Just tell us what you know, Unduli. It will be over after. We just need information on the Temple, and we know you have it.” The Imperial in charge of interrogating her would not get any answers. She’d stood up against Ventress, the Geonosian Queen, and even Grievous on one occasion. One small little human, old and white-haired would hardly break her.

As before, Luminara simply turned her cheek. They’d taken her headdress early on, which was the worst thing they could have done beyond what they had already done. It still burned her to feel her hair brushing against her cheek in plain view of this…human. Still, Luminara was a Jedi, and by the Force, she would act like one.

Silent and stoic despite how she burned to break free, to hide, to just leave.

The interrogator raged at her, threatening her with more pain, and still…nothing. Eventually, when the human was red in the face, an indicator of lack of oxygen, outrage, or perhaps both, he disappeared and Luminara was taken back to her cell.

The next day started off the same as before. Unceremoniously woken up, the sheet she wrapped on her head yanked away, and then taken to the interrogation room. Then, it took a different turn.

“You know what these are?” The interrogator, a different one from yesterday, pointed, nudging the items. Lightsabers, beads, a braid, bracelets, a shred of fabric from a familiar cloak- Luminara closed her eyes and looked away before she could continue down the line at the other object. “You do…” She could feel the smirk in the man’s voice and simply clenched her fists.

‘Master, you must calm down. I’m completely fine.’ She could feel the imprint of Barriss’ small and capable hands against her shoulders, urging her to calm and breathe. Years later and she would still listen to that voice. One breath in, hold for a few seconds, and then exhale. Luminara opened her eyes, centred enough to look at the objects again.

A lightsaber, dirty and scuffed, that she could not recognise. Still, losing a lightsaber could mean a lot. Most likely, it meant the death of the owner, but Luminara could hope. Two strands of silka beads, taken from hairless padawans, and a single braid of black hair from a padawan with hair. Familiar pain rose at the desecration of their culture, but Luminara simply breathed through it. Barriss had been good at it before her fall; meditating through emotional trouble. She was always calm and centred. Luminara had felt like a student in face of her calm nature. Bracelets from Master Echxet who was famous for her weaving were next. They were cut through and burned on the edges, but a golden woven Jedi Order symbol remained gleaming through the dirt and soot, stubbornly still existing despite attempts to destroy it. A torn scrap of fabric from Barriss' cloak followed. Luminara had petitioned for her to be given her clothes early in Barriss' imprisonment. It was one of the only things she could get for Barriss other than occasional visiting her. Still, she could never mistake the shiny silvery fabric nor the patterns more familiar than her tattoos.

Finally, she saw a holocron. A standard-issue holocron. When activated, they glowed blue, but this one lay dormant. It was also, she noted, stained with blood.

“Ah. Yes,” the Imperial officers walked forwards and tapped the holocron, “you noticed this?” He withdrew his finger and wiped it carefully on the edge of the table as though merely touching the holocron had dirtied his finger. “You will open this, Unduli. Under your free will, or under the influence of pain.” Credit where credit’s due, he was at least more intimidating than the previous officer. “What will it be, Jedi?” He spat the word like an insult.

Luminara spared him no glance, looking at the objects blankly instead of facing his hatred. In the Force, muffled by the darkness that permeated the prison and the cuffs on her arms, she could still feel the lives of the owners reflected in each object.

The feeling of duty echoed from the lightsaber. Whoever had raised it had done so with only single-minded duty in mind. Luminara let it remind her of her own duty: to not give in to the Empire. From the silka beads and the braid came the warmth of love and the feeling of pride in oneself and others for having done well. She let it wash over her, remembering her own Master’s soft hands and softer smile when she’d added a bead onto her braid. The bracelets felt like strength, unwavering in the face of adversity. Master Echxet had clearly been infusing the bracelets with her thoughts of the Jedi in this bracelet, and it reflected. Luminara let the strength buoy her for a moment, enjoying the feeling before moving on.

Finally, in the shred of fabric from Barriss’ cape, she felt love, loyalty and regret. So familiar was the person who’d felt it, Luminara could feel it even clearer. Barriss had regretted, had still loved her despite what angry words she’d said often. Logically, Luminara had known Barriss still at least cared for her, as their last meetings were filled with contemplative silences and a few smiles from Barriss, but still. To feel how much Barriss had loved her made her heart ache and tears prickle in her eyes.

‘I know I do not say it often, Master Luminara, but I admire your strength,’ Barriss had once said before the war even started, as they flew through hyperspace. ‘You are…like a tree; strong and tall. I draw strength from you.’

I can still be the tree, Barriss. I must.

Luminara raised her head and stared unflinchingly at the Imperial interrogator, a tear trailing down her cheek. He smiled as though Luminara had lost and succumbed to her pain, but he could not even imagine the pain she felt, and he could not imagine the depth of Luminara’s strength in face of it.

“I will not open the holocron.”

The Jedi are extinct.

Cal Kestis wipes away at the dirt and grime that covers a sabre. For having laid in a swamp for years, it is in remarkably good shape. It’s small, simple, and judging by the robes found rotting nearby, abandoned by a running padawan.

They weren’t killed, at least not yet. They had simply abandoned anything related to the Jedi and run. If they’re lucky, they’re safe now and to all those who know them, not a Jedi. It’s the only way to be safe nowadays, to let go of the past, hide it, and run from it.

Cal scrubs and reveals a small etching in the sabre hilt, a childlike etching of the Jedi Order’s symbol. Probably scratched in using a small tool, many children had done so. Names and drawings scratched in, providing a sliver of joy whenever their thumbs rubbed the mark. Satisfied with how clean the sabre is and careful not to touch it with his bare hands (that will come later) Cal pockets it and continues his search.

Minutes of wading in dark brown swamp water bears fruit when a holocron and a few datapads are revealed. The holocron, once open, plays Master Kenobi’s familiar message. Run, run, RUN, RUN! HIDE! Echoes from the holocron when a stray patch of skin passes against the dirty surface. He almost drops it in shock, but simply shifts until the echoes of fear and determination dissipate and Cal is once more himself.

“You find much?” Cere asks from where she stands at the ship's ramp.

Cal takes a moment to breathe and centre himself from the flashback before turning, “yeah. A padawan landed here, but…Whoever they are, they’re not here or anywhere close.” He looks back at the swampy water, “they definitely didn’t think they were going to stay.” He hears Cere come closer until she’s right by his side, hand pressed comfortingly against his shoulder. “Here,” he hands her the lightsaber.

“Hmm…” Cere hums as she twists and turns the lightsaber one way and then another. A fond smile lifts her lips when she spots the little etched symbol. “I don’t recognise it.” She brushes the spot once before handing it back to Cal. “But, if they left their lightsaber behind, I doubt they would have stuck around themselves. Especially if they were a padawan told to run.”

Cal nods, looking out over the water. “It’s hard. Leaving everything behind.” He sees Cere looking at him with sympathy. “It was impossible for me. Somehow, it just kept haunting me until I finally turned and stopped running.” The hand on his shoulder squeezes as he shakes his head. “I just…” He takes a moment to himself again, “I hope they’re at least safe wherever they are.”

“As do I.” She pats his shoulder, sharing a strained smile. “Come on, let’s see if we can find anything else.” Together, they wade out in the water, looking for anything else.

The time of the Jedi Order is over.

Quinlan spends the first year after order 66 in hiding and in pain. He wallows in it, relishes in it even. He feels as though he might even deserve this pain for being the survivor. It takes a month of that, and a reminder that he is still a Jedi before he manages to drag himself from the brink of darkness and back into the light. The Jedi Order might be gone, but by the Force, the Jedi will never be truly gone.

Quinlan is by no means the most skilled Jedi to exist. He’s good, certainly, and the fact that he was alone during Order 66 saved him, but he can not be the only survivor. Obi-Wan, he knows, at least survived the initial wave to send a warning to any other Jedi, including himself.

In fact, it is Obi-Wan’s unwavering gaze as he repeats his message in the holocron endlessly which gives Quinlan the strength to finally leave the planet towards the whispers of the rebellion. Obi-Wan had been one of their best, and he had been Quinlan’s close friend. ‘You’re a good man, Quinlan, and a great Jedi. Sometimes, you just need to be reminded.’ Obi-Wan had punched him jokingly in his shoulder, a wry grin on his lips. ‘Don’t worry. I’ll do the reminding.’

He traces down the embers of the rebellion using his skills as a shadow and his psychometry. It’s not long before he meets the rebels. They’re severely outnumbered and outgunned, but they have the drive and an inner strength the Empire could never have.

It is there he learns of Obi-wan’s disappearance and likely demise. He can’t let it phase him, though. If Obi-Wan won’t remind him, he just needs to remind himself.

“How can I help?” is all he asks when the leader of this branch of rebels meets with him.

She looks at him with a shrewd gaze before saying, “There is the Path.”

Quinlan asks, “the what?”

“It smuggles Jedi and Force sensitives from the Empire to safety.” She glances at him inquisitively, not unlike Master Windu’s piercing gaze. “It could use some help, especially Jedi help. It’s dangerous,” she warns, “the Empire is…relentless. Some would call it unstoppable.”

“Nothing is unstoppable, Thrath. The Empire will fall eventually,” he answers without really thinking. He can not believe fighting the Empire is a fruitless endeavour. Eventually, it will topple, as have many other organisations in the past. He mulls over her offer for a moment before he’s nodding. It’s not really an option to refuse. “I’ll help this Path, risks be damned.”

All the preparation in the galaxy could not have prepared him for the first time Quinlan laid eyes on the Path. To know that there are so many people willing to sacrifice themselves to help the Jedi. It is almost overwhelming.

Most overwhelming is the depth of emotions stored in the walls of the Path. Etchings of names, symbols, and identities scratched into the walls. On every wall, the Jedi Order’s symbol stands, and every time he passes, he lets his fingers trace the familiar curves, feeling pain, loss, and yet ever-present hope.

“Have you ever left something?” Tala asks one day from where she folds the cloak of a padawan into a box to be tucked away. At Quinlan’s quizzical look, she elaborates, “on the walls.”

“Oh…no.” Not yet. For some reason, he doesn’t feel like he should be allowed to. His one year stint into darkness and despair shames him still even though he knows it shouldn’t. For some reason, the shame still bites at his feet wherever he steps.

It isn’t until he sees the wall of the Path on Ischer that he finally plucks up the courage to leave his own mark as well. Like all of the walls, the fear of the refugees is imbued, but also the joy of a community that was lost and then found in the hidden caves of the galaxy, and the hope for a better future.

“Turn from the Dark and into the light. It is always worth the struggle.” A Padawan probably wrote it, mirrored after one of Yoda’s maxims. Added on, by a different person judging by the handwriting, is “And you are stronger for it.”

Quinlan doesn’t know why it affects him so much, but it gives him the strength to take a pick and write his own message.

“I turn towards the light because it is the light,” Tala reads. “That’s nice.”

Quinlan shrugs, “I heard it from a friend.” He sets down the pick and fixes her with a searching gaze. If she's uncomfortable it doesn't show. Instead, she looks back, a pain echoed in her eyes alongside fearlessness and drive. “You don’t know how much it means to us. That there are people out there helping us, that we aren’t alone.”

“Well, Quinlan, I think people who think they’re alone often are far less alone than they think.” Tala nods and pats his shoulder, a strained smile on her face. “Often, people just need to observe and realise that they’re not alone.”

‘I’ll do the reminding,’ Obi-Wan had said with his wry grin, ‘me, Lumi, Bant, Master Qui-Gon, and every other Jedi and civvie.’

Quinlan grins, the memory of Obi-Wan and his lost friends hurting still, but overshadowed by the joy in the memory. “I think you’re quite right.”

Do not return to the Temple, that time has passed.

Obi-Wan buried his lightsaber when he first came to Tatooine. He buried his heart, Master Yoda would say with a disapproving frown, but Obi-Wan hardly felt like a Jedi anymore, so how could his lightsaber be his heart?

Regardless, when he’d uncovered it ten years later he hadn’t known what to do or how to use it. Ten years of no practice had left his muscles weak and his brain confused. Slowly, he’d relearned how to grip the hilt with strength, how the blade moved in the air, and how to move it efficiently. Still, he was only handling the lightsaber with barely any skill. The part inside him that was a Jedi Master cringed at the ungraceful blocks and dodges that would have been child play for him ten years ago.

It was part of what ultimately stopped him from burying the lightsabers once more.

Part of him still wanted to disappear, to hide away in the endless wastes until he perhaps wasted away. And yet, Leia’s young voice asking, well demanding really, ‘make me float’ and the message on the wall reminding him that the light would persevere, gave him strength and drive once more. Like a shrivelled plant, Obi-Wan renewed himself when hope returned.

Hiding didn’t help, he’d known before but ignored it. Now, though, he finally felt like he could become the Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi once more, no longer just the crazy hermit Ben of the dunes.

And so, Obi-Wan took up his blade once more and practised.

His moves were clunky, stumbling in the sands and tripping over his feet in ways that made his cheeks burn despite no one, but his old Master watching him. He drops his lightsaber a few times and is subsequently forced to clean it while muttering curses under his breath. His eopie watches with large eyes, blinking as he scrubs and scrubs away at the hilt.

Still, he works and works, practising katas and even adapting them to the dunes he is forced to practice on. A left block down, a slash to the right, and a shift of his left leg, Obi-Wan slowly relearns the dance of the lightsaber. Slowly, looking at his lightsaber no longer makes something within ache, and picking it up becomes easier and easier.

One day he finishes his practice and looks over the dunes. His heart still aches something fierce, but he’s beginning to understand that it will always ache just a little. He’s beginning to finally accept it. He looks at the hilt, still raised as he remains in the final position of the kata. It hadn’t been so hard to raise the blade today, he notes absently, nor had it been hard to use the Force today. He breathes out, loosening his tense muscles in preparation to stand.

Qui-Gon’s presence made itself known halfway through his exercise, and through the entirety of the final kata. His presence flares suddenly, and he speaks. “You’ve done well, Obi-Wan.” His deep baritone echoes on the dunes, a comfortable and familiar sound. He continues with a seriousness in his voice, “Obi-Wan Kenobi, you may rise,” Obi-Wan recognises the words intimately, having been told them by Master Windu instead of Qui-Gon on Naboo, “as Jedi Master once more.”

He rises unsteadily, eyes stinging both by whipping sand and sadness. “Master..."

If Qui-Gon were corporeal, he would be smiling. Obi-Wan is certain. He can feel it in the air. “You have faced many trials in your life, but you have faced them admirably. Where many might fall, you have stumbled and weathered the storm.” Qui-Gon takes a moment, giving Obi-Wan some time to centre himself. “The symbol of the Jedi Order contains a phoenix, which symbolises rebirth. And now, you stand tall once more, a Jedi Master reborn. The world could not have asked for a better Jedi, nor I a better student. May the Force be with you.”

“And with you, Master,” Obi-Wan echoes. There’s a flash of feeling, like a hand on his shoulder and the scent of sapir before Qui-Gon’s presence disappears, fading away until there is nothing but Obi-Wan. He breathes unsteadily for a moment before clipping his lightsaber onto his belt, finally feeling like a Master once more.

The light will fade, but is never forgotten.

#jedi june #jedi june 2022 #obi wan kenobi #Luminara Unduli #Quinlan Vos #cal kestis #cere junda #tala durith #qui-gon jinn #jedi appreciation #pro jedi #Star Wars fanfic

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the-canadian-nerd · 2 years

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The more I think about Tales of the Jedi, the more I realize it makes sense that it would tell Ahsoka and Dooku's stories.

They are the two Jedi-who-left-the-Order that we know best and their stories have many connections that way: why they left and the paths they took after leaving.

Do I still wish we could've focused on other characters (more so in Ahsoka's case)? Yes, but I will take what I can get.

#star wars #star wars tales of the jedi #tales of the jedi #ahsoka tano #count dooku #at least we get windu and obi-wan and yaddle #would've love to see some more luminara and shaak and depa #or kit fisto or cin drallig or koth #but i'll take all the pro jedi content i can get

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jedimasterbailey · 1 year

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The concept of Jedi Master Katri (referenced in episode three of Tales of the Jedi) being Luminara Unduli’s Master who later became Barriss Offee’s Master still has not left my mind. I’d want them to be known as the Luminous Lineage and for it to be a line of all Mirialan women dating back hundreds of years. It’s too bad this idea will most likely never be touched as women and POC will continue to be snubbed with Feloni and his goons in charge.

#this is canon #justice for mirialans #luminous lineage #fuck you feloni #jedi master katri #barriss offee #luminara unduli #these people deserve so much better #women in general in Star Wars deserve better #tales of the jedi #star wars #pro jedi

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jedi-enthusiast · 4 months

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On the note of random Mace antis just appearing out of the wood work; honestly it feels like they purposefully go looking for Mace appreciation posts, or any positive post about him (or any other Jedi appreciative/positive post for that matter) and purposefully say wrong/mean things because they think their opinion was asked for and they just have to remind everyone that this character is Actually The Worst, when they aren't. Its like they can't handle us having fun and loving genuinely wonderful and good characters (like Mace, Yoda, Luminara and Ki-Adi for example. Mace cause he's the current target of it, and the other three cause they're usually used as examples of the "worst Jedi" by the antis' standards. When, again, they aren't.) Like we're fine with leaving them be and letting them enjoy things the way they want, but they can't handle doing the same. Like they can go in their circle and have fun, but let us do the same! (Sorry for random ramble and I hope it made some sense, but I had strong feelings lol. But I loved seeing you defend Mace so beautifully. Very Nice XD)

Don't worry about it, it made perfect sense! And I appreciate the ask, it's nice to know that there are people out there who are as passionate about this stuff as I am <3

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Honestly, though, it's insane how desperate these people are to argue and how attention seeking they are!

Do you know how many anti-Jedi people I've blocked by finding them posting stuff in the pro-Jedi tag??? I don't understand what's so hard about just posting things on your own blog instead of being a dick on the blogs of people who have a different opinion than you.

As is probably obvious by now, I hate Anakin Skywalker, but I have never gone on someone else's blog---who clearly likes him---just to argue about why I hate him. Hell, I only talk about him on the blogs of people I know agree with me!

Why can't anti-Jedi people just do the same?

Also, on the topic of Mace Windu, I fucking hate the way that fandom has treated him---he deserves so much better! Their characterization of him isn't even rooted in canon, it's them just wanting to bash him because god forbid anyone ever say no to their uwu fascist man baby- (let alone a POC).

Just- ugh.

I'm taking away fandom's Mace Windu privileges until they learn how to act.

#star wars #sw prequels #pro jedi #in defense of the jedi #mace windu #anti anakin skywalker

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ilovescarletwitch · 8 months

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Oblivious Yoda is canon!Yoda

This is a huge pet peeve of mine. Pro Jedi I have a bone to pick, be warned.

Recently I have seen so many Oblivious Anakin is Canon Anakin fics and I really want to know what movies they watched. Anakin was an incredibly perceptive 9 year old who saw Qui-gon's lightsaber and immediately realised he was a Jedi and also knew that Watto wouldn't be able to resist a bet and thus they could trick him. During the First Geonosis Battle he tells a pilot where to aim to cause more damage. When they were escorting Satine he catches on pretty quickly that she has history with his master. During the episode with the Talc he is the first to notice the Talc use picture to communicate and draws a picture to show them they wish to be friends. At the end of the Rako Hardeen arc everyone is congratulating themselves on a job well done and Anakin is the first to realise something is wrong and run to stop Dooku. At the Wrong Jedi he is the one who figures out who the bomber is.

What is he oblivious to? Fandom calls Anakin oblivious in a disgusting display of victim blaming because he didn't realise when he was ten that his new friend was trying to groom him.

Yoda has been the Grandmaster of the Order for centuries. And yet he is oblivious to the survival of the Sith, even when Qui-gon reports it he refuses to believe it and sends Qui-gon to his death. He is oblivious to the Sith master serving in the Senate and then being elected Chancellor. Seriously he is in the same room so many times and fails to sense anything.Chancellor Sith grooms one of their most powerful students right under his nose and he never catches on.He is oblivious to someone, maybe Sifo Dyas maybe not, using the Order's names and funds to order an army of clones that are essentially slaves. According to the new Disney Canon, Dooku has already fallen and in cahoots with the Sith before he left the Order but Yoda is oblivious to what his former apprentice is doing and remains oblivious until Dooku chooses to show his hand. He is oblivious to someone tampering with the Jedi Archives. He is the one to first bring the clones into the battlefield and essentially make them the army of the Republic and yet he remains oblivious to the fact they are a Trojan Horse meant to destroy the Jedi Order. Why is Anakin the oblivious one and not Yoda who is a lot older than Anakin, has a lot more experience and is the one leading the Jedi Order?

Same goes for the rest of the Jedi council, Master Ti in particular. She is stationed on Kamino and her job isn't just to train troopers but also to keep an eye on the Kaminoans. Yet she remains oblivious to so many clones being fitted with chips that would make them turn on the Jedi. During the Fives arc she is completely oblivious to Nala Se dragging Fives before his meeting with the Chancellor. But she has already heard Fives words and yet never investigates after he turns up dead immediately after. People love to crucify Anakin for not listening to Fives but at the time Fives had lured them in a warehouse, stolen Rex's weapon, trapped them behind a ray shield and proceeded to accuse the Chancellor of treason. Anakin had every reason to believe Fives was mad, it's Shaak Ti that was there the entire time and whose job it was to keep an eye on Kamino. Yet nobody says oblivious Ti is canon Ti.

Luminara Unduli's padawan is so traumatized by the war that she not only grows disillusioned in the Jedi Order but carries out a whole terrorist attack on the Temple and frames another Padawan for it. And Luminara remains oblivious to her padawan's actions until Anakin exposes her. Yet there is no tag calling oblivious Luminara canon Luminara.

Obi-Wan Kenobi remains oblivious to Chancellor Sith grooming his student for ten years. He is the adult charged with a small child's care and he never notices that he is under someone else's dark influence. He remains completely oblivious to any personality and behaviour changes that should be huge red flags. Yet, nobody calls Obi-Wan oblivious for not realising that the politician who arranged to meet his underage student alone is hurting his student.

Nobody calls Bail and Mothma oblivious for not realising that their head of state is colluding with the enemy and orchestrating a crisis after another so he can gather more powers and thus name himself emperor.

It's only Anakin who is either a literal child or the age of your average college student during the entire prequels that is called oblivious because he didn't realise that his mentor was manipulating and using him.

@tragicfantasy-girl @riana-one you have some of the best takes regarding hypocrisy in fandom. Do you have any instances where Anakin is actually oblivious?

#Star Wars #Anakin Skywalker #obi-wan kenobi #Yoda

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars

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Title: Untitled

Pairing/Characters: Kit Fisto/Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mace Windu/Quinlan Vos/CC-2224 | Cody, Luminara Unduli/Depa Billaba, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Quinlan Vos, Obi-Wan Kenobi & CC-2224 | Cody, Anakin Skywalker, Plo Koon

Rating Teen | T

Warnings/Tags: Chooses not to use Warnings

Pro Jedi, Jedi culture respected, canon typical violence, communication, philosophical discussions, Not Anakin Skywalker friendly, I don't think I need to warn for anything this time, Hope I haven't forgotten anything, hurt/comfort, angst with a happy ending

Summary: Obi-Wan is a fantastic Jedi. He usually keeps his cool and does not let any emotion get the better of him. One might wonder if he actually does experience emotions at all. But he has a secret: Behind closed doors, when he is alone or with those he most trusts, he will fall apart. He just does not like appearing so vulnerable crying in front of others.

This is how he gained people to trust with his most vulnerable self and how they made it through the war.

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I am weirdly invested in this au and I want to ask what about the rebellion? Do they still have the same goal as canon? How do the rest of the jedi fare? What about luke and leia? I'm assuming obi-wan doesn't know vader is anakin at that period of time so are you going to do some reveal? Oh also what is the empire's like from citizens perspective? Sorry I ask a lot I just like this so much I need to know more detail!!!

*cracks fingers* Okay, so that is quite alot of asks, but lemme try and break them down:

The Rebellion still has the same goals as in-canon; restore the Republic, overthrow Imperial rule. That said, they are having a far harder time of things. For one, the destruction of the first Death Star never occurs, because Vader cut the funding for the superweapon on Thrawn's insistence- which, in turn, severely hampers the Rebellion's overall unity as a faction, since they no longer have that 'great victory' to build them up into a stronger and more-popular faction. Additionally, Thrawn's pro-alien reforms have split the galactic population. In canon, it is mostly condensed down to a largely-humano-centric Empire against basically a largely-alien Rebellion. In 'Built To Serve', however, you are just as likely to find a Twi'lek or a Rodian Stormtrooper as you are to find a Human Stormtrooper. This, naturally, deprives the Rebellion of one of their largest recruitment 'pools from the canon timeline: the oppressed alien masses.

One other change is that Galen and Jyn Erso never sided with the Rebels; the Death Star project was scrapped, and Galen's technology was turned back towards clean renewable energy. This kept him on-side with the new Empire, and never separated him from his wife and daughter. Jyn, now living a new life as the daughter of a high-ranking imperial scientist, got the best education and connections, allowing her to rise rapidly through the ranks of the Imperial Navy. She now serves as one of Tarkin's many government officials.

The Jedi are far worse-off in this timeline. Whilst Palpatine mostly concerned himself with the Empire and left Vader to deal with any Jedi that dares to spring out of hiding, in this AU Emperor Vader leaves the broad-strokes of Imperial policy to Thrawn and Tarkin. This, in turn, leaves Vader with more time to organize and arrange the Imperial Inquisitors under the leadership of Grand Inquisitor Barriss Offee (the only person who hates the Jedi perhaps even-more than Vader himself). This newly invigorated Inquisitorius, in combination with the massive ISB propaganda effort to paint the Jedi as treasonous manipulative b*stards post-Order 66, has alienated the Jedi survivors from much of the support they might have had in-canon. Kanan Jarrus, Cal Kestis, Cere Junda and Ezra Bridger were all killed in this new timeline by the hand of Grand Inquisitor Offee, as was Darth Maul during an ill-planned assassination attempt against Emperor Vader. Ahsoka Tano remains alive as the head of the Rebel spy-network, 'Fulcrum'. Yoda, similarly, remains in hiding on Dagobah.

The exception to this blanket persecution is the planet of Ahch-To. In this new timeline, Ahch-To is used as a demilitarised 'reservation' for maybe 10% of all captured Jedi. The imprisoned Jedi are disarmed, installed with tracking chips, and released onto the planet's surface. There, they can meditate on the Force, practice their beliefs, and live out a relatively peaceful, low-tech, primitive life... on a number of conditions... The reservation of Ahch-To is led by the renowned former Jedi master Luminara Unduli, who preaches nonviolence and pacifism whilst firmly dissuading any talk of escape or insurrection; like it or not, Vader has given them all a second chance after Order 66, to live simple (albeit heavily-monitored) lives. Additionally, any newly-discovered Force-sensitive who fails examination under the Imperial Inquisitorius' exacting standards is dumped in the hands of the Ahch-To Jedi reservation.

Luka and Leia are unchanged from canon - Leia is still the outspoken daughter of Senator Organa (who, coincidentally, has been having a harder time getting supplies off-of Alderaan to the Rebels, now that the 'Death-Star-carcass-turned-Imperial-Navy-starport' is parked right over his planet), and Luke is still a farmboy on Tatooine.

Obi-Wan never had his little adventure from his 'Kenobi' series, and remains in-hiding on Tatooine. He still communed with Qui-Gon Jinn as a Force Ghost, and learnt how to become a Force Ghost himself, but he never had that final fight with Vader. Indeed, Leia herself was never kidnapped as a young girl; instead, her father Bail just told her about Obi-Wan's many adventures. As for if Obi-Wan discovered Vader is Anakin... ehhh, let's just say that Obi-Wan never made that connection. He'd still think that he killed Anakin on Mustafar, and that Vader is some other Sith Lord who stole power 'out from under Palpatine at the final minute. Or, atleast, that is his best-guess. He doesn't exactly have an abundance of intelligence on a backwater like Tatooine.

The Empire, from the prospective of an average citizen, is a marked improvement on the Old Republic. Granted, they are under intense scrutiny and subjected to a near-dizzying amount of Imperial propaganda, but they are *safe*. The Clone Wars are over, the Jedi traitors are gone or in-hiding or on the 'reservation' world of Ahch-To, and the old corruption and greed of the Republic Senate has been expunged (for the most part). The Hutt cartels are far less aggressive and daring, with crime at an all-time galactic 'low. Slavery is still a problem, especially in the Outer Rim, but worlds like Ryloth and Shili are firmly slavery-free, and firmly loyal to the Empire. Alien and otherwise nonhuman citizens are far more satisfied with the new Imperial system, finding it as a source of excellent new career paths with alot of upwards mobility. Indeed, reports and news stories on galactic equality margins are at an all-time-high, firmly outstripping the Old Republic. Basically, if you were born a Sullustan, you would have far-better chances of finding work in government under the Empire than you ever did under the Republic. The prices of much-needed items like medicine and food are also much more affordable, with some of Emperor Vader's key early policies being based around the production and distribution of these two things... partly to cement his own popularity, partly to incentivise postwar economic prosperity, and partly to urge more people to buy-in to the new Empire as a new galactic government.

#star wars #emperor vader #builttoserve #shaak ti #luminara unduli #leia organa #luke skywalker #ahsoka tano #barriss offee #grand admiral thrawn #grand moff tarkin #au #alternate timeline #alternate universe #send asks #asks open #asks #obi wan kenobi #qui gon jinn

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