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Hi there! welcome to my blog!

this is a relatively new blog, so there might not be much content on here yet. however, my main blog, @sukis-fan, has a lot of star wars, a:tla, and random content!

my new writing account has my new fics stored on it and some poetry/drabbles if you want to check that out! @andi-writes

i mostly post random reblogs or text posts on here, occasionally i’ll post some art or WIPs.

under my virtual roof we appreciate any and all star wars content, including animated series and the sequels

Tags: I do have a few other fandoms, if you only want to see star wars then block the tag ‘not star wars’, i tag for trigger warnings as much as possible

!!!on semi-hiatus at the moment, my queue has a few things set up

ok so there are some gems in my old clone wars doc

#star wars #clone wars #incorrect quotes #captain rex #listen i can be funny #i lied

when your friend fakes his death and disguises as his own murderer to infiltrate an assassination plot aimed at your mentor who’s secretly a sith lord 😳

#clone wars

lorelaigilmoure

#the mandalorian + text posts (2/?)

chamblers

ahsoka mf tano

if you use any of these icons, please like/reblog!!

#ahsoka tano #clone wars #icons #icon change!!

starwarsfilms

Who’s scruffy looking?

#han solo #star wars #him<3

jedi-anakin

“Coming back for the second film, I think the audience, they were so surprised that it wasn’t just a carbon copy of Star Wars, I think that’s what really made it distinctive.”

MARK HAMILL behind the scenes of Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

#my baby #luke skywalker #mark hamill #star wars

tell me why the separatist droid army instrumental made me go feral last nighr

#star wars #music #instrumentals

bokatankryze

tips for writing Star Wars fanfic/Star Wars roleplay things

it’s not concrete; it’s duracrete

viewports are the windows on ships

not a plane; ship or speeder

it’s not steel; it’s durasteel

books are rare; holorecords or datapads

it’s not a glass pane it’s transparisteel

caf is the equivalent of coffee

it’s not paper it’s a flimsi

medcenter is a hospital

Star Wars can be very similar to things we’re already used to, but getting familiar with some of these terms can make your writing really fit in with the universe

askshivanulegacy

This is brilliant! Here’s another:

It’s not a movie; it’s a holovid

It’s not a phone or cell; it’s a holocom or communicator or just comm (unit). You normally comm someone instead of call them.

Searching our standard terms in Wookieepedia will normally provide you with one or several in-universe alternatives. The other items exist, they’re just either archaic terms or really low-tech versions of what’s commonly used (like concrete is a real thing, but just extremely less durable and strong than the more advanced and common duracrete).

roane72

I’ve seen ‘permacrete’ used in the latest books as well.

deducecanoe-deactivated20161213

Back in the day weren’t the “glass” windows on x-wings and ships called like invisa-steel or something? That stuck in my head from the Thrawn trilogy I think. I remember sitting there in deep contemplation over how the hell you make the molecule chains in metal transparent and worrying about carbon chains and shit because what’s what you do in 10th grade.

sugardaddylukeskywalker

I remember seeing med center used as medbay and sickbay as well, and dishwasher as sonic dishwasher? (correct me if wrong tho, I can’t remember v well). But here’s some more:

bandaids = bacta patches bathroom = refresher watch/clock = chrono first aid kit = medpack, medkit motorcycle = speeder bike, swoop bike camera = holocamera internet = holonet shower = sonic shower(?)

Correct any of these if they’re wrong ;P also they’re all legends I think and I’m not sure if any of them are in new canon.

freshbrainss

I love this, because it’s not condescending or pretentious…just fans letting newer fans know ways to improve their fic. I love the films, but I haven’t been able to get access to so many of the books and comics yet (even though they’re waiting in my Amazon cart for pay day), so this is awesome. And I’ve basically been living on Wookieepedia lately, too!

borgevino

a shower is a sanisteam

nearly everyone has commlinks but holocomm units are a bit more pricy – think space skype. they’re connected to the holonet. i don’t think there’s a star wars term for emails (maybe just mail) but those also exist.

personal computing devices are datapads, stationary ones are terminals. also, you don’t get a stack of physical paper for paperwork; you get a stack of datapads. (although paper is called flimsi, paperwork is still called paperwork. go figure)

kilometers are klicks

a lot of fighter pilot helmets have tongue switches for their commlinks so pilots don’t have to take their hands off the controls during dogfights. random factoid that might come in handy

some in-universe swearwords: sithspit, sithspawn, fragged, fragging

a hacker is a slicer or codeslicer

I was thinking of making this post just today – glad to see a version is already going around!!

captainofthetidesbreath

Klick is actually a real-world slang term for kilometer! Everything that I can remember is that the galaxy uses the metric system, or at least the GAR does. And I’ve seen showers just called showers in some Legends novels.

Some things I don’t see above:

Plastic is often called plastoid, and I’ve seen the clone troopers’ armor called either just plastoid or plastoid alloy. Plastoid goes for either your thick stuff or your thin sheets. There is a thing called plastifoil, I’ve seen it used in reference to the material of a thermal blanket.

Bucket is a slang in (at least) the GAR for helmet. I don’t know how common it is among stormtroopers.

Your memory card type things, which go into your datapads, are (natch) datachips.

Similarly, your ID is an identichip.

And as far as video recorders, above says camera as holocamera, but I’ve also seen holorecorder.

Also, as far as I’ve seen, though the city on Coruscant covers the entire planet, the city itself is called Galactic City during the Republic and Imperial City (iirc) during the Empire. Triple Zero (or Trip Zip) is a military slang term for Coruscant because of its coordinates 0-0-0.

More generally, when looking up slang terms and swears, consider where it comes from. I wouldn’t expect a Corellian to say the Mando’a swear shab. Though, the Huttese fierfek seems to be universal. The swear kriffing is also a common one.

stormears

Bless you all for compiling this!

mylastmoment

Further swear words include karabast, kriff(ing) and kark(ing).

Lightsabers short out in water unless turned to a special mode beforehand!

I’ve also seen “plastoid” referred to as “plastisteel”.

Pens/pencils are generally referred to as a stylus.

There is a difference between a ship and a speeder; ships are like planes or boats in terms of they are for long-distance space travel. Speeders are like cars or motorbikes; for planetary travel.