Did no one in the galaxy ever notice or comment on the fact that Senator Padme Amidala and General Anakin Skywalker exchanged droids for no apparent reason? Like, was no one curious or suspicious about this exchange of goods?
i’ll say it til the cows come home but as undeniably strange as the star wars prequels are, george lucas’ direction with anakin was downright fucking inspired. people were waiting for whatever badass backstory lucas was sure to give them, awaiting a naturally intimidating actor with rogueish charm to be cast, waiting for this masterpiece of badass villainy or whatever, and george lucas is like no, no, i’ve got you. and then he finds the one man on the planet who looked babier than baby mark hamill and says, “his main personality trait will be being weird and awkward, secondary personality trait loving his wife, tertiary personality trait being incredibly good at murder, and all of these traits will do battle on the silver screen for three movies until they all win in possibly the worst way.” that fucking rules. george lucas could’ve done anything with darth vader and he willingly, enthusiastically chose mentally unstable college student who is somehow married but his only friend is his kind-of dad. that fucking rules, top down, that’s fucking exquisite. if you don’t think that premise is inherently entertaining you’ve got no taste
#I CANNOT STOP THINKING ABOUT VADER’S BITCHY REVENGE FANTASY FROM THE 2015 COMIC SET POST-A NEW HOPE #AND HOW IT INTERSECTS WITH EPISODE THREE OF OBI-WAN KENOBI #HOW ‘YOU SHOULD HAVE KILLED ME WHEN YOU HAD THE CHANCE’ #AND ‘IF YOU LOVED ME OBI-WAN YOU WOULD HAVE KILLED ME’ #CO-EXIST WITHIN VADER HOW BOTH OF THESE ARE TRUE OF HIM #HOW HE FURIOUS HATEFULLY WANTS OBI-WAN TO SUFFER #HOW HIS HATE AND HIS RAGE REFUSE TO LET HIM DIE #BUT THAT ALSO SOME PART OF HIM WISHES THAT HE HAD DIED #THAT HE CAN NEVER ALLOW HIMSELF TO DIE BUT HE STILL WISHES OBI-WAN HAD #THAT HE DOESN’T SEE THAT OBI-WAN DID LOVE HIM AND THAT’S WHY HE COULDN’T KILL HIM #OBI-WAN COULD NOT BRING HIMSELF TO DO IT BECAUSE HE LOVED ANAKIN TOO MUCH #BUT VADER CAN’T SEE IT THAT WAY IT HAS TO BE OBI-WAN’S FAULT #AND BECAUSE IT’S OBI-WAN’S FAULT HE HAS TO MAKE OBI-WAN SUFFER #EVEN IN HIS OWN FANTASY VADER STILL CAN’T LET GO OF BOTH THESE THINGS #HE CAN’T LET GO OF HIS WISH FOR DEATH (AND HIS OWN LOVE FOR OBI-WAN BURNT TO ASH) #AND HE CAN’T LET GO OF HIS NEED TO HURT OBI-WAN BECAUSE HE WAS HURT #HE’S TRAPPED BETWEEN THESE TWO THINGS IN A PRISON HE REFUSES TO STEP OUT OF
With a powerful swing, Anakin disarmed her of one of her twin lightsabers, but Ventress was able to recover and force him back with a powerful burst of telekinesis.
“As much as I’m enjoying this little dance of ours,” Ventress announced, backflipping away from Anakin, landing with a crouch. “I didn’t summon you here to fight.”
Anakin rolled, recovering from Ventress’ Force push. “Oh? So what’s the occasion?”
Ventress summoned her other lightsaber and deactivated them when she had both in her hands. “Blackmail, of course. I have a proposition for you.”
Anakin barked out a laugh. “What could you possibly have to blackmail me with, Ventress?”
“I might have heard rumors of an illicit secret romance between a certain Jedi Knight and a Senator…” Ventress sneered. “Oh…imagine the headlines.”
A year ago, I made a fic that turned a certain someone into a Krayt Dragon, and received news that its Russian translation was complete. So please take this bonus chapter as a thank you!
I can’t be the only one who likes watching people react to Revenge of the Sith on YouTube, right? there is just something very satisfying in knowing that I’m not the only one who absolutely sobsover that film
Happy birthday to the late, great Sir Christopher Lee! #DidYouKnow he studied Greek and Latin at Wellington College? #Dracula #FranciscoScaramanga #Saruman #CountDooku
