The Only Time That I Doubted That The Rebels Would Be Successful In Securing The Death Star Plans Was

The only time that I doubted that the Rebels would be successful in securing the Death Star Plans was that corridor scene.

I almost fully expected that datacard to be destroyed only for us to learn that there was another copy that made it to safety or that another ship got the transmission which is how Leia got the plans.

Fun Fact: in the original novelization of the first Star Wars movie Darth Vader appears when the fighting was still at the hatch and the Rebel Troops fled in terror.

Self-fulilling prophecies are one of my favorite kind of prophecies.

The person(s) that hear the prophecy do everything in their power to prevent the prophecy from coming to pass but instead bring it to fruition through their actions or inactions.

Various leaders of the Jedi Council (the highest religious authority!)  very much believe that Anakin is their prophesied savior but they harbor such an intense personal dislike for a nine year old that they just kind of shrug it off and quietly disregard that part of their doctrine. Like, WHAT

He even declares that the Force is more powerful than the Desth Star. The Jedi liked to say just how powerful the Force is; Yoda basically repeats the sentiment to Luke: size matters not.

“Be Careful What You Ask For.”

Anon, I have been a Star Wars Fan for years; at least since I was twelve and I will be 32 on my birthday so that twenty years, give a year or so and I left TRoS feeling gutted. It was like I imagine getting punched in the gut feels like.

I talked with my Mom, who knows about my obsession, because I was really upset and she helped me pit it in perspective: I have dedicated almost, if not slightly more than, twenty years to a franchise, naming two cats after my favorite characters, Mara and Ahsoka, read a ton of the Legends Books, I used to have almost two full shelves on my bookcase dedicated to just Star Wars before Disney bought Lucasfilm than I donated them to the Library Book Sale because emotionally I was done with Legends, especially after the LotF Series ended, so it wasn’t unexpected to feel disappointed in how the main series of movies ended.

Also my two younger brothers hate TRoS, never asked what they hated about it because I was still emotionally raw over it and felt that my Mom would appreciate us not grumbling over the ending of a movie on Christmas.

My older brother said that he liked it and mocked me ‘not wanting to talk about it’. I became so mad with him for not dropping the matter I wanted to throw my son’s baby food at him but instead fixed him with a death glare and finally answered his question about why I hated the movie.

Also at some point I yelled for my Mom because he was getting on my nerves.

You’re not alone Anon or anyone else that was dissatisfied with TRoS for whatever reason.

So, I'm a TLJ shipper. And after TROS, many of the longterm SW fans around me were pretty happy with TROS, while I felt gutted. So I wonder if maybe I'm not a SW fan after all, that I don't "get" SW? Maybe TLJ was the only SW movie for me because it was Rian (and I've loved all of Rian's other movies) writing the story, but SW might not be for me? I don't know. I've just been feeling the "You're not a real fan if you didn't cry when they showed Tatooine" pretty intensely

Given the Rotten Tomatoes score for this film is Certified Rotten at 52% (it went down since last time I looked at it a few weeks ago, it used to be 55%), I would say that most people with sense did not like this movie and you are by far the only one who didn’t ‘get’ it. People who think Star Wars is a series of nostalgic locations with no connective story tissue or context are not the people you should allow to gatekeep your SW experience. 

The Tattoine scene is one of the shallowest things put to film and I wonder why any ‘true’ fan would think Tatooine was an appropriate place to ‘honor’ the Skywalkers when Anakin and his mother were enslaved here, Anakin watched his mother die there and slaughtered a whole village there, Luke’s aunt and uncle were murdered by the Empire there, and Han was held in carbonite there, and Leia was enslaved there. Even as it relates to Luke, Tatooine was the backwater hellhole he wanted to escape. That’s the actual purpose of the twin suns scene in ANH– Luke longing for adventure away from a planet of deadness and no opportunity. “If there’s a bright center to the galaxy, you’re on the planet that it’s farthest from.” 

It sounds to me like anyone with an actual appreciation of what the Skywalkers went through on Tatooine would be horrified that TROS thinks this is some ‘beautiful’ resting place for them when it’s a place they all wanted to escape. Their blind obsession with nostalgia at the cost of character integrity doesn’t make them better fans than you.

The fact that TROS was a nostalgic circlejerk designed to appease redditbros who are more concerned about battleship trivia and hOw a rANdoM WOmAN CouLD bE So PoWERFul instead of telling a meaningful story that refreshed and rejuvenated the fanbase by moving forward away from the iconography of the past and inviting new fans in is their failure, not yours.

Am I a fake fan because I hate TROS?

When my Mom was younger she didn’t vote and would complain about those in office until someone asked her if she had voted and when she said ‘no’ they replied that because she hadn’t voted she didn’t have a right to complain about those in office because she didn’t either vote them in or vote for their opponent.

I also know a young man who last I knew hadn’t voted in any election since he turned eighteen because he said ‘my vote doesn’t matter’ but refused to stop complaining about those in power and when I and others suggested that he vote he just whine about his vote not mattering.

I, as an American, didn’t vote for Trump or Clinton as I didn’t like either of them and instead did a write in that I had researched and agreed with their political stand and felt that they not only had the experience to lead but had a sound understanding of global politics. None of my immediate in-laws voted for them and I don’t think a lot of my family members voted for them either (though a few did vote for Trump).

If enough of us voted against the established political parties because we’re tired of their lies and false promises maybe someone new will get in, maybe not, but hopefully the established parties will take a long hard look at themselves and actually start being honest with us and either A: live up to their campaign promises as much as they can or B: explain why, without pinning the blame solely on others (it might be to do it they’ll have to rob Peter to pay Paul and still not have the money to do it), they can’t fulfill them.

Either way, get out and vote! If you’re afraid of of your employer trying to block you from leaving to vote research ahead of time your rights and use them if you have to, lodge a complaint with the right people and make your voice heard by calling the media and let them know that your employer is refusing to allow you the time off to go and vote.

THE CANADIAN ELECTION

PLEASE, PLEASE- PLEASE!! TO ALL FOLKS ON HERE IN CANADA. VOTE! 

Not sure who to vote for? Consider checking out https://votecompass.cbc.ca/canada/ - A site that offers you a short quiz on your views on different topics to help you figure out what party best represents your own views. 

Have no views really and just see the voting system as entirely flawed? Consider voting NDP, who promise to actually provide electoral reform (unlike the Liberals who ran majorly on this platform- then ignored it after they won a majority…- and even ignored it after thousands of Canadians supported this concept on the parliamentary website/petition) 

“I dont have the time to vote” Advanced voting days are October 11, 12, 13, & 14th. Polling locations vary by address, but I’m sure that you are within a short distance of your location.  As well there is the ‘normal election day’ on Monday, October 21st- the location may be the same as the advanced pol locations, just with limited time frames.

PLEASE CONSIDER LOOKING AT YOUR RIDING AND ENSURING YOU ARE ABLE TO VOTE WITHIN THE ADVANCED/NORMAL TIME FRAME YOU HAVE. All jobs are obligated to allow you time to vote should you not have it in other means.

Above all else, PLEASE: Do not see your vote as worthless. Whether you vote for a party who is among the main handful, or a very minor group- vote for who you believe for rather than who think will WIN. 

If all this still doesn’t entice you to vote- look at the USA, where almost 40% of people chose not to vote. And look at the absolute fuckface they got because of it. You personally may think ‘One vote doesn’t matter’, but there’s tens to hundreds of thousands of people with the same idea- one vote can add up very quickly. 

Don’t let Canada become USA jr and vote an equally racist/sexist/homophobic/overall rich dickhead in as our leader as well- PLEASE. 

My reaction to the Star Wars Traile.