Deleted Scene From Empire Strikes Back

darth vader canonically had a diary which he wrote in when he was sad no one remembered his birthday. that's it. send tweet.

"maybe in another life i could have stopped my little brother from turning to the dark side"

"maybe in another life i could have stopped my little brother from turning to the dark side"

me trying to sound smart: i like the theory that padmé is force-sensitive because it explains how she manages to undergo and emerge victorious in many serious situations, as well as how she was able to bond so intrinsically with anakin (a VERY force-sensitive person).

not because i need to be reassured that anakin and padmé found each other in the force after death ... nuh uh.

reallll, anakin should have accountability for his major (MAJOR) life fuck ups but like if it took a while for mace and kenobi to clock something was suspicious .... how the fuck do you expect anyone else to (least of all, a CHILD!!!!!)

I know it’s super popular in SW fandom to clown on Anakin for ever trusting Palpatine in ROTS, and I’ll never defend it as a reasonable decision, but I think a lot of the criticisms of Anakin during this moment miss some crucial points.

The first is that when Anakin started meeting with Palpatine, he was twelve. It was with the Jedi’s full knowledge and permission. Of course, Palpatine is out to manipulate Anakin, but Anakin has no reason to think he can’t trust Palpatine. After all, the Jedi are his guardians, and they’re responsible for keeping him safe. Why wouldn’t Anakin trust Palpatine when Palpatine starts positioning himself as more sympathetic and understanding of Anakin’s differences than the rest of the Jedi? As far as Anakin knows, Palpatine is a trustworthy person who the Jedi approve of, and he has no reason to be on his guard in this situation. Which is exactly what Palpatine wants Anakin to believe, and then he has a decade to sink his claws into Anakin.

The second is by the time the Jedi are asking Anakin to spy on Palpatine, Anakin has already lost several important people in his life. The Jedi Council has already driven Ahsoka away by choosing politics over standing with her, and Shmi is dead in part because Anakin couldn’t go to her when he was having nightmares about her dying in agony every night. Now he’s having the same nightmares about Padme, who he’s not even supposed to be married to, and he’s also expected to spy on Palpatine, the dude who as far as he knows, has always been nice to him. Anakin has lost two out of the five people he loves the most because of the Jedi, and he’s at risk of losing two more. I don’t think this justifies his later actions, but I can see where he’s coming from. And so does Palpatine, and he’s able to use his knowledge of Anakin’s fears against both him and the Jedi.

Finally, I see a lot of fans acting as though Jedi were constantly warning Anakin for years that he couldn’t trust Palpatine, and Anakin ignored them. That’s not actually what happened. Mace Windu trusted Palpatine completely at the beginning of the war, so much so that he agreed with Palpatine to allow Padawans on the battlefield. At the beginning of Matthew Stover’s ROTS, it’s outright stated that multiple Jedi have come to Obi-Wan throughout the years with concerns about Anakin’s relationship with Palpatine, but Obi-Wan doesn’t take them seriously. Later, when Mace tells Obi-Wan that they need to start spying on Palpatine to monitor his accumulation of power, Obi-Wan is stunned, because he’s always seen Palpatine as their ally, and not someone to be wary of.

Blame Anakin for his bad decisions all you want. But don’t blame him for hanging out with a guy who the Jedi allowed to have access to him since he was a kid.

when i say the holy mother of all, i'm not talking about mary , shoutout to shaak ti !!

hey don't ask me if i'm fucking alright i'm not star-stilinski is GONE

when people say u must be good at english essays if you read a lot couldn't be more wrong like i'm reading about my fav characters being whiny subs on tumblr i don't see how this can apply to my christmas carol essay "scrooge whimpered softly as jacob marley teasingly toyed with the hem of his trousers" I CANT WRITE THAT

because of how light travels, at certain distances, leia can probably still see alderaan pre-explosion, and i think that's heartbreaking and ruined my night

head empty just annabeth and percy with that one mashup of archer x not strong enough

plot of attack of the clones basically