Explain yourselves.
The last time I saw Padme she was headed to Mustafar to find Skywalker. Years later we learned that Mustafar was your domain…
you killed them…
…didn’t you?
Explain yourselves.
The last time I saw Padme she was headed to Mustafar to find Skywalker. Years later we learned that Mustafar was your domain…
you killed them…
…didn’t you?
Coruscant: vivid orange sunsets slowly fading into crimson reds, the sound of a highway, streetlights covering a dark street with blank white light, modern art museums, sketchy diners with cheap drinks, running down a street because you’re late, the view of the city through a panoramic window, buzzing headaches, the business of airports, neon signs.
Naboo: the freshness of the air in June, colourful flowy dresses, big thick petals of garden lilies, long but soft kisses, old castles overgrown with ivy, juicy fruits still warm from the sunshine, skinny dipping in a lake, wandering around European cities, gigantic vitrage windows, a mild trail of flowery perfume, loud bird chirping waking you up early, evenings spent talking and reading by a fireplace or candles.
Tatooine: loose light clothing, spending summer in Nevada (aka dying), messy rooms, daydreaming a bit too often, the dizziness and pastels of the sky after a sunset, forehead kisses, the refreshment of a cold drink, empty wild places that make you feel strange, conspiracy theories, jazz music, tequila shots, a rough type of humour, blisters on fingers.
Camino: minimalistic city flats, white suits and hats, looking somebody in the eyes, autumn thunderstorms, wandering into a grocery store at 3 am, the blue light from a laptop filling a dark room with a cold glow, static during phone calls, sci-fi movies, Apple Watch under long sleeves, pale skin, dreamless sleep, cold but unquestionable loyalty.
Mustafar: dark circles under eyes, leather gloves, staring into the abyss of space, black volcanic sand beaches, sudden flashbacks, the taste of blood in your mouth, mysteriously blazing embers, black bruises, anger burning in your chest, high boots, grey clouds hanging low above the ground, steps echoing off the floor, physically fighting somebody, messy hair.
Ok but can you imagine post rots Obi-Wan though. How he found out about Vader. How the Holo Net screamed of the Emperor’s new servant, of a terrifying black shadow that massacred planets and even breathed scarily. Who, rumour had it, can move objects with his mind and carries a lightsaber, just like the Jedi’s, but blood red.
That his name is Darth Vader.
The first time Obi-Wan hears the name he freezes in shock and fear. He was sure that Anakin, no, Vader, had died near that lava river on Mustafar. That he was no longer. But Obi-Wan’s shock is nothing compared to the pure horror he feels when he sees him. All in black and in a dark mask, breathing mechanically and saying something in a low, broken, inhuman voice.
Obi-Wan looks at it and feels his drink fall on the ground. He had felt the terrible guilt for killing his own padawan, yes, but now it multiplied a billion times. He didn’t kill Anakin. He also put a hand to turning him into the dark Sith Lord, into this ugly and only fear-inspiring creature that he was now.
And Obi-Wan’s heart (or what’s left of it) shatters into thousands of debris, explodes with the colors of an eternity of pain. He can’t believe it. But he’s used to knowing that the things he can’t believe at first are usually what forms his reality now.
And he also knows that nothing, nothing in the whole universe will be able to ease the pain that is crushing his soul right now.