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fernfrond-inks

5 months ago

Dude this is awesome! Of course they’d love music.

Thoughts about Miraluka Society

We'll probably never get actual Miraluka lore, i doubt disney will even acknowledge their existance. So I thought it'd be fun to imagine what their society would be like.

Miraluka forever see through the force, their connection to the force is so strong they can feel major events from other planets. Their vision allows them to see through objects, see the force, etc.

Thinking about this, implies their buildings and ships wouldn't need windows. Windows are structrual weaknesses and to a MIraluka would be irrelevant asf, as walls are basically windows. Even lights wouldn't be needed, the concept of light and dark would be entirely different to a Miraluka to others.

As their entire race sees through objects, things like nudity would mean very little to Miraluka. Although they can see the clothes you're wearing, they can also see through it (not intentionally). Because of how open their views are (pun intended) Miraluka would generally live amongst their own kind, non-miraluka would most likely find it awkward to live amongst the Miraluka because of just how much they see. Fortunately Miraluka are very emotional and understanding of other species, they wear coverings over their eyesockets because other species find it very offputting.

Because they can't see colours, their art would be based around the force or music. Miraluka art would be less about sight and more about feelings, their art would radiate certain emotional or spiritual feelings through the force. To a nonforce sensitive, it may look bland but they'd undoubtably be able to feel the emotions off of their art.

There are many objects in the Star Wars galaxy which are force sensitive, the most common are kyber crystals used for lightsabers but as all living things have the force, plants would be very beautiful to Miraluka and it's probably the only things they use to liven up their homes. Gardening and tending to plants would be considered a spiritual practice and very cathartic to a Miraluka.

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anitzeineko

3 years ago

here’s my worldbuilding hot take for the day: the whole “Miraluka veils” thing is not, in fact, an artifact of their own culture (because that makes no sense to me whatsoever), and came about solely because other species are so often unnerved by their lack of eyes.

Miraluka as a whole started hiding their vestigial empty sockets in order to facilitate relations with other species, since it turned out to be an easier solution than just telling the entire rest of the galaxy “get over it.” There are, however, groups of Miraluka that do in fact refuse to wear such garments out of defiance for often-Human-centric norms, as a borderline-political statement to challenge the idea that one should try to appear as “Human-passing” as possible just because other species won’t make an effort to move past their biases. Such groups are contentious in some areas, and largely ignored in others.

In private, among other Miraluka, and oftentimes among friends, Miraluka will frequently remove the veils/masks for comfort. The rare non-Miraluka individual who visits Alpheridies is often shocked and unsettled to realize that the veils/masks are a courtesy to other species which is usually discarded on Miraluka-dominant worlds and ships, and is forced to either adapt to a sea of eyeless faces or end up leaving the planet.

(Supplemental headcanon: Miraluka clothing, architecture, etc. often seems incredibly bland and boring to sighted species - because it’s not crafted with sight in mind. Dyes and paints are a completely foreign concept to Miraluka. Art and decoration is instead based largely on texture and shape, and clothing is primarily functional (warmth, physical support, carrying items, etc.) with the texture and weight of a textile valued instead of its color.)