Man, one characterization of Vader that I love but rarely see is: Vader as deeply religious.
Because from an in-universe perspective, that’s so weird! Vader and the viewer know that the Force is not a matter of faith, and that it does in fact give him powers up to and including the ability to accurately see the future, but the galaxy at large doesn’t know that and his fellow Imperials definitely don’t. I think the point of Motti, besides introducing Vader’s ruthlessness toward even his own faction, is to demonstrate that Force use is not just a known factor of the Star Wars universe.
In that context, Vader is inexplicable. Not only does he have uncanny and inscrutable powers, like those the murdered Jedi are rumored to have had, but he is the only figure in the Imperial military who seems to talk about his religion. At least among the military leadership, he’s not secretive about it; if he’s got to leave a conversation to hunt down Obi-wan, he’ll just come right out and say that he has supernatural knowledge which he needs to go address now. He wields a banned, antique Jedi weapon. He has several times invoked the Force while speaking to his officers.
In-universe, the general public doesn’t know why he’s like this! The Empire isn’t a theocracy; besides banning the Jedi religion, Emperor Palpatine doesn’t really seem to make a lot of overtly religious policy choices, and I don’t think the general public knows if he subscribes to any specific faith. Except for people who know what the Sith are, Vader just seems like an extremely devout sole adherent to a religion that is all but dead, its other practitioners hunted for treason. He’s like if the president had a weird murder pet who was a Catholic nun, only Catholicism was banned and all other church officials had been murdered by the government.
also like if catholicism was banned because it was DEFINITELY fake lunatic bullshit that so-called ‘catholics’ made up specifically to seize power from the former government, except the murder nun has just turned your manager’s blood into wine right in front of you and you’re both just standing there watching him die horrifically in the middle of your fucking office
wakeupontheprongssideofthebed:
You’re a regular office worker born with the ability to “see” how dangerous a person is with a number scale of 1-10 above their heads. A toddler would be a 1, while a skilled soldier with a firearm may score a 7. Today, you notice the reserved new guy at the office measures a 10.
You decide it’s best to find out what you can about this person. Cautiously, you approach his desk. He’s a handsome man, tall, but with a disarming smile. How could such a friendly guy with such cute, dorky glasses be dangerous?
You extend your hand. “I noticed you’re new here. What’s your name?”
He shakes your hand warmly. His gaze is piercing, as if he’s looking right through you. “The name’s Clark,” he says. “So, how long have you worked for the Daily Planet?”
This one wins.
i think we’re just mad about tlj because of the wasted POTENTIAL? and i’m not even talking about the racist ass bullshit inherent in cutting down screentime of all poc in favor of monsieur school shooter & rian’s oc reyye the soft white girl like. the legitimate plot, character, & theory opportunities. in addition to the racism, obviously.
snoke? people obviously had tons of theories on who he was. there were theories on where his power came from, why people followed him, how he treated ben/kylo, etc etc etc. we were all so ready to see the result of PROFESSIONALS working on this, and what did we get? nothing. dead snoke. didn’t matter.
knights of ren? people theorized ofc that they were from luke’s school, but there was so much more– what they did, where they were, what relationships they had with each other. there were so many amazing OCs that came out of the knights of ren, and rian chucked them out in favor of the praetorian guard.
rey’s parentage? i would have taken KENOBI over this. with the amount of parentage shit not only in tfa but within tlj itself, ‘rey nobody’ was horrifically underwhelming. that didn’t even contribute to the plot; scenes like the mirror mirage ended up meaning nothing and only existing to draw the audience along & ‘surprise’ them. meanwhile rey solo would have explained all of rey’s thoughts/feelings towards kylo in this film and would have been a FANTASTIC climax.
finn’s parentage? fuck, never mind lesbian moms, senators, skywalkers, princes; couldn’t we have just gotten something? in this film, finn dives headfirst into saving rey & then his mission w the resistance, and while rey gets to look inward and think on herself (however shittily that was done) finn was forced into looking ANYWHERE but at himself. no mention at all of where he came from.
rose? man, the shit i saw. jedi rose. last jedi rose. knight of ren rose. rose who goes from a self-conscious mechanic to a heroic woman who gets to learn that people like finn and rey can come from anywhere. fuck, even the rose we were promised in the promotions (rose who looks up to finn as an idol) appeared for 5 seconds and then was immediately extinguished by Plot Device Rose who condescended to finn and generally ruined everyone’s conceptions of a character and relationship.
luke? not gonna even start.
like, rian had SO MUCH to work with. he was legitimately blessed with such an incredible universe and a fandom that worked tirelessly to theorize and create just for tfa. had he even thought to wait, say, a couple months– i’m not even gonna say a year!– to learn from the people who weren’t professionals, this film could have been so much more.
and yeah, that does hurt to think about. that all those possibilities are over now. that rian killed them just to seem cool. yeah, that sucks.
You were named after the most skilled, wisest, mightiest, bravest man I ever knew, Curufinwë Atarinkë.
Fëanor, at some point I bet (via ameliarating)
just-another-star-wars-account:
I can understand not liking the character of Kylo Ren but making fun of the actor isn’t right
That’s why Channing Tatum and John Boyega help him during public appearances.
I may not like Kylo Ren, but this is fucked up. Nobody deserves to be bullied.
This webpage is an interactive map of Middle-earth and it’s pretty darn interesting.
Click on the white arrows on the maps to see more maps and one of the entire world!!
It’s so weird to think about how the Elves (especially Noldor) probably have calendars that show the anniversaries of the days when the moon and the sun first rose.
Assuming they are right about the Edain being created at the first sunrise, they actually know when the “birthday” of Mankind is. Now that I think about it, I like the idea of some Elves deciding to honor their allies by celebrating that day, and the Edain just being really confused at first. Then they feel like they are finally getting an appreciation of how old the Elves really are that old, just as some of the Elves begin to sing the precursor of the tra-la-lally songs of Rivendell.
Love it. We should decide for the date and have edain day.
I think we can safely assume that it wouldn’t be in late summer or autumn, when the days are getting shorter – it would have been really mean to make everyone in Beleriand feel good about the new light, then make them fear that the Valar changed their minds and are going to take it away again.
That still leaves plenty of possibilities. It should be something significant though, like 21st March (spring equinox), or 1st May (Beltane). Maybe Midwinter or Midsummer.
Midsummer sounds good, edain are sun children and that is the best in the summer, what do you think?
The Nirnaeth Arnoediad began on Midsummer, so apparently they thought it would be a lucky day. Worst Edain Day party ever, though
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Anyway, I like Midsummer too, but I can’t decide between that and the spring “holidays”, because then the whole summer is still coming.
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