No one's ever really gone

Soulmates never die

[kenobirey]

The Force Awakens // The Rise of Skywalker

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Ben Solo + hearing his name 

[ithinkwehitametaphor]

The Saga continues!

[michellestarswept]

LMFAO!!!!

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@half-ok @jedimistress @bellaren18 @darcyfitz @glitzescape @reybearsnaughtypaw @ajedisgirl @buffshipper8490 @akylodarkly83 @terestriel @til-lyanae @dark-side-hoe @saltykyloren @save-ben-swolo @sassy-solo-shrug @hotstuff-benswolo @empressdarkren @reyloblivion @thebigreylotheory @xennial-sw-fan @lukes-naughty-nephew @psy-kylo-gy @imperialmarchingthroughthegalaxy @spacemakeouts @nite0wl29

[xmalikethx]

Omg 🤣😂😂 I saw that Vader comic a couple weeks ago and thought it was hilarious then, but this just made it a million times better

[cracked]

12 Times Han Solo Used The Force Without Knowing It

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I need Han to accidentally be force strong, mostly because HE WOULD HATE THAT SO MUCH “Wow so you’re basically a self-taught Jedi” “WHAT–ARE YOU–I’M THE BEST PILOT IN–” “That’s force shit” “I’M AN EXCELLENT SHOT” “Yeah, because of the force” “I’M INCREDIBLY PERSUASIVE” “That’s the force making people believe your terrible lies against all reason ” “I’LL SEE YOU IN HELL”

[chocolatequeennk]

I can picture his reaction now…

No, but this is:

[derdoktorsschnabel-deactivated2]

Oh heck

[silentstephi]

George Lucas can pry Force Sensitive Han from my cold dead hands.

[moonblossom]

I love everything about this theory, but my favourite part of it by far is now utterly offended he’d be by the suggestion.

[machodoodle]

quick padawan kyle ben

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Rey and Ben Solo in the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy

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Dark Rey is here!!! I had so much fun drawing her! Check out my TeePublic store for prints, t-shirts, pins, and more!!

[magpie-trove]

I never really paid much attention to the “people just didn’t like that women were important in TLJ” line of thought but now I look back and think about it, especially after TROS, I’m more and more convinced that the role it gave women was a pretty big part of the criticisms, whether it was actually they didn’t like women or just they weren’t able to follow it because it is very heavy on the female perspective, which is not really something mainstream media shows a lot so we’re just not trained to look at things that way and it confuses and/or makes us a bit uncomfortable. Like, I honestly thought FinnRose kind of came out of nowhere the first time I watched it, but then I realized it was because I was automatically looking at it from Finn’s side. Like, I was watching Finn and there was none of the classic male gaze romance indicators there. He is not pursuing her; she has no makeover he can ogle at; He is the pursued slowly learning he cares. He is in the position that the woman usually fills in this sort of story. He’s not the Han; he’s the Leia. He’s got that soft gaze on Canto Bight, and when DJ takes Roses medallion he gets Super Defensive over it, and then when he almost loses her, and he’s taking such tender care of her at the end—he’s realizing he cares. But Rose—the romance is from her perspective. She wants Finn. She pursues him. She’s disappointed in him and forces him to reconsider by making him listen to HER. When he almost dies on the Supremacy, she’s defensive and desperate and tries to shoot Phasma dead on the spot. The last thing she wants to see when she almost dies is HIM. She’s so proud and soft when he steps up and commits! She’d rather die ramming him with her speeder to save him than let him die pointlessly, and SHE’s the one that initiates the kiss. Once I looked at it from a female perspective (from MY perspective) it all fell into place. 

The exact same goes for Reylo. I had a friend who thought the Reylo kiss was unnecessary because she hadn’t seen the Reylo in the last two movies. (When I explained it to her she said “Oh! I thought they just had a weird connection!”) Because it was entirely from a female perspective. In TFA we don’t get Rey all prettied up so Ben can gaze at her, which is the normative signal to an audience that “this is a romance.” She’s dirty and sweaty and tied up. It’s Ben who’s prettied up for Rey to gaze at. And then TLJ especially is in every possible way from HER perspective. SHE pursues HIM. She pretties up but it’s subtle and because she’s pursuing him. He’s the one that gets the “makeover look at him” scene, not her. He LISTENS  to her. It’s about emotional intimacy, which at least in a film setting is a very female perspective thing. It’s all women-centered myths and tropes and power fantasies. There’s no big strong guy saves and gets the girl. Ben is great because he knows Rey has the ability to save herself —he sends the lightsaber straight through Snoke to HER. He doesn’t sweep her off her feet, but he is swept off his. Like there’s a reason in all the Disney crossovers Ben’s is always the “Princess” role, and its because Rey is the active mover of her story and her romance, not him. (I mean, Ben May be on the dark side but he clearly drinks his respect women juice).

And like, that’s just the romance part of it! That’s not even the “listen to the women in your life” or the “destruction isn’t the answer and neither is violence but instead it’s communication and connection and love” thing that belongs to a more traditionally feminine worldview. Or that fact that the women’s actions and feelings are given huge weight (Rose can have a whole scene to cry about her sister and Rey can feel scared and alone and that’s THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. They can love and the story treats it as Important; Leia can feel despair for a moment and the story stops and sends an entire Luke her way to give her hope; Holdo sacrifices her life and everything suddenly goes silent in reverence). Like Rey, they are all active movers of the story. It’s just so foreign that a lot of the audience is thrown for a loop by it. It’s not what they’re used to so they think it’s not there at all. Or it’s “bad writing” because they aren’t reading it.

[domhnall-tonal]

Domhnall Gleeson singing Happy Birthday as General Hux

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“ My Only Hope “

[sw-daydreamer]

awww T_T <3

[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

[cleverclovers]

Leia had her “blatantly lie to your dad about where you’ve been and what you’ve been doing with whom” teenage phase before she knew Vader was her dad

[ozziyo]

can I offer you a nice senator/Jedi AU in this trying time

[bb-8]

Hi Cody! I loved tros, but as more and more ppl start posting abt it i started feeling like i must have watched a different movie? Everyone seems polarized on why they hate it, but hating it together? Like i don’t feel like i can express how much i loved the movie, at least here on tumblr.. feel free to just ignore my msg, but i wanted to ask if u have any advice on how to remain positive abt this movie that i loved, and still be part of some kind of sw online community? Lots of love💞

I’m really sorry that people are getting you down or making you feel like you can’t contribute! Feel free to come chat any time :) And I’m really happy that you liked it! I’m seeing it for the 3rd time on the 30th and I’m excited to cry again lol.

It’s not just you, and it can be really hard to remain positive when everyone states opinions like facts. But don’t forget that these are just opinions. Fandom mentality is…rough. The only solid advice I have is don’t be afraid to unfollow on here and don’t be afraid to mute or block on Twitter. Create a happy bubble. And if that fails, /r/StarWarsCantina on reddit is still a really positive place and full of like-minded people.

I’ve noticed that people find ‘comfort’ in seeing negative reviews and people sharing the negativity. It’s really bizarre to me, and it’s a bit of a bummer to see people wanting things to fail, especially if you enjoyed something. There’s no easy way to tune out the negativity, especially when it’s coming from the corner of the fandom that used to be on ‘your’ side, if that makes sense. But just remember that everything that is being laid out is an opinion, even if it is being presented like the truth. (Example: I saw a lot of people upset that Rey was wearing white and they were portraying her as virginal and that was sexist…or, you know, she’s wearing white because she’s on the light side.)

I think the hardest thing to deal with is when you actually agree with some criticisms and then that brings you down even more. But it’s totally okay to like parts of a film and not care for other parts! 

I will end this by saying that, I think the dialogue is a bit clunky and I think the film suffers from some editing woes, but like, have they heard Anakin’s speech to Padme on Geonosis? If I can be okay with that, I can be okay with a weird line or two. If I can be okay with the pivotal/emotional elements of the plot mentioned in AotC and RotS being covered in books, comics, and 6 (!) seasons of The Clone Wars, then I can be okay waiting for additional material for the things I’m not personally satisfied with. This doesn’t mean that I should ‘have’ to excuse the things I don’t like, it just means that I will because I love this story and this universe. The entire saga has been ‘filling in’ the gaps; that’s not going to change any time soon.

So you’re one of the lucky ones in that you can enjoy a ton more content coming your way! :)

[powerful-light-powerful-darkness]

I feel so relieved to see people like you on tumblr right now

[bevsi]

!!!!

[alcalafalas]

You can't hide Ben.

Not from me.

quick sketch😢

[missbliss12]

Rey After.

A comic about unbalanced Rey living alone on Tatooine, wrestling with her inner darkness after The Rise of Skywalker. By a lovely fan artist responding to my Ben Solo in the World between Worlds epilogue. More to come!