Captain Mazzic

Sarc's Star Wars fan/art/meta blog. Dark side positive. Probably old enough to be your father. Move along. Move along.

[captainmazzic]

Man. The more and more Star Wars that Disney churns out, the less and less I am inclined to make any effort to engage with it.

Like I know I'd probably like the Acolyte. The Maul stuff has a fave in it so people keep assuming I'll watch it, and I know Thrawn shows up in Ahsoka or something. I enjoyed the first season of the Mandalorian, but that's as far as I got. And apparently the seventh season of Clone Wars is, as my teenage coworker says, "fire". And then there's, what, like... uuhhh how many others.... the Bad Batch, something something for Rebels (might be Ahsoka now that I think about it), the Book of Boba Fett, the Kenobi Show, etc etc etc. But I just Don't Fucking Care. It's too much, it's coming too fast, I can't trust Disney to make real plotlines or coherent stories or to treat any of the characters with respect or even make/keep them interesting, and I'm just so fucking tired.

Honestly all I want is the OT and SWTOR and the Old Republic era comics and my old shitty Expanded Universe. It's like comfortable clothes. There's (plot)holes in the fabric and the stains show through, sometimes they're threadbare, but damn is there nothing quite like spending the afternoon lolling around on the couch with them.

I'm really considering digging out all of my old comics and taking pictures of the funniest/interesting panels and just starting a queue of them. Far more charm there than what I'm seeing get churned out at the GFFA Factory, even if it's old and patchwork and A Product Of Its Time. :P

[captainmazzic]

May the 4th be with you

Going back to my favourite rarepair like it's comfort food lol

[tearlessrain]

seriously though old republic sith are the absolute epitome of “look if you have to keep saying it…”

like yes, lord killdeathizar, I’m sure you’re a dark beacon of terror and the unworthy masses tremble before you and you could kill us all with a flick of your evil wrist and the republic will be crushed by you personally, anything you’ve felt the need to say five times in the last three hours must be true

[sith-shenanigans]

a thing I love about swtor is: there are a whole bunch of space wizards around who are only average at being space wizards, and some of these space wizards are sith, and the results are hilarious

[mercurypilgrim]

This would have been lost in the tags and that is a CRIME

[captainmazzic]

This is my favourite video game and my favourite Star Wars and my favourite evil space wizards

[captainmazzic]

Ah yes, the wide-ranging variety of SWTOR worlds. We have classics like Hoth, Yavin IV, and Tatooine, and some long-standing EU favourites like Alderaan, Dromund Kaas, and Korriban. There's a couple brief mentions in previous material that finally get a time to shine, like Rishi and Ilum. Even some that were first truly fleshed out only in the game, like Voss.

Then for variety we have War Torn Urban Mess number 1, War Torn Urban Mess number 2, War Torn Sewage Cesspit number 1, War Torn Urban Mess number 3, War Torn Urban Mess number 4, War Torn Sewage Cesspit number 2, War Torn

[captainmazzic]

pov you just interrupted two of the most legendary Sith Lords in the galaxy having a civil conversation for once

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Ludo Kressh and Naga Sadow my beloveds~<3 can you tell I'm re-reading the Golden Age of the Sith comics lol

Naturally I ship these two in a frenemies kind of way, I really REALLY wanted to see them join forces instead of bicker constantly, especially after Marka Ragnos' post-death cameo forced them into their get-along shirt (however briefly). We could have had it allllLLL~

[captainmazzic]

Majestic creatures

[captainmazzic]

pov you just interrupted two of the most legendary Sith Lords in the galaxy having a civil conversation for once

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Ludo Kressh and Naga Sadow my beloveds~<3 can you tell I'm re-reading the Golden Age of the Sith comics lol

Naturally I ship these two in a frenemies kind of way, I really REALLY wanted to see them join forces instead of bicker constantly, especially after Marka Ragnos' post-death cameo forced them into their get-along shirt (however briefly). We could have had it allllLLL~

[captainmazzic]

I'm a meme blog now apparently

Thrawn is insufferable on a good day, I can't imagine what he'd be like after what Eli has dubbed 'The Bridger/Purrgil Incident'.

[captainmazzic]

So when Princess Leia calls Chewbacca a "walking carpet", that implies (other than the insult) that 1.) long shag carpeting is a thing in the Star Wars universe, and 2.) it's common enough that the phrase would be considered easily intelligible.

And then we have various subsequent characters over a variety of media also using the phrase, which reinforces the prevalence of the concept in general.

What I'm saying is more shag carpeting in Star Wars send post

[captainmazzic]

Currently rewatching the entirety of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and remembering I loved it very dearly, and back in the day I'd watch it with my dad after work, alongside Babylon 5 (my beloved, first and still greatest love of my sci-fi life, even including Star Wars).

And speaking of, that just... really makes me wish we had gotten a SW equivalent show of the same caliber, with a similar setting. EU timeline, after the Heir to the Empire trilogy or maybe even during it, where the Imperial Remnant and the fledgling New Republic could find themselves in a new arena, with diplomacy veiling every move and players that haven't really been in the spotlight could shine. The Hapes Consortium, Ciutric Hegemony, The CSA, Hutt Space, Mandalore, the newly formed Smugglers Alliance, even outliers like the Ssi-Ruuvi and Nagai could show up. There's so much potential for all sorts of storylines involving ambassadorial intrigue, border disputes, ethical quandaries, complicated conflict, and extra crunchy multi-species cross-cultural misunderstandings (and potential creative resolutions).

Honestly, I'm still floored that we even got two instances of lightning in a bottle in the same set of years, with DS9 and B5. But it sure would have been awesome to have gotten a third to complete the set. It could only have ever realistically happened before Disney though, and even then at that time in the 90s there was little popular interest in SW, so this is just a fanciful what-could-have-been, but man it would have been nice.

[mostlycatsmostly]

Representatives of the 501st Legion: Capital City Garrison posing with Ottawa Humane Society shelter animals. Happy Star Wars Day! May The Fourth Be With You! Photo Credit The.Rohit Ottawa Citizen

[captainmazzic]

I once again have nothing for May the Fourth, so have a Very Relevant Reblog instead

[captainmazzic]

I just started to re-read Like a Fine Wine. Forgot how scary Virulen was. His dialogue is soo terryfying good! Shalo is an far braver man than I.

Virulen's definitely one of the Sithliest Sith I've ever made XD as for Shalo, I guess anyone can be brave if they're horny enough for the horrors :3c

[captainmazzic]

I'm not asking for much. I just think the Sith Emperor should have a thicc dad bod to go with his dad beard. as God intended

[captainmazzic]

I want David Kennedy to star as the main character in a 3rd person Star Wars survival crafting video game about a stranded stormtrooper (or other misc Imperial officer variant) stuck on a dead battlefield on a now-uninhabited planet.

I'm not just saying that because I want to see his face in an imperial uniform, what are you talking about

...He even has that perfect sexy accent..........

[captainmazzic]

Did anyone ever try to bribe Adrestin or anyone else with a slave? How did that go?

Funny that, because if we're talking even the barest of technicalities, he already owns at least one. As far as the Sith Empire is concerned, Ravinel Guln still belongs to Adrestin, even though it's always been in name only. His whole situation's only been mentioned ever so briefly in Chapter 43, but I still think it would be entertaining to write out in more detail as a one-shot flashback story. Maybe someday.

As for bribes, I don't think anyone's tried. As just straight-up gifts, however - he's had his fair share over the years. He's the type to graciously accept, then squirrel away whoever it is who's been offered until he can get them to wherever they want to go. He claims it's because he doesn't have the time to deal with slaves XD So he usually gives them space and time to think about where they want to go, offers to contact anyone they might know of that could help, helps them come up with some sort of basic survival plan, gives them a sizable chunk of cash in whatever currency will be accepted wherever it is they're going, and then drop them off. He thinks nothing of it, and could probably only barely remember names if he tried. It's happened probably about a dozen times over the years. Erion is eternally grateful, because that means less people around for them to be annoyed by. :P

Adrestin does the same with droids that have been gifted to him as well, but that's significantly rarer since Adrestin kind of has a (somewhat undeserved) reputation of having a distaste for droids. But there's one droid in particular that I'd love to also write out in a one-shot, because Adrestin freeing it was probably the most delightfully chaotic neutral-evil choice he could have made. But that droid also might be showing up in-story soon (if I can get my sorry ass to write more again....) so it might not even need a one-shot XD

anyway

thank you for putting Opening Dialogue further in the forefront of my brain by the ask! I'm helping plan a wedding/reception right now and I'm still trying to get my proverbial ducks in a row for going back to school, so life is VERY busy outside of tumblr, but Opening Dialogue still makes me happy and it also makes me happy that people also enjoy it. <3

[captainmazzic]

AU where a representative of the Lost Tribe of the Sith shows up at the Senate while Palpatine is still just supreme chancellor

[captainmazzic]

.......Darth Attenborough

Sithspawn wildlife documentaries...... Villainous monologues would be so soothing......

[prokopetz]

I fully understand that the preponderance of evidence is that George Lucas put absolutely zero thought into what Naboo’s culture was actually supposed to look like outside of what we see on screen, but as far as unintentionally effective worldbuilding goes, establishing that Naboo a. has a tradition of electing literal children as figurehead rulers of its planetary government, and b. apparently also has a tradition of assassinating these children with sufficient frequency that dressing up a bunch of other children as decoy targets has become standard operating procedure by the time of Padmé Amidala’s reign suggests that maybe the fact that this random backwater is a breeding ground for Sith Lords isn’t as unlikely as it initially appears.

[lemeute]

#yes! this is what i’ve been saying! #i’ve always headcanoned that the reason they have child monarchs in the first place #is to try and discourage the assassination attempts #like #alright i know you’ve poisoned our last five queens #but this one’s an adorable child! #you wouldn’t poison a CHILD would you? #and even if you would no you wouldn’t #because ACTUALLY you’ve poisoned the decoy

#and like… headcanon part 2: if I were trying to discourage assassination attempts #you know who I’d recruit to be my handmaids and decoys? #that’s right: the daughters of my political rivals #you thought you poisoned the queen? #psych you idiot that’s the minister of finance’s niece #fuck it maybe that’s YOUR niece

#sure you haven’t seen her since the Queen ‘invited’ her to join the Royal retinue #but are you really gonna risk it? #better to just cool it on the poisonings for a bit isn’t it? #try out this fun new thing called ‘diplomacy’ i really think you’ll like it!

#and like– maybe they did cool it and Naboo as a society moved on from that era #and kept the trappings as a reminder of how far they’ve come #or maybe they didn’t and the whole system is just threats behind smiling faces #who knows! certainly not us outsiders! I’ve heard Naboo’s a peaceful society and very fond of diplomacy actually #and what a quaint little government they have! their queen’s fourteen i hear #how very… sweet (via @allogrim )

[ninjathrowingstork]

Also this!

You have a band of nearly-identical teens training in politics and becoming the most ride-or-die girl group, with very few knowing who’s the real queen outside their inner circle. Who’s under the mantle of Queen Amidala? Padmé? Sabé? Rabé? If you make an assassination attempt on the queen, one mistake can have the entire court and most powerful political families turn against you because you killed their daughters, and not the queen!

And then, these women who spent their teenage years as the Queen’s court go on to be diplomats and politicians and keep that loyalty to their old cohort, further binding the Naboo nobility together.

[captainmazzic]

I love everything about all of this