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gifs-of-puppets · 14 days

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Happy Star Wars Day! May the 4th be with you!

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swedenis-h · 5 months

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Leia and her emotional support droid (he’s the only thing she has left from Alderaan)

#finally stared long enough at this canvas!! got something done!#threepio was gifted to her by Bail to help her with senator things and the rebellion…#like. LIKE…..#THAT IS DEVASTATING…..#I bet he and artoo have recordings of bail and she just watches them constantly #I love you forever leia!!#art #fanart #digital art #fan art #my art #star wars #star wars fanart #sw #leia organa #c3po #threepio

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twinterrors29 · 4 months

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during the clone wars, the 212th found themselves staying for a day or two on a planet who they'd saved

despite the language barrier, the citizens managed to communicate that they'd like to build a monument to the Jedi who saved them, Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, and got the Jedi and his Commander's permission before they were abruptly called away to the next battle

however, they never actually asked which of the men they talked to was the Jedi, and which the Commander, and since they didn't speak Basic (or any other language common off their own planet), weren't able to fact check their model

and of course, since Marshall Commander Cody was the one carrying his Jedi's lightsaber on his hip nearly the entire visit, they picked up a skewed impression of which of the pair was the General

due to the hardship of the war and the years following it, it takes the people years to build their intended statue, long enough for the event to be separated in the minds of any Imperial watchers, and since all signage and discussion took place in the local language, no one picked up on the fact that this monument was intended dedicated to the Jedi

miraculously, this saved it from the Imperial purge of any and all remnants of the Jedi

after all, to an outside observer, the statue depicted a clone, not a Jedi, and only a very select handful would have recognized the significance of the strange cylinder hanging from the statue's belt

decades later, while Luke Skywalker desperately searched for any remnants of the Jedi's legacy, he found a mention of a remote planet that Ben had visited during the Clone Wars in the man's journals, which included the addendum that the citizens had informed him that they intended to construct a monument to him, but that he never got to actually see it

Luke, excited for this chance to learn about this period of his people's history, rushed to borrow Threepio for the trip and raced off across the galaxy in search of this monument

when Threepio pointed him to the statue in question though, Luke was terribly confused

who was this man? his face seemed strangely familiar, but he'd think he'd remember meeting someone with such a memorable scar on their face! and that cylinder on his belt did look like what he remembered of Ben's lightsaber...

so Luke called for Ben for an explanation, only for the man to take one look at the statue and start laughing his ass off before disappearing, saying only that he needed to go tell someone about this

#star wars #the clone wars #commander cody #obi wan kenobi #luke skywalker #threepio #(ben's going to find cody)#(and anakin)#(but cody deserves to hear about this first)

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gameraboy2 · 7 months

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Ralph McQuarrie's concept art for R2-D2 and C-3P0

#ralph mcquarrie #star wars #c-3p0 #threepio #r2-d2 #artoo #vintage #scifi #scifi art #science fiction #science fiction art #art #illustration #painting

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nicolos · 1 year

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#star wars #sw meme #sw crack #mine.#mineedit #listen..............i think im very funny #kind of wish id got a screenshot of the 501st and/or 212th for the last shot tho #sheev palpatine #obi wan kenobi #ahsoka tano #asajj ventress #quinlan vos #padme amidala #anakin skywalker #sw cody #threepio #c3po #sw jesse

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and-loth-cat · 8 months

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oh my GOD (PART SIX!!)

THREEPIO

MY SON

LEIA WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES AS THE BADASS SHE IS

CHOPPERS FUCKING SASS DURING THE DROID THING

xiono can go fuck himself <333

THE FORCE IS MY ALLY,,,EZRA IM SO PROUD OF YOU

ZEB NAMEDROP!! FUCKING FINALLY FILONI REMEMBERED HE EXISTED

OH AND

HAYDEN!!!!

THE CLIP FROM THE TEASER!!!!

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coldbrewarts · 11 days

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Ok I got inspired by @pinkiemme’s cowboy trooper stuff and made this. As you can tell I got a little lazy at some point lol.

(In order: Anakin, Padmé, Ahsoka, Rex, Echo and Fives, my self insert, Cheepio and Arftoo)

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david-talks-sw · 1 year

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What "The Hidden Fortress" (1958) tells us about the Jedi's status in the Prequels.

In 1999, George Lucas had this to say on BBC Omnibus: A Long Time Ago: The Story of "Star Wars" and then The Phantom Menace's director's commentary.

“I greatly admired Kurosawa, especially the film Hidden Fortress, which told a story from the point of view of two serfs, two slaves...

... peasants who tag along with this famous general and a princess-- y'know, royalty. And the whole story is told from their point of view. And I like that idea. I like the idea of telling a story from the lowest person's point of view, uh, in the food chain, and that's how the story got to be told by Artoo and Threepio.”

“[The Phantom Menace] is told primarily from the Jedi's point of view, but the story that's being told is essentially the story of Queen Amidala and her plight of having her planet blockaded. As in, say, Episode IV, where the story is told through the eyes of the droids, in this one, it's told through the eyes of the Jedi.”

“But [from the moment we get to Coruscant, Anakin and Jar Jar] are standing on the sidelines. It's a little bit a riff on the very first film where the story is told through the point of view of the droids, who were sort of the lowliest characters.”

“And in [Phantom Menace], I'm doing it through - primarily - the two Jedi, but then the secondary characters are also carrying a lot of the weight when the Jedi aren't around.”

George Lucas draws a comparison between lowly characters like Hidden Fortress' peasants Matashichi and Tahei, the droids in A New Hope, as well as the Jedi in The Phantom Menace.

What do they all have in common? They are all the lowest-ranking characters in their respective films. Repeat: the movie frames the Jedi as almost at the bottom of the food chain.

Because of course they are. Functionally, they're just diplomats. They hold no political power whatsoever and barely have any authority .

What little authority the Jedi do have in TPM comes from the Queen's young age, which allows them to ease into a more advisory position, and Qui-Gon's rebellious streak. And even he's explicit about the fact that his mandate has limitations.

The only characters "below" them in status are Jar Jar, an exiled Gungan, and Anakin, who just yesterday was still a slave kid, Artoo the literal object and that's it!

Also the other Prequel films are consistent with this portrayal. Who do we see lower in status than the Jedi? Dexxter Jettster and the clones. Everyone else is pretty much above them.

Yes, the Jedi are part of the system, but they're not as high-ranking as you'd think. Yes, they have Force Powers, but that means squat when put against political power. So, like, to expect the Jedi to...

influence the decisions of the Senate,

wage a war against the Outer Rim to end slavery,

or blatantly refuse an order to join the war effort,

... is incredibly unreasonable.

They're not meant to be seen as "the elite, peering down upon the people from their ivory tower".

They're the servants! Servants of the Republic.

And they're seeing their higher-ups destroy what they should all stand for, but are unable to stop them.

Later on, with The Clone Wars, we are introduced to civilian characters and from their point of view, the Jedi are ultra powerful and are highly placed and "should do more but don't".

It makes sense that these characters would see the Jedi as 'the elite'. But they don't have the full picture.

We, as the audience, do.

So we know that the reality is more along the lines of the Jedi "should do more but can't".

After all, we are made privy many instances of the Jedi speaking up and trying to change politicians' minds, only to be dismissed and overruled at every turn.

↑ these aren't even all the times we see it happen, btw, there's more examples...

So at some point, if you - as an audience member - see all this and are still saying "the Jedi should've done more!" I really need to know... what more could they have done?

Take control of the Senate?

That'll result in a dictatorship, there's a reason they waited as much as they did before trying to take down Palpatine.

Power corrupts and they're wise enough to know it.

Don't join the Republic in the first place?

George Lucas never frames the Jedi's involvement with the Republic as a bad thing. In the foreword to Shatterpoint (2004), he says their being part of the Republic led to 1,000 years of prosperity.

Where's the issue, then? Well, it's a two-man job and the Jedi's bosses, the Senate, grew corrupt and stopped doing their part. They stopped carrying their end of the couch.

But “no Jedi in the Republic from the get-go” means the Sith will rise to power even faster. Fun!

Stay neutral in the war?

The Separatists were killing civilians and testing weapons on neutral systems, or enslaving them.

The choice put before the Jedi was "do what we tell you and fight, or let people die".

But also, out-of-universe... do you really think Palpatine, genius politician, master of spin, can't re-frame the Jedi staying neutral in a negative light?

When they joined the war, he unleashed propaganda that either directly (on the Separatist side) or indirectly (on the Republic side) framed them as "warmongers who corrupted their values". If they don't join, they're "apathetic cowards who care more about their own values than the lives of the people they're supposed to protect".

So either way, Order 66 comes around, wipes them out and the Republic goes "good riddance".

So what else could they do?

The answer is "not much".

Because the whole point of the narrative is that Palpatine checkmated them by taking the fight to a field the Jedi had no experience in or right to meddle with: politics.

So if you look at these characters who are nowhere near the top of the food chain, and say "well, why didn't they fix things?" I'm sorry to say you're missing the point of the narrative.

Or maybe you do get the point of the narrative and just aren't trying to be fair...

... in which case, at least be consistent and also argue:

"Why didn't Threepio & Artoo do more to save the Rebel crew of the Tantive IV from the stormtrooopers?!"

"Why didn't Matashichi & Tahei do more to save the Akizuki clan?!"

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jackieparty · 7 months

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i dont give a fuck about any canon shit why cant we have a big party with the rebels cast, luke, han, leia, chewie, lando, artoo and threepio, ahsoka, old ben and cody, etcetcetc

aka, someone write that fanfic

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tatooineknights · 2 years

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#luke skywalker #threepio #c 3p0 #star wars

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starwarsbracket · 7 months

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#star wars #c-3po #threepio #palpatine #sheev palpatine #poll

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twinterrors29 · 11 months

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Threepio, setting up for Padme and Anakin's wedding: oh my, this is all so exciting! Oh, the scandal if this wedding were to come to light! Artoo, aren't you worried about what would happen if this illegal marriage were discovered? Artoo: (censored for extreme language) are you kidding, I can't wait to see the trainwreck!

#star wars #attack of the clones #threepio #artoo #c3po #r2d2 #padme amidala #anakin skywalker

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gameraboy2 · 1 year

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1977 Star Wars Burger Chef ad

#my gif #burger chef #1977 #1970s #star wars #gif #gifs #gifset #vintage #commercial #television #darth vader #c-3p0 #threepio #stormtrooper #r2-d2 #artoo

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asgardian-angel · 2 months

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My favorite scene from "Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out" (2012)

#sorry for the bad quality #the empire strikes out #lego star wars #star wars #3PO trolling Vader #star wars fangirl #luke skywalker #threepio #darth vader #hayden christensen #phone gif #star wars gifs

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jewishcissiekj · 2 months

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Star Wars Adventures Ashcan - written by Landry Q. Walker with art by Derek charm | exclusive SDCC 2017 issue, reprinted in Star Wars Adventures, Volume 1: Heroes of the Galaxy

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constellation-skirmishes · 9 months

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i have so many thoughts about C-3PO. threepio and ani......... thats his brother guys. thats the droid he fixed up for his mom. thats his family. thats the third skywalker.

i found 'thank the maker' two hours ago and have been sobbing ever since.

I AM NOT FUCKING OKAY. I AM NOT OKAY. REPEAT I AM NOT OK.

'and unless you're prepared to care for something, you don't deserve to have it' SOBBING AT THIS LINE

EXPLODING

CRYING WAILING SCREAMING THROWING UP !!!!

dont talk to me.

#anakin and c3po #anakin skywalker #threepio #DO NOT TALK TO ME !!! I AM SO UNWELL #lukka's datapad

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