Something that makes me angry:

So we've seen the disgusting take that Anakin was right/justified to massacre the Tuskens

We hate it

Now thankfully, there are people outside of us pro-Jedi who say "No."

Unfortunately, there are some people who agree that what Anakin did was wrong, but then they go and say "he should have just gone after the men" or only the ones responsible

How is only killing the men better?

Your still killing an entire group over the actions of the few, just because it's a smaller group doesn't make it better

And Anakin has no way of knowing which Tuskens were responsible

No, he can't "use the force" to figure that out

All that aside, by what right does Anakin have to kill the Tuskens? To act as judge, jury, and executioner?

"Because they killed his mom!"

BULLSHIT!

There's a reason why judges, jurors, and executioners are not supposed to have a personal connection to cases/crimes/victims/accused

Impartiality

Furthermore, its wrong for a Jedi to be the judge, jury, and executioner

They are not supposed to take things into their own hands like that

Most importantly, Revenge is not the right way

Jedi don't take revenge, because it will not make them feel better, it will not undo what is done

Revenge will leave you worse off

At best, it will give you satisfaction, but satisfaction is temporary, it fades in time

And I think that people have got it into their heads that this is a Jedi-only thing, That only Jedi need to not take revenge (or they think that the Jedi are wrong for thinking revenge is bad), that taking revenge is natural and good for real people

Its not

It will not help you

You will not feel better

The pain that made you take revenge will not be fixed

Just temporarily covered up by satisfaction

And when the satisfaction goes away, the pain will become apparent again

Related note to this, but I think its very important to note that in her final moments, Shmi didn't seem to care about the pain she was in, she did not ask for revenge

All that mattered to her was that she was with Anakin

There was no pain, no sadness, just joy, pride, and happiness at seeing him

Because those good feelings, those positive emotions, will always outweigh the bad, make them not matter

(Also I think this was deliberate on Lucas' part, Shmi's death has a lot of parallels to Vader/Anakin's in rotj, the pain no longer mattering, just the happiness in spending their final moments with their children)

We are so excited to launch the interest check for Legacies Entwined, a Master and Padawan zine! This interest check will be open for two weeks, until December 14th, and will help us make important decisions about the future of this zine!

I have some thoughts on the Deception/Rako Hardeen arc of TCW

I’m a political science major and TCW is, generally-speaking, a great example of well done political science in a kids show.

But fandom, you have to think about how some of these things would play out within an actual military structure. I know we want to think Obi-Wan should/could have told Anakin, that things could go so much better and that maybe Anakin’s trust wouldn’t have been so damaged. I think this is not only not the case, but a disheartening misunderstanding of the material and the nature of the arc itself.

This post follows a bit of a structure:

I. Choices: Anakin’s Matter.

II. The International/Galactic System: Why All The Secrecy?

III. The Republic: The UN With Teeth

IV. Deception Arc: Why Obi-Wan?

V. Keeping The Secret & The Importance of Operational Security

VI. The Force in All of This

VII. Character Reactions: Anger, Duty, Frustration

VIII. Fandom Reactions: Obi-Wan Isn’t Guilty. Please, Stop Acting Like He Is.

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