#to baylan- at least

[skoulsons]

Active shower thoughts

“You won’t help?”

vs

“I can help you”

And shin looks distraught when the latter is said to her

#ok wait no this is so complex #I believe baylan is parting from her for a specific reason #not a ‘leave me alone I want to be away from you’ reason #but something bigger than that #to baylan- at least #but that’s not really considering shins..: #I’ll say emotional (??) needs (????) #which isn’t the wording I’m looking for #I think she’s been alone most if not her whole life #with the exception of Baylan #and I think the hc possibility of her wanting a bigger circle is good #but also. #but I think baylan parting from her hit her more emotionally hard than she probably thought #he’s probably all she really knows. hes taught and trained her into everything she is #and for him to part from her #In a ‘sending off to college’ fashion #is borderline terrifying #because it’s baylan #practically her father #and the man she knows and has known the majority of her life is leaving her so she can go and find her footing #and while that is scary enough- the woman who is her enemy says ‘I’ll help you’ #but she doesn’t want ahsoka’s help #she wants baylans. I believe she’ll always want baylans #she looks distraught because she wants baylans help!!!!!!!! #oh my GOODNESS there sso much here #ahsoka tv #ahsoka spoilers #baylan skoll #shin hati

[awsok]

shin hati — season one character study

introduction in the odyssey, emily wilson / ahsoka, 'master and apprentice' / ahsoka, 'fallen jedi' / so we must meet apart, gabrielle bates & jennifer s. cheng / ahsoka, 'far far away' / between dog and wolf, rené-xavier prinet / ahsoka, 'far far away' / ahsoka, 'dreams and madness' / ahsoka, 'dreams and madness' / camp damascus, chuck tingle / ahsoka, 'the jedi the witch and the warlord' / the sun is also a star, nicola yoon

#shin hati #web weaving #this is kind of incoherent i'm sorry. and the colouring is all over the place. whatever! #anyway shin hati character study! #wolfwren shipping goggles are very much optional but i'll tag it anyway #ahsoka #wolfpack #wolfwren #baylan skoll #ahsoka tano #* #*gif #btw not sure if it's apparent but i do love shin and baylan's dynamic and i think there's real caring in it! #it's just that shin's journey is season one has them growing apart and shin ultimately feeling betrayed by him (at least i think so) #so this reflects that #100 #500 #*weave

[armoralor]

I think what's going to break Shin and Baylan a part in the end are their different desires. Shin wants power for the sake of being free of their mercenary life; she wants to stop living on the run and to know what it's like to have a community- to feel cherished and appreciated.

Baylan wants power so he never has to go through the pain he experience during Order 66 ever again. He wants cosmic revenge on the galaxy for causing so much bloodshed; he is willing to rip apart the fabric of space and time to get exactly what he thinks is right.

Shin wants a dad and Baylan wants a dream.

#baylan skoll #shin hati #ahsoka #I have many thoughts on them and am worried at least one is going to end up dead #text #mine

[loreensdarling]

i've completed the set of silly 10-20 minutes sticker blorbos

(I have the single blorbos under the cut)

soka <33

blueberry boy

stabby jedi murder girl

stabby jedi murder girls stubborn Mandalorian girlfriend

#ahsoka tano #ezra bridger #shin hati #sabine wren #wolfwren #star wars #shinbine #sabine wren x shin hati #ahsoka #ahsoka series #ahsoka show #sabine x shin #blorbos #I have to do hera and baylan too at least #loreensdarling #loreensdarling art

[mmelolabelle]

rewatching ‘ahsoka’ and will someone in this fucking show just hug their apprentice pLEASE

#ANAKIN SKYWALKER IS THE CHIEF OFFENDER #it was the least he could do #ahsoka meanwhile owes sabine at least 10 hugs #also baylan is a huge guy he’d give great bear hugs #like proper ‘lift you off the ground like you’re a kid again’ hugs #i reckon it would make shin at least 34% more mentally stable #ahsoka tano #anakin skywalker #sabine wren #baylan skoll #shin hati

[dostarve]

Ahsoka Episode six Spoilers below!!

-HUYANG SAID THE THING!!

-I had no idea the Night Sister came from a different galaxy?! Is this common knowledge?

-THRAWN SHOWS UP!!

-His Stormtropper with the gold face thing looks creepy as hell but also pretty cool.

-I love how the Stormtropper’s armor is cracked and dirty and JAHANSBAKNANS!! Idk its just cool

-Sabine’s little dog-horse thing is so cute, I can’t remember its name though, I think they were called Howlers??

-EZRA SHOWS UP!!!!!!!!! MY BOY,,

-Is his hair black or am I crazy, I have seen people say its supposed to be black but just looks blue, but I am a firm Ezra “blueberry boy” believer. (It looks pretty black in this though)

-At first I was put off by the beard but I think it looks alright. Also I like his curly hair :)

-The reunion wasn’t what I was expected but its still cool

-Also Baylans talk with Shin was cool, I wasn’t paying too much attention to it cause I was busy thinking about Ezra, but it seemed intriguing!!

#I can’t wait for season two #thought I honestly wish it was all one season #or at least longer than 6 episodes #ahsoka spoilers #ezra bridger #sabine wren #thrawn #shin hati #baylan skoll #star wars #star wars rebels #EZRA RETURNS #star wars talk

[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

[hurricanek8art]

Watch Ahsoka in Theaters at the Midseason Fan Celebration Event | StarWars.com

Ooh, I just saw this and haven't really scrolled much through the main Ahsoka tag yet, anyone else know about it?

Here's the midseason poster that goes with it. I like it!

#Star Wars #Ahsoka #Ahsoka series #Ahsoka spoilers #Ahsoka Tano #Anakin Skywalker #Sabine Wren #Hera Syndulla #Shin Hati #Baylan Skoll #Inquisitor Marrok #Morgan Elsbeth #Huyang #Chopper #Is that everyone on the poster? I'm trying to cover my bases #I don't do movie theaters for a variety of autism/sensory processing issues #Plus covid stuff now #But I figure other people might be interested #Like I have less than ten followers (but I used to have none so it's cool!) but posting in the main tag at least SOMEONE might see it. #So. here ya go! 😁

[argonapricot]

I am soooooo fucking sad. They really were just saving Baylan's entire central storyline for season 2, they really just left it completely hanging before we even know what's even going on

Why couldn't they have just made the show more than 8 episodes if didn't have room to resolve any of its storylines O__o

I am just so sad because now we can never ever see Baylan's story with Ray Stevenson. I hadn't expected them to get to everything, I knew that Baylan's story was going to be cut short no matter how this went, but I genuinely thought we would get to see something

I tried to keep my hopes low but i FAILED and I'm SO SAD

#i want to tag this for storage on my own blog but i dont want to like... put negativity in the tags #i wanted to knowwwww #what was going onnnn #with my favorite characters :((((((( #i'm such a clown i thought i was getting my hopes up about there being some sort of shin-baylan resolution #joke's on me i should have been worried about seeing either of them do Absolutely Anything #at least shin's shoulder cloak looked fabulous and baylan had a fantastic scenery moment #but that's NOT ENOUGH i will be sad forever #ahsoka spoilers #baylan skoll

[yardikins]

Personally I think Anakin’s Force ghost should just follow Baylan around on Peridea and annoy him until he agrees to join up with Ahsoka - Anakin is entirely able to and it would be funny

#It’s funnier if Baylan’s faced Vader before #Anakin rolls up like #“Hey bestie from 30 years ago that I tried to kill can you go chill with Snips ik you guys also tried to kill each other but trust me here” #That relatable moment when your ex boyfriend decides to haunt you #Star wars #ahsoka series #Baylan Skoll #Anakin Skywalker #skollwalker #In my tags at least #But im not complaining if someone joins me on this ship

[skoulsons]

Baylan and shin thoughts 🫶🏻

There are just. So many ideas for baylan having a padawan he lost during order 66.

Was their relationship similar to anakin and ahsoka’s? Did baylan even WANT a padawan? Did he slowly grow fond of said padawan and they eventually became close?

Did baylan WANT a padawan? Did he plead to his own master and the council that he was ready for one? Was he just a young, naive knight desperate to train the next generation of jedi?

And of course, how did he lose this padawan? Were they together during order 66? Was baylan, still a young knight, overpowered and unable to save them? Were they separated over a distance and he had to watch it unfold—feeling it through the force? Did he shout? Did he kill everything in his path to make it to them?

Was baylan on some sort of mission without his padawan—worried sick for the fate of a kid he grew so close to when he finally found out what happened? Did he also feel it through the force then? Did he fall to his knees?

And, if they were close by, did he make it to their body? Was his padawan gone or only barely there—like qui gon? (How) Did he grieve? The padawan wouldn’t have gotten a funeral—so did baylan bury them? Or get them off the battlefield?

So, then, when it came to Shin, did he jump at the opportunity? Did HE want to train her? Did SHE want to be trained and baylan couldn’t deny the opportunity? Or was he reluctant bc he didn’t want her to have the same fate as his first?

#it’s 1am #today was A Day TM #so forgive me #if this doesn’t make sense #or idk is horribly worded #just been thinking about this hc extra hard #I really hope they cover SOMETHING in episode 6 #and if not then #at least by the end of the show #ahsoka tv #baylan skoll #shin hati

[fulcrum-art-fox]

Presumably Baylan has absolutely zero clue that Ahsoka is very familiar with the Mortis Gods. Like, can you imagine him mentioning he’s searching for them or at least something associated with them, and Ahsoka is all “oh yeahhh I remember meeting them. Bad trip. Pretty weird people, lots of issues. The Son literally killed me and now I possess the life force of the Daughter. Her owl pops in from time to time.” And Baylan is like “. . . you what.”

#ahsoka show #ahsoka series #ahsoka spoilers #ahsoka tano #baylan skoll

[endless-ineffabilities]

there's hope for us yet - (1/2)

Anakin Skywalker x f!reader

After being overpowered by Baylan Skoll, Ahsoka and the reader find themselves in the World Between Worlds, each confronted with a version of Anakin. The reader meets the Anakin she fell in love with. Or, still loves.

masterlist ▪︎ part two

"Hello, stardust."

Two words. Two simple but poignant words to send you out of orbit. Wherever you are.

You had opened your eyes to an endless picture of the galaxy, stars and planets as far as you can see. Planes of light acting like pathways, one of which you found yourself lying down on.

Then you stood, head light.

And then you hear him.

Anakin.

You swear there is nothing else like it, the sound of his voice which used to be your very anchor.

"Impossible." You whisper, before finally turning around.

There he stands, as real as the last day you saw him. Donning his dark Jedi attire, blonde curls atop his perfect face.

"What did I tell you?" He tsked at you, shaking his head fondly. "Nothing's impossible."

"I'm dead, aren't I?" You take a step closer, as he walks towards you. This must be heaven, you want to add, but that seemed too hopeful. Desperate.

Heaven, after all, would always be with him. Anakin, who was lost after the duel on Mustafar.

"Do you really think that, stardust?" He reaches you, tucking a stray strand behind your ear. "Look around."

So you do. But truth be told, you don't want to look at anything else apart from him.

"Another... realm," you try to figure it out. "You've mentioned this, haven't you? Obi-Wan talked of a realm that encompasses all realms. All of time and space."

Anakin hums in approval, his thumb grazing your cheekbone. "If in here I still have you... then here is all there ever should be."

You feel tears pricking at your eyes, trying hard to fight them off. He swoops in at your rescue, bridging the gap between you two with a searing kiss.

It feels real, you think. And it must be, because how else can it make your entire being ablaze. His lips are softer than your memory serves, the sweet taste of him ingrained like a branding. Ani, Anakin. Your Anakin.

His tongue snakes past your teeth, begging for more. His hand tilts your head back to gain leverage.

"My stardust," he whispers against your skin, when he pulls away to drag his lips on your cheek. When he repeats it, his words take on a different tone. "My stardust. Mine." He nearly growls at the end, the sound of it low and grating in your ear.

The Force shifts. Where you felt uncertainty and hope, now you feel something darker. Something's not right here.

"Where is Ahsoka?"

"That's nothing you should concern yourself with." Anakin steps to your side, one hand toying with your hair. When he is behind you, you feel his breathing on the back of your neck, just imploring you to give in. "What matters is us, stardust."

"This isn't real." You shake your head. "At least, this is not my time, my current path. I have to go back. We have to find Ezra."

"This is real." His arm wraps around your shoulders, pressing your back to his chest. "You wound me, stardust. Do you not want me? Just like this?"

"I can feel you," you step away from him, immediately deflated at the lack of contact, as wrong as it may be. "and you're not really my Anakin, are you?"

He chuckles, low in his chest. There is nothing friendly about the gesture. "I am who I have always been meant to become. This is me. This is the man you love."

"No." You circle each other, akin to predator and prey, and you're not sure which one you are. "The man I love ..." you raise your voice, resolve weakening, "... is dead."

A moment hangs between you, filled with silence, but electrifying all the same. He holds you in his steel blue gaze, and for just a second, you can believe that he is truly yours. His mouth curls up in that familiar smirk, his eyebrows raise toward the center.

Please, he seems to say, this is me. I love you now, as I always have.

But the moment passes, and a gloom casts over his expression.

"Fine," he sneers. "Have it your way, stardust."

And the world falls all around you.

Everything is burning.

The Clone Wars rage at all sides, smoke filling the air and impairing your line of sight.

Anakin was by your side one second, the next he was lost to you in the midst of all the fighting.

You think you can hear him calling your name, but it seems so far away. Your main focus is on the open wound by your ribs, sustained from a blaster shot, staining blood through your white tunic.

You groan due to it all, but the familiarity of the pain somehow dulls the sensation.

I've been here before.

Anakin calls your name, much nearer now, and soon enough he is right in front of you. Face contorted in a mixture of rage and relief.

"Stardust!" He yells. "I told you to stick with me. Why do you never listen?"

"It's not my fault! I was..." Pain shoots through you, bringing you to your knees, and you press your hand against your side. "I was sidetracked by all the..."

"You're hurt. Kriff's sake, stardust. How can you do this me?"

"To you? I'm the one injured here."

He babbles on, inspecting your wound with precise movements. "I don't know what I would do without you. You can't get hurt, do you hear me? I would not be able to fight in these wars. You have to be alright."

His sincerity tugs at your heart, and you reach for his face. He takes a deep breath, pressing his nose against your palm.

"I'll be alright, Ani," you try to calm him down. "Nothing a little bacta spray can't fix."

"Right," he reaches inside his pocket, revealing the spray case. The immediate relief you feel as the solution comes in contact with your wound makes you sigh deeply. "This should tide you over until we get you to a medic."

"Snips alright?" You look around, trying to catch a glimpse of his young Padawan.

"She's alright," he confirms, helping you up with one arm firmly around you. "Worry about yourself for now, okay?"

"Are you alright?" You completely ignore his sentiment, giving him a once over. Well, what are you thinking? Of course he's alright. Anakin can face a thousand belligerents on his own and come out unscathed.

He pauses, a smile encroaching upon his face.

"Oh, stardust." He sighs, moving in front of you, and holding your face with both hands.

An explosion erupts from behind him, billowing fires. The atmosphere is red, an intense haze of destruction looming over the scene. There is screaming from all sides. Cries of attack and defense.

But Anakin only has eyes for you.

"I'll always be okay, as long as I have you by my side."

You remember this moment. You remember how you clammed up, and merely nodded in response. The gloom of battle like an assault to your senses.

Say something. But you can't, because you didn't.

Anakin presses a kiss to your forehead, and your eyes close.

And then he is gone.

I will always be with you, Ani.

But it is too late.

Always.

This is just a two-parter, and the next part will be sad/angsty, so brace yourselves. He is Darth Vader, after all.

update: part two is posted!

#anakin skywalker imagine #anakin skywalker x reader #anakin skywalker #ahsoka #hayden christensen #hayden christensen x reader #hayden christensen imagine

[awsok]

okay. let's talk about shin, sabine, and whatever the hell is going on here:

i've been trying to figure out this moment, and why shin responds like this. because it feels like a change, right? the shin of episode 1 would be thrilled to have permission to hunt down and kill sabine. but here, she's clearly protesting the order (indirectly, because she can hardly outright say 'no' to thrawn).

on one level, this is definitely at least in part because the order is coming from thrawn. orders from baylan are fine for shin: baylan is her master, and by this point in the series it's obvious how much she respects him. but thrawn? baylan told her finding thrawn would bring them power, but instead both she and baylan are being treated like his underlings - this is not what shin thought they were signing up for.

but if this were solely about thrawn giving orders, i'd expect shin's reaction to seem irritated or offended - she's hardly a stranger to anger, after all. but i think it's fair to say that shin's response here can be best characterised as alarmed? she's clearly surprised that they aren't letting sabine go, and more than that: she's not happy about it.

so then, i thought maybe that this was about honour - that shin was so disturbed by this, because it is dishonourable for baylan (who has made a point of insisting on keeping his word to sabine) to break their agreement. (and i know it may seem counterintuitive to assume that shin cares about such a jedi-like concept as honour, but judging by the way baylan speaks of the jedi and shin's padawan braid, he probably instilled her with their values if not their morals.) but then i remembered where episode four left off (which is indicated by the show to be a most a day or two ago):

this takes place literally immediately after sabine has made a deal with baylan. if shin cares enough about honour for it to override her hatred of sabine in episode six, it doesn't make sense for her to disregard honour (even in the heat of the moment) to try and kill sabine in episode four.

so if this isn't about thrawn (not entirely), and it isn't about honour (probably not at all), what is this about? what has changed to make shin go from homicidal obsession to protesting seemingly on sabine's behalf?

sabine, of course.

(by which i actually mean: shin.)

let's talk about The Look!

shin staring at sabine is nothing remotely new. shin staring at sabine without a homicidal glare or a mocking smirk? that's extremely new. this scene makes me crazy (i'm trying so so hard to keep the shipping goggles off and to be objective guys). it may not seem like much at first glance, but this is a dramatic change of behaviour for shin. she's looking at - no, observing sabine in a completely neutral and open way. there's no hostility in this gaze, no judgement, not even fear or conflict. just: observing. and she's doing so openly as well - not just that she isn't disguising herself - she turns to face sabine, as if to give sabine a better look at her. as if to let sabine observe her right back.

why??? why is shin doing this??

um. well. i actually don't know.

i can't make any remotely certain assumptions about what has changed since they left seatos. maybe shin has done a lot of introspection. maybe she feels like she's seen a different side of sabine. maybe they fucked on that spaceship.

the only conclusion i do feel it might be safe to make is this:

i don't think shin sees sabine as an enemy anymore.

i don't know when exactly that changed, i don't know what exactly caused it. but it's true. and if shin and sabine aren't enemies anymore - what are they to each other? what will they become?

tl;dr - shin doesn't want to murder sabine in cold blood anymore. also i think they should hold hands.

#wolfwren #um so this got long. like nearly 700 words long. #what can i say they make me crazy #shin hati #ahsoka series #sabine wren #star wars #baylan skoll #also i tried really hard to stay objective and focus only on what canon gives us #shipping and fanon are fun but sometimes the restrictions of canon are More fun #plus i wanted this to be more about character analysis than shipping fodder y'know? #* #100 #ahsoka #*meta

[shinbine]

Sabine’s choices were character accurate. People seem to think she’s some sort of villain, but I feel like we’re neglecting the fact that she’s still a prisoner at this moment in time, and she chose the best choice that she could. We’ve learnt that her family is gone, and Ezra has already referred to her as his sister—obviously, she wants to reunite with the one person who she can still have in her life, instead of losing another member of family.

Her only options were:

-Destroy the map and lose another member of her family for good

-Run off with it and most definitely end up captured or killed by Baylan and Shin.

-Give it to him willingly with the knowledge that she’ll be spared and at least able to see Ezra again.

Do we forget that it was her vs. Baylan at that moment? She wasn’t going to get anywhere. Especially with Shin waking up. She’s talented, but she isn’t stupid—she made a choice out of desperation, and fear, but she made the best play for everyone. Her and Hera would’ve been going to find Ezra, but she knew there wasn’t any way to get the map to Hera. At least by physically giving Baylan the map, it got her the better end of the deal that kept her alive, and closer to Ezra—instead of dying and never being able to be there.

#sabine wren #sabinewren #baylan skoll #hera syndulla #ezra bridger #Sabine #rebels Sabine #Ahsoka Sabine #Ahsoka Show #Ahsoka #shin hati #ahsoka spoilers #Star Wars Ahsoka #ahsoka disney+ #Star Wars

[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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