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with the new lore provided ive decided this is the only way this interaction could have gone

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TALES OF THE JEDI (2022) + Parallels to other Star Wars media

I think something to bear in mind about Tales of the Jedi episodes "Justice", "Choices" and "The Sith Lord" is that they're seen through Dooku's point-of-view.

And Dooku is an unreliable narrator. He *embellishes* events to fit his own rationalization.

In The Clone Wars Season 6, when talking about Sifo-Dyas, who witnesses confirmed Dooku killed/had assassinated, Dooku says "Sifo-Dyas understood, that is why he helped me!"

No, Dooku. He didn't. You murdered him, then stole his credentials.

And most of Dooku: Jedi Lost is basically Asajj making up her own mind of him based on Dooku's *likely altered* recounting of the facts... and these three short stories are pretty much the same thing.

Dooku is essentially bullshitting himself.

My headcanon is that these episodes are the "tale" Dooku told himself to rationalize his dark deeds. They're the lie he repeated, over and over, until he finally believed it.

It's why a complex character like Mace Windu is portrayed as a one-dimensional "teacher's pet/stickler for the rules". That's how Dooku sees him: a drone who parrots the Councils every word.

Conversely, when Dooku says "I've been warning them about the incoming Darkness"...

... dude, you're an accomplice of the incoming Darkness! You were working with the incoming Darkness for years before your old Padawan became a victim of it and you're still helping it now!

Like, I gotta question whether Yaddle even said "you were right" or if that's Dooku's warped perspective acting up.

At some point, he'll stop lying to himself and just unabashedly accept he's a monster... but, clearly, not at this stage in his life, beside the occasional moment of clarity, as seen in "The Sith Lord".

That one scene in tales had me wondering how many times he did embarrassing shit like that before he was an intimidating jedi master…

Kix watching Anakin & Rex “Train” Ahsoka:

“There must be some medical danger to being stunned that many times. Girl’s going to be twitching for days.”

I don’t know why everyone’s assuming Tales of the Jedi ep 6 decanonises/replaces the Ahsoka novel when we can collectively accept the much funnier headcanon that the part on the farm just takes place after Raada

Ahsoka when hiding out on a farming settlement going by Ashla while accidentally charming a local girl attracts Imperial attention and she has to fight an inquisitor a second time in like two months: damn it I really thought that would work this time

before tales of the jedi Vader looking for Ahsoka past o66 made sense in a way but was mostly taken as angst fuel NOW after tales of the Jedi we know anakin practically trained ahsoka for this by having the clones shoot stun bolts at her until she went from collapsing from exhaustion to twisting and twirling in the air and avoiding the shots in a way that almost looked easy! Now we know why he still hoped to find her alive because he thought maybe his teachings had saved her in the end.

"I used to bring Qui-Gon here as a boy." yeah that's the courtyard Dooku. younglings train here.

#‘ah. qui gon loved the food here… :(‘ #sir this is the mess hall. #‘dooku?’’qui gon used to call me that :(‘ #cause that’s your fucking name… (via @cardi)

thinking about “the first person that tells her ‘don’t be afraid’ is her mother” and “I know you are scared, but you can’t let your fear control you. Aren’t you scared? I used to be, all the time, until I realized that if you make decisions out of fear, you’re more likely to be wrong” to “But all I’ve been, since I was a Padawan, is a soldier” to “I’m tired of fighting”

“Is she using the Force or is she just not afraid? How is that any different?”

anakin and ahsoka arguing and mutually storming off in front of the whole temple + luminara’s “at it again, are they?” observation from geonosis arc yeah i’m eating this up

Another thing that kills me in the Tales of the Jedi trailer is how young Anakin looks before time is passed.

Hes what, 21? Hes 21 and hes barely not a teen anymore and hes given a 14 year old kid. In the middle of a war. Being told, hey she's your responsibilty now. Dont get her killed.

And so he pushes her, desperately. Giving her a little more than she can handle every time, but hopefully not enough to get her killed. He trains her relentlessly, again and again, having their own men (who shouldnt be either of theirs) shoot her over and over until she can hold her ground. Dueling with her until shes adept enough to battle a Sith Lord and win before shes old enough to legally be in the army.

Because she is his responsibility. And he loves easily and ferociously and dangerously.

This is too funny to me. Master Dooku, always dressing for the occasion, hair perfectly styled, and padawan Jinn, with his wrinkly thin tunic open halfway down his chest, hair unbrushed. Peak comedy. Ignoring the fact that this is going to emotionally slaughter me, the Dooku-Jinn team is really holding up to disaster lineage standards.

ahsoka’s line in the tales of the jedi trailer “i’m tired of fighting” actually broke me. she deserved so much better than being forced into a war that they shouldn’t have won.

the fact that i could point you 4 moments of “Ahsoka’s lightsaber drops to the ground“