a sprinkle of stardust

instarlight || Anya  she/her. Latine. This is a side-blog. __ ★ __ "She's already sharing a blanket, if that's what you're wondering." __ ★ __ Not so secret fan of: Rogue One. Andor. Vel Sartha & Cinta Kaz. Space photos. NASA. Glyn Dillion and costumes with excessive topstitching.

[rogueonememes]

[mortissoka]

"Luke proved that attachment was a good thing and that the Jedi were all dogmatic and wrong"

is a take that fundamentally misunderstands both Luke as a character and the entire point behind Star Wars and the Jedi religion.

Luke didn't act out of attachment. If he did he would have killed Palpatine and Vader in a desperate attempt to save his friends.

Let's actually compare this to mister attachment aka Anakin, shall we.

If Anakin was in a position where some guy (for example Dooku) was responsible for Padmé, Obi-Wan, Ahsoka, Rex etc. being in current life threatening danger, he would have killed that man and anyone who stood in his way. If there was another guy claiming to be his father that might have thrown him off for a bit but in pure rage and terror of what might happen to the people he loves he would have 10000% killed him, father or not (he literally tries to kill his surrogate father / brother out of attachment and greed and later succeeds IN THE MOVIES).

Luke however chooses AGAINST acting out of attachment. He doesn't let his fear for his loved ones control him. The literal moment he crashes out and eventually almost kills Vader is when Vader mentions Leia. His attachment to her led him to react with rage in a desperate attempt to protect her but then he realizes that that's WRONG. That he's playing into Palpatine's hands and giving himself over to the dark side, so he stops. He chooses not to become what Anakin let himself be turned into.

Luke's motivation for saving Vader is not attachment - it's compassion.

Attachment is to act on behalf of yourself. Attachment is choosing your own feelings over what the people you love would want. Attachment is sacrificing everything your wife stood for, choking her to unconsciousness because she doesn't react the way you want her to and trying to kill your own brother out of greed and jealousy. Attachment is selfish love - love that is about YOU and not the people around you.

Compassion is SELFESS love. Compassion is choosing others over yourself. Compassion is valuing the ideals and wants of the people you love - not just wanting to keep them by your side at all cost. Compassion is tossing away your lightsaber and letting yourself get tortured and almost killed because you REFUSE to act out of attachment and let anyone be hurt but yourself. Compassion is also to sacrifice yourself to save your child even though it gains you neither a better future nor him staying in your life.

Luke's compassion motivated Anakin to act out of compassion as well. That's what the movie is about, guys.

[svnsetromance]

VEL SARTHA & CINTA KAZ ; Andor (2022 - 2025) // Georgics 4.453-527: Orpheus and Eurydice, by Virgil // Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019, dir. Céline Sciamma)

[andthepeople]

always funny to remember darth vader is anakin skywalker. the adrenaline junkie chucklefuck who used to dive head first out of speeders and built a pod racer in his yard when he was like six is now upper-middle management for the evil empire. half of his appearances in the original trilogy are Meetings. vader spends like 80% of his time dealing with bureaucratic bullshit. status updates. team meetings. holo-Zooms. budget rundowns. anakin betrayed the jedi and caused the fall of the republic and his punishment is being CC'd on every email forever. and you know what. he would hate that. the punishment fits the criminal

[world-beauty]

The Ghoul of IC 2118

Credits: Casey Good/Steve Timmons

[romantic-revolution-romy]

You know, Cassian in Andor and Cassian in Rogue One is like his black jacket: same color, similar cut, but in reality, they’re completely different things.

[galacticwildfire]

Star Wars posting Poe in 2025? Specifically comic Poe? Pls give us more.

[magpie-trove]

If you’re ever wondering what I’m thinking about it’s that part in Rogue One where Chirrut is praying for the door to open and Cassian just like suddenly remembers he has a lock pick that he can use to open the door when the time is right and pulls it out and gets ready then is like “the force and I have different priorities” because he thinks the force isn’t helping them and like Sir. Sir have you considered. You are the answer to Chirrut’s prayer. You guys are The Plan for defeating the evil you think the force is ignoring. You are The Plan. Sir. You opened the door. The door is open. The force is with you buddy. Go get em.

[codywaan]

can we just appreciate how absolutely beautiful their yavin 4 home is??

[laneboyheathens]

New image for my fellow Brasso enjoyers <3

[lumpawaroospaceprincess]

The complete connecting pride variant covers by Rickie Yagawa!

Characters from left to right:

Vildar Mac, Terec, Ceret, Mother Anieya, Mother Koril, Tey Sirrek

Cinta Kaz, Vel Sartha, Sabé, Doctor Aphra, Just Lucky, Ariole Yu

Wrobie Tyce, Larma D'Acy, Rae Sloane, Losha Tarkon, T'Onga, Sana Starros

These are variants for Rogue One: Jyn Erso #1, Shadow of Maul #4, and Galaxy's Edge: Echoes of the Empire #3

A little disappointing they didn't include many characters that haven't been on previous pride variants. The only characters here that haven't had a pride cover before are Vildar, Tey, Mother Aniseya, and Ariole. Obviously Aphra has gotten a cover every year since they started doing pride covers in 2021 (as she should) but they have a lot of other characters they could've included that haven't been on one of these covers before. Maybe next year we'll get a Vernestra cover. Or Tep Tep. Or if they wanted to go Legends with it, a Juhani cover to honour the first canonically queer character in Star Wars. Some day.

[ieatratsyummy]

They could never make me hate you, complex female character whose reaction to trauma was not pretty and digestible like how people think it should be.

[natalierso]

☆ rebelcaptain may the 4h celebration ☆ 

day 2: partners + teal

who knows 🤷‍♀️ (insp)

[cassiansrebels]

Some appreciation for the Rogue One novelization (again). I think it's beautiful how Cassian was living in moment with Jyn carrying his weight :

Her faith carried him with her.

He didn't say any of it. He didn't want to disturb the silence as they rested against each other, hurting and relaxed, listening to the hum of machinery and the distant billowing of fires. He stowed thoughts of old missions and thoughts of the future away; decided to focus on what he could see and hear and smell for the last moments of his life on Scarif.

When Cassian Andor died, he would be ready, and he would be content.

[princesssokphanny]

A once-in-a-lifetime shot — the moon perfectly framed by a rainbow. Caught at just the right time. 🌈 🌕

[cintasvel]

i have to applaud whoever designed the andor characters abilities and features in galaxy of heroes. they perfectly capture who they all are as characters

dedra: willing to sabotage her allies in order to gain more power

luthen: refuses to let kleya die as long as he's still breathing

vel and cinta: lesbian love can defeat anything as long as they're together

kleya: [EA taking her by the hands] kleya, you need to SHOOT YOUR DAD to heal yourself and others

[roguesones]

New Andor series cards for the upcoming A Lawless Time set for Star Wars Unlimited