Always been strong

Fandom side blog for Star Wars (mostly EU) and sometimes other nerdy things. This is a Thrawn appreciation blog now, apparently. Reviews, liveblogs, thoughts, rambles.

[lankybrunettepartdeux]

I've started hearing whispers, about Thrawn's return, as heir to the Empire.

Ahsoka Teaser Trailer

[buffy-summrs-deactivated2023100]

AHSOKA (2023)

Something’s coming. Something dark. I sense it.

[killsandthrills]

i’m laughing at how excited i am for a two second shot of the back of someone’s head

[mcgregor]

Warrior. Outcast. Rebel. Jedi. AHSOKA | Coming August 2023

[asteroids-and-tractorbeams]

He a brilliant tactician who’s only limitation is that Tim Zahn can only write like four types of fight scenes. He can psychoanalyze entire cultures just from their art. He rivals Spock for the amount of secret siblings he has. He’s not like other Imperials he only wants his people to try their best. He has an alien bodyguard that will kill you with no hesitation. His likelihood of caring about collateral damage varies widely with each appearance. He knows Darth Vader’s secret identity. He has a custom paint job on his Star Destroyer. His employees love him and think he’s the best thing since sliced cheese. His coworkers think he’s annoying and hate his guts. He’s constantly taunting people into fighting him because his culture doesn’t believe in preemptive strikes. Everyone who writes him has to come up with a convoluted reason why he wasn’t in the galaxy for either Death Star. He’s not a bad guy, sometimes he sympathizes with the rebels. He’s the warlord of the Empire. He’s blue.

[ladyxanatos]

NEW OBI-WAN TRAILER

HAPPY MAY THE 4TH YALL

[ladyxanatos]

I'm rereading all the new canon Thrawn books before digging into Lesser Evil, which is taking longer than planned, but ANYWAY, Thrawn: Alliances is PEAK Anakin "Bisexual Disaster" Skywalker content and I am living for it.

[ladyxanatos]

Continuing to reread Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Stover and I came across this:

Their clash transcended the personal; when new lightning blazed, it was not Palpatine burning Yoda with his hate, it was the Lord of All Sith scorching the Master of All Jedi into a smoldering huddle of clothing and green flesh.

[...]

And it was the whole of the Jedi Order that rocketed from its huddle, making of its own body a weapon to blast the Sith to the ground.

So, I’m pretty sure that this is what JJ Abrams and co. were shooting for in Rise of Skywalker, except that--somewhat predictably--they applied it with all the nuance and subtlety of a hatchet and rendered it comically hyper-literal.

And that’s basically the main problem with a lot of New Canon, imo; it’s often a shallow imitation of what came before built on some pretty simplistic, lazy reads of various text.

Like. That’s it. That’s the post. I don’t really have any earth-shattering revelations to share, or a particular angle or new lens to view things through. Just a tired 30-something Star Wars fan, who really wishes New Canon was good, but sadly has to admit that as long as it continues to rely on bad readings of the old to inform the new, it’s always going to be just a bit disappointing.

Anyway. Read Revenge of the Sith. It’s great.

[ladyxanatos]

So, I’m rereading the RotS novelization in German for practice, and when Palps is implying that Obi-Wan might have an ~~inappropriate relationship~~ with a senator, Anakin like, immediately assumes the senator is a dude. He’s like, “WELL! LET’S GO TALK TO HIM!” And Palps is like “It’s not a him; it’s a her.” And there’s like, a full beat of Anakin just being like, “Wie bitte???”

So, like. I’m not saying Obi-Wan Kenobi is gay and Anakin Skywalker totally knows. But I’m not not saying that.

[ladyxanatos]

[ladyxanatos]

So, I’m rereading the RotS novelization in German for practice, and when Palps is implying that Obi-Wan might have an ~~inappropriate relationship~~ with a senator, Anakin like, immediately assumes the senator is a dude. He’s like, “WELL! LET’S GO TALK TO HIM!” And Palps is like “It’s not a him; it’s a her.” And there’s like, a full beat of Anakin just being like, “Wie bitte???”

So, like. I’m not saying Obi-Wan Kenobi is gay and Anakin Skywalker totally knows. But I’m not not saying that.

[sithsdoinshit]

The Sith/Imp’s phones

Inspired by this post I saw 👀

[ladyxanatos]

[TITANS S3X07 SPOILERS]

I’d just like to point out that the last time Jason was restrained like that was when Deathstroke was torturing him, so no wonder Jason was crying.

Every horrible thing he’s done this season has been under the belief that it would mean he’d never have to feel so helpless and scared ever again. And yet, he’s right back where he was. Tied to a chair while someone gloats over him.

[missemformed]

Okay tumblr, someone please tell me if ANYWHERE, in canon or even legends idc, Luke speaks to Anakin’s force ghost and learns all about Padmé. Pls it’s important

[ladyxanatos]

Not exactly that scenario, but in Legends Luke and Leia do learn about Padme in the (much maligned, but I liked them) Dark Nest trilogy by Troy Denning.

[cherriielle]

ah yes. the space blueberry himself

[ladyxanatos]

Catching up on Bad Batch, and Omega Is Imperiled is going to be the new The Solo Kids Have Been Kidnapped, innit?

[houlls-deactivated20231002]

Me, watching the bad batch:

[manny-jacinto]

“EXECUTE ORDER 66” DEPA BILLABA & CALEB DUME The Bad Batch Episode #1.1 : Aftermath