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Auntie Ahsoka and the Twins

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#god i love this #i need to put my sticker of this somewhere but i keep holding off because i want it to be special #sw #ahsoka #luke #leia

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may the fourth be with you

[id: it’s a drawing of Luke and Leia, both depicted as Blasian with brown skin, based off the Hildebrant poster. Vader’s mask, which is done in a blue hue, is in the background along with the vast expanse of space and stars, and a large star is reflected in one of his helmet’s lenses. Luke is holding Anakin’s ignited lightsaber above his head, illuminating both him and his sister, and he is wearing his white tunic and grey pants from a New Hope. His hair is brown, curly, and sun bleached. Leia stands just beneath him, wearing her white dress and holding a blaster pistol in one hand. She is depicted as hijabi with her white hijab being done in buns on the side of her head. /end id]

#oh fuck yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!! #this is SO gorgeous oml #nibs at it again with the killer art #LOVE leia in particular #the detail in all of this... #chefs kiss #star wars

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I made a meme, I'm so sorry

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#GORGEOUS #ahsoka #darth vader #cool art #star wars

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may the fourth get you some bitches LOL

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I’m too tired to finish her here’s Mij for casual cowboy Friday

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Some quick Maul doodles bc he is very Shape

#maul

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The Islamic Origins of the Jedi

Ramadan starts in a few days so I figured that now was a great time to talk about this!

(Disclaimer: My point here isn’t to detract from other sources of inspiration that GL used to create the Jedi, but simply to point out another, lesser known one that many often overlook or intentionally refuse to acknowledge.)

I’m Muslim. My family follows the Hanafi madhab, and the guidance of the Naqshbandi order of Sufi masters, mystics, and teachers. I’m by no means an expert or a scholar, but the Sufi theology and view of the Divine is so clearly prevalent as one of the many inspirations for the Force and the Jedi, that it’s hard to get ignore - and it’s hard to watch while people choose to ignore it.

For starters, we know that during his research for the films, George Lucas met and consulted with the Habibiyyah Sufi order in California. He asked questions and learned what they believed.

Something else that’s hard to ignore is the robes that the Jedi wear! I know they’re commonly thought to be inspired by other origins, but I’d like to point out that the traditional Sufi robes look similar to the Jedi as well.

Still not convinced?

Let’s look at the origins of the word ‘Jedi’. While most believe that it comes from the word ‘jidaigeki’, as GL has mentioned in passing, there is an Arabic equivalent that’s translated to fit the meaning of the Jedi Order with surprising accuracy.

The word is Al-Jeddi, which translates to ‘master of the mystic warrior way’.

In an article released by a prominent Sufi Muslim order, ‘jeddi’ is mentioned by name and a definition that looks and sounds familiar to the Jedi Order of Star Wars and how the Force is viewed by them:

“We are, at our core, a Movement of Jeddi; Sufi masters of Futuwwat ("the Way of the mystic-warrior"). We encourage adherents to train both physically AND spiritually, for their own personal edification and to enhance their knowledge and abilities in the Struggle. The Balance does not lie alone in contemplation, prayer and meditation; nor does it lie alone in action and revolution.”

At the end of the day, we know that Star Wars appropriated from many, many sources that went mostly uncredited and ignored - in ways that had lasting and negative impacts on the peoples and cultures that served as inspiration - and this was one of them.

One of my biggest complaints about the appropriation present here is that it is an opportunity missed - a big one. There was an opportunity to educate, to help others understand what is often misunderstood, simply by being transparent about what you took, from whom, and most importantly, why.

So I’m sharing this with you now, because education is everything, and it is so, so important to be aware of examples of things like this in the media we consume!

#star wars #reference

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canon: these characters have tried to kill each other so many times

us: yeah but they still hang out right

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it’s so gut-wrenching to remember that maul was 22 when he got cut in half. twenty-two and so brash and impatient and naïve and he doesn’t even register how much has been taken from him yet. twenty-two when he went to lotho minor. twenty-two and experiencing pain beyond what anything should be able to survive; pain so great death would genuinely have been a mercy. twenty-two and rotting and your only coherent thought is stay alive. you don’t realize how fucking young that is till you’re past it. and i’m not even that far past it!! but god like. this dude was just beginning as a person, and then he died; he died the bad death that means you lose your place in the world but not your ability to understand the loss. just. goddamn, man.

#FOR REAL #same age as me rn!!!!!!!!! insane #thank you for putting this into words op #maul #sw #he never even got a CHANCE

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in my head the star wars equivalent of tswift is some human woman named tay’lor spiff or something and her stans are losing their minds over theories that she’s secretly a jedi singing about the horrors of war, even though she’s from a neutral system that hasn’t seen so much as a moral panic in 50 years

#incredible

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rooting around discord and found this angy teen maul from 3 years ago

#THATS HIM!!!!!!!!! #THATS THE GUY!!!! #he's my wierd son #im dropping him off at band practice (he keeps getting kicked out for antisocial behavior so we go to new ones each week) #maul

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FINN COSTUME CONCEPT ART | page 38 | Artist: Glyn Dillion & Calum Watt The Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker by Phil Szostak

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WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOU NOW?

#love this #barriss offee #sw

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"KENOBI!"

#maul

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#maul #darth maul

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dial drunk - noah kahan

#threw me in the car cutting to getting put in the vader suit is cracking me up for some reason #but ALSO good amv! :) 💖