Star Wars | illustrated by Jenny Frison
HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN as ANAKIN SKYWALKER Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2005, dir. George Lucas
btw if i was obiwan, and i’d just spent the last 3 days nearly dying in a space battle, then nearly dying after fighting my evil grandmaster (again), then nearly dying fighting a cyborg with a lung condition and far too many limbs, then really nearly dying after my own soldiers turned on me, then had to find out my brother son student best friend person had turned evil and is now working for the Super Evil guy in charge of everything who just ordered the murder of everyone i know, oh and he also killed a bunch of children, and then i was sent to kill my best friend son brother person even though i would literally rather die, despite all the new evilness and murder, and then had to watch him nearly murder his wife (who is also my friend), and then nearly died again fighting him, and even though i won, i left him horribly for dead and everything sucks and i had no friends and no home nothing. if i had to go through all that and then yoda tells me he has HOMEWORK for me during my sad lonely exile?? i would’ve punted that stupid green frog so fast
Big fan of characters who “kill” their younger selves. Characters who resent the past version of themselves for letting them get hurt, who look at that kid and feel revolted by the foreignness of it. Characters who feel they have to cut the child out of them like a tumor because it’s hurting them too much and if I don’t kill you you’ll kill me. Nearly nothing remaining of that past self but for the little connections and mannerisms they can’t kick, and when it shines through, it’s a terrible, tragic thing, because the child is still in there. It’s in there and it’s grotesque in its suffocation. But it’s there.
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) Andor Season 2 (2025) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
I know a place where no one's lost I know a place where no one cries Crying at all is not allowed Not in my castle on a cloud
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