#a new hope
In the other hand this week’s #bookoftheweek is William Shakespeare’s STAR WARS: A Verily New Hope
This book is a blast! (Pun kinda intended).
I found myself laughing outloud every other page, Mr. ian doescher made a magnificent work re imagining Star Wars as a classic play. So many good quotes, I barely have space to write, so:
“Not merely random, neither awkward like
A blaster. Nay, the lightsaber mantains
A noble elegance, a Jedi’s pride.
‘Tis something for a civiliz’d new age.”
In the other hand this week’s #bookoftheweek is William Shakespeare’s STAR WARS: A Verily New Hope
This book is a blast! (Pun kinda intended).
I found myself laughing outloud every other page, Mr. @ian.doescher made a magnificent work re imagining Star Wars as a classic play. So many good quotes, I barely have space to write, so:
“Not merely random, neither awkward like
A blaster. Nay, the lightsaber mantains
A noble elegance, a Jedi’s pride.
‘Tis something for a civiliz’d new age.”
A New Hope
I’m not sure at this point if a post like this is just screaming into the void or not (what even happened today here?!? I can’t even keep up at this point…), but there are still important things to say. If people see this - great - if not - then it is what it is.
I’m going to begin by saying how I have been so impressed with the way we - the NSFW / adult content bloggers - collectively as a group - have helped and supported each other through these last few very shocking, confusing, and trying days. This in most ways has been a supportive place (though not always perfect as we all know), and it’s good to see that manifest itself in this new way as well - even in a bad situation.
There have been a lot of posts I’ve seen about the various different platforms - and I know we all seem to be scrambling to find the best one.
I’ve also seen it said that none of them “are Tumblr” - and I happen to think that’s both good and bad. Good because of what Tumblr has turned into this week, bad because while we’re moving onto other adventures in other spaces it won’t be what we had here.
Or is that actually the case? I’ll confess this has been an overwhelming few days thinking of having to leave this space, lose our blog, lose much of what we shared (all our pics were already backed up - I’m meticulous about my organization regarding our pics) - not to mention the daily roller coaster of changes they seem to keep throwing at us. It’s come to mind more than once to just quit. No more photos, no more blogs, no more sharing. I’m sure we’re not alone in this.
Then it hit me when I was driving to work this morning and saw the Alliance Starbird pictured above dangling from my rear view mirror. I keep it there as a reminder of many things that are important to me - and because of it - I had a moment of clarity today: the realization that Tumblr isn’t a “place” - at least not anymore. It’s us collectively - the community - the NSFW / adult content content creators - we are the people that really “made” Tumblr in many ways. To be clear - coders, developers, staff, executives built a template - a mechanism - which in the end is just “thing”. To be fair, it was “a thing” that we used and were grateful to have had for over the last 5 years.
That being said - in the midst of creating content, re-blogging, supporting fellow bloggers - we collectively as a group of people willing to share some part of ourselves - with some measure of luck - created our own community. Some may see what we did as just posting “explicit” or NSFW content - but that’s not really understanding fully what it was that we all did.
So whether we are on this physical site or app or not anymore doesn’t matter in some way, because the physical site of Tumblr is just a “thing” - and that thing is each day becoming closer to Verizon / Yahoo’s version of Alderaan. We as a community whether on Tumblr or not - our connections and friendships - those things as a sum are greater than just this one “thing”.
Over the last few days we’ve begun to spread near and far like the rag-tag rebellion resistance moving onto remote bases like Hoth and Yavin 4, as we move onto Twitter, MeWe, Sharesome or OnlyFans, and other far flung ends of the social media galaxy.
My point to all of this - we are in contact with each other - supporting each other - doing our best to move on, and at the same time keeping going some slice of what we have created here. It goes with us because we all helped to make this place what it was for our community of diverse but like minded people.
Normal people, who were open to sharing a part of themselves with strangers - some who became confidants and friends - and who are now helping each other keep those connections going. That’s us as this larger group - that’s not this “thing”.
Wherever we all end up, we represent - A New Hope - and Rebellions Are Built On Hope.
Like the representative symbol of the rebellion pictured above - the Alliance Starbird - we are - our community that we collectively formed here - we are the Phoenix rising from the ashes - wherever that may be.
The Force is indeed strong with us.
May the Force be with us all.
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Flight helmets were a type of headgear commonly wore by beings piloting starfighters. In military organizations like the Rebellion, certain helmets were worn by certain starfighter wings. Usually, these helmets included some atmospheric comfort technology as well as a microphone. Many nonhuman versions of flight helmets existed.
Source:Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary (2006)
First Appearance: Star Wars (1977)
Read more on Wookieepedia.
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IT-O Interrogator droids were small spherical hovering droids designed by the Empire to question prisoners. IT-Os were originally exclusively used by the Imperial Security Bureau, IT-Os found their way into broader Imperial use as the rumors of their effectiveness spread. They were equipped with truth chemicals and many instruments capable of causing extreme pain.
Source:The New Essential Guide to Droids (Art: Ian Fullwood; 2006)
First Appearance: Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker (1976)
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AAAND?
i love behind the scenes star wars vids so much
also HAPPY MAY THE 4TH EVERYBODY
This behind-the-scenes mini vid is pure brilliant, a blast from the past. Thank you so much
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
dir. George Lucas | 1977
This is one of my many favorite movie scenes from this movie . Sassy Princess Leia definitely speaks her mind and that’s why I really like her character and the actress who plays her ~ the legendary, movie icon that is Carrie Fisher. Harrison Ford’s a total legend as well.
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Where flowers bloom, so does hope!
