Gerbil's Writing Resources

My stash of info & HCs for writing fics

[gerbilswritingresources]

Just a stash of various links, info posts and whatever else that helps/inspires my writing. This is mostly just for me, to keep things I'm constantly referring to, in one place and not a billion tabs in my browser.

Don't mind the squeaking--it's just me running on my wheel.

[tieflingkisser]

[lesbianslimefriend]

here's where to find it on windows 10

[the-tiny-dragons-tea-room]

Ugh, it was in mine. It's off now.

[the-tiny-dragons-tea-room]

IT GETS WORSE

I had to turn this off, but it's something that allows Windows and anyone using your device to generate text/images.

LOBOTOMIZE YOUR MACHINES

[marougus-the-dragon]

AI is a freacking plague, I share this for any windows user.

[swvevo]

[luna-forever-1]

😂

[aenramsden]

You have to admire her audacity, if nothing else.

[boogabeing]

Literally my favourite thing about Rogue One is that it makes the opening of New Hope so funny. Like, Vader has followed Leia from a planet he just blew up seconds ago and pursued her across the galaxy and then she’s just like: ‘I’m on a diplomatic mission to Alderaan’

Vader: You’re a rebel. I just had a fight with your entire rebel fleet and followed you here. Straight from the rebels. Of which you are a part

Leia: *dramatic gasp* rebel? Me???  I was just passing through. Diplomatically. Thought it was a five-space-ship pile-up or something going on there… 

[hashtagloveloses]

death star plans? on my alderaanian diplomatic mission? it’s more likely than you think

[captainlordauditor]

[jackhawksmoor]

ok but this is like legitimate Canon Improvement because I’d always wondered why Vader was so wildly furious at the start of the movie like “rahhhhh bring me the passengers I WANT THEM ALIVE!!!!” and now I’m like

ohh yeah okay they literally JUST blew up Vader’s base, stole his sh!t, and took off while giving him the finger from the window

[deadcatwithaflamethrower]

while giving him the finger from the window

IT GOT BETTER

[crankynerdgirl]

The other thing is, Leia has been strong with the Force her whole life without really knowing it. Luke is an insanely good shot, an ace pilot, quick with machines. These are the skill he learned growing up. Imagine Darth Vader’s and Padme Amidala’s ACTUAL DAUGHTER being raised as a diplomat and princess. Imagine Bail Organa introducing her to the Rebellion. Imagine the MASSIVE FUCKING LIES she’s told, and how they probably went something like an accidental Jedi Mind Trick for most of her life. And now here’s (secret) Dad, and he ain’t buying it honey. 

[shieldmaiden19]

That^^ addition. I like it.

[cumaeansibyl]

Ooooh, that’s a great addition to my “stormtroopers can’t hit Luke, Leia, or their companions because they’re unconsciously using the Force to protect themselves” headcanon. (Nothing fancy, just enough to make shots go an inch or two wide. But you gotta figure the Empire has all kinds of numbers on their troopers’ accuracy, with specific tech to track performance. I bet the after-action reports on engagements with these two are really interesting.)

For my money Leia’s best moment is when she lies about the location of the rebel base and Tarkin believes her. Doesn’t stop him blowing up Alderaan, but he is so mad when he finds out there’s nothing on Dantooine. You gotta figure Tarkin’s good at seeing through deceptions, or he wouldn’t be where he is… but it’s already pretty much canon that Leia’s Force sensitivity helped her resist torture and mind probing, so I don’t think it’s a stretch to suggest that she gave Tarkin just the slightest nudge toward “she’s telling me the truth.”

edit: I can hear @mackensen quoting Obi-Wan’s line on “the Force can have a strong influence on the weak-minded” at me and I am not saying Tarkin has a weak mind, but a) I didn’t say it was a strong influence either, just a nudge, and b) Tarkin does not expect a teenage girl to lie to his face with the fate of her home planet on the line. He expects her to just tell him where the fucking base is already. That’s not even an unreasonable expectation, but in this case it’s a weak point for her to exploit.

[weerd1]

This post gets a little better every time I see it.

[keldabekush]

do we know the names of any months in star wars i need one for a fake tweet

[chocmarss-deactivated20260317]

Star Wars lore says they have 10 months in a year:

1st month: Elona

2nd month: Kelona

3rd month: Selona

4th month: Telona

5th month: Nelona

6th month: Helona

7th month: Melona

8th month: Yelona

9th month: Relona

10th month: Welona

If you’re interested, here’s the Galactic Standard Calender!

1 week: 5 days

1 Month: 7 weeks/35 days

1 year: 368 days

1 year: 10 months + 3 Fete (festivals) weeks + 3 holidays

And here are the days of the week:

Primeday (first day of the week)

Centaxday (second day)

Taungsday (third day)

Zhellday (fourth day)

Benduday (fifth/last day of the week)

[keldabekush]

THANK YOU this is hilarious. oh my god. perfect

[stagbeetleboy]

[worm-strung-string]

May the 4th be with you!

The doodles and drawings have been amazing (even the emotionally devastating ones) and I wish you another good year of Star Wars nerdery.

Thank you!! Have a hand full of jedi!!

And may everyone have a very pleasant may the 4th as well now that time zones are catching up to me who was ahead of you all!!! >:)) (other Aussies shhhhh)

[gerbilswritingresources]

LAPTOP STICKER UPDATE!

(I may have to adjust a few of the smaller ones again.)

@worm-strung-string you're feeding a dangerous habit.

Don't stop.💕

[gerbilswritingresources]

Laptop decorated with awesome stickers from @worm-strung-string with space for another sticker order in the future!

Naturally, Fox defeating Palps is front and center with Jaster so proud!

[hacvek]

reminder to worldbuilders: don't get caught up in things that aren't important to the story you're writing, like plot and characters! instead, try to focus on what readers actually care about: detailed plate tectonics

[olyia-stories]

@dragonpyre any chance you could elaborate on this

[dragonpyre]

I grew up learning about land formations. Seeing fictional maps that don’t follow the logic and science of them makes me upset

[serinos-kitt]

What are the most common sins you’ve seen relating to this? I wanna know

[dragonpyre]

Mordor.

Why is the mountain range square. How did the mountain range form. Why is there one singular volcano in the center. Why does it act like a composite volcano but have magma that acts like it’s from a shield. If it’s hotspot based volcanic activity why is there only one volcano.

And then the misty mountains!!!! Why isn’t there a rain shadow!! And why is there a FOREST where the rain shadow should be!!!!!!!!

[serinos-kitt]

So what is a rain shadow?

[lethalbutterfly]

Wind blows clouds in from the sea, but mountains are so tall the clouds can't get past 'em, so you get deserts on the windward side of mountain ranges because clouds can't get there to water the land, or do so only very rarely.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Oh yeah nothing is more annoying than fantasy maps that can't get mountains, rivers and rain shadows right.

[mindfulwrath]

May I recommend my new favorite tool: Mapgen4. You start with a random seed and then add mountains, valleys, shallow water, or oceans as you like. You can adjust the wind direction to make wind shadows off the mountains fall where you want. You can adjust overall raininess to make the rivers larger or smaller, or have more or fewer tributaries. It works best for small, isolated landmasses (think islands more than continents) but as there’s no scale bar and it’s all slightly abstracted anyway you can do whatever you want with it. I’ve only just started playing with it but it’s SO FUN.

[jeanjauthor]

I do think this could be useful for writers! ...Caveat, if you're going to use this for making a map for anything published (digital or paper, even if it's only in a fanfic archive or whatever), please, please credit the creator and their program as how you made that map! The more ways information like this gets out there, the more useful it'll be to other writers, roleplaying game DMs/GMs, creators, etc.

[oh-opossum]

One of my favourites for mapping plates, biomes, etc is Tectonics.js. If you're familiar with how tectonics shape a planet, you can guess where the features go by toggling plates, crust thickness, etc. Between Mapgen4 and Tectonics.js, we've got some pretty sweet tools at our disposal.

[brehaaorgana]

More stuff!:

European Geosciences Union Blog — Beyond Tectonics: Building fictional worlds to better understand our own

Reshaping Reality's Worldbuilding Tips

Worldbuilding pasta's series, An Apple Pie from Scratch also check their resources page!

R/worldbuilding's Reading List. Also check out their collected resources link. This basic geology guide from 11 years ago is still nice.

Creating an Earth-Like Planet, and The Climate Cookbook (aka Geoff's Climate Cookbook) technically the climate cookbook is a part of Creating an Earth like Planet I think.

Related: Worldbuilding Workshop's "Working Out Climates Using Geoff’s Climate Cookbook." Which goes through using the resource in order to map make. Also just the Worldbuilding Workshop in General.

Madeline James Writes's Worldbuilding Guide

Worldbuilding 101 (this links to the Biomes section but there's like...everything.)

Also I would recommend looking into Landscape Archaeology as well! That's because Landscape archeology is basically adding the social/cultural layer on top of all that geology and geography. Environments change when communities live in them, and communities likewise adapt to various environments.

This is a short free introduction to the concept: "Notes on Landscape Archaeology." To summarize, Landscape archaeology sort of like...studies the relation of people to places/spaces (that is, landscapes) in time.

Also this paper [An Archeology of Landscapes] breaks down/introduces the key concepts that I learned which is first that you can form the "construct paradigm" of a landscape from settlement ecology, ritual landscapes, and ethnic landscapes.

And then the highlights of their summary of what constitutes defining a landscape:

Landscapes are not synonymous with natural environments. Landscapes are synthetic (Jackson, 1984, p. 156), with cultural systems structuring and organizing peoples’ interactions with their natural environments ...

Landscapes are worlds of cultural product ... Through their daily activities, beliefs, and values, communities transform physical spaces into meaningful places. ...

Landscapes are the arena for all of a community’s activities. Thus landscapes not only are constructs of human populations but they also are the milieu in which those populations survive and sustain themselves. A landscape’s domain involves patterning in both within-place and between-place contexts ...

Landscapes are dynamic constructions, with each community and each generation imposing its own cognitive map on an anthropogenic world of interconnected morphology, arrangement, and coherent meaning ...

Basically a "landscape" is made by a community living in an environment. Once you have a geological environment that makes sense, landscape archaeology is like... Basically how I feel confident knowing where trade routes would be on a map, where there are areas of continual high conflict, what kinds of agriculture exists where, etc. once the geological stuff is hammered out, it's like...I know how that would influence the local cultures and vice versa. At that point, it's easy to start marking the natural borders, settlements, trade/port cities, and even strategic fortresses. If you have properly put rivers on a map, then marking your port cities is effortless, basically.

Also:

This course syllabus for a Landscape Archaeology class is freely accessible. It includes an online resources page.

Place, Landscape, and Environment: Anthropological Archaeology in 2009

(Landscape Biographies is open access, as is Landscape Archaeology between Art and Science: From a Multi- to an Interdisciplinary Approach. But I wouldn't try to read every essay.)

[dedicatedfollower467]

If you are like me and find it helpful to have video reference for a process/activity in addition to a written guide, Artifexian is a YouTube channel that does a LOT of world building stuff and specifically he's in the process of creating a world following a lot of Worldbuilding Pasta's methodology!

[multiverselibrary]

Dragonatomy - Anatomical Illustrations

“A dragon’s skeleton is a study in contradictions. Light as a bird’s where lift is needed, dense as a mammal’s where momentum must be endured.”

-Magister Alseth, Beasts Which Cannot Be https://shorturl.at/P6VMN

[worm-strung-string]

I needed to get this outta my head

[keldabekush]

do we know the names of any months in star wars i need one for a fake tweet

[chocmarss-deactivated20260317]

Star Wars lore says they have 10 months in a year:

1st month: Elona

2nd month: Kelona

3rd month: Selona

4th month: Telona

5th month: Nelona

6th month: Helona

7th month: Melona

8th month: Yelona

9th month: Relona

10th month: Welona

If you’re interested, here’s the Galactic Standard Calender!

1 week: 5 days

1 Month: 7 weeks/35 days

1 year: 368 days

1 year: 10 months + 3 Fete (festivals) weeks + 3 holidays

And here are the days of the week:

Primeday (first day of the week)

Centaxday (second day)

Taungsday (third day)

Zhellday (fourth day)

Benduday (fifth/last day of the week)

[keldabekush]

THANK YOU this is hilarious. oh my god. perfect

[stagbeetleboy]

[tinywitchgoblin]

I had no idea any of this existed, I just took 6d12 psychic damage

[yellow-faerie]

Fun fact but those aren’t actually the galactic standard month names! The days are right but the months come from Tapani calendar which was established in the role playing game and I don’t think anywhere else - there are no official names for the galactic standard months

While adapting to the modern Galactic standard calendar, the Tapani kept the names from their own calendar even if the timings were adjusting slightly and holidays made to fit in - it should also be noted that the Tapani calendar has different names for the days (Atunda, Katunda, Satunda, Datunda and Natunda) which are far more boring than the galactic standard lol

Despite this, I very much still use these as the month names lol - the canon they’re from is so so loose that it’s frankly easier and I don’t have the creativity to come up with something new haha

[gffa]

JEDI, DEATH, FUNERALS, AND THE FORCE

“One with the Force, they are. And our job it is to remember that we will, in time, also pass on. Luminous beings are we, but temporary vessels, our bodies are. And we shall all find ourselves here in time. A moment of silence, I ask, to remember and to move on. Live for the living Jedi, we must. Live through us, forever they will.” --Yoda [The Clone Wars, “The Jedi Who Knew Too Much”]

Anon asked about Jedi funerary practices and I got a little carried away, because it's often twined in together with their philosophy about death and how they handle it and that very often it's not just a saying that they know the person is still with them, but that they literally feel that that person is part of the Force and always will be, that they can reach out and feel that presence because they are psychic space wizards. This is a compilation of everything I can think of that would be of use if you're trying to write a Jedi fic or if you're arguing online about Jedi's attitude towards death! We see at least three Jedi funerals in the prequels (four, if you count Qui-Gon's on Naboo), Yoda gives a funeral speech, we see the Jedi do recognize death and that it's a somber moment, but that ultimately they must turn back towards the light, to remember their friends and family and loved ones in joy, because they will always be with them in the Force. The High Republic further builds on what the prequels already built, if you're looking for more worldbuilding tips, too. Jedi do mourn, some struggle with it, others are more prepared for it, but it's a journey for all of them. Death is a natural part of life, but it's not the end of life, either. When a Jedi says, "They're one with the Force." it's not an empty platitude, it's a how the universe they inhabit works on a narrative level, the Force is real and just as it comes from all life, all life returns to it and becomes one with it again. That's how the Force works! And if you're sensitive to it, you can still feel those loved ones with you. Jedi have funerals to mourn the loss of the body, but eventually they need to turn their gaze to the knowledge that the Force is part of them and they are part of the Force, returning to it is not a bad thing, and you should work to remember those people as the joy they were in their crude matter life.

"Without an end, there can be no beginning. The first demand of life is death. Closeness to the Force does not spare us from death--it only gives us meaning in life." [Star Wars: The High Republic: Quest of the Jedi]

Funerals are about how life and death are all part of the Force, as their bodies are draped in their Jedi symbols and surrounded by their family, their bodies are cremated in a brilliant beam of light, as they all feel their spirit become one with the Force. Beneath the cut:

JEDI ON SENSING DEATH AND WHAT THEY SAY

JEDI CEREMONIES AND FUNERALS

OTHER JEDI TRADITIONS AROUND DEATH

JEDI ON SENSING DEATH AND WHAT THEY SAY - PREQUELS:

"The Jedi teach that life doesn't cease at death, merely changes form in the Force. “ --Kanan Jarrus [Star Wars Rebels - “Legacy”]

      “He’s dead....”       “Yes. May he be one with the Force.” --Obi-Wan & Qui-Gon [Star Wars: Obi-Wan]

Being psychic empaths means Jedi do seem to genuinely feel people in the Force after death:       Wrapping her fingers around her amulet, Iskat reached out in the Force, hoping Sember might be with her, as Zeeth said he could feel Fvorn with him. [Star Wars Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade]

      [Anakin] let himself float in this space, the pulsing currents batting him around. Within this ocean of the Force, a presence existed—no, an awareness, one that Anakin would encounter at times of extreme duress or deep meditation, something that felt like equal parts guidance, soothing, and questioning, something that despite his best intentions, he didn't listen to.       Qui-Gon Jinn.       That came and went, replaced by something much more tangible: his mother, telling the sun-dragon story as if she sat on the edge of his bed, as she did on so many nights in their small Tatooine home. [Star Wars: Brotherhood]

"No. And this feels...poorly timed. I have had disquieting dreams. And in those dreams, I can see something terrible drawing closer and closer."      "And where are you in this?"      "This mission could be my end. I can feel that potential, but Qui-Gon would not have asked if this mission was not vital."      "Death comes to all. Even Jedi."      Mace nodded, although there was no need. They knew each other, and they knew this sacred path. --Mace & Yoda [Star Wars: Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss]

JEDI ON SENSING DEATH AND WHAT THEY SAY - THE HIGH REPUBLIC:

     Bell could feel it, the Force burning brighter than ever, ready to consume him, ready to transform him from... what? What did the teachings say? He struggled to remember. Sitting on the cold slabs of Elphrona Outpost. Listening to the Masters. Not even a Padawan yet. Just a youngling being led into a wider world.      "Transform you the Force will, from this crude matter to the light. Become luminous you will. Become energy. The energy of all living things, from the cinderhawks in the air, yes, to the charhounds howling in the night. From the Force you came. To the Force, you'll return." --Bell Zettifar & Yoda [Star Wars: The Rising Storm]

"J-Julus?  He's not moving!  Why isn't he moving?" "I'm sorry, Bartol.  He's one with the Force now." [Star Wars: The High Republic 2021]

    "Losing a Padawan is a terrible blow.  Maliq is one with the Force now.  You did everything you could." [Star Wars: The High Republic 2022]

    CREIGHTON SUN: “I'm sorry. Losing a Padawan. It can't be easy. No matter how much time has passed.”      SILANDRA: “That's just it. It was...beautiful. She's one with the Force now. It took me too long to see it. To stop blaming myself. But I'm at peace with it now.” [Star Wars: The High Republic: The Battle of Jedha]

    KETH: “Mr.... Oh. Oh, no. Is he...?”      AIDA: “His light has gone out. He is one with the Force.” [Star Wars: The High Republic: The Battle of Jedha]

    "You never talk about your Padawan.  What happened?" "He... I... I didn't... Maliq is one with the Force now, Coron." [Star Wars: The High Republic: The Nameless Terror]

     "I cannot leave Keerin like this."      "He has become part of the Force. All that is left here is his body." --Lily Tora-Asi, Sav Malagan [Star Wars: Edge of Balance vol 2]

      It had been a rare moment from Avon, who was usually the one plunging headlong into situations, and Imri believed that his dreaming of the memory was a warning he should heed. Whether the message was from whatever part of Master Douglas was now within the Force or his own subconscious, Imri didn't know. But he kept the memory close as he left his room and went to break his fast. [Star Wars: The High Republic: Mission to Disaster]

      Goodbye, they meant. Ram knew it. He blinked away tears, fought with his voice not to let that sudden well of sorrow out. He didn't want Kantam to die. Or any of his friends. He knew it just meant they'd join the living Force. He knew it was part of life and that he had no control over it. And still the sorrow washed through him. [Star Wars: The High Republic: Midnight Horizon]

      "You know, both of you," Rooper said to them, "that the Force connects us all. Everything. Even far apart, you're connected to the people you love. Even things that are gone are still a part of the Force."       "I know," Fel Ix said. He glanced at Rooper for a moment, then back at the table. Sky said, "It hurts."      "You have to let it hurt," Rooper murmured. "Let that hurt move through you. Flow around you, and onward, until you aren't carrying it anymore. Until you find peace trusting that you can always find them again through the Force." [Star Wars: The High Republic: Quest for Planet X]

      Blowing her breath out to center herself, Matty continued walking, her head-tails bouncing against her back. A Jedi didn't fear death, nor did they grieve when one of their own fell. Of course, the not grieving thing was more challenging when she heard the lesson in the voice of her late master. [Star Wars: The High Republic: Path of Vengeance]

    "Many were killed. From within our Order, we confirm the deaths of Council member Stellan Gios, as well as Orla Jareni and Nib Assek. Many others are missing, and we maintain hope they will be found. We mourn our losses and celebrate the return of lost Jedi to the Force." [Star Wars: The High Republic: Shadows of Starlight]

    What he did know was that she'd seen a lot in her time with the Jedi, had faced the Nameless, and survived. And though she had clearly come to terms with the passing of her previous Padawan, Zaph Mora, into the Force at the hands of the piratical Nihil, the loss had still affected her very deeply. [Star Wars: The High Republic: Seeds of Starlight]

     Laret Soveral appeared in the doorway, soot staining her face and robes. She was tall for a human female, with striking features and a commanding presence, even at this confusing, difficult moment. Her golden-brown eyes met his evenly. "I'm sorry, Padawan Vitus. Your master is again at one with the Force."      Every tenet of Jedi doctrine proclaimed that Cohmac should feel happy for Master Simmix, who had been freed from the illusion of mortality and the weaknesses of the flesh. [Star Wars: The High Republic: Into the Dark]

     Zaph studied the cup of water in his hand. "I believe in being thankful for every morsel that the galaxy provides. I wish to appreciate the sustenance it offers, the life it enables." He took another small sip. "It is a joy to be alive, is it not? To be here, in this moment. To be aware of all that is happening around us, that we are a part of? I merely seek to honor each moment fully as it passes, and enjoy the pleasures it affords."      Affie nodded. "That's such a wise way of looking at things," she said. "To never let a moment pass unmarked."      Zaph gave a slight shrug. "The Force grants us these fleeting moments of time as individuals before we once again become a part of the whole. We must consider how we spend them." [Star Wars: The High Republic: Tears of the Nameless]

     [Amadeo] tried to focus on his Jedi training. He knew that death was not the end—that Master Lox's time here had ended but his spirit would live on in the cosmic Force, intertwined with all that had gone before and all that would come after. In time, he hoped to find peace in that. But right now everything was too raw. [Star Wars: The High Republic: Tears of the Nameless]

     The Jedi was doing a good job of skirting the inevitable subject of her Padawan. Affie was of two minds whether to bring him up. She didn't want to cause Eve any further pain, but she knew that Jedi dealt with death differently than people like her. They had a way of explaining death as a beautiful thing, a transition back to the Force, a moment of tranquility and peace. Affie hoped it was true, that even in his moment of greatest suffering, Zaph had found solace in his acceptance back into the Force that had given him so much cause for joy in life. [Star Wars: The High Republic: Tears of the Nameless]

     Affie offered her a wan smile. "Still, if there's one thing I know about Zaph, it's that he didn't waste a single moment of the time he had. He relished everything. He might only have had a short time with us, but it was a full life, brimming with experience and joy." Eve met her gaze. "Yes, it was." She smiled. "And now you're even starting to sound like a Jedi. Maybe we're rubbing off on you."      Affie laughed. "No. Not a Jedi. Just an optimist."      "Zaph is one with the Force now," said Eve. "Which means he's still with us, in a way."      "That's a comforting thought," said Affie.      "It's the truth," said Eve. "He has found his peace." [Star Wars: The High Republic: Tears of the Nameless]

     [Gella] certainly would not, but glanced around. "You're leaving? Now?" He held out his hands, walking backward into the crowd, droid at his side. "Perhaps this market has better entertainment."      The words were so glib, so callous, she blinked after him for a long time, a slash of crimson disappearing into a sea of red. Death was a part of life, inevitable for all beings. As a Jedi, she accepted that, knew it as a pillar of her understanding of the galaxy. But she cared and he did not. [Star Wars: The High Republic: Convergence]

     Vernestra followed that gaze and felt tears fall down her cheeks. The body of the dead Nameless shivered in the Drengir's grip. The Drengir didn't seem to be turning to stone anymore, but whatever the Nameless had done before it died was enough. Vernestra could feel it. She could feel both deaths clinging to her skin. [Star Wars: The High Republic: Temptation of the Force]

Douglas. A jab of sorrow lanced through Vernestra as she thought of the Jedi Master. He would return to the cosmic Force that connected all things in the galaxy. Vernestra would feel that connection, and the echo of Douglas, every time she meditated before bed. The cosmic Force was calm and helped give a Jedi wisdom and guidance. That was what happened to all living things when they died, but that didn't minimize the ache of loss Vernestra felt when thinking about the other Jedi. He'd been the first to welcome her to Port Haileap and to congratulate her on passing her trials at such a young age. [Star Wars: The High Republic: A Test of Courage]

    "No, I was done resting. How are you?"     "Awful," he said, a tear falling down his cheek and then another following. "But I can feel him a little when I reach for the Force, and that makes it a bit better."     Vernestra put her arm around the boy's shoulders and pulled Imri in for a hug. "When I was a youngling, one of our older masters died while in the middle of meditation. Most of us felt him pass, and while we still missed him, it helped to know that he had gone peacefully and happily. I hope you feel the same when you reach for Douglas." [Star Wars: The High Republic: A Test of Courage]

"Without an end, there can be no beginning. The first demand of life is death. Closeness to the Force does not spare us from death--it only gives us meaning in life. Never is that meaning more clear than when--than at--the moment we die--" [Star Wars: The High Republic: Quest of the Jedi]

JEDI ON SENSING DEATH AND WHAT THEY SAY - ORIGINALS:

   You were right, Luke thought, smiling again as Chewbacca hugged Leia and then lifted her right off her feet. Ben, you were right. He had felt the Force. He didn't fully grasp it yet, and he knew there was so much more he needed to learn, about himself and his capabilities. But now he knew that the loved ones who had left him weren't so far away after all. He could feel them nearby, like beams of sunlight breaking through the clouds.  [Star Wars:   A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy]

JEDI CEREMONIES AND FUNERALS - PREQUELS:

The Jedi seem to have a ceremonial room for funeral rites, where the bodies are covered in a shroud and cremated, with a brilliant beam of light rising from the floor they’re lowered into.  [The Clone Wars, "The Jedi Who Knew Too Much", Tales of the Jedi]

There are stands for mourners if there are more than one taking place, but they can also stand much closer if it’s a more intimate funeral. It also seems significant friends of Jedi are in attendance as well–when Obi-Wan’s funeral happens in the Deception storyline, Satine Kryze and Padme Amidala are both present for it.  [The Clone Wars, “Deception”]

[See above gifs or watch the clip on YouTube][There's also a funeral in Tales of the Jedi]

     Lush and green and peaceful, Mace thought. Qui-Gon wouldn't have cared for this.      The cremation spot between four-meter statues of winged guardians was one of the most honored locations in Naboo's royal cemetery. Qui-Gon Jinn's body rested atop a wooden pyre, his hands folded across his mighty chest. In one sense, it was the perfect place for his mortal remains to be consumed in flame, here where so many great warriors had been laid "to rest." There was no real way around it, but Mace suspected Qui-Gon himself would have enjoyed the irony.      The Jedi Master had met his end at the hands of a Sith while helping Queen Amidala liberate her planet. Death was always and ultimately a private affair, but a Jedi's death often became a matter of public mourning and official sobriety. So the funeral pyre was attended by key dignitaries from the Galactic Republic, the Jedi Order, and the people of Naboo. [Star Wars: Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss]

    Obi-Wan had just finished recounting Qui-Gon's wisdom, dedication to the Force, and commitment to his personal version of the Jedi Code [in his eulogy]. As a symbol of respect, in sync with the others, Mace drew and triggered his lightsaber. All were raised high in a bouquet of sacred fire, casting a reverent glow over the gathering. [Star Wars: Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss]

     The funeral concluded with a traditional Jedi ritual: Master Yoda ignited the pyre with Qui-Gon's own lightsaber. As flames rose, the attending Jedi collectively meditated, focusing their energy on Qui-Gon's journey into the Force. [Star Wars: Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss]

OTHER JEDI TRADITIONS - PREQUELS:

      THE NEXT MORNING, ISKAT RECEIVED word that as the Padawan of Sember Vey, it was her duty to clean out her master's chamber and organize her things. She was unfamiliar with this tradition, and it felt very strange indeed to enter Sember's room without knocking and find it empty and silent. [Star Wars Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade]

OTHER JEDI TRADITIONS - THE HIGH REPUBLIC:

As Captain Segaru's coffin was interred and sealed, a plaque on the outside blinked to life. Gella could not make out the symbols from afar but deduced it would be similar to surrounding plaques. Dates of birth and death, a loving mother, an honorable father. Some even had images. Some of the older ones were in the ancient E'roni language. For a moment, Gella wondered what hers would read. What would her fellow Jedi say about her? It was a passing thought, though. When her time came to return to the cosmic energy of the Force, she'd be cremated and her kyber crystal added to the Kyber Arch. [Star Wars" The High Republic: Convergence]

Hope was a fragile thing. Despite his young age, [Jamil Sollis] understood that. He saw it in the way adults had behaved since the bad things started happening, saw it when more and more Jedi returned alone from missions and added their fallen friends' crystals to the Kyber Arch in the Temple. He wished he could have hope for everyone and share it. [Star Wars: The High Republic: Beware the Nameless]

She said, "Tell me, Reath, why can you not cross the Kyber Arch by yourself?" Reath frowned. "Do I need to?" Jora didn't reply. The Kyber Arch stood within one of the vast meditation chambers of the Coruscant temple. Each crystal in the arch was a kyber crystal, one retrieved from the damaged lightsaber of a Jedi fallen in battle. As beautifully as it sparkled in the light, it was a reminder of the price their fellow Jedi had paid in the pursuit of justice over the past millennia. Thick at the bases, the very topmost curve of the arch had deliberately been left extremely narrow, as a representation of the perils the fallen had faced. Scaling and crossing the Kyber Arch was an advanced meditation technique. Most Jedi never attempted it—only those who felt called to do so by the Force. So if Reath insisted on taking her question literally, he would never have an answer. Literal he remained. "I mean, I think I could cross it. We've made our way across ropes and tethers skinnier than that. Do you want me to try?" Reath looked hopeful again. "If I make it alone, does that mean we don't have to go to the frontier?" "Neither you nor any other Jedi has ever crossed the Kyber Arch alone," Jora said. "Nor will anyone ever do so. When you know the answer why, I believe you'll understand why we're headed to the frontier." [Star Wars: The High Republic: Into the Dark]

So Reath went down to one of the many meditation chambers within the Temple. While some meditation spaces were small and cozy, others had soaring ceilings and vast open space. This was the latter. And stretching the length of the cavernous white chamber, arching over it all, stood the Kyber Arch. He stepped silently through the room, taking care not to disturb the half dozen Jedi who sat on various benches or cushions, deep within their trances. While most meditation areas were nearer the center of the temple, this one, nearer the top, actually had windows looking out on Coruscant. At a certain hour in the early morning, sunlight hit the Kyber Arch at just the right angle to dazzle the whole room with rainbows. Reath had missed that hour. Now the arch simply looked dark and jagged, like something that might've been made out of plain old rock. He went to the base of the path—nearly two meters thick, at that point—and grasped firm handholds. The kyber crystals were cool against his palms. Reath took a deep breath, found his first foothold, and began to scale the arch. At first the ascent was so easy he could've imagined himself on a climber in the younglings' playroom. As he moved higher, however, the arch narrowed. His footing became trickier to find. Reath climbed without fear; even if he was too shocked to catch his own fall, one of the other Jedi in the room would do so. Still, the task called for dexterity. For concentration. While Reath was doing this, he could think of nothing else. At last he reached the very top. There, the crystals were fused together in a curve hardly ten centimeters wide. Reath walked steadily across it, then pivoted to begin finding his way back down. By this time, however, his concentration was far less sure. I did it, Master Jora. I crossed the Kyber Arch alone. It's possible. It's not even difficult. So why did you—what did you mean by— [Star Wars: The High Republic: Into the Dark]

"I only thought I was sure before," Reath confessed. "But before I left for the frontier, Master Jora asked me a question. She said when I knew the answer, I'd know why we needed to leave Coruscant. She asked why no Jedi can cross the Kyber Arch alone. Now I understand. No one crosses it alone because the arch itself wouldn't exist without all the Jedi Knights that have gone before. Both the ones who fell in battle and the ones who built the arch for others to remember. I was giving the Order only as much of me as I wanted to give. It was all about me. Not about us. From now on, I'm putting us first." [Star Wars: The High Republic: Into the Dark]

     "Our Republic friends," he began. He gestured to Chancellor Orlen Mollo, wearing dark clothing of mourning. "Our new friends and allies, far beyond the Core." Here, he swept his hand to the queen and queen consort of Eiram, Princess Xiri and Prince Phan-tu, and the aged Monarch A'lbaran. "The Night of Sorrow is over, but the brave warriors who fell will not be forgotten. These Jedi came to answer our call of need without hesitation or doubt, because at the heart of the Jedi is a heart that fights for good. These Jedi fought bravely and selflessly, against the darkness that is ever-present in this galaxy. Beautiful, bright lights have gone dark. I am truly saddened to say that there are pyres burning throughout the galaxy tonight." Master Sun looked to the two fallen Jedi to his left, and the lone lightsaber. "And now here, in the Jedi Temple, we gather to honor three exemplary Jedi. Master Orin Darhga, Master Char-Ryl-Roy, and Jedi Knight Aida Forte."      He paused, trying to still his racing heart. He was still too ill to be here, in all honesty, but he had to. He glanced to his left, where the 2-0A droid stood in the shadows waiting to attend to him if he needed. C-2C was her name. He had finally cleared his mind enough to ask a day after he'd woken up.      "Many lives were lost on Dalna," Creighton said. "Not just Jedi lives. Many friends who came to our aid in our time of desperate need have left us. Their sacrifice will not be forgotten, and we mourn them as well."      He turned around to all the people gathered, felt the pulsations of life and the sadness that seeped past and through them. He lifted his hand, palm to the open sky above.      "All lives have a beginning and an end. With every beginning is born hope and goodness. No matter how short or long those lives are, the galaxy expands to meet them at every tide, every sunset, and every breath. Whenever we are weak, or weary, or doubting, it is this hope and goodness that will buoy us all. They offered their lives to keep this light alive. All of us shall carry the gift they so selflessly gave. And now they are at peace, living within the everlasting light of the Force. A light that exists within everyone here. And so, too, do our fallen comrades exist within us."      Creighton nodded, and two younglings came forward, holding their fists aloft. One went directly to Creighton, handing him the green kyber crystal from Aida Forte's lightsaber. The other approached Enya Keen and gently dropped a kyber crystal into her palm—a green one from Orin Darhga's lightsaber.      The two Jedi closed their fists over the crystals. Creighton took a deep breath, but his hand trembled. Enya shut her eyes and tried to suppress a sob but failed.      "These kyber crystals will be added to the Kyber Arch in their memory."      The tables with the fallen Jedi sank slowly into the floor. Doors slid closed above them, and a single bright beam of light from their joined center rose straight into the sky.      "As stars are born and die," Creighton said, "so does time move forward. Relentlessly so. And yet we fight. We will never stop fighting for the light and life in this galaxy."      The beacons of light grew so vivid in the room that soon, they outshone even the brightest star in the night sky. [Star Wars: The High Republic: Cataclysm]

THE KYBER ARCH:

[fox-trot]

501st: An Imperial Commando Novel

[phoenixyfriend]

Modern AU where all of the Sith that are obsessed with Obi-Wan are his cats.

Maul is a street cat that hates EVERYONE and bites a lot and people keep begging Obi-Wan to get rid of him for his own safety.

Dooku is an old-as-balls purebred that used to do show competitions. Very refined, but does occasionally get into fights with Anakin.

Anakin was a kitten with Qui-Gon, who died, so Obi-Wan inherited an adorable ball of fluff that kept escaping and one day had a fight that really fucked him up and now he runs hot and cold and Obi-Wan struggles to figure out how to help (you can't communicate 'this is why I kept telling you to stay inside' to a cat, they don't know most English).

Asajj came to him via cat-sitting; her owner (Ky Narec) died and Obi-Wan was just like Whelp. Mine now.

[phoenixyfriend]

#hondo is a parrot that keeps showing up in the back yard #he is not native to the area #no one knows why that bird keeps showing up when it could go anywhere #but he gets a kick out of all the cats chattering at him from the ground #not sure what grevious would be. maybe a lizard? keeps it in the garden to eat the snails #has to stop anikin from getting out and attacking it in increasingly convoluted near miss encounters (via @randomstuf896)

[phoenixyfriend]

Random thoughts:

Dooku can and will groom all of the young whippersnappers. Anakin is getting groomed, he's baby. Asajj is getting groomed, she's the favorite. Maul is getting groomed whether he likes it or not because he is FILTHY and Dooku will not stand for it.

Asajj will also groom Anakin, again because he is baby, and sometimes Dooku is tired, and it's not like anyone can trust MAUL with that.

All three are, for different reasons, disappointed when Anakin is no longer 'carry by mouth' kitten-sized.

There is a special brush for Dooku's coat. Nobody else is allowed to use it (even though Obi-Wan is the one technically using it, on account of having thumbs). He got hissy whenever Obi-Wan tried to use the longhair brush on Asajj or Anakin, and then Asajj got hissy when he tried to get her and Anakin to share one, so he just folded and got three different brushes. It's fine, their respective fur textures are different enough to sort of justify it.

Maul does not need brushing. IDK if he's bald or just a shorthair that can be managed via (Dooku's) grooming, but no brushing needed.

Asajj is very standoffish with most people except Obi-Wan, but she will politely seat herself with Quinlan (Obi-Wan's bestie/situationship/lover/longterm something or other) or Ahsoka (there is a not-insignificant chance that the next thing Obi-Wan adopts will in fact be a human child, not a cat).

Ahsoka, said human (ha) child, is the only person who can manhandle Maul without getting scratched up somehow. Not even Obi-Wan's sure how she manages it. Madness.

(Ahsoka's boyfriend, meanwhile, is not so lucky. Rex has scars from this tiny asshole of a cat.)

This is why Ahsoka gets paid some solid Teenager Cash to stop in and water the plants and feed the cats and clean the litterbox when Obi-Wan has a work conference or something. He doesn't have to worry about getting sued for Legitimate Harm.

Satine no longer comes to Obi-Wan's apartment because Maul is such a fucking nightmare to her specifically, which means that throuple dates with Quinlan have to end in places that are not Obi-Wan's apartment.

(Maul once encountered Bo-Katan and was like... weirdly aloof-but-pleasant around her. Several people tried to convince her to take him on Obi-Wan's behalf and failed, in part because this was discovered by way of Bo-Katan preventing the cat in question from trying to enact his name on Satine.)

Anakin will hide in the hood of Ahsoka's jacket to try and 'sneakily' hitch a ride to the outside world and he gives both her and Obi-Wan the biggest sad eyes when they inevitably fish him out. He does not realize they were humoring him until it was time to leave. He's not that light.

Dooku's favorite person, after Obi-Wan (and Asajj, who is a cat), is the elderly neighbor, Jocasta.

Asajj once escaped to a feral colony for like a week and then came back home and immediately went to the grooming supplies like 'listen, the murder girls out there are great, but I need a cleaning, now.' And that's how Obi-Wan ended up with a bunch of feral Nightsister cats occasionally yowling at his window to get Asajj and Maul to come out and join them in various kitty crimes.

[divorceddadrock]

May or may not have just spontaneously spent the last two or three hours or so typing out a chronological Star Wars watch order including listing every individual episode of each series because I'm a psychopath and a masochist

[divorceddadrock]

If anyone wants it here ya go

Very Thorough Star Wars Timeline Order Thing Because I'm Insane

Between 68 BBY and 58 BBY Tales of the Jedi “Justice” Between 50 BBY and 48 BBY Tales of the Jedi “Choices” Probably around 52 BBY give

As of now it only includes the movies and shows but if I feel particularly masochistic I'm open to adding books comics and games in the future. If you're wondering why Young Jedi Adventures and Acolyte aren't here it's cause they're High Republic era and that's a whole sub-franchise and takes place hundreds of years before everything else and adding all of that to the same doc would just make it way too long and give me a headache.

[blueboxbeagle]

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[sonneillonv]

As a Dungeon Master I nearly scrolled past this before my brain kicked my own ass and reminded me that I have tried looking up 'Blue Gemstones' at LEAST a dozen times in the last six months and never found anything this helpful.

[ahsoka-its-all-of-us]

This screams clones to me

[eclec-tech]

@everything-reminds-me-of-clones

[everything-reminds-me-of-clones]

Clone Ambush Tactics