Out Of Place

~From Ahsoka Tano

Ever since I left the Jedi order, I’ve felt like I don’t belong anywhere.Everywhere I go, I feel completely out of place.I’m away from the only family I’ve ever known, and…i don’t think I’m ready for a new one.I put all my faith and trust into the Jedi order, and they let me down…Ever since Barris betrayed me I just don’t trust anyone.And I know it seems like a lonely way to live, but I don’t know what to do.

Sometimes I feel so alone I just want to run back to the temple, to the Jedi,…to Anakin, forget everything that happened and go back to my old life.But I know I can’t go back.I made my choice, I have to sort this out on my own.And even though I’m technically not a Jedi anymore, the force still guides me, and it’s going to help me survive.

In time I know my anxiety will settle down and I might make a few unexpected friends.The force works in surprising ways.But I’ll have to work for it, while continuing to fight this war in any way I can.Because even if I’m not a Jedi; I can fight, and I have to, for those who can not.

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“You can’t stop the change, any more than you can stop the suns from setting” ~Shmi Skywalker (from ‘Star Wars The Phantom Menace’)

Photo Credits:Star Wars The Clone Wars, Season 7

Aunt Beru

“Luke! Luke!”, she called.

That boy…Always running off somewhere.Either to Mos Eisley to meet his friends or to the canyon to take his little ship out for a spin.But what could she do?How could she stop him?She knew he was more than a farmer, more than some simple boy.He was special, like his father, but that scared Owen so much he wouldn’t let the boy live…

It always made her so sad to see him out there on the farm, staring out at the horizon, and looking to the stars.He was meant to be up there, flying.But Owen still wanted to hold on to him for as long as possible, and she never understood why.They both knew Luke was going to leave some day, and she had a feeling it would be sooner than later.

Quietly, she hoped for that day, hoped his life would be better, and that he would be free.

He absolutely hated being stuck there, and she smiled sadly, thinking; he had too much of his father in him.

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Photo Credits:Star Wars A New Hope

Beauty

~From Ahsoka Tano

It’s such a beautiful day.The skies are clear, the water is blue, and the suns soft golden light is falling on everything so perfectly, it’s hard to believe we’re in the middle of a war.Sometimes I wonder, ‘what are we fighting for anyway?’.When there are places in the galaxy that are so peaceful, and so beautiful, that are best left alone, why do we just destroy everything?

The ocean is so calming.It reminds me of a time when things were different.When we always had time to just, breathe.Reach out.Take in our surroundings.Enjoy the beauty in the galaxy, and work to preserve it.

It saddens me to think that the only way we might restore that sense of calm to the galaxy is by fighting for it.How ironic such things can be…

Even now, when I’m so at ease, somewhere in the back of my mind, I’m always dwelling on that dark cloud that’s fallen over the galaxy.That shadow in the force that has absorbed nearly everything.But not here, not this place.Here that darkness will never reach, I just know it.There are forces at work here that are too complex and too pure for anyone to understand.

They will protect this beauty for as long as they can.But in the end, it’s up to us to ensure that this light is protected forever.

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Photo Credits:http://lucasstarwarssaga.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-peaceful-planet-of-naboo.html—–I don’t know where the original image is from but I found it on this site.

It Ends Where It Began

On a planet with twin suns, there was a boy.He was trapped, but his destiny lay elsewhere, and he yearned to fly among the stars.And by the will of the force, he did.He trained as a Jedi and fell in love.But one day, he was engulfed by a shroud of darkness, and Darth Vader was born.

Years later, his son Luke stared out towards horizon.He was always looking to the future, to the suns.He was trapped, but his destiny lay elsewhere, and he yearned to fly among the stars.And so he did; the force led him to his sister, best friend and his new family.And in the years to come, he fulfilled his destiny.His father was redeemed.

He was destined to save space, and he did; but then he was gone.

And after years of fighting, of love and war, Luke too, layed to rest.Once again, staring out at the twin suns.

The circle is now complete.The journey is coming to a close.Every generation has a legend, and as always, it ends where it began.

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Photo Credits:I don’t know who originally created this image but the credit goes to them-It’s beautiful.

Peace

Shhhh…quiet your mind, and listen

Listen to the wind, blowing softly, rustling the trees, lightly lifting your hair.Feel it, as it touches your face; it’s cool, and calm.

Listen to the people, milling around; chatting, sitting, enjoying the view.Listen to their feet, their boots, as they walk on the gravely ground.

Listen to their hearts.Beating, beating.

Breathe.

Now, listen to your heart.

What do you feel?What do you see?

In this place, this place of balance, of peace, of life.

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Photo Credits: theatlantic.com

The Cold

The Darkness.The Power.The Cold.

It made him strong, made him, special.He was the master now.Master of Evil, of the Sith, and of the whole galaxy.And he was on a mission, in service of the Empire, his Empire.And yes, it was a service, to show people that if you don’t hope for too much, you will never be disappointed.He’d learned this the hard way, and was simply making the lesson easier for all those poor souls out there.In all his years, he had never felt more…purposeful.

He remembered Tattooine; that dreadful planet he only wanted to forget.That giant dust ball that took everything from him, the sands were merciless.And the Jedi too, they had deceived him into believing he could be something, be someone.But he was foolish to trust them, just as it was foolish to trust anyone…

In a flash…he saw, Ahsoka crying.His mother dying in his arms, Obi-Wan screaming in pain.Padmé…Padmé…A tear trickled down hi cheek-Then all of it was gone.

He’d had his revenge; and was enjoying the luxury of ignoring his heart.

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Photo Credits:Star Wars Rebels

Bounty

Han Solo.Finally.He had captured Han Solo.He breathed a sigh of relief before he jumped into the pilots seat and started mumbling to himself and frantically flipping switches and jabbing buttons…”shields…weapons…hyperdrive…fuel…navicomputer…”, he’d got clearance to leave.He ran through all the preflight checks again before he fired up the engines and was off.He was so full of nervous excitement, he forgot to make the jump into hyperspace…

Out of nowhere!!blaster fire was raining down on his ships starboard side!He swore loudly and turned the ship around to get a better look at his attacker.It was too soon for Solo’s rebel friends to have followed him…He saw an old cornelian ship; like the one owned by his captive, Han Solo, it was heavily modified.Combat guns, advanced shields…the whole deal.This ship belonged to a fellow bounty hunter who used to be his friend, Bossk…he scoffed, thinking about loyalty.…but now was no time to dwell on the past, he had a mission to compete.

He swerved, fired, turned, dodged, rose, fell, bla bla bla…this fight was going nowhere; but he was, and he needed to leave now.He diverted power to the rear shields and started calculating the jump to hyperspace; wishing he had a droid and ignoring the ominous creaking & vibrating of his ship.

“Aaa…ha!”, he yelled in triumph as he pulled the lever back and made the jump.Off he was again, cruising peacefully once more through those oddly calming blue spirals.He could worry about the damage to his ship once he reached Tatooine…for now, for once, he could relax.

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Photo Credits:Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back

Master Yoda

Fear, irrational it is.Clouds our minds it does; controls us, overcomes us.Fight it, only the strongest, most disciplined mind can.Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate, leads to suffering…

And what a great suffering it was.So consumed we were, with winning, hm!, but see, we could not, for what we were fighting.See we could not, who was really winning.Pawns had he made us, in his silly game.

And so we fell, the Jedi, our great religion, after hundreds of years, watched it crumble do the ground I did…A pain, unbearable it was.But caused by our foolishness it was.Forgot who we were, did we.Forgot what we were.

Luminous beings are we, not this, crude matter.Flesh and blood, hmph!Part of an energy are we, part of the force.The greatest gift this is, and misused it have we…but no more.

Rest I need, yes, rest. sighs

Twilight is upon me; for 800 years have I trained Jedi; but soon, night must fall.A few short years do I have left to live, to ponder over my pain and suffering, and to finish, one last mission.

A new hope has risen.

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Photo Credits:Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back

Twin Suns

It ends where it began, a planet with twin suns.He remembered being a young boy on Tattooine, longing to leave.Alway’s looking away, to the future, to the horizon; to the suns.That boy was was innocent.Oblivious to most of the galaxy around him; and he yearned to see it, to fly among the stars.

And so he did.And after years and years of adventures, battles, pain and loss; he came to rest, here, upon this rock.

Achh-To is a sacred place to the Jedi.The Jedi were born there, and he hoped they’d die there…How foolish I’ve been, he thought silently to himself.He felt like that boy back on Tattooine.Always jumping to mad conclusions, never his mind on where he was, or what he was doing…Reckless, whispered a small, familiar voice inside his head.

And he accepted it.And with that one singular thought in his head, he left the living force and transformed, into comic energy, becoming one, with the stars.

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Photo Credits:Star Wars The Last Jedi

Nothing and everything

~From Qui-Gon Jinn

A vast expanse of nothing, and everything, stretches in front of me.

Endlessness…

Some fear the unknown, but it’s quite peaceful to me; oblivion.I find a sense of balance here, That exists between all things.There is a life to the desert that most people are unable to see.

Earth, fire, the wind and the sky…

It’s beautiful, how the universe works.How you can find peace, happiness and beauty in everything; if you just open your eyes and look.

Look beyond and look within, and you’ll find that true happiness begins with you and stretches far beyond you.

It is strange how you learn these things only after death.But as it is with the desert, though you can not see the life, it is there.

Such is the way of things.You are a small speck in the vastness of the universe.So, so, infinitely small; you are nothing, and everything.

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Photo Credits:Star Wars Expanded (YouTube channel)