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The thing is "Padawan. Steal a car." is actually one of the oldest and noblest Jedi traditions. Part of the standard duties of being a Padawan involves securing the getaway vehicle when your assignment has gone sideways six times over and developed into a full Situation. They have all done this. I know in my heart that even Luminara at some point looked at a situation and sighed and asked Barriss to please steal a car before the shooting starts.

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STAR WARS: MAUL - SHADOW LORD COMES OUT ON APRIL 6TH!!!

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Maul: I won’t let Sidious take children from their homes, kill their loved ones, and put them through torturous training.

Maul: I’m going to do all those things MYSELF.

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Thinking about the fact that Maul seems to desperately crave companionship but he only gets it through making people serve him. He makes Savage his apprentice, he tries to do it with Devon and Ezra too, because the only close relationship he’s ever had in his life is his relationship with Sidious. An apprentice worshiping a master is the only form of love he knows, so in order to be loved he needs an apprentice.

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there’s something almost sinister about how Shadow Lord handles Maul… and I don’t mean in-universe. I mean what it does to us as the audience.

because tell me why I caught myself multiple times leaning forward like, "oh… this might actually work." "oh, i would like to see what happens," like I was considering it. like I was ready to watch Devon fall and go, "yeah, okay, I get it, I support it."

and that’s the trap.

this whole time, we knew who Maul is. manipulator, survivor, (at one point) a victim, walking vendetta wrapped in charisma, Sam Witwer voice, and cool tattoos. him technically not being a Sith anymore doesn’t cleanse anything. it just makes him more unpredictable. he’s not serving Sidious anymore, he’s serving himself.

and still… the show makes you feel for him.

that last episode especially felt like emotional whiplash in the best, most unsettling way. one moment you’re watching him inch closer to getting what he wants; Devon as an apprentice, and there’s this creeping tension where you think, "is it really gonna happen?" and then the next moment he’s practically delivering Master Daki to Vader like a calculated sacrifice.

and it snaps back into place.

oh. right. he’s awful.

but it doesn’t stick, does it? because then Daki dies, Devon is angry and shattering the way Maul wants.

and Maul... Maul has that moment. that barely-contained smile. that flicker of satisfaction he tries to hide while feeding her anger, sharpening it. "we will have our revenge." and suddenly you realize something deeply uncomfortable:

he’s not just manipulating her.

he’s been manipulating us the entire time.

because why are we feeling anything close to hope when he speaks? why does his pain feel compelling enough to blur the lines? why did I, even for a second, forget that wanting Devon to follow him is wanting her destruction?

it’s not just character writing at that point. it’s narrative sleight of hand.

and honestly? I have to give it to the writers. because making Maul likable isn’t new. making him tragic isn’t new. but making the audience complicit in his manipulation? making us feel the pull of the dark side alongside the characters?

that’s something else entirely.

it’s unsettling. and it works a little too well for my liking.

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Sam Witwer with Maul’s facial markings to help the animators with the nuances of his facial expressions for Maul Shadow Lord???? HELLO???

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I do love how Shadow Lord is actually engaging with Maul as a disabled character. His protheses need regular, painful maintenance, and they react painfully to water. What would’ve been a surface burn that he could’ve shrugged off if he had his old legs turns into a massive problem that unexpectedly causes him to collapse and lose control of his legs. He’s actually disabled by the whole not having legs thing, it’s great

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They all have beef with it

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Watching the clone wars as a military brat, especially as someone who’s been on a tiger cruise (take your kid to work day but it’s like a week long and on a navy ship) is surreal because it’s so accurate to military behavior.

Stupid nicknames usually related to something embarrassing or just the thing they’re most associated with.

“Alright men what’s the problem, I’m missing dinner.” -Anakin. Word for word quoting my uncle.

Random solidarity with the enemy. One pilot for some middle eastern country regularly flew by a a ship solely to ask for his (U.S.)college basketball team’s scores. And he usually got them.

“Everything is fine in the hanger sir”

The hanger: $8,000 of tax dollars in damages

Randomly dissing their commanding officers in front of them but it’s fine because they’re off duty.

“We have a strictly professional relationship.” They’re best friends and have literally forged each other’s signatures so their spouses can give them a surprise vacation.

Covering for each other so they can call their spouses. Even though everyone knows exactly what is going on.

The “totally secret” room of contraband.

Swapping name tags/armor to cover for someone because they can’t tell you apart in the uniform

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“It just means you have to work double as hard as most people!”

Well maybe I don’t WANT to work double as hard as abled people!! Maybe I deserve a BREAK!! Maybe I’ve been working MORE THAN double as hard for MY WHOLE LIFE and it’s led me to immense burnout & caused me to develop several MORE disabilities!! Maybe I should be ACCOMMODATED so I don’t have to KILL MY BODY AND BRAIN over trying to do what abled people can do!! Maybe I DON’T have to work double as hard!! Maybe if there’s the option to let me NOT work double as hard, I should have it, because I’m already working double as hard JUST TO SURVIVE!!

Why do you think disabled people deserve less rest than mentally & physically abled people?