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-Now go my son. Leave me.
-No, you’re coming with me. I’ll not leave you here. I’ve got to save you
-You already have, Luke. You were right. You were right about me. Tell your sister, you were right.
-Father, I won’t leave you.
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Star Wars: Age of Rebellion - Luke Skywalker #1 | by Greg Pak & Chris Sprouse & Scott Koblish & Stefano Landini This has been backed up in other places, that Luke has some fame within the Rebellion and the larger galaxy, as well as the whole “I’ve never seen anyone wield a lightsaber” thing (ie, “the Jedi were just a weird cult who didn’t actually have any special powers”) but it’s interesting to see that even other Rebellion members have a sense of wariness around Luke, that the only time they’ve seen someone use a lightsaber was Darth Vader. This is twenty three years after the Empire formed and the Jedi wiped out–which can be a long time (as my exhaustion over just the last three years has shown me), but really shouldn’t be long enough for people to have whole-sale forgotten something they would almost assuredly have been alive for at least in part. It’s also an illustration of how the galaxy really just doesn’t quite know what to do with Force-sensitives, that there’s always that sense of unease and wariness, just because it’s something they don’t understand. We saw that, too, even at the height of the Jedi, that there are just so few of them (one per billion/three billion people, one for a single planet’s entire population, possibly less) and they seem to always be half-listening to something that you can’t hear or see yourself.
Even in the Rebellion and possibly the New Republic, being a Jedi never seems to be easy, because the galaxy seems to fear you and the only time they saw someone do the things you did, it was filtered through the lens of what the Empire allowed (aka, ONLY THE EVIL ROBOT GUY WITH THE NIGHTMARE BREATHING, pretty much) and just natural fear of what people can’t experience for themselves. There are pockets of people who actually get to know Force-sensitives (or at least those on the light side, those who turn to the good instead of the evil) who speak warmly of them, but canon is absolutely LITTERED with people who’ve never met a Jedi before and are immediately unnerved or outright dismissive, until they actually spend time with them and realize they’re there to help. Even Luke Skywalker, having blown up the Death Star and having foughtfor the Rebellion for four years at this point still gets the side-eye from some people. That’s what it’s like for Force-sensitives in this galaxy far, far away.
why is this so canon though
Rebels au where Rex ends up going with Ezra to Tatooine (cause really, if there was the slightest chance Kenobi was alive there was no way he was NOT going to check) The pair end up getting lost in a sandstorm, where they are found by a certain Skywalker. Ezra is freaking out about the sheer force potential Luke has while rex is freaking out about the fact that there is a mini version of his General ("They let General Skywalker BREED?!" ) Needless to say, Luke leaves tatooine alot earlier with "Uncle Rex" while Kenobi freaks the fuck out as somebody has stolen his charge right from under his nose
Rex probably has to convince Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru that he’s not going to murder their child or something, but once they find out that he knew Anakin- and that he’s the poor fucker who was legally required to deal with ALL of Anakin’s bullshit and still somehow managed to keep him mostly in hand for three years, they conclude that obviously there’s no one better to make sure that Luke doesn’t follow in his father’s footsteps, and they agree to let Rex take Luke off-planet for months at a time, sort of like a boarding school consisting of a never-ending field trip with your weird ex-military uncle. Luke is THRILLED to go, especially when Rex takes him to meet Ahsoka, who takes one look at Luke “gotta go fast” Skywalker and goes “hey kid have you ever flown an x-wing?” And he can’t even see over the controls yet but that doesn’t matter, she’ll teach him to use the Force to steer by.
Meanwhile Obi-Wan’s blowing several gaskets because Luke just vanished into thin air, and when he decided the situation was dire enough to ask Owen about it, Owen just told him “mind ya business, kenobi”. Meanwhile Maul is following Kenobi around like “FIGHT ME, KENOBI” and obi-wan’s like “NOT RIGHT NOW this is IMPORTANT”. So Maul decides he has to help Kenobi find whatever it is he’s looking for so that obi-wan will agree to fight him, and obi-wan’s desperate enough to accept his help, and so now you’ve got obi-wan and maul traversing the galaxy, searching for Luke, except Maul thinks they’re looking for Kenobi’s lost socks or something, he has no clue. And Luke is at Baby Rebels camp learning how to pilot and sneak around and kick ass and Rex is very proud of him and he writes home every single day.
And when Kenobi and Maul finally return to Tatooine, dejected and despairing, Luke’s just, back home, with his aunt and uncle, like nothing ever happened (Rex dropped him back off for the slightly-less-dry season). Maul is so annoyed that they spent all this time searching for a kid when he was right there at home, that he refuses to fight obi-wan, saying that obi-wan has been demoted from being his arch-nemesis for being such a dumbass. Obi-Wan now desperately wants Maul to fight him because he can’t let Maul leave since he now knows about Luke, but he also doesn’t want to just murder him because it is Not the Jedi Way. So Obi-Wan is not desperately begging Maul to fight him while Maul refuses and insults his intelligence.
And then three months later, Luke disappears again and Obi-Wan just sits down and cries while Maul awkwardly pats his shoulder.
im sure theres a legitimate canon reason that anakin didnt get executed during order 66 but im obsessed with the idea of palpatine sending out like a mass email to the clones just being like “ps anakin is on our side btw”
I lowkey want a fic where Palpatine gets exposed because he’s in a bad mood, not paying much attention, and accidentally answers a holocom from somebody looking for the Supreme Chancellor as Darth Sidious. Example: *Separatists have just suffered a major defeat and everyone in the CIS keeps calling him for advice* *incoming call* Sidious: “Tyrannus if you cannot resolve this situation on your own then perhaps you are not worthy to be my Apprentice!” “…Master Yoda, this is.”
Sheev: Captain Rex… the time has come. Execute Order 66
Rex: No. Fuck you.
I’M LOSING IT. This lady is offering herself up to Vader as an apprentice to help him take down the Emperor, saying it in the most hilarious way possible, “I know there’s something in you unfulfilled, Darth Vader. I’m what you need.” Boba Fett, watching all this unfold, assuming this is some weird sex thing: “Gross. I’m deleting that from my brain rn.” Meanwhile, I am in tears, this is the funniest thing I’ve read since someone asked Darth Vader if he wanted a sex dungeon in his Bullshit Castle of Drama and Sadness when building it on Mustafar.
And people said that was a stupid boring plot point
@mariacallous
force visions can be weird sometimes,,,,
[tip jar!]
Been in a bit of a Star Wars mood. So here's some doodles of the iconic trio.
saw someone describe Luke Skywalker as the 'bastard son of a sith lord' and i have to say i think Darth Vader would be VERY offended by that. like how DARE you imply Padme wasn't his wife??
actually bouncing off this post:
alternate scenario where the rebels continue to think the whole thing is a wacky coincidence and that Darth Vader has mistaken Luke for his actual long-lost son
decide this is too good an opportunity to pass up, send Luke in as an undercover agent
Luke ''''pretending'''' to be Darth Vader's son and faking going along w Vader's attempts to turn him to the dark side like yeah i love anger & hate let's do this. can you show me how you do that move where you throw people in the air with your brain.
he is secretly feeding information back to the rebellion all the time constantly
a number of Vader's underlings are pretty sure Luke is a rebel spy but everyone is too afraid of Vader to argue with him on it
Vader meanwhile is desperately trying to train Luke while keeping Palpatine from finding out his son is still alive. Luke wanders in while he's mid imperial conference call and gets tackled to the ground.
after a couple of months Vader decides Luke has had enough training for the 'we should kill the emperor and rule the galaxy together' speech
Luke (who has in a weird way kind of got to like Vader at this point) radioing the rebellion like guys call me crazy but i think we might be able to get this guy on side
actually bouncing off this post:
alternate scenario where the rebels continue to think the whole thing is a wacky coincidence and that Darth Vader has mistaken Luke for his actual long-lost son
decide this is too good an opportunity to pass up, send Luke in as an undercover agent
Luke ''''pretending'''' to be Darth Vader's son and faking going along w Vader's attempts to turn him to the dark side like yeah i love anger & hate let's do this. can you show me how you do that move where you throw people in the air with your brain.
he is secretly feeding information back to the rebellion all the time constantly
a number of Vader's underlings are pretty sure Luke is a rebel spy but everyone is too afraid of Vader to argue with him on it
Vader meanwhile is desperately trying to train Luke while keeping Palpatine from finding out his son is still alive. Luke wanders in while he's mid imperial conference call and gets tackled to the ground.
after a couple of months Vader decides Luke has had enough training for the 'we should kill the emperor and rule the galaxy together' speech
Luke (who has in a weird way kind of got to like Vader at this point) radioing the rebellion like guys call me crazy but i think we might be able to get this guy on side
anyway sound off. at what stage do ppl think Han figured out the Force was real. the boring answer is after seeing Obi-wan vanish but i think he could rationalise that away as his eyes playing tricks on him. what do we think.
i watched prequels first so luke forgiving vader was so intense to me. like, anakin knew the pain when he cut off luke's hand. i guess since i watched prequels first, that scene had a different meaning to me. first thing i thought was "damn anakin you knew what it feels like" and he did this to his own son. i wish we could see more of vader's side of the story, i always wondered what he felt seeing luke for the first time as a son etc even comics made me more curious
Hi Anon,
Since I saw the OT first, I’m always intrigued by folks who saw the prequels first, because of moments like this.
I’ll yield to my Luke and Vader specialists @kaelinaloveslomaris and @threadsketchier on this one!
Thanks, Anon
Day 2 of watching Star Wars with my non-Star Wars friend
This time: episode 2, the attack of the clones
- “Jesus! What?!” (When the ship blows up)
- “Why isn’t she queen anymore?” (Me explaining the lore) “I guess”
- “It’s obvious” (when yoda mentions padme is in danger)
- “who’s obi? Oh so now Anakin has the rat tail?”
- “that dude better not be making a move on padme. She’s Anakin” (at the chancellor)
- “10 Years? She hasn’t changed at all and he grew 6 feet”
- “she’s got to be a lot older”
- “oof okay”
- “oop okay”
- “Anakin is having normie thoughts”
- “more subtle? That wasn’t subtle at all” (when the bounty hunters talk)
- “I thought y’all said you could sense everything inside that room, what are you doing?” They notice “Right when it’s on top of her?”
- “did he just jump out the window? This man has no fear” (at obi wan)
- “I could never be a Jedi”
- “he is being a little extra” (at anakin’s driving)
- “That’s kind of hot” (when Anakin jumps from the ship)
- “oh no his saber.”
- her- can’t he just super jump or something” me/ you mean use the force? her- yes, the force”
- “i agree, he lost it so fast” (Anakin losing his lightsaber)
- “did he cut off her arm? Please tell me he did”
- “bruhhhhhhhh” (when the shapeshifter got shot before giving any answers)
- “I like his little chair” (yoda at the council meeting)
- “Why does he levítate?” (Honestly though, I feel like yoda could’ve walked)
- “the force doesn’t even seem off balance so why are they worried?”
- “they are giving jar jar this job?”
- “did obi wan pass the trials” at this point, I felt obligated to explain some more lore “so why is Anakin like this?”
- “kiss” (when padme and Anakin were together)
- “he got rizz, he’s the rizzler” (at anakin’s flirting)
- “she does not look like a refugee” (at padme’s 8274837th costume change in this movie)
- (when Anakin admitted he was afraid too) “you aren’t supposed to be afraid. Darkness”
- “they look way too well dressed for refugees”
- “isn’t he a droid too?” (When the droid said no droids in the food line)
- “did she just put a cloth over her crown thingy?” (To padme and you know, that’s really all she did)
- “babies, yoda is with babies”
- “are they going to use the children?”
- gasped “they have a rat? A leak in the boat. On the inside. If I were yoda, this wouldn’t have happened”
- “who’s the new queen?” (When they reach Naboo)
- “kamino. There has to be someone in this universe that speaks Spanish”
- (when obi wan arrives at kamino and talks to the long necks) “I would not sit on their egg seats. They can brainwash you through the butt”
- “they really are letting all this information out. Like ‘ah a Jedi, must be here for the goods’” (the long necks really did reveal a lot of exposition)
- “is that dress backless? Oooooo” (To padme)
- “dude what? That’s so weird. They were talking about the sand” (response to anakin’s sand quote followed by him touching her)
- “what? This is so soon. I wasn’t expecting this. We are barely in the second movie guys” (when padme and Anakin kiss)
- “she looked too good in that dress though”
- “are those babies? What’s going on?” (To the clones)
- “oh are these the people? There are people under there? I thought they were robots” I think she thinks these are stormtroopers
- “wait I’m confused, this army is for the republic?”
- “she looks so good” (padme’s next outfit change)
- “were the republic always going to make an army? Why does it exist? What’s up with the bounty dude? Is darth Vader going to come?”
- “love how these people were like an army? Okay. Money please” (to the long necks)
- “they seem soft spoken and slow. Not the type to make an army”
- “are they all just clones of him?” (About jango)
- “bro, she hasn’t eaten all day and you are going to take her pear? Who eats a pear with a fork and knife? And you give her the worst part”
- “but if my boyfriend cut up a pear for me then I’d be happy”
- “what about your mother?” (When he talks about padme being the most important person in hi life)
- “Don’t put this on her” (about the kiss)
- “they wouldn’t even be able to see each other for a while” (about the secret relationship)
- “so i guess the force is kind of not working. But how are they able to move stuff?” I explain that it’s not gone, just diminishing “and Anakin is using it all willy nilly”
- “Boba? His name is boba?”
- “did he launch a missile from his back?” (To jango)
- “come on obi”
- “he should just fly”
- “he lost them” I explain that he put a tracker “but still, he failed”
- “even now they don’t look like refugees”
- we actually both laughed at kid Boba’s creepy cackle
- “That’s a weird shaped space ship”
- we had a conversation about ships and their size and how it matters and may affect maneuverability (I study rocket science btw)
- “if they capture the bounty Hunter, what happens with the child? Do they also capture him” if she only knew
- “Im scared” (Shmi deserved better)
- “did she have another son?” I had to explain step siblings “oh”
- “he’s zooming”
- “he’s angry”
- “these people just don’t stop. They already got busted once” (to the viceroy)
- “obi should just drop a bomb. All the bad people are there”
- she asked about the two moons and again had to explain the science of how that would work
- “he had to have used the force. How’d he pick right?”
- “she’s not having a good time”
- “even in her state she compliments him”
- “I swear if she instant dies”
- “Stop!”
- “Say it back, quick”
- “oh god”
- “I mean I feel like every Jedi should get one rampage”
- “r2 really went like anyways”
- “he didn’t have to wrap her up like that. He mummified her”
- “he took your under his wing when he didn’t really have to”
- “she is taking this way too well, like she must truly love him”
- “i think he was strong enough, he just didn’t come soon enough”
- I did ask what she knows about Vader and she said that he’s someone’s father and that’s about it. Honestly made me feel better about my decision to start with the prequels since that means the Anakin to Vader will shock her
- “quigon?” (When dooku is having a conversation with obi wan)
- “what do the sith even want? Power? But they are already powerful, like bruh”
- “is this good? I don’t know. Can we trust jar jar?”
- “I love democracy, ah yes”
- “is this good? Is it apart of the plan?”
- “it is convenient. There is already an army to be used”
- “I think Anakin is really angsty and he might not love padme and padme will fight for him and he’ll change his goals and he’ll want to be the best Jedi and yeah”
- “I could not do that, I would get tired”
- “did he lose his arm?” (At Anakin when he is going through the machine and to that I have to say not yet)
- “they are really struggling to get to the other dude”
- “you owe your life to him” (at padme when r2 saves her)
- “how many times? He was cutting that close” (about losing light sabers)
- “Uhm what about your people?” (When padme says she’s no afraid of death)
- “oh my Jesus” (when they kiss)
- “Why Don’t they just use the force?”
- “they failed”
- “do they not see that she is doing this?”
- “literally”
- “I could literally never do that” (padme doing the pillar stuff)
- “he’s not going to do the hiccup thing and like yeah right?” (When Anakin got closer to the rhino looking alien)
- “where were they all hiding?” (About the Jedi)
- “there is a lot of crossfire. I’d probably take 3 steps and get hit”
- “oh no, a Jedi died”
- (after jango got run over) “he should be dead I feel. He should’ve been stepped on. He’s way too lucky”
- to boba “he’s going to become darth Vader. He’s going to go evil” (she really doesn’t know oh my god)
- “i don’t know why but she [padme] reminds me of Millie Bobby Brown”
- “so light sabers cauterize wounds, right?” I said yes “shouldn’t we invent light sabers to amputate limbs?”
- “oh no, they are cornered”
- “at This point, I’d wave my light saber everywhere”
- “where’s yoda? He should fly in” explains he can’t fly and then yoda comes in on a ship, “I told you!” She did
- “I can predict all these movies”
- “this is sad, the kids dad’s head is inside that helmet”
- “aren’t the troopers supposed to be the bad guys?” I did explain that clone troopers and storm troopers are different
- “yoda does not seem like the type of person to be leading an army”
- “Why is this man going in an unprotected vehicle? It’s like he’s on a razor scooter and everyone else in a car” (about Dooku)
- “he looks so dumb and he’s so lucky that they are out of bombs” (about dooku again)
- “padme is tough, she can handle herself”
- “if he did truly care then he could’ve jumped out of the ship”
- “obi got this”
- “he’s red!”
- “I feel like they aren’t sneaky about being evil. The red lightsaber gives it away”
- “It’s okay, the wounds are caterized”
- “you can still see the light of the lightsaber why’d he turn off the lights?”
- “are they even hitting anything?” During the dooku and Anakin fight, “It’s pure showing off”
- “dang”
- “he dropped his stick for this” (Yoda)
- “I thought the force was weak, why is it strong now?”
- Her: “I don’t remember Anakin losing an arm” - Me: “you haven’t seen Star Wars” - Her: “but in the posters”
- “he’s a spinjitsu master. Like master wu”
- “I want to touch his wrinkly forehead”
- “Anakin should grow that arm back or something.”
- “can’t believe Anakin was worried about padme, his arm is missing”
- “if I was padme, I would touch the stub and ask what happened”
- side note, I have no idea how she hasn’t noticed that the chancellor is the sith but it makes this more fun
- “what does this mean” I explain the politics, “I will not understand these politics”
- “are they getting married?” Yes “what? This came out of nowhere”
- “okay but at least their besties are there” talking about C-3PO and r2
- “this is not the time to be getting married, the war just started”
overall thoughts: she liked the movie, thought it was unpredictable
Next time: episode 3 where she will find out that anakin becomes darth Vader (anticipating the reaction)
My friend has never seen a Star Wars movie so I thought it’d be funny to write down her reactions:
(P.S. started with the phantom menace)
- she thinks the battle droids waists are snatched
- she actually complimented the special effects which makes me happy
- laughed when Jar jar came on screen (I think she likes him)
- said that the ocean animals are scary and they probably do exist in the deep ocean
- questioned the treaty and trade federation and why they even want to stop trade from Nabor
- said and I quote young Anakin has “rizz”
-questioned why a grown alien was picking on a 10 year old
- I told her that the Star Wars fandom was toxic and the actor playing Anakin in this movie got bullied and she got sad (understandable), after she kept complimenting his performance
- called Obi-wan’s braid a “rat tail”
- during the race, she literally went to the edge of her seat and was getting into it (side note, I forgot that the first half of this movie was about the podrace)
- got really sad when Shmi told Anakin to leave, told him to go back (if she only knew)
- “this dude took forever to find them” (at maul)
- questioned why Samuel l Jackson is in this movie and asked if it was him twice
- at this point, she cannot tell padme is the Queen
- gasped at valorum losing power
- when yoda said his “leads to suffering line” said he was taking it a step too far
- gasped when palpatine became chancellor
- “what about the other dude?” - said when quigon said he’d take Anakin as a padawan
- “what are they going to do with the child?” (About Anakin)
- “what do they even want with this planet? Is it worth it?” (About Naboo)
- “the Queen is intense but nice” she really doesn’t know about padme
- she did ask if obi-wan’s lightsaber would change colors once he became a Jedi knight which you know, is a valid question
- it happened, padme admitted she was Queen and my friend literally said, “what?!”
- “epic!” (When the gungans agreed to be friends)
- Her: “that bodyguard is really putting her life on the line” -Me: “that’s her job” -Her: “I guess”
- “give the 10-year-old a gun” (when they were discussing capturing the Viceroy)
- “green light saber dude should’ve strapped Anakin to his back, why is he there? Couldn’t they dropped him off at a house?” (When the attack begins)
- “the Queen is it it” and yes, she was
- smiled at the wilhelm scream
- “how are these dudes going to fight the yellow dudes?” (Gungans v droids)
- “they really have to assemble the army huh?” (At the droids taking their sweet time to form)
- “he’s more of a liability to his own army” (to jar jar)
- “double sided, not fair” (when maul shows up again)
- “aren’t sith just evil Jedi? Shouldn’t 2 Jedi be able to take the red dude?”
- “Jesus, what is he doing?” (At Anakin when the ship takes off)
- “Is Anakin going to die in space?” (I don’t think she knows that Anakin is darth Vader)
*Next few are about duel of dates
- “where are they? This is not the same place”
- “I want one of them to touch a lightsaber. I want to see the damage”
- “that man is flying” (at obi wan)
*gungan battle
- “how is he not dead?” (To jar jar)
- “boomer”
*anakin storyline
- “he’s not having a good time”
- “I feel like r2d2 should have some weapons on him. Shoot the people”
*back to duel of fates
- “what are these force fields protecting? The core of the planet?”
-“if obi wan really wanted to get in the battle then he could’ve tried”
- gasped when quigon died, “what?! This can’t be it”
*padme storyline
-“everything is going wrong. He died. They got captured.”
- “they just have guns in the chair?”
*duel of fates
- “every time there is evil, the evil is always stronger. Not fair.”
- “kill him. Or at least close to death” (at obi wan for maul)
- I had to explain that jedis Can kill. She thought it was Batman rules
*anakin and gungan storyline
- “Anakin is the only pilot that got inside?”
- “do they run on wifi? They need a better router”
*duel of fates
- “Im telling you he’s flying.”
- “he’s not going to stay dead, right?” (Despite seeing mail cut in half, she has doubts)
- “this doesn’t make sense. He’s an apprentice”
- “isn’t the wound catarized?”
- (when quigon speaks his final words) “No! If Anakin becomes evil, im going to be angry” she really doesn’t know anything about Star Wars
- “this was just one movie, will” asked me his name, “quigon show up again?”
- she hasn’t even noticed palpatine and the chancellor are the same person
- “I hope this guy doesn’t become evil and didn’t use her to become the leader” (about the chancellor)
- “yay” when Anakin become obi wans apprentice
- “they just burn him? What? Do they at least keep his ashes?” (About quigon)
- “is that your childhood crush?” She knows I had a crush on Anakin skywalker it it was episode 2 Anakin (I was a kid)
- “this is sad” asked me quigon’s name a couple more times
- “It’s cool, they formed an alliance but are they not going to crush the orb? It looks crushable” and she was very disappointed when the orb was not crushed
- final thoughts: she liked the characters and the action, next is episode 2
Now I would appreciate a fic where Anakin Skywalker just kills Palpatine on accident. I was watching revenge of the sith and through the whole sequence of Obi-wan and Anakin saving Palpatine from the ship I was thinking: “Anakin is waving his damn sabre EVERYWHERE it’s a miracle he hasn’t hit something on accident” and then bam: idea.
In Anakin’s defence there’s a LOT going on so like it’s not his FAULT that he wasn’t looking where he was slicing and the next thing he knows Palpatine’s head is no longer on his shoulders but rolling down some flight of stairs and Anakin just sort of,, pees himself a little.
“Oh. Shit.”
A whole mile away Mace Windu is sitting in his quarters and suddenly the migraine in the back of his head disappears and he’s like “whoa.” And then jokingly is like “who had to be sacrificed for that damn ache to finally go away.” Turns out!
Obi-wan, through a holo-call, (with Anakin skywalker furiously sobbing and heaving through snot and coughs in the background): hey so, we should look into getting Skywalker some ADHD medication.
The Jedi council: why? What has happened?
Obi-Wan: just a little loss of focus, it happens to the best of us.
Mark Hamill and Bob Anderson - Return of the Jedi outtakes and alternate takes (1982)
Modern Skywalker Adventures (Manip AU) - a prequel to the Modern Solo adventures
Luke thinks it’s high time the family got over all their awkwardness and had a nice sit down dinner.
(Vader footage credit: x)
An alternate universe where Vader knows his kids, makes dinners and doesn’t approve of Leia’s boyfriend.
Bonus: Later that night while Han is sleeping
My Star Wars tag
The retro adventures of Vader and Luke (feat. Han)
Vader likes force-talking to his son about the family business. Cue awkward conversations during work
The rest of the series is here
AU where Thrawn wasn't space whaled.
The Holonet: Luke Skywalker was discovered to be the one responsible for the destruction of the Death Star.
Thrawn: ...
Thrawn, opening a holo to Vader: [*fairly accurate mimicry of Anakin*] Oh she's just a friend. It's not like that.
Vader: shut up
Thrawn: go get your son, idiot.
AU where Thrawn wasn't space whaled.
The Holonet: Luke Skywalker was discovered to be the one responsible for the destruction of the Death Star.
Thrawn: ...
Thrawn, opening a holo to Vader: [*fairly accurate mimicry of Anakin*] Oh she's just a friend. It's not like that.
Vader: shut up
Thrawn: go get your son, idiot.
The reverence Luke has for his first lightsaber is so funny in retrospect, as if that wasn't his father's twenty-seventh lightsaber after breaking or losing all the ones before (we won't even get into the fact it's also the Youngling Slayer 9000), and kept it safe for over three years as his most sacred object.
Meanwhile, Anakin is just:
Deleted Leia sass from The Empire Strikes Back
it just occurred to me that darth vader, master engineer, probably looked at the death star plans at some point and noticed the flaw, but didn’t bother to tell anyone about it because he despised everyone who was involved in the project
Darth Vader: The Death Star's Biggest Hater
Star Wars: Darth Vader #1 cover art by Greg Horn.
It's funny how often the Death Star is included in Darth Vader artwork, even though the man himself wasn't its biggest fan whatsoever.
As a matter of fact, Vader preferred Thrawn's TIE Defender program to Project Stardust!
"The Defender is an excellent ship. I will speak to the Emperor on behalf of the project.” - Darth Vader, Thrawn: Alliances.
And was very vocal about his disdain for the moon-sized "technological terror."
Darth Vader Annual #2: Technological Terror & Rogue One.
The Sith Lord's opinions were controversial amongst his colleagues, some of whom mocked him in response.
Darth Vader Annual #2: Technological Terror & A New Hope.
Therefore, it would be quite fitting - plus, truer to Vader's character - if there was more of artwork of him standing among Star Destroyers, TIE fighters, and his personal flagship. The Death Star out of sight.
Like this!
He is a pilot, after all. Pairing him up with ships on covers makes the most sense to me.