“Chewbacca Is… A Maoist. Hera Syndulla? A Trotskyist. Ahsoka Tano? A Social Democrat. Ezra Bridger?

Alone. There’s no team. It’s only her.

I just found out that apparently Tarkin had an affair with a stormtrooper????

women in STEM (subjugation, terror, evil, manipulation)

"The reason why I was so happy to play this role and so excited about the idea of being part of this universe because I thought it was so bold, so interesting, and so unique to have an ending like this. [...] It was one film and I knew what the end was going to be. And it’s one of the things that excited me the most, you know, that Star Wars was going to do that, was going to show what sacrifice means, and was going to go for it." — Diego Luna

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY | 2016 dir. Gareth Edwards

if you hear a voice telling you to get back into star wars, that's the devil talking

Boop!

DELETED SCENE — THE DELEGATION OF 2,000 from STAR WARS: REVENGE OF THE SITH (2005), dir. George Lucas

Poor Zeb just perpetually third-wheeling until Sabine joined the crew

Padmé’s death is the most clear cut suicide in the franchise. She has no indication that her death will benefit anyone, nor has she been told by anyone that death is on the horizon; and yet, she wants to. The love of her life has become master of Hell, the father of her children has set the galaxy aflame, and the ruling body she gave her life to has gone obsolete—indeed, always was. How could we talk Padmé off the ledge at this moment? How could anyone? Ultimately, the film doesn’t ask us to. This is a tragedy. The point is not to berate our protagonists into healthier living choices, but to watch them fall into the abyss. At the end of every good tragedy, there’s nothing else left.

So Padmé falls neatly into the canon of self-annihilating tragic heroines. Her death is not inspiring, or productive, or well-adjusted, but it is her death. The means, the reasons, the aftermath, all belong to her. Padmé, the victim of multiple assassination attempts from the ages of fourteen to twenty-four, warrior on the frontlines of the battles of Naboo and Geonosis, survivor of Nexu claws, force choking, and a difficult trauma-informed birth, dies firmly and exclusively because she wanted to. If she wanted to live, she would’ve lived. This is not a weakening death, especially when compared to oft-cited “strong” deaths like having Anakin kill her. One wonders: how is Padmé choosing to die less empowering than having that choice taken from her?

-“The Skywalker Suicides Part I: The Case For Padme”

revenge of the sith rerelease means people are talking about padme’s death again so i’m promoting my essay

Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)