#the difference between their outcomes is less that leia is an inherently stronger person

[mmelolabelle]

Occasionally I ponder the heartbreak of Anakin Skywalker; who even as a child only ever wanted to use his abilities to help, from whom the universe kept asking more and more, taking and taking and taking when he was much, much too young, until he broke and proceeded to break the whole galaxy along with him. Then the ruined shell of him still kept going as Darth Vader, not because he was particularly enthused by Palpatine or the cause, but because Anakin Skywalker was a creature of sheer will and impossible power and there was nowhere left and nothing to do but go on and on and on - until Luke. Unstoppable force meet immovable object.

Then after Anakin comes Leia Organa, who is Anakin Skywalker’s daughter in her very bones, who even as a child only ever wanted to use her abilities to help, from whom the universe kept asking more and more, taking and taking and taking when she was much, much too young. No matter what happened there was nowhere and no way for Leia to break because the galaxy was already broken. Even if she wanted to, she couldn’t because she knew what would happen, what she would become if she did (Vader). Because Leia Organa was a creature of sheer will and impossible power and even as her family and the New Republic crumbled around her there was nowhere and nothing else left for her to do but go on and on and on.

#they are my tragic parent-child duo and i love them #those solo shots of OT Vader staring out across space alone #vs ST General Organa doing the same thing #my HEART #the difference between their outcomes is less that leia is an inherently stronger person #but because she was raised by people who were in a position to both protect her as long as they could and knew that they had to do so #and supported and loved her unreservedly #anakin was taken away from his mother (and Shmi bless her could only do so much) #and the jedi didn’t even realise that they needed to protect him #much less TRY #idk i get emotional #anakin skywalker #darth vader #leia organa #leia skywalker #princess leia #sw #star wars