love tumblr star wars fans. some of them are like "i haven't even watched star wars i just liked the vibes". if you approach sw fans anywhere else and you don't recite the whole new hope script by heart they stab you
*clings to all of you*
some modern filipino ahsokas for our honourary SE asian queen
a list of names from star wars and their cultural origin (just so we're clear that these names aren't actually funky sci-fi names that Lucas and Co. made up, but names that come from actual irl peoples and cultures and were left mostly uncredited read: stolen)
lord, so many desi terms, and ppl will never know the origins of these names that made star wars what it was
it makes me sad, if we're being completely honest
when you take inspiration from the majority, it's not a wonder as to where it came from. not many people see the name Luke or Leia and have to scratch their head and turn their brain inside out to know the origin. western culture has so heavily dominated everything for centuries - oftentimes forcefully - that these names are passed over as normal and unexciting
the problem comes when you take words and names from minorities, especially when they have deep or religious meanings, and turn it into something to fit your space fantasy. people see them and think 'how exotic!', which turns this into yet another form of modern day orientalism that flies under the radar of most. it turns into yet another scenario of eastern religions or cultures being deemed 'other' or 'exotic'
for those of you unfamiliar with the term 'orientalism', this is what it means in a nutshell - it's a way of defining how the west looks at the east, and how eastern cultures become fetishised or appropriated over time, ultimately to be seen as inferior, other, or something exotic and exciting
think: all the fantasies and stereotypes that surround the seductive geisha, the mysterious and sexual sultan's harem, the exotic belly dancer, the barbaric tribes of the deserts, etc etc
this is also why these thought patterns and forms of appropriation are dangerous:
it becomes even more problematic when you take direct words or inspiration from eastern cultures and religions and leave it uncredited, and therefore, un-normalised and further exoticised
It is not a matter of belief. It is simply the right thing to do.
Shaak Ti in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–2020)
Mmmm clone wars cromch cromch cromch *unintelligeble*
Passing time in hyperspace
im at the star wars canon im at the star wars legends im at the combination of legends and canon i constructed in my head where i ignore the shitty aspects of both and cherry pick the stuff i like
Couple of more Togruta designs - Yrhi and Meer.
Costume Details from the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy (1999-2005)
babygirl i know star wars lore that you would bully me for
Star Wars fans who insist that their favourite character is some random schmuck who appears on screen for two seconds and doesn’t say or do anything and are being completely, genuinely unironic are some of my favourite people.
the force works in mysterious ways TO YOU. i get it though
–Master & Apprentice by Claudia Gray
broke: jedi are cold disconnected space monks
woke: jedi are hippie sluts with no sense of modesty who just like to fuck with the wider galaxy
this reads like in-universe shitposting where you’re gonna get
reblog from twilekgirlinhumanworld: “but for real tho they sluts literally just watched a jedi make out with high priestess on a balcony and now we all have the day off lmao”
reblog from vintage-speeder-aesthetic: “um yeah this just gave me severe psychic damage because the only jedi i know about is that ancient little green dude who apparently saved my grandparent’s neighbor’s best-friend one time so my parents have to point him out whenever they’re are on the news so thanks i hate this.”
reblog from lothcatskysong: “the robes are for easy access”
reblog from rodirodian: “jedi are literally armed unregulated enforcers of a corrupt government and if you want fetishize them to make yourself feel like you’re not living in a dystopia honestly that’s valid have a good day”
reblog from notadroid77: “ok so i just called a jedi outreach center and asked if jedi could be sluts or if that was illegal and there was a long pause and they sighed and said ‘is this about a shirtless nautolan? or an auburn haired human?’ and then i panicked and closed the commlink because i didn’t think i was talking to a real person so can confirm there are at least two jedi sluts and also unrelated does anyone have any suggestions for changing your identity so jedi can’t track you down”
reblog from mandomilkmaid: “wait there are jedi outreach centers”
reblog from mrsnailracing: “average jedi sleeps with 1000 beings a year" factoid actualy just statistical error. average jedi sleeps with 0 beings per year. Red head human, who lives in pleasure palace & sleeps with over 10,000 beings per day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted”
reblog from fylk-moooons: “you know these are real people right? like these are actual sentient beings from an actual religious order that you’re talking about like they’re bad holofilm characters?”
reblog from princesssenatornerfherder: “@fylk-moooons thank you. ^this”
reblog from i-was-a-spaceship-once: “alrighty no one’s going to believe this but i SWEAR i live on coruscant and sometimes this one kiffar jedi stops in my shop (not telling you what shop because holonet creeps sorry) and he’s got a sense of humor and i finally worked up the courage to casually say ‘oh haha i learned abut jedi outreach centers in the weirdest way’ and he was like ‘oh really how?’ and i don’t know! i decided to risk it all!
and i showed him the thread and he burst out laughing, like there was a jedi laugh crying in my shop, people were staring, i was relieved at first but started getting nervous. eventually he stopped and LEGIT, swear to all the karking gods, this is what he told me:
‘op is woke and also right, but some are really committed to the modest vibe because it’s unfortunately necessary for them to be treated seriously in the workplace. also if my friends didn’t want people to talk about them like bad holofilm characters then they shouldn’t act like bad holofilm characters so it’s fine. please tell um, ‘notadroid’ and ‘mrsnailracing’ that they just made my whole YEAR. also you can tell everyone that official jedi doctrine teaches that all sluts should be treated with respect and dignity, jedi or not.’
and then he left and i’m still shaken and i don’t know if i want to be him or kriff him but i feel more optimistic about my chances of the second then i ever have in my life so thank you everyone great thread.”
rb this and tell me in the tags what piece of star wars media you first consumed, how old you were, and whether or not you enjoyed it. i’ll start: i was in middle school and it was my dad’s turn to pick a movie and he picked a new hope and i thought it was extremely boring and one of Dad’s Movies That He Thinks We Need To See Because of Cultural Relevance ™
the fact that “the vibes here are rancid” is a power that the jedi actually have is insane to me
can you imagine being a normal dude and you’re getting help from this jedi, and this jedi dude’s like “head’s up, the next five minutes have the worst vibes imaginable” and you’re like “why?” and the jedi dude’s like “inscrutable cosmic power told me so, doesn’t get more specific than that”
like all these weird little men in weird little robes with glowy swords do is meditate because they have sorcerer-induced anxiety. yoda’s always fucking meditating on his little pillow because he has to figure out if he’s nauseous because the arcane will of all life itself is speaking through his midichlorians to warn him or if he just ate a bad burrito for lunch. the force is constantly dunking on these weird little men and telling them “something bad’s going to happen” and never explaining what’s going to happen. do you sense bad vibes because your washing machine is about to break and flood your apartment, or because the government you serve is about to turn into a dictatorship and mow your ass like grass? that’s for you to figure out
