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The Greatest Tragedy of Star Wars

delicatefury:

The more I watch Clone Wars, the more emotional I get over ROTS. Because, when I first saw it in theaters, Clone Wars hadn’t come out yet. Remember what that was like? Getting upset that Palpatine created an evil army of clones that served with the Jedi, and these clones knew that they served a Sith Lord and were ready to betray their generals at the drop of a hat. I hated the clones when they showed up in AOTC because they were obviously the future stormtroopers and I felt justified in that hate when I watched ROTS.

And then we got The Clone Wars. Then we got more than a minute of Commander Cody, more than a glimpse of the youngling killing 501st. I watch Order 66 now and I know that’s the Wolfpack, Plo’s Bros, shooting down Plo Koone. I see Commander Bly turning on Aayla without hesitation. I know that those two clones that Yoda beheads are probably two of the three he reassured in the first episode that to the Jedi the clones matter, that they’re individuals. And it hurts. More than Anakin turning, what happened to the clones was the real tragedy. Sidious just flipped a switch and these strong, meaningful relationships the Jedi had with their troops were completely decimated. The clones’ wills were subsumed, their personalities erased, and we didn’t even know that that’s what happened until years later.

I watch the scene when Cody ordered the 212th to blast Obi-Wan, and all I can think is, how confusing must that have been? Did he even realize who fired on him at first? How badly did Obi-Wan’s heart break to know that his men were trying to kill him?

God, this cartoon is kicking my ass.

mzminola:

Second thought on Dagobah shenanigans: Bro has heard rumor that Mark Hamill actually argued with George Lucas about the X-Wing thing; Luke knows he needs to get back to the Rebel Alliance eventually and wants to, so he shouldn’t give up on pulling his only ship out of the swamp, why not do a montage of his repeated attempts and eventually success to lift it out of the swamp with the Force? But Lucas was all “lol no Luke gives up and Yoda shows off.”

Bro and I agree with Theoretical Mark Hamill so we’ve decided there’s an offscreen argument between Luke and Yoda where Luke wants to make a pulley system out of these trees and vines and secure his ship before starting training. But Yoda, who has a spent a long time on all his swamp topiary, refuses, and insists Luke can just pick it up with the Force and not ruin his Bog of Eternal Stench Solitude’s landscaping.

And therefore Luke’s “I give up I can’t do it” isn’t about pulling the ship up at all, just about pulling it up with the Force. Yoda hauls it up onto dry land because that last slip under the murk it just did means Luke “I grew up fixing farm equipment” Skywalker is about to hack up all these plants and make an actually pulley system to save his ticket outta here.

youre doing the thing too! „freedom, choice, inevitability“

angelqueen04:

norcumi:

Ayup! XD

(for this meme)

Hmm.
3 part fic/series, depending on how long the bastard would grow.

Freedom

Canon
takes a sharp left turn at the end of The Phantom Menace. Yoda
forbids Obi-Wan from teaching Anakin. Probably uses the guilt stick
and basically leaves Obi-Wan feeling torn even as he goes back to the
Temple, while Anakin is basically adopted by Queen Amidala’s
handmaidens.

Shmi
is swiftly bought and is den mother to said handmaidens (and Queen,
of course), while she and Ani learn all sorts of violent useful life
skills.

Obi-Wan
breaks the rules to occasionally stop by Naboo, and makes sure Anakin
knows enough basics as to not blow up half of Naboo with the Force –
both of them remain awkward, but they’re trying, and over the next
decade they settle into a reasonable friendship. Anakin sends
increasingly ridiculous birthday presents over the years – not
actually on Obi-Wan’s birthday, since he has no idea when that is,
but it’s the same day every year – while Obi-Wan sends various
souvenirs and ridiculous anecdotes from his missions (he doesn’t
really spend much time in the Temple anymore).

Choice

Anakin’s
the best damn 17 year old pilot you will find anywhere, and he’s
better than a hell of a lot of folks older than him, too. He’s not
quite sure what to do when a rather exasperated bounty hunter
contacts him, because he needs someone as a trainer, and all the
fuckers he’s hired so far can only do a mediocre job and that’s
just not good enough. The pay is good – hells, the pay is
phenomenal – the bounty hunter has an excellent reputation, and the
job looks like an intriguing challenge – something Anakin is often
lacking.

On
the downside, it means going to Kamino for a period of several years,
and he’s to keep hella minimal contact with the outside world.

Anakin
talks it over with his family. They’re supportive, though the lack
of contact thing sounds a little sketchy. Padmé exerts a bit of
influence in her last year as Queen (they all know she’s going to
be Senator next, and look forward to new and interesting times) to
get Anakin a discreet communicator.

Within
3 months, Anakin’s caught between fond fascination for his new
students, and wanting to blow all secrecy to contact Obi-Wan and know
WHY THE FUCK DO THE JEDI HAVE A SLAVE ARMY???

Inevitability

Senator
Amidala, Obi-Wan, and his padawan Ahsoka Tano are rescued on Geonosis
by 200 Jedi – who promptly have to fight off the beginnings of the
Sep droid army.

Thankfully,
almost as soon as the fighting begins a squad of Larties show up,
escorted by several squads of star fighters. In the stands, Dooku is
giving Jango Fett a truly offended glare, only for Jango to grab his
kid and hightail it out of there. Yoda shows up almost 10 minutes
later, with less prepared troops, only to find most of the fighting
is done and most of the Jedi are alive.

In
the center of the arena, one of the star fighters lands – smaller
than the others, a unique design that looks several kinds of
experimental. Artoo warbles something to Padmé that Obi-Wan is
rather sure is jokingly rude, and the canopy pops open to reveal a
face Obi-Wan hasn’t seen in years.

“I
can’t let you two go anywhere together, can I?” Anakin Skywalker
asks, grinning and looking more at home in his own skin than Obi-Wan
has ever seen.

EEEEEE! SO MUCH AWESOME I CAN’T EVEN!!! 

I love the idea of Anakin growing up surrounded by a pack of badass women, who teach him everything from the love of a good romantic holofilm to how to break someone’s hand with their pinkie. 

Heh, somehow I imagine that when Yoda showed up on Kamino, he got quite the stink eye from Anakin because WHY THE FUCK DO THE JEDI HAVE A SLAVE ARMY?! Methinks there will be quite a few uh, debates between Anakin and quite a number of Jedi Knights/Masters on the subject as the war progresses. And with Anakin constantly pushing and advocating for full rights for the clones, he’ll likely become quite a thorn in the side of the Senate. *smirk*

Heh, love Anakin riding in to save the day and shaking his head because Padmé and Obi-Wan are constantly making messes and this is why we can’t have nice things. 

This Anakin is going to drive Palpatine nuts, isn’t he? ;D