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[antianakin]

"Anakin needed therapy."

"Why didn't anyone give Anakin therapy?"

"Anakin fell because he never got any therapy."

Anakin got 13 years of therapy, 10 which were spent with a dedicated therapist solely assigned to helping him manage his emotions and behavior so he could find a healthy path through life. But Anakin believed that he was the one person in the world who didn't need any therapy because he was better than everyone else who needed therapy and they were just jealous that he didn't need therapy when they tried to suggest that maybe he did in fact need therapy like the rest of them.

And then Anakin proceeded to murder all of the therapists and their children and spent at least two more decades continuing to hunt down any surviving therapists and anyone left who had the ability to BECOME a therapist, so while he was no longer receiving therapy at this point, that's pretty exclusively his own fault.

And even if there WERE some therapists still left alive, they weren't exactly jumping to offer him therapy anymore and it's pretty hard to blame them for that after he murdered them all.

So he mostly just ended up super lucky that a few of those surviving therapists ended up training his son to be a therapist and that his son was able to get through to him when no one else could specifically because this time it was his flesh and blood telling him these things and he was more willing to listen to his own flesh and blood.

So, yeah, I don't think the issue is that Anakin didn't get therapy when he needed it. That's a gross misunderstanding of his story and his character.

[staticradiofan13]

huh? I’m very confused are you saying the Jedi are therapists?

Also like no I don’t the Jedi can be considered as therapists and Anakin had a unique situation where not only he joined as a child but was a slave the Jedi were really just not equipped to handle that of course this doesn’t mean it’s okay for Anakin to commit a fucking genocide- of course not but I feel calling the Jedi therapist’s is a bit of a stretch

[antianakin]

I don't have to defend myself calling the Jedi therapists because the dude who created them has already called them that publicly in an interview he did years ago. So sure, please, go tell George Lucas that calling the Jedi therapists is "a bit of a stretch." I dare you.

But even if that WEREN'T true, you can literally find the Jedi's teachings are things in lists of things real life therapists will tell you to do to be more mentally healthy. Things like mindfulness and non-attachment in particular are 100% ALREADY IN THERAPY and they are the two things the Jedi tend to discuss the most in films.

None of what I said was confusing, I think I made it EXTREMELY clear, you just don't agree with it or like it very much, but everything I said is completely in line with Lucas's own understanding and intention about the Jedi and their relationship with Anakin. If you don't like that, that's not my problem. Go take it up with George Lucas.

[yiliy]

Here's the part of the linked interview where George Lucas says it:

[jedi-enthusiast]

Genuine question as to why you feel so passionate about being pro-jedi? I definitely wouldn't say I'm anti-jedi, but I think there are some decent criticisms that can be made about them. But overall I'm just interested to understand the dedication to being pro-jedi, cause it is a fictional organisation at the end of the day. Isn't it more fulfilling to look at them from different perspectives so we can get the most out of the story as possible?

Before I answer, I'm going to ask you a question in turn, would you ever ask this question to someone who was anti-Jedi? Would you ever imply that they need to change their view on the Jedi because they're "not getting the most out of the story?"

Now, I'm going to preface this answer by saying that I'm not angry with you, I'm just very passionate about this topic---so don't take any of this personally. You seem like you're genuinely asking, and I appreciate that.

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Personally, for me, there aren't really any criticisms that can be made about the Jedi- (keep in mind, I primarily adhere to Lucas Canon, everything else is just an add on depending whether I like it or not). Everything that people criticize the Jedi for or accuse them of falls into one of three categories:

Not true- (the Jedi are a cult, the Jedi repress their emotions, the Jedi were mean to Anakin, etc.)

Done for a reason because the other option would be worse/it was their only real option in a bad situation- (the Jedi shouldn't have fought in the war, the Jedi should've defended Ahsoka, the Jedi are slavers because of the clones, etc.)

Or it's something that's an Eastern concept/practice but people refuse to look at it as such and instead project their Western viewpoint/religious trauma onto them- (literally the entire thing about attachment)

I've never seen any criticism of the Jedi that doesn't fall into one of these categories, so why should I be inclined to "hear people out" or "look at the Jedi from other perspectives" when there's...really nothing else to look at?

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Another thing to consider is that, while the Jedi are fictional characters, George Lucas based them heavily on very real religions and groups---particularly Jews and Buddhists.

So when people say things like- "the Jedi weren't allowed to care/love/have emotions because of Attachment™️" -they're spreading harmful misinformation and basically saying that Buddhists can't love/care/have emotions because of their rule against attachment, since the philosophy of non-attachment is literally taken verbatim from Buddhism.

And when people usually pair the above rhetoric with- "-and that's why the Jedi deserved what they got/caused their own downfall" -it's...a very concerning mindset for people to perpetuate---especially when George Lucas based the genocide of the Jedi and the rise of the Empire off of the Holocaust and Nazi Germany.

When you strip away the fictional aspects of it, a lot of what people say about the Jedi is literally Nazi/antisemitic/Holocaust denial rhetoric. To take an example of something that has actually been said on one of my posts:

"The destruction of the Jedi Order was less a genocide and more of a religious conflict that the Jedi lost. The Jedi Order is a sect of the collective religious culture of 'Force Users,' and their destruction cannot really be considered genocide as the cultural group of 'Force Users' still exists albeit heavily restricted and controlled by the Sith during the Empire Era." - @/ironwoodarl01

And, as @zarohk pointed out:

It’s depressing how so many “Jedi critical” talking points are pretty much antisemitism and Holocaust denial/justification: The destruction of the Jedi Order was less a genocide and more of a religious conflict that the Jedi lost. "The Jedi Order religion of Judaism is a sect of the collective religious culture of 'Force Users Abrahamic faiths, and their destruction cannot really be considered genocide as the cultural group of Force Users Abrahamic faiths still exists…" Similar thinly-veiled antisemitism in the Star Wars fandom also frequently includes supersessionism, the Christian idea that during the (Roman) Republic era, the Jedi Jews had become corrupt and lost their way, and and so finally a divinely created person was sent to show them new path. This is why attempts to read Star Wars where Anakin is a Christ figure or correct where the Jedi have failed (ignoring the fact that he wrecked the lives of most people he was involved with, including himself, and the Darth Vader was never happy) are not just incorrect, but generally have a thick underlayer of antisemitism.

So, while Star Wars is fictional, it's important for people to analyze why they feel the way they do about the Jedi and be critical of the ways in which they talk about/criticize the Jedi---because, like it or not, the Jedi and their genocide are based on real people/things and so your reaction to them/what happened to them can be very telling.

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Finally, being critical of the good guys or trying to view everything through a morally grey lens doesn't make the story inherently more interesting, nor does it inherently add anything to the story---so I'm not "missing" anything.

If believing that no one can actually just be good, and everyone has to have some agenda, and "the good guys were the REAL bad guys all along" adds something to Star Wars for you...by all means, go ahead and believe what you want.

But my view of Star Wars isn't "lesser" or "missing something" just because I don't share that view and actually like the good guys and believe in what they taught/did.

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I'm passionate about being pro-Jedi because of everything I outlined above and because they were truly good people who tried their best to help the galaxy---they were brought down, not because of anything they did, but because of one man's selfish stupid actions.

There might've been a time when I was willing to hear people out when they criticized the Jedi---because hey! maybe I was wrong---but that time has long passed because nothing anyone has ever criticized the Jedi for has held up to scrutiny, and anti-Jedi people won't just keep the fuck off my page and leave me alone.

So, frankly, this is my blog and I'm allowed to be as passionate as I want to be---and I'm not gonna stop, or start viewing the Jedi as "wrong" or "bad" or whatever, just because you- (and other people, I'm sure) -think I'm missing something by being strictly pro-Jedi

[yiliy]

"Finally, being critical of the good guys or trying to view everything through a morally grey lens doesn't make the story inherently more interesting, nor does it inherently add anything to the story---so I'm not "missing" anything."

Yes. This!

[space-moms-glitter]

Fucking thank you! The whole "attachment has a specific meaning in Buddhism, which is where Lucas yoinked it from" thing that people seem to just...ignore (?) has been bothering the shit outta me.

[yiliy]

It reminds me of people saying "It's just a THEORY," mixing up the scientific and colloquial use of the word, and ignoring the fact that words in any language can and do have several different meanings.

Honestly, it doesn't even require one to know a thing about the definition of "attachment" nor where Lucas got the inspiration from, it's all shown in the movies, what happens to Anakin who forms attachments, and why. And how other Jedi who know how to let go never become corrupt like he does.

Sometimes I feel like little kids understand the prequels better than adults because they are not twisting the story to fit their worldview but just following the actual story.

[intermundia]

my favorite thing about anakin as a character is the inherent nuance lucas wrote into his story, like he's neither an innocent victim nor an inherently evil monster, he's just some guy put in a series of Situations and ultimately failing the test of his humility and self-control. he was certainly flattered and shaped by the devil, spiraling into something unrecognizable, but he chose to take every step down the pathway to hell. lucas knew he would lose a certain demographic by making him basically a greedy pawn in the larger story, not a righteous betrayed macho badass, but he did it anyway. he made him an awkward romantic and a loyal friend, a generous boy and a brilliant teen. he made sure he had all the positive qualities that meant that he had potential to be so much more than vader, but it was clearly his choice to lie, murder, and fully squander that potential. there are no excuses for what he became, no acceptable reasons to commit mass slaughter. he became an unbelievably selfish and impatient man, reckless and wantonly violent. hayden captured that nuance so well, nobody can match the sweetness of his smile and the absolute horror of his scowl on mustafar. to view him through a single lens as either pure victim of manipulation and (canonically unsupported) emotional neglect, or a creepy evil villain, denies the heart of his story and the weight of his tragedy. he's neither an angel nor a demon, he's both and neither, he's deeply human, a classical tragic hero with a flaw of greed. lucas made a choice with the prequels to tell a story that not everyone wanted to hear, and the result was a character that i think is one of the best of modern pop culture, mostly because he feels to me so very, very ancient and eternal.

[yiliy]

Extended Universe writers: Give Luke girlfriends and have him get married because they have no idea what the prequels will say about Jedi, marriage, and attachments.

Fans: Luke fixed the Jedi Order!

[short-wooloo]

And like, yknow, im not even opposed to Luke having a relationship with someone, I just want it to be in line with the Jedi of the Prequels, no marriage, non-attachment, just a casual, healthy, non possessive relationship where they put their duties first and keep true to Jedi culture

It's the fan insistence that marriage and attachments will "fix" the Jedi Order (even though the prequels are literally an example of "don't do that") that I cannot stand

[iverna]

trust him, he's a professional

[engineering]

Tumblr Hack Day, March 2026 Edition

Once again, it was Hack Day at Tumblr, our favorite excuse to pause the roadmap for a moment and build something weird, useful, or ideally both. Here is a sneak peek of what the team built.

Unified Inbox

@ex, @kostastsi4 and @alexjf worked on making Asks and Submissions easier to find in the apps, moving your Inbox (currently buried in blog settings) to a tab in the Activity screen, where all your other incoming communication lives.

Gifs in replies

In @elt’s opinion, replies could use some spicing up. So he spent Hack Day adding GIF support to replies. Neat! 

Fun fact: reply threads themselves actually started as a Hack Day project over two years ago. The circle of hack life continues. 

Scaling the Reblog Graph Explorer

@blowery improved the implementation of reblog graph to handle massive viral posts gracefully. Instead of struggling with very large reblog chains, this hack rethinks how the graph is laid out so it can handle posts with massive numbers of reblogs more smoothly, making it easier to explore how posts spread across Tumblr.

In-Blog Search Filters

Web had the most complete set of in-blog search filters. Android and iOS? Not so much. @lesianlen worked on bringing parity across all three platforms: Android got Top/Recent sorting, an original posts filter, and Ask and Chat post type filters. iOS went from zero filters to a brand-new bottom sheet with the full filter set. Now everyone gets to search their blog properly, regardless of platform. 

Separating in-blog search from "Exclude from Tumblr Search and Recommendations"

Did you know that selecting the “Exclude from Tumblr search and recommendations” setting would also disable your in-blog search? Well, thanks to @lesianlen, now it doesn’t. This one’s already live.

Communities: Granular Moderator Permissions and Promotion Flow 

Promoting a member to admin in a Community is a big deal (and currently irreversible). 

@straku ironed out the promotion flow, adding a simple step to alert, confirm, and prevent promotions that could be to moderation.

Another request is having more control over what moderators can do. A way to give moderators more power, without them overtaking the community admin.

@jubs built a permissions system that lets admins choose what their moderators can do, without compromising their own ownership. In addition to existing moderator permissions, such as removing posts, and comments, you'd be able to allow mods to edit the community appearance (title, description, etc), the community settings (auto-moderation, tags, etc), and even manage other moderators.

Memories in Profile Page & Archive Page

Inspired by Google Photos’ “Memories” feature, Sowmia proposed building a “Memories” experience for the blog to surface nostalgic posts from its history.

The idea was to create a dedicated Memories feature and link it to archive pages, enabling users to rediscover past content in a more engaging way. As part of the hackday, she implemented the archive page portion of this idea, laying the foundation for integrating the full Memories experience in the future.

Post launcher with shortcuts to Drafts and Queue

@ex tried a new version of the post launcher at the top of the dashboard on web: switch blogs before opening the editor, or jump straight to your Drafts or Queue (takes 3-4 clicks to get there now). The buttons also show how many posts you have in your Drafts and Queue.

Reblogs with Videos

After all, why not? Why shouldn’t we have videos in reblogs? @andriibuilds dared to ask. And build it.

Like Sorting

People with thousands of Tumblr likes have been asking for the ability to sort and organize them for years. To start, @andriibuilds prototyped sorting options for the Likes page.

RemindMe

Inspired by Reddit's RemindMe bot, @data-science-from-the-trenches built a native reminder system: reply to any post or thread with "RemindMe! 2 days" and you'll get an activity notification linking back to it when that time has passed.

The Mysterious Cat Asks

As a preparation for April Fools, @jubs introduced asks sent by the Mysterious Cat, when you eat an "ask" food in the Snek game. Each question was represented by an item, with its own rarity.

And that’s a wrap on Tumblr Hack Day, March 2026 Edition. Huge shout-out to everyone who spent this time building cool things, sharing demos, and reminding us how much fun it is to make Tumblr weirder, better, and more delightful. 

Keep an eye on @changes to see if any of these hacks make it out to you.

Which hack project are you most excited about?

Unified inbox

GIFs in replies

Reblog explorer

In-blog search filters

Separating in-blog search from "Exclude from Tumblr Search and Recommendations"

Communities: Granular Moderator Permissions and Promotion Flow

Memories in Profile Page & Archive Page

Post launcher with shortcuts to Drafts and Queue

Reblogs with Videos

Like Sorting

RemindMe

The Mysterious Cat Asks

Voting ended onApr 16

[yiliy]

Even before he reached the end of the corridor, Mace Windu sensed Yoda’s great sadness. The Master was sitting on a balcony overlooking the Galactic Senate. Below, chaos reigned. Uproar and screaming, loud opinions and counteropinions—the turmoil struck a profound chord in Mace Windu, who understood Yoda’s sadness, and shared it. This was the government that he and his proud Order were sworn to protect, though right now many of the Senators hardly seemed worthy of that protection.

Right there and then, all the faults of the Republic were laid bare to Mace Windu, and to Master Yoda, all of the bureaucratic nonsense that seemed to inevitably get in the way of true progress. This was the chaos that had spawned Count Dooku and the separatist movement. This was the nonsense that gave credence to otherwise outlandish claims, and allowed the greedy special interests, like the Trade Federation, to exploit the galaxy.

The tall Jedi Master moved to the end of the corridor and sat down beside Yoda. He said nothing, because there was nothing to say. Their place was to observe and to fight in defense of the Republic.

However ridiculous many of the representatives of that body now appeared below them.

Star Wars - Episode II - Attack of the Clones Novelization

R. A. Salvatore

[yiliy]

Look at how they are framed and positioned. Visual storytelling is very important in Star Wars. The Jedi are removed from the politics of the Senate.

They are above it.

[yiliy]

Extended Universe writers: Give Luke girlfriends and have him get married because they have no idea what the prequels will say about Jedi, marriage, and attachments.

Fans: Luke fixed the Jedi Order!

[sisterplanets]

girls should have the ugly padawan haircut too #equality #feminism

[yiliy]

Uncle Owen is not a grumpy old man who is more worried about his farm than what Luke wants.

Uncle Owen is not afraid Luke inherited the cruelty of his father. He doesn’t even know Anakin became Vader, he thinks Anakin got killed.

Uncle Owen doesn’t hate Obi-Wan because they had an argument or because something happened between them while Obi-Wan was on Tatooine.

Owen Lars was handled a tiny fragile baby to protect, and told that this baby’s father, who was always restless on Tatooine as a child, who loved speed and flying, who brought his starfighters into the most dangerous battles, to whom there was never enough excitement and adventure, has gotten himself killed in a war he was so eager to fight in, and which Owen never understood. 

He watched over and raised this baby for 19 years. He is afraid. He is afraid when Luke becomes restless just like boy Anakin. He is afraid when Luke falls in love with flying, just like Anakin. He is afraid Obi-Wan will drag Luke off Tatooine, just like he dragged off Anakin.

He is afraid Luke will be like his father, never content to stay on their farm where it’s safe, but fly too fast, and fight too hard, and be too idealistic, and then get killed.

So when Owen says he’s afraid Luke has too much of his father’s in him, he is not worried Luke will be like Anakin, he is afraid Luke will die like Anakin.

[moncalas]

you're owen lars. your father has fallen in love with a woman and she's enslaved. you and your father aren't rich, but eventually you manage to free her. this one woman. one woman on a planet full of injustices.

you're owen lars. the woman you call mom had another child once. it doesn't make her love you less, but she talks about him in a way that makes it clear that she loved him, too. he's off to be a jedi now and she's very proud.

you're owen lars. your mother's been kidnapped and you have to assume the worst. a man and a woman step into your home and the man announces himself to be that kid who went off to become a jedi. he knows you less than you know him and before anything else can happen, he takes off to bring back his mother, a feat you think is impossible.

you're owen lars. anakin skywalker brings your mom's corpse to your doorstep. her funeral is interrupted by a message of utmost galactic importance.

you're owen lars. your brother is dead. you never saw him again after that first time. there is another jedi on your doorstep, with a baby in his arm and you know what it means and you can't bring yourself to face him as he hands your nephew off to your wife.

you're owen lars. obi-wan ben kenobi is a pain in the ass. he was more your brother's brother than you ever were and he doesn't understand your particular kind of grief, is drowning in his own. you don't even know the full story and kenobi will never tell you all of it. but you have a child to care for so you tell him off and get back to work.

you're owen lars. you didn't know your brother, but you know your nephew and your nephew wants out of this place as soon as possible. you know he won't be safe out there but in the end you're helpless to stop him. and you know the stories, you remember the one time you met him, the days your mother died. and you do this for her and you do this for your father and you do this for your brother and you do this for your nephew.

you're owen lars. your last act is to protect your brother's child. your child.

[yiliy]

I just watched a fantastic video about what attachment actually means in Star Wars. It might reframe the way you think about the Jedi, Anakin, and the whole conversation around love in the first six movies.

The Value of the Jedi - Love, Attachments, and Amatonormativity

For me personally, one of the biggest takeaways for me was learning the word amatonormativity (means society treats romantic love and marriage as the ultimate, default goal of a meaningful life.) The video digs into how that assumption shapes the way we interpret the Jedi’s teachings, and how it leads us to project our own cultural biases onto the actual story George Lucas is telling.

It isn’t a short video and it’s packed with thoughtful analysis:

how Jedi philosophy gets misunderstood

why “attachment” isn’t the same thing as “love” and is always one-sided

why romantic monogamy gets treated as more important than friendship, community, or family

how Western cultural norms shape the way we rank relationships

and how all of that affects the way we judge Anakin’s fall

It’s also a goldmine of quotes, citations, and resources if you ever want solid support for your thoughts on the Jedi Order in the first six Star Wars films.

[gffa]

I'm a quarter of the way through this video and--

Someone get me out of this club because I'm crying right now.

[yiliy]

I'm so happy you watched the video!! Now we're crying together.

[hoothootmotherf-ckers]

Oh my god. They got it.

Earthset, April 6 2026.

[david-talks-sw]

"Well, Mark Hamill said that's not his Luke!"

During reshoots, Mark Hamill thought the name 'Luke Skywalker' sounded like 'Luke Flyswatter.' He preferred 'Luke Starkiller,' he wanted to keep some edge and that name would be "macho-ing up."

While filming, Mark Hamill thought the story of Return of the Jedi seemed "so predictable and pat".

He also thought that instead of Boba Fett being killed off, he'd have a bigger role "when they unmask Boba Fett, it's gonna be my mother, or something wild. You know, she's gonna shake out her hair. "Why, Miss Fett, you're beautiful."

During the Return of the Jedi shoot, Mark assumed Luke would be turning to the Dark Side. "I thought [Luke] was turning evil, because I was wearing all black, I thought I would go to the Dark Side in the last one. And, of course, you have to redeem yourself… that was the way I felt it was going with the preceding episode. Y’know, every actor wants to play their own evil twin." He kept thinking, "Well, this is what I want to see. This is what we should do, and this shouldn't happen, and that should happen." and George had to remind him that these are movies meant for kids.

Mark wanted Luke to have a girlfriend, so he gave George a coffee book "that was all alien artwork" and left a note reading: "Dear George, pick a girlfriend for me from this book. Love, Mark."

Mark felt there needed to be one more movie showing Luke be a Jedi, seeing as the three in the original trilogy showed how he became one, but not him actually being one. "Like telling three movies to tell you how James Bond got his license to kill. Then when he gets it, the movie's over."

And before starting to film The Last Jedi, he still thought they were gonna do the whole 'evil twin' / Luuke thing.

I genuinely really like Mark Hamill.

But he had to be dragged, kicking and screaming, across every good story decision George Lucas ever made. And guess what? He admits it. Multiple times, he's actually a good sport about it, very "Mea culpa".

It's fine to not like what they did with TLJ Luke (I myself have some qualms here and there), but if you're trying to use *Mark Hamill* as an authority figure, when he kept questioning the ultimate Star Wars authority figure's story decisions back in the day... your credibility falls apart.

Quotes show that - if it were up to Mark - there would be no Luke Skywalker. It would be Luke Starkiller, a Gray Dark Jedi with a Twi'Lek babe in one arm, and a license to swing a lightsaber in the other arm.

Let's conclude this with the following George Lucas quote:

"In the case of this film, if an actor had a specific question, it was easy for me to give them a quick answer. And if an actor made a suggestion about the character, I could immediately decide if it was appropriate or not. But I don't think that actors should necessarily know everything about the character in order for them to play their parts. They need to know enough to give the character the right feel, the right look, the right persona. On The Empire Strikes Back, for example, Mark Hamill didn't know until the day the scene was shot that Darth Vader was Luke's father. It wasn't important for him to know that until his character found out. I felt that if he had known about it, it would have changed and complicated the way he approached the role." - The Making of The Phantom Menace, 1999

[yiliy]

This is really unfair to Mark Hamill.

He didn't "need to be dragged kicking and screaming across every good story decision Lucas ever made", he respects George Lucas immensely and said

there’s a reason why George is where he is and I’m where I am.

most of these were just him trolling George Lucas. And the rest needs to be taken in context and with the tone that Hamill said it with.

For example,

Luke Starkiller was the name that George Lucas picked. Hamill had already filmed the scene introducing himself as “Luke Starkiller” to Leia. Then a focus group said it was too aggressive for a hero, and Mark Hamill simply agreed with Lucas and not the focus group that the Starkiller had more punch to it. Both Lucas AND Hamill realized over time that Skywalker fit Luke's gentle compassionate nature better. (Btw, same focus group said that having "wars" in the title was too aggressive). Hamill joked about “Luke Flyswatter,” it was a humorous interview.

He did think ROTJ’s early story beats were predictable, but this was in early drafts, before rewrites. Many actors give the same feedback.

He was joking about Boba Fett being his mother. It was said in a context of how twist‑heavy TESB had been.

Lucas intentionally misled the cast during production of ROTJ to keep secrets. Hamill wasn’t “fighting” Lucas, he was making guesses based on costume symbolism and the darker tone of TESB.

Hamill even said how Harrison Ford changed his own lines during shooting without asking for permission hoping Lucas wouldn't notice but Hamill asked Lucas's permission each time.

Hamill is a comedian by nature. He riffs, and exaggerates, and self‑deprecates, and most of the quotes in that post come from humorous interviews, not serious disagreements. He is also a giant troll. But he trusted Lucas, he loved the role and he enjoyed giving feedback. He also perfectly understood that Lucas had the final say. And he was fine with that, he was trying to be collaborative, not combative.

And while there is absolutely no doubt that you are correct, and that George Lucas is the word of god when it comes to the first six films, filmmaking is a collaborative art form, and actors also bring their part into creating the character.

I wanted a sort of a slick used-car-dealer voice [for C-3PO] and, um, tried everything I could to get another actor to come up to the performances that Tony (Anthony Daniels) had and I just couldn't find anybody to do it and that was one of the reasons why I ended up with James Earl Jones as Darth of Vader because it really takes the top class actor to pull off that kind of an idea. To really be able to get into a part where you're just putting your voice over another character.

George Lucas imagined C-3PO as a sleezy used-car salesman type, and Anthony Daniels wanted to play him like s stuck up butler. And who won?

The big difference is that Hamill’s disagreements with Lucas were minor, playful, mostly early-drafts feedback, often not seriously given but just trolling like giving Lucas the book of aliens and telling him to pick Luke's girlfriend.

His disagreements with TLJ were seriously presented, on a philosophical level, and were about keeping character integrity.

I don't think those are comparable.

HOWEVER,

just like George Lucas had the final say, so did Rian Johnson. And just like Hamill respects the character he also respects the fans, and when he saw that many fans enjoyed the film he found the bright points in the character which he agreed with, and focused on those.

Mark Hamill let go. And as that was the main message of Lucas's six movies, it's about time the fans let go too. Some liked the movie, some didn't, and that's fine.

No need to drag Hamill’s name through mud by presenting his jokes as serious criticism and making him into a chaotic “bad idea machine” this post paints him as.

Let go.

[yuki-swandpm]

My first piece for the year😊 “Obi-Wan Kenobi : In the mystic Force of the forest” I made two works - digital art and paper cutting art - based on the same painting.

[hgedits]

The Artemis II crew naming two previously undiscovered lunar craters (one after Commander Reid Wiseman's late wife).

[knitmeapony]

I'm just... I'm reblogging this again because I keep bursting into tears because I just keep thinking about his KIDS.

This is Reid Wiseman with his two daughters, Ellie and Katherine. They lost Carroll to cancer just a few years ago. I know lots of people are saying what a sweet and romantic gesture it is for Reid, but... for me? I think about his daughters.

Can you imagine losing your mom when you're barely a teenager*, but knowing now that when you look up at the moon on the right nights, you'll be able to see a little bright spot that proves that humanity will remember how much your family loved her? That the whole world is going to feel that with their whole hearts?

What a beautiful gift that must be! What a remarkable moment, five years removed from the worst of the pain and grief, to have this monument to her memory, to your love for her, shared with the universe and all of posterity?

Carroll Wiseman was a NICU nurse and a beloved wife and mother and friend to everyone on the Artemis II mission crew and though she's gone, many nights they'll all be able to look up and say 'hey' to her memory. What a kindness.

If I wasn't already thrilled about NASA getting press for a big bold launch like this, this'd do it.

--

*I think; NASA is good about respecting the privacy of astronaut families so everything I've shared here is based on what little is available, which is good tbh.

[thetorontokid]

[teatimeisat4]

another star wars collage I did