absolutely losing it at the polar opposite perspective we get on darth vader during rebels. kanan and ezra encounter him and there's a dramatic lead up to the cameo and they're like "who the FUCK is that???". they fight him and lose terribly. at least until they drop several tons of heavy machinery on him. but then he survives! and then they're like "if that won't kill him what can?!" "not us. let's go!". there's no drama, no extremely emotional dialogue, no agony over the man he used to be and the monster he became. just "hey what is that? a SITH LORD? that sounds like 1-800-NOT OUR PROBLEM!!!" and then they go back to doing whatever they normally do
Greatest moment in Star Wars history remains Hera Syndulla-- a non Force sensitive pilot-- out flying Darth freaking Vader. I am absolutely convinced that he low key respected her for it
You did it.
This is how it feels to be Anakin Skywalker, forever.
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AHSOKA TANO & ANAKIN SKYWALKER ↪ star wars: rebels ↪ ahsoka
so i LOVE writing Leia and Sabine as BFFs, but in this new lil AU oneshot I'm working on, I'm exploring a new concept and making Leia and EZRA be BFFs and it's turning out gloriously
anakin and kanan have a lowkey custody battle for ezra here btw
for context, this is a no-order-66 AU
THIS ALL SOUNDS AMAZING ESPECIALLY THE LOW KEY CUSTODY BATTLE
Jessica, your added context is saddening. This would be the PINNACLE of literature if Kanan was in a custody battle for Ezra with Darth Vader.
but also please know i love this either way you're doing amazing and it's gonna be so good
I mean
That's not exactly what happened
But it's not totally not what happened in Best Enemies Forever
Greatest moment in Star Wars history remains Hera Syndulla-- a non Force sensitive pilot-- out flying Darth freaking Vader. I am absolutely convinced that he low key respected her for it
"sometimes special people come into our lives, stay for a bit, and then they have to go"
"but that's sad!"
"it is, but the bit where they were here was happy, wasn't it?"
thinking abt Vader going to Naboo makes me a little insane
This scene is still living rent free in my head
I was at an Ashley Eckstein panel this past weekend and someone asked a great question about that heart wrenching scene in Rebels. Ashley talked about the devastation and heartbreak of that moment for Ahsoka, and how she still loves Anakin despite what he’s become, but how she needs to say goodbye to the mentor and brother she knew. That answer really stuck with me, so I drew this?
The objectively funniest possible way for Darth Vader to have perceived Ahsoka getting yoinked into the portal at Malachor is for her to disappear into thin air. One second he's swinging his lightsaber at her, the next she's gone. He has no idea what happened. Is she dead? Did he somehow vaporize his Padawan former apprentice? He can't feel her presence in the Force anymore, so he decides that must be it.
But over the next few years, he notices a few...anomalies. Little things. Nothing certain, but the evidence is there and he knows Ahsoka's work when he sees it - there can't be that many orange Togrutas with blue and white montrals running black ops against the Empire. Somewhere, somehow, she's alive. The Force hums in agreement.
The A New Hope happens. He swings his lightsaber at Kenobi and the old man disappears into thin air.
Vader has seen this trick before. He won't be fooled by it twice.
His suspicions are confirmed when he senses his old master's presence guiding the boy who destroyed the Death Star: Obi-Wan Kenobi is still alive.
And the old traitor never taught Anakin how to teleport, even though he clearly took the time to teach Ahsoka!
Vader seethes with unimaginable rage.