hamilton quote in 2023 again? yeah

now animated

what obi-wan was really thinking

The best part about the Obi-Wan Kenobi show as opposed to certain other Star Wars shows is that it actively and continuously recognizes the truth that the Original Trilogy set up from day one and that is that Obi-Wan Kenobi is just better than Anakin Skywalker in every way.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars | “Unfinished Business”

Got emotional thinking about jedi lineages. 

Like. Maybe Ahsoka ties her obis in double knots because that’s how Anakin taught her. He told her it helped them stay on better.

But Anakin does it because that’s how Obi-Wan helped him, the first time he wore the robes that seemed impossibly heavy, with the weight of his new life.

But Obi-Wan only tied it like that because he had seen Qui-Gon do the same, and had desperately wanted to be perfect, so copied his master.

But Qui-Gon only did it out of habit- of all the rules of decorum that Dooku taught him that he ignored, the obi knot had stuck.

But Dooku had been trained by the greatest master of them all, so assumed however Yoda tied his robes was the most correct.

But maybe that is all because, centuries ago, a master whose name the rest of them will never know, taught his tiny padawan to double knot his obis, because they just never fit right.

And Ahsoka will never know that she got this from a jedi who lived in a totally different world from her, who she never knew and would never know her, but the legacies are there, no matter how small. And I bet every lineage has a handful of them.

I just… the jedi leave behind their blood ancestors, but they still have things running in their families.

Hear me out: Korkie is Obi-Wan's secret nephew.

it’s actually soooo funny to me that qui gon dies when he runs ahead without obi wan because that’s like. so quintessentially Him. truly a man who died the way he lived: diving headfirst into a situation he was not at all prepared for against the advice of anyone with common sense

Obi-Wan sizing up Dooku: Anakin, we'll take him together.

Anakin: I'm taking him now!

Obi-Wan staring off into the distance while Anakin is immediately taken out: *hello darkness my old friend*

couldn't get this imagery out of my head after finishing Padawan by Kiersten White. it was such a satisfying moment built up to in all the throes and worries that run through the core of the novel. 💞

I love Ben and Leia being iconic

What if Reva joins the Rebellion when she starts hearing Luke Skywalker’s name associated with it and thinks that Obi-Wan may have finally come out of hiding, only to show up and find out that he’s died, and the only person on that base who recognizes her is LEIA, who isn’t exactly going to be able to vouch for her as a trustworthy person.

But Reva insists she left the Inquisitors, that she wasn’t the same person anymore, and Luke being Luke decides to trust her. Maybe he hears something, or just gets a Feeling that’s Not Quite His Own telling him she’s being truthful, that she deserves a chance. 

Reva, who deliberately chose not to become Anakin Skywalker, choosing now to pick up the mission Obi-Wan Kenobi had had to leave behind. Reva choosing to help guide Luke when he asks because Obi-Wan can’t. Reva absolutely TERRIFIED about failing this person she nearly killed so long ago. Reva who never even became a PADAWAN, much less a Knight or a Master, struggling through the concept of training someone else to be a Jedi. But this was Master Kenobi’s mission, this is what he gave his life to protect. Obi-Wan had been a teacher, up through the end. He’d taught her, he’d taught Leia, he’d taught Luke. She could choose to follow in his footsteps just like she’d chosen not to follow in his first student’s. She could be a BETTER student than Anakin Skywalker had been and ensure that Anakin’s son never turned out like him. She decides that, while she’s not in the revenge game anymore, ensuring that Luke Skywalker never gets turned to the dark by his father is as close to justice for her family as she’s likely going to get. She doesn’t have Luke call her “Master” because she’d barely been a YOUNGLING, not even a Padawan, certainly not a Knight or a Master. And beyond that, she’s not certain she’s earned the right to call herself a Jedi again, yet. 

Reva probably struggles a little with some of the more advanced Force and lightsaber techniques just given where the majority of her training would have come from, but she ensures that Luke knows how to face his own fears by the time he sees Obi-Wan’s ghost telling him to go to Dagobah. 

Reva follows him to Dagobah and nearly bursts into tears when she sees Yoda come into their camp, even though he’s being kinda weird and trying to steal their food. Probably BECAUSE he’s being kinda weird and trying to steal their food, if she’s being honest with herself. Yoda being a mischievous troll of a mentor is something she’d long missed and never realized was something she could still find. Of course, having a lot of experience with helping out with Yoda’s pranks and a lot of (unfortunate) experience with keeping a straight face, she plays along and lets Luke figure out for himself that Yoda’s the Jedi Master he’s searching for. She’d told him she knew Yoda and so Luke just assumes she’ll tell him if she sees him.

Reva finally getting to see Obi-Wan’s ghost herself on Dagobah and ACTUALLY bursting into tears when he thanks her for picking up his mission where he’d left off and assuring her that she’s been doing an exemplary job and that he’s SO SO PROUD of her. 

This time, Luke’s had a little more training in facing his own fears, so he doesn’t go to Bespin when he gets his vision, as much as it hurts. Reva offers to go in his stead, because protecting Leia was ALSO part of Obi-Wan’s mission, even if Leia still isn’t Reva’s biggest fan. When Leia yells out that it’s a trap and to rescue Han, Reva doesn’t go anywhere near where Anakin’s waiting for Luke and instead manages to backtrack her way out and intercepts Boba Fett before he can fly off. 

When Reva comes back with the good news, Luke is able to continue his training uninterrupted. After a few months, Yoda, Obi-Wan, and Reva have decided that Luke’s ready to know the truth about his parentage and sit him down to break the news. Luke asks them how they could trust him, knowing what happened to Anakin. He asks how he can ensure he doesn’t become Anakin, when it’s Anakin’s blood that runs in his veins.

Reva speaks up first.

She tells him that she knows he won’t become his father because Anakin chose this. Anakin chose to fall, he chose the darkness, he chose to turn on the people who’d considered him family, he chose to be the scourge of the galaxy, and CONTINUES to choose this. She knows Luke won’t make the same choice because she’s seen him do otherwise. She’s seen Luke make the sacrifice Anakin never could. She’s seen Luke manage to let go when Anakin never has. And she knows she can trust him because while Anakin’s blood may be what flows through Luke’s veins, he wasn’t Anakin’s father. She tells Luke that she met his father once, on Tatooine. That his true father had been willing to die for him. That he’d been willing to stand up to her when she was still making the wrong choices. That it was Owen and Beru’s love for Luke that had been part of what kept Luke alive that day. It was Anakin’s connection to Luke that pushed her to nearly kill him, but it was Owen and Beru’s CHOSEN connection to Luke that began to pull her back, that held her off long enough for Reva to think it through, calm down, and make the right choice. She trusts Luke because he ISN’T Anakin, because he makes the choice every day NOT to be Anakin.

When Yoda declares Luke ready, he knights both of them. 

On Endor, Reva has to accept Luke choosing to surrender to Anakin on his own, especially when he asks her to protect Leia in his stead. Reva chooses to let him go, because as much as she loves him, this is his choice to make, his destiny to pick up the way he wants. 

As he leaves, Luke bows to Reva and thanks her, calls her “Master” for the first time. Reva smiles and responds, “May the Force be with you, Padawan.”

I had a brother, once

When I was about nine, and he was four, I think, he went away. He was so cute, he had a bunch of shiny copper hair, a nice smile and those big blue eyes. I loved to play with him, he was so little and funny. But one day he started moving things around the house, like small things that ran across the table to his little hands, and once he befriended a bird outside the window, it came so close to him that it accepted the food he gave it. My mother didn’t believe me at first when I said that, but then she and dad started watching him closely, and I remember they talked of a thing called the Temple, after a while. Dad looked sad for a bit, but mum was so thrilled. She had an old picture, she always told me the woman in the picture was his grand grand grandmother, from centuries ago, and that she went to the Temple, and one evening they came into our room and talked to us. They told us that my little brother, Ben, had a special gift, like the woman in the picture. That he was touched by the light, and he could do great things, and that new people would come to test him and see if he was touched enough to learn how to use his gift for the Galaxy and the Republic. I was so scared, at first, I didn’t want my little brother to go away. I screamed and hugged him, and he was so still in my arms. My parents were emotional too, mum said to me that giving a child to the Temple was a privilege and that he could live better with them than with us. I didn’t understand at first, but they told me that the Temple was full of people like him, with his gift, and that their job was so important to the Republic, and he would have the chance to become a good person between them. We were just humble citizens, my dad was an architect, like me, and my mom was an artist and a painter. She told me that Ben could become something that they could never prepare him for, and the people at the Temple could help him with his gift and prepare him to be the best person he could be.

Some days after that, people from the Temple came to see my family. There was a tall black man and a creature with a mask on his face and eyes. They played with Ben and asked him a lot of questions, and then they came to me. They asked me if I loved him, and if I wanted him to be happy. Of course, I wanted that. The black man told me that he understand I was sad and didn’t want to lose my brother, and he was right. He told me that Ben was going to live a life in the Temple, that he would learn how to use his gifts, and that he would be happy with them, but I was afraid that he would be alone and sad.

So they brought us all to the Temple, and we had the chance to see where he would live and grow. The school and the creche were so fun, and warm, that I even asked if I could stay with them too. But I was not gifted as him, so I couldn’t. We hugged my brother for the last time, but every year, for the anniversary of the day he went to the Temple we received a picture and a few words from his teachers. It went on until he became a Padawan, around fourteen, and it was ten years since he left us.

We never forgot him, and I was still a bit sad, but I grow up being proud that my youngest brother went to become a Jedi. I got married and watched my children closely, in their youth, wondering if there was a hint of the same gift that he had, but apparently, that wasn’t the case. It was a relief, surely, I didn’t have to say goodbye to one of my children at such a young age, because I remember how conflicted my parents were, when we left him on Coruscant, in the Temple. They cried a lot, and I thought that it was because they didn’t want to leave him behind, but then I understand. Sometimes it’s hard to choose the best for your children, and you wish you can do everything yourself. But it’s not always possible. He had great power in his little hands, and with great power comes great responsibility, and sometimes as a parent, your job is to accept that you’re not the best fit to teach something important to your children. We knew nothing of the Force, we couldn’t help him with it. We wouldn’t be able to give him the proper teachings to understand and use his power in the best way, and it could easily hurt him and the people around him. Instead, he went on and became a great Jedi, and now I can read about him, saving the Republic and the galaxy with his power, against the Separatists that want to destroy our way of life.

So, yes, I spent my youth wondering how he was and if he was happy with the Jedi, but now I know he was. And every time someone at work asks me “are you related to that Kenobi?” I always smile.

Yeah… that’s my brother.

The Jedi give out awards every year for various things. Some are serious awards. Most are for laughs.

Yoda has won the Chaos Gremlin award every year for the past ~900 years. Everyone knows Grogu is currently biding his time to take over the title. Yoda is thrilled to know that the award will one day be in chaotic little green hands.

Obi-Wan currently holds the award for Most Lightsabers Almost Lost. The only reason it is not Most Lightsabers Actually Lost is because Cody keeps retrieving them. Cody is given an award for Most Lightsabers Rescued.

You survived.

Reva reuniting with fellow former Youngling, Grogu.

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When your General gets injured on the battlefield and needs a little help.

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“Karking hell, you still working your way through all that?”

The Jedi Council’s most recent member looked up crossly through a dishevelled fringe, sitting on the floor (the desk long since abandoned in favour of more surface area) surrounded by pads, flimsi, notes and half empty mugs.

“Why hello Anakin, what a pleasure to see you. Go away please.” Obi-Wan Kenobi replied shortly, turning back to his work and away from his (probably bored) former Padawan.

As the young Master’s first ever council meeting had finally drawn to a close just a few short days ago, Master Mundi had directed him to the council Padawan on duty in the antechamber who had cheerfully set up the dazed Master’s personal pad to download enough information to start his very own archive. He had his new meeting schedule, security clearance, code of conduct guidelines, status updates on all current projects and missions, personnel information for every Jedi in the temple, information about his allowance and the option of rooms available to him, information pertaining to classes and courses he would need to attend, and how his position in the GAR would change.  

It was A Lot. And slowly but surely as a he ploughed through it all, making notes and highlighting, a realisation had dawned.

He was in way, way, over his head.

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