#sam wars

[copperbadge]

Headcanon that Luke and Obi Wan got the money to pay Han Solo by selling the moisture farm at bargain-basement prices in Anchorhead without telling anyone that it was totally torched, and by the time anyone find out they were well off planet. Luke now has a reputation as one of Tattooine’s most famous con men despite the fact that it was Obi Wan who ran the con.

[copperbadge]

I’m enjoying the idea that this series of films is not Anakin’s story or Luke’s story or Leia’s story, but is in fact R2-D2′s story. 

He gets the meet cute and the race and the battle in Phantom Menace, and now he’s bodyguarding the queen. He gets a three-generation heroic arc during which he serves as a soldier, a spy, a military leader, a retired veteran, and finally a wise elder.

Star Wars is about R2-D2. You will pry this idea from my cold dead hands. 

[copperbadge]

I keep thinking of Amidala as Jane Foster because I can’t remember Natalie Portman’s name, and it’s giving me a weird joy as well as an insane cognitive dissonance. 

[copperbadge]

When Han gestures past Finn with his chin and Finn is confused....

chibifukurou: The chin thing coppersam: The chin thing wouldn't read under a helmet coppersam: Which is probably why he doesn't understand it :D tequila mockingbird: oooh sam i'd never thought of that starbit: that makes sense sam coppersam: I bet Finn's heavy on hand gestures and vocalizing and very low on other body language tequila mockingbird: well, or finn has this terrible habit of making super rude faces wehn he's supposed to be listening respectfully to something boring

[copperbadge]

Rewatching Star Wars, it always bugs me a little when Owen and Beru have their "He's too much like his father," "That's what I'm afraid of," conversation. Imagine being Baby Luke in this situation, with foster parents who are secretly afraid that you're going to snap and go on a genocidal rampage at any given moment. Guy's probably got some issues, is all I'm saying.

See, I didn’t read it at all that his parents were afraid of him or afraid of what he might do -- Owen pretty obviously treats him exactly as a teenage son would be anywhere else. He gives him chores, calls him on his shit, firmly reminds Luke that he needs to honor his commitments; yes, he’s holding him back from applying to the Academy, but I’m sure that’s in part because he doesn’t want Vader finding him. 

I asked Nakki “Wait, so how exactly DOES Vader know that Luke is his son?” and she said “Well he’s been running around the galaxy calling himself Luke Skywalker” which was a good point. I would imagine applying to the Imperial Academy under the name Skywalker is sooner or later going to draw some attention. 

I think Owen is afraid for Luke more than anything -- when he’s afraid he’s like his father, I figure it means Luke is too curious and adventurous for his own good, and wants to be out in the world instead of staying safely at home. It reads (and always did read) more like the concern of a parent who wants what’s best for their child and knows that child is endangering themselves, not someone who is afraid of what that child might do to them. 

[copperbadge]

Q: How do you keep General Solo germ free?

[copperbadge]

It is actually really rude of Qui-Gon to ask Shmi who Anakin’s father is. Like a) she’s a slave, so what do you think, and b) as if she couldn’t possibly have passed on his Jedi traits to him. Her answer of “I carried him, I bore him, I rasied him” is pretty great for putting him in his place. 

[copperbadge]

The Star War Has Ended

The tag will go dormant. Your suffering shall cease. :D 

I wish I had some kind of brilliant final summation to make from having watched like, twenty hours of Star Wars in two days. I do feel kind of like “What do I even do with myself now?” so I made quesadillas and thought about it. 

There’s a lot of narrative going on, and I feel like I understand the story of the universe better now, especially since I could turn to Nakki and ask questions like “Hey so...do people AGE when they’re encased in Carbonite?” and “Wait, do we know who this dude is or how he knows where Luke Skywalker is?” and “Okay explain to me one more time how Uncle Owen is related to like everyone in this universe.” 

I mean, I have developed several theories I intend to hold fast to:

a) This is the story of R2-D2 b) Rey is probably Yoda’s daughter c) SOMEONE NEEDS TO DESIGN A HANDLE FOR BB-8 SO THEY CAN CARRY HIM WHILE RUNNING

Other than that, however, I feel a little overwhelmed by all the Wars of Star. There were so many! 

I’m also mad there are no more Star Wars at present because I desire to know: 

a) Who they think Rey’s parents are b) The fuck is Luke’s deal even, oh my god c) When precisely Rey, Finn, and Poe are going to enter into a stable, loving threesome

Optional d) Will the Han Solo prequel be where I finally get my Space Ocean’s Eleven? 

Only time will tell. Apparently patience is like a Jedi thing.