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I think i cracked it, the reason everything produced in the times of the High Republic is soo good compared to modern Star Wars, tldr its because of pain.

See, in all the works that date during the High Republic (specifically during George's ownership of SW) there's this fearlessness to show pain and tragedy and death, and i know it sounds like "everything for the children these days is sanitized!" but think for a second if Revenge of the Sith would be something Disney would publish these days and that's your answer, but that's just a tangent meant to emphasize the difference between Og SW and new SW, because what Og SW had was strife, and you the viewer knew that, because every time you booted up KOTOR or played Phantom Menace you knew what was coming, you knew to expect the isle of happiness in which the characters lived to slowly sink beneath the waves of tragedy and you'll see it happen as the characters around the story just dug up their own fates, in very much George Lucas fashion, and THAT is what made the work and the small moments of levity to taste so much sweeter, because you see the characters who you've grown attached to suffer so un-justly that when you return to the good times you can't help but appreciate the good and mourn it's departure.

The reason new SW does not achieve this is because the characters are dealing with the aftermath of the destruction of the baddies, its the birth of the hope for the future, its when you look at the horizon at the END of the movie, yes new problems may arise but the big hurdle is done and Disney didn't cultivate the joy from the Alliance's victory as it should, because instead of giving us proper post-war optimism (as it fits the real life post WW2 countries counterparts and fantasy sci-fi proper) it stuck only with the brooding post-war trauma, and while yes, that is also a very realistic take it still lacked verily from the former and thus there is no reason why we should mourn a character's strife if that is all we've seen from them, its like watching paint dry, nothing particularly changes, just a new villain here and there, the new character discovers new powers, new info, but there is no resolution, no reward for their strife, and even if they were going for a bleak post-war future (which they didn't and it also doesn't fit SW's constant theme of hope for a better future) it still ends up looking incomplete for the mere reason that they don't want to shut the book in case they need to milk the cow some more.

My point with all this was not to bash new SW though, my point was to use it as a comparison to highlight how Og SW built itself on a foundation of hope, how it showed us the height before the fall, how it is possible to make Shakespeare in space and leave all of us with broken hearts and looking hopefully into the future.

I made a little thing today.

Meet Tol’Raz

What this new smuggler has is a bravery that stem from not knowing the full situation. He’ll be the first to charge into the fray only to realize he’s in over his head. Honestly it’s almost a miracle that he’s lived as long as he has.

He grew up as street urchin in Mek’sha before making his way to space. This boy raised himself and because of this he is loudly confident in his own abilities. Hopefully he’ll mature as goes through the story. Because he is pretty cocky at the moment.

A fun detail about him is that he loves speeders. This man is the space hot car guy, with his current pride and joy being his firewasp.

Prowl :3

Felix Romance Update

My consular Elvira is an interesting mix of being in the know, and oblivious. She knew there was something up with Felix’s feelings regarding her but didn’t once cross her mind that he liked her.

They’re in a relationship now but it’s slow going. When Felix made free time for her she invited him to her to spend time with this desire was totally innocent get know you better type stuff. Yet somehow things naturally escalated, and they hit second base. My consular is a bit wigged out over it. So wigged out, that she didn’t tell Felix she loved him afterwards. She just sorta thanked him instead.

Like she does in fact love him, but this Jedi is still reeling from all these unknown feelings and complications. Which is impressive because Felix is pretty a straightforward guy. So these problems are entirely of her own making. Elvira will admit she cares about him deeply but love? No that’s too much, too big.

I’m over here like Jedi, why are you like this?

Y'know what screw it I'm here I'm thinking about SWTOR I wanna get out of my shell more SO. Uh. Art? I'm still nervous about sharing but ART! At 2:30am! I'm totally good at this social media thing. 🤣😭

Meet Vega's parents, my smuggler/chaos magnet Reilly Hawkins and the long-suffering extremely loyal Quil Kodral. I have a whooooooole backstory and it's complicated and not entirely fleshed out because I keep changing my mind and the hamster that runs the writing wheel in my brain won't FOCUS ON ONE THING FOR MORE THAN A WEEK C'MON MAN *cough* anyway. Childhood best friends that got separated in their teens, found each other again as adults and realized "hey I think I've actually been in love with you like my whole life", went on a whole crazy adventure together and decided "let's do this together forever". Quil becomes a spy for the Alliance and Reilly uses her status as the Voidhound/Port Nowhere's captain to help Hylo and the Alliance's smuggler fleet. I love them so much. Closeups under cut because Tumblr crunches my art a lot. Imma go sleep now see you in the morning. 🤣😭

If you see any vague resemblance between Quil's design and the Winter Soldier no you didn't and also I swear I didn't do it on purpose. I don't hate it though? Eh.

This dude a piece of work in enjoyable sort of way.

Ammix Kirollan is from a long line of Sith and fancies himself a new, more progressive voice in a tradition he thinks could be better. This does not mean he's a nice or good person, but more that he thinks Sith philosophies and fear and hatred and violence should be made accessible to more people. Like, Jadus, without the supervillain monologues. If you met this man, you would probably want to stab him, except then he'd be proud of you as he's Force choking you in revenge and that's just bizarre.

Ammix genuinely thinks being violent and casually cruel is a sign of strength - the aesthetically strong man who has never contended with his own problems and instead chooses to stab his way past them. He also thinks he is imparting some great wisdom on others when he tries to share this concept with them. Because adults who are not already entrenched in imperialism and fascism don't tend to listen when a guy holds them at lightsaber-point and says "you'd be so much happier if you weren't afraid to kill people," he finds that youths are more... Receptive... To his "teachings."

So he becomes an abusive adoptive father. His children are raised to compete for approval, stab each other in the back metaphorically if not literally to come out on top, and to mistreat those "lesser" in order to prove their own strength and worth. Some thrive on this (or at least think that they do - they truly do not) but most either crumple under the emotional and physical abuse or, like Del'qarev, cut Ammix and the other kids off as soon as possible. Ammix doesn't get why - Del is one of his success stories, risen to the role of Emperor's Wrath, and he thinks he's the one who got Del there. Talking to Ammix always gives an impression of a genuinely cordial man up until someone does something to displease him, and then the real Sith comes out.

(playing him in-game reveals the same paternalistic energy - it's how he behaves toward Jaesa, who he definitely makes fall, and he actually appreciates Quinn's betrayal as much as he hates it because that is how to do it! The friendliest of my dark-side characters, and the most horrifying because of it)

Nice

Ultra Natlan Festival ~Main Stage~ 🎧🔊

Inspired by festivals like All Points East and Ultra Japan/Korea and of course, DJ Xilonen.

Character Interaction: Vette

To Vette, Crodek is very off putting, because he he values her and treats her with more dignity then she’s accustomed too. While still being very much a Sith and dangerous killing machine. Sure Crodek is decent enough to her but he hasn’t truly freed her.

This man bargained with Vette for her freedom and did give it to her. Only when on his ship where it’s assured that she has no where else to go.

Crodek very much considers Vette his property, so in his mind he wants to grow her as much as possible. This gives him a vested interest in her well being. Which was part of the reason he removed the slave collar with the other reason being a demonstration how he keeps his word.

Vette understandably feels stifled by this behavior. So she holds her ground by using jokes and commentary to point out the holes in his logic. This aggressive sort of verbal grappling does actually end developing both of them into more competent and sure individuals.

This dynamic of those will continue to unfold and perhaps Crodek may grow enough to fully give Vette her freedom. At the moment it seems unlikely that Crodek will romance Vette as they’re busy enough as frenemies.

A face for Red that I liked.