Idk why but my memory of RoTS always seem to ablate the fact that Anakin actually went to Windu and told him Palp’s a Sith Lord. And Windu’s like OK I TRUST YU WE GO ARREST HIM NAO. And And then Windu was like ” Go wait in the council chambers.” Like WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT TO HIM WINDU????? ISOLATION = BROODING (which is NEVER a good thing for Anakin). If Obi-Wan was there… Idk. *massive sigh*
That scene is amazing (not just the brooding one) because Anakin actually honestly tries to do the right thing, twice over. He pulls his saber on Palpatine, but doesn’t kill in anger, and then he reports it to Mace whose exact words are “you will have earned my trust.” As in, “I haven’t ever trusted you before and I’m going to stand here and imply that you are either participating in a Sith scheme to get me killed or, for some bizarre reason, making up a lie about your friend being a Sith. But if this is true you will have earned my trust.”
Amazing.
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Kylo Ren : Show me again the power of the darkness, and I’ll let nothing stand in our way. Show me, grandfather, and I will finish what you started.
Anakin’s force ghost : what the fuuuuck ?? What the hell did I start that you could finish ??? I killed the emperor to save a member of my family and you are doing the exact opposite of that ??? I died to stop the empire and you help them build it up again??? WHY ???
[via im-solo]
The Skywalker Flame by Brian Ashmore
Now this painting has a very interesting story. It’s actually Anakin and Padme with baby Luke. The artwork was done by Brian Ashmore but it’s a 15 yr old depiction of them, 6 years before Padme’s name existed. It could very well be the first image of Padme, which I find fascinating.
The image has now been turned into card for the Galaxy 4 topps set, and on the back of the card there is a description of the picture. However the artist himself will tell you more about the card and its funny little back-story if you travel over to his blogspot, Brian Ashmore Illustration, where he posted a small article about it. The story behind it is as interesting as the picture.
“He focused on Luke once again, and saw his son was crying. Yes, that was it; he was tasting the boy’s grief – because he looked so horrible; because he was so horrible.
“But he wanted to make it all right for Luke, he wanted Luke to know he wasn’t really ugly like this, not deep inside, not altogether. With a little self-deprecatory smile, he shook his head at Luke, explaining away the unsightly beast his son saw. ‘Luminous beings are we, Luke – not this crude matter.’”
– Return of the Jedi, Ch. IX, by James Kahn