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Silly Star Wars worldbuilding opinions

I enjoy the mando'a and dai bendu conlangs, but I find myself not always agreeing with the ideas that have been baked into the construction of those languages, so I have some Silly Linguistic Opinions:

The Jedi should absolutely have a language. It should use phonemes from japanese and hebrew dialects and pali structure.

As an even more indulgent aside, Jedi names should obviously vary by what species the Jedi in question is, but should default in favor of japanese phonemes when possible. Names taken on by Jedi who survived the purge or who were part of the first generation after should lean toward hebraic phonemes and perhaps even specifically jewish names or names related to jewish history (ben, kanan(canaan), etc)

The mandalorian language ought to use maori and other tahitic structure but the phonemes of various dialects of english, depending on which planet the speaker hails from.

The twi'lek language should use french phonemes (as a nod to the clone wars) but should specifically sound more like west or central african french when spoken than metropolitan french

I also have some silly cultural opinions:

The mandalorians should be a little more reminiscent of knights errant and the jedi should be a little more reminiscent of samurai, culturally and structually speaking. Similar acts in some cases, but very different values.

Basically any culture that's established enough to have a language should also have some level of force tradition, even as small as "some kids are haunted by ghosts who break things when they're in danger" or something. Like it doesn't need to be well-studied or worshipped or whatever, just... one of those weird things without explanation that happens sometimes and no one thinks anything of it unless they actually meet a jedi who takes the time to explain things.

Not for a specific culture in star wars, but that thing that SW does?? where people will be speaking several different languages and all understand each other?? Incredibly tasty. No obligation to learn to speak another language aloud, but it's expected that in polite company you will be able to understand whoever speaks to you. Absolutly fascinating communication dynamic in the GFFA and I want to figure out what circumstances we could recreate it under in our modern world.

[jedischenanigans]

An idea that has been been really amusing for me to think about lately is a forum/social media type place that is exclusively just jedi/jedi temple stuff. Not only would it allow jedi to keeps tabs on what their friends but also just general temple news. Just the idea of silly social media type trends from the bigger holonet starts getting introduced unto the jedi version and they catch on like wildfire.

This was originally just meant to be silly when I first wrote this draft, but now that I think about it more it has much bigger potential than just for fun stuff. There could be discussion boards on different force topics. Parents who give their children to the order could use it to keep up to date on how their kid is doing. Honestly the more I think about it the longer I could go on about it.

[artralichoard]

Thinkin about Jedi customs again and I've seen some fics meantion how padawans/newly knghted Jedi can request a chance to visit their home planet to learn more about their culture. I don't know if this is canon, but I love the idea!

But because they have that oportunity, i think they'd also have a day where youngings, just before the age they can become padawans, are devided among Jedi of the same home planet/cuture to let them shadow/ask qestions?

Cause im sure not every Jedi takes the opportunty to go to their home planet, so what if younglins get this like, day, where typically (when the jedi arent at war) Jedi from all over converge at the temple and get anywhere from 1-10 younglings and they just chat and ask questions and learn from this older jedi that ls like them! Its supposed to give them some base info, and their curiosity mostly satiated before heir padawanship, and to help guide them on if going to ther planet is the right choice for them.

But with the war going on, it becomes a shadow day. Where suddenly all these clone batallions are seing ther Generals walk down the Venator halls with a gaggle of younglings behind them, all having similar characteristics/features.

And maybe the clones learn a litte more about their Generals and Jedi Culture as a whole too.

Imagine Obi Wan with 2 littlesmalltiny younglings trailing behind the man like ducklings. Stewjohn is not the most accepting of those with gifts in the force, so he has the only other younglings from his planet.

He has little Cal, who if rumors are to believed, has been chosen by Master Tapal to be his padawan when the boy is ready in a few months. And little Ari-Sol, who has a gift for healing. Both have bright metallic hair, Cals who is a more vibrant copper than Obi, and Ari-Sol who has shining gold hair. (I love the stewjohn weird biology giving them metal hair)

Plo, who has a handfull of small Kel Dor children and his niece, Sha, has another handfull. Wolffe is desperately pretending he is not losing his shit at these smaller versions of his General. He is failing.

Ahsoka got to spend her day when she was younger with Shaak-Ti, she became a huge rolemodel to her and is what helped convinced her to participate in the Togrutan coming of age hunting ceromony.

What if Aayla gets a couple other twi'lek younglings that were rescued from slavery. And they get to talk about overcoming that trauma and reconnecting with their culture and people, and how deeply both are tied to slavery.

What if Anakin, who isnt expecting any younglings of his own because his culture was tatooine slavery. What other youngling or jedi could possibly be from that desert hellscape? But then he gets this little girl, who was found just a couple years after Anakin, because the council realized, if they missed Anakin, whos midchlorian count is astronomical, then who else did they miss on that slaver planet. They found 1 other force sensitive girl bound to slavery by Jaba the Hutt.

Anakin now gets to pass down all those stories his mom and older slave kids passed down to him. Of slave routes and networks to freedom, of rebellions and trixter gods and rain and and-

Its been a long while since he was able to look back on his past with anthing close to fondness. But sharing these stories of hope and resiliance and resistance, it makes him happy. Connected. This one tiny youngling from Tatoonine helped Anakin feel more part of the the Jedi Order than any Master ever could. He feels less other. It also greatly helps his own feelings about tattoine and how he grew up.

Just. Jedi being a melting pot of cultures.

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[artralichoard]

I love her... Which is why i have her staring into my soul when i draw

As motivation 👁👁

[jedischenanigans]

A detail about Order 66 that always makes me so profoundly sad to think about that I think gets over looked are the parents. The parents who gave their kids to the Jedi, many of whom were probably proud to know that their kids were out there helping people. In the rise of the new empire how many parents were mourning the massacre of their children? On top of that they probably could've even voice that grief to others without possible danger from the new regime.

[jedischenanigans]

I have a headcanon that Mace Windu occasionally helps out with the creche he came from, lending a hand and being a good role model. However, this has resulted in some younglings figuring out that he's really not that intimidating, and the worst he'll do is glare and lecture you. Which turns into a group of them just messing with him for fun because they've gotten used to it. Like he has to resign himself that now he's a target for shenanigans.

[eli-should-sleep]

Jedi Masters get gifted "Galaxies best Dad/Mom/Parent" mugs by their padawans regularly.

It's just a mug, and the parent part is crossed out and has "Master" written over it. But it's not with a pen that's made for writing on porcelain so the correction is gone after 3 times in the Space-dishwasher.

Sometimes there isn't even a correction, they just get gifted a "Galaxies best parent" mug.

Are they a parent? No

Did they ever want to be a parent? No

Do they own a "best parent" mug and treasure it more than anything? Yes, yes they do.

[stealingpotatoes]

boy who's never seen a large body of water before + insane force abilities = a very tired obi-wan

(donation doodles! // tip jar)

[justjettithings]

jedi gifting each other river rocks and sea shells because they can feel the living force through these objects and sense the beauty and life flowing through the environment it once inhabited

[jedi-enthusiast]

Jedi culture is a padawan smacking one of their friends, poking them, playing a prank on them, etc. and then, when they try to retaliate, running away shouting- "REVENGE IS NOT THE JEDI WAY!!!"