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JainaSolo1994

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🤺Fight choreographer, historical fencer, singer, writer, actress, Jedi 🎭I make SW analyses/theories about choreo, themes, character, music, etc. ✨I led the campaign for the Jaina Solo black series action figure 💜Proud fan of both Legends and Disney Canon

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JainaSolo1994 @jaina1994.bsky.social · Apr 15

In his "deal with the devil", to quote George, Anakin explicitly tells us his motive for siding with evil. "I can't live without her." He wants to save her for his own sake, not for hers.
This is not love, this is Possession. This is what the Jedi seek to avoid by forbidding attachment. 2/

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The Star Wars Underworld @theswu.bsky.social · 6d

Happy #StarWarsVisions Vol. 3 Eve to all who celebrate! 🎊

JainaSolo1994 @jaina1994.bsky.social · 10d

If you'll indulge me, I think Star Wars' thematic views on the nature of life and death are well expressed through dialogue I myself wrote.

This is the Father of Mortis, speaking to Rey in the Netherworld of Unbeing to dissuade her from her quest of bringing Ben back to the temporal world.
7/7

JainaSolo1994 @jaina1994.bsky.social · 10d

And while that's a vast improvement on his grandfather's flaw, it's still a flaw.
He's still holding on.

And while he doesn't knowingly inflict suffering on others to save his love (like Vader did), Ben violates a cosmic law of reality, he defies the Force, undoing death itself to save his love
6/7

JainaSolo1994 @jaina1994.bsky.social · 10d

He certainly surpassed Anakin in that, who needed to save Padmé for His sake, not her own.

But Ben was still unwilling to let Rey go for Her sake. Her life, her joys, her sorrows, her experiences. He needed them to continue, with or without him.
5/7
#TheHuntForBenSolo

JainaSolo1994 @jaina1994.bsky.social · 10d

Ben repeated this mistake in a less possessive way.
Ben was able to let go of his Possession of Rey, giving his own life for her, much like Anakin, eventually, gave his life for his beloved son.
Ben learned this wisdom far earlier in life, while the woman he loved was still alive, which is good
4/7

JainaSolo1994 @jaina1994.bsky.social · 10d

If Ben is to truly finish what his grandfather started, he needs to accept the woman he loves will die, if that is her destiny.
And to destroy Palpatine through self-sacrifice to save the whole galaxy was absolutely Rey's destiny. Ben failed to let her achieve that, repeating Anakin's mistake.
3/7

JainaSolo1994 @jaina1994.bsky.social · 10d

##TheHuntForBenSolo
Anakin was trying to stop the change, to stop the Suns from setting.

Anakin literally tried to stop the Suns of Tatooine from setting, racing the sunsset to save his mother from the ultimate change: Death.
He was trying to fight destiny, he was trying to Duel with Fate.
2/7

JainaSolo1994 @jaina1994.bsky.social · 10d

Opinion:
#BenSolo saving the woman he loves from death is NOT "finish[ing] what [Anakin] started", that's such a severe misunderstanding of Anakin's fall.

Anakin didn't fall because he was unAble to save his wife from death, his fall was because he was unWilling to let her die, as was her fate.
1/7

JainaSolo1994 @jaina1994.bsky.social · 13d

How did Adam get my script of Rey traveling to the Netherworld of Unbeing ala Orpheus to take Ben back to the realm of the living, despite warnings from the mortis Father (Sir Ian McKellen) this is how the original Dyad unbalanced the Force?
(Ben in the Netherworld theory in Alt text of these pics!)

"Transit to any point across the cosmos" might be hyperbolizing sightly, but it's clear that the Netherworld of Unbeing has incredible transportative powers. I believe the Netherworld of Unbeing is in fact the World Between Worlds, aka the Vergence Scatter.

Exegol has a "transportative Vergence", fissures have been carved, reaching deep into the planet. Fissures like those surrounding the Sith Throne, where Ben's body disappeared entirely, unlike Anakin's after his very similar moment of redemption through self-sacrifice.
Similarly, we do not see Ben Solo's ghost later, again unlike Anakin.

"Abstracted view" of "hyperspatial waypoints" to Exegol and to Ahch-To in the TROS visual dictionary. These are identical to the "visualization" of the "Vergence Scatter" or "World Between Worlds" from The Sacred Jedi Texts in the TLJ visual dictionary, other than the "amended insert" at the bottom.

Charting known (red, vergences in Canon), suspected (green, vergences in Legends), and
potential (blue, likely to be vergences due to story significance and various lore), on the Galaxy map.
Compared with illustrations/star charts (traced in blue lines) of the "Vergence Scatter" or "World Between Worlds" from the TLJ visual dictionary and identical "hyperspatial waypoints" to Exegol and to Ahch-To in the TROS visual dictionary.
The locations of Vergences, the illustration of hyperspace points, and the illustration of the World Between Worlds all line up very well for "abstract" representations.
The World Between Worlds is a network of Vergences, including (and especially highlighted) the "transportative Vergence" on Exegol that Ben Solo may have disappeared into after giving his lifeforce to Rey.

JainaSolo1994 @jaina1994.bsky.social · 19d

@starwarsexplained.com is now officially more canon than I am!
Genuinely though, I couldn't be happier about this, Alex and @molliedamon.bsky.social are lights in this fandom when all other lights go out.
Always kind, passionate, fun, and brave, with keen and insightful analysis.
Congratulations!💜

Star Wars Explained @starwarsexplained.com · 21d

TIL Space Wars Explained exists in Star Wars canon now 👀

JainaSolo1994 @jaina1994.bsky.social · Sep 23

One of my favorite parts of the first game was Feinting my enemies; the game never tells you, but canceling your attack animation baits enemies into reacting.
Now in #GhostOfYotei enemies can feint too, as this enemy seems to cancel a slash when Atsu rolls away, and then transitions to a thrust!

JainaSolo1994 @jaina1994.bsky.social · Sep 22

#TheMandalorianAndGrogu
Now that we have another snowy planet (my favorite biome), they better not blow it up like the last two!
(Assuming it's not Starkiller or Kimji, which are both still around in this era.
They might be on a mission investigating the Imperial 'project' on Illum?)

JainaSolo1994 @jaina1994.bsky.social · Sep 22

Haven't seen anyone mention this yet, and it might prove to be a different creature, but this sure looks like a Greater Krayt Dragon to me!
#TheMandalorianAndGrogu
#KraytDragon
#StarWars

JainaSolo1994 @jaina1994.bsky.social · Sep 20

Fight The Empire!
Cancel your Disney+ today, and tell them why:
The death of Truth is the ultimate victory of evil
Freedom is a pure idea
The Empire is a disease, never more alive than when we sleep
Oppression is the mask of Fear
The Monster who will come for us all soon enough is President Trump.

The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · Sep 19

"We spent six years thinking about a fascist takeover of a galaxy far, far away. Six years thinking about ordinary beings as an authoritarian regime comes in for the kill. Many people saw parallels between Andor and the real world. I see them as well, particularly in the events of the last week."

‘Andor’ Writer Dan Gilroy On Disney Suspending Jimmy Kimmel & Hollywood Facing “Venomous Evil”: “This Isn’t A Skirmish. It’s A Siege” – Guest Column

'Andor' Writer Dan Gilroy On Trump's Jimmy Kimmel Pressure Campaign: "Artists Are Censored First Because They Fear Us Most" -- Guest Column

JainaSolo1994 @jaina1994.bsky.social · Sep 19

Disney has some of the best lawyers in the world, they could and should have fought this tooth and nail.

The fact that they'd rather risk public backlash, aka their profits, than a court case they're likely to win using the First Amendment, tells us everything about their loyalty to The Monster.

JainaSolo1994 @jaina1994.bsky.social · Sep 18

Remember when all the """fans""" pretended to suddenly care about Ki-Adi Mundi just because it was politically advantageous (hateful), when most of them didn't even know his name, and he wasn't even well-liked among his special group of hypocrites within his politically-entrenched religion?

JainaSolo1994 @jaina1994.bsky.social · Sep 10

In TLJ, Luke assumes Ben took "a handful" of his students. But we know from the Rise of Kylo Ren comics that Ben didn't take anyone.

3 Jedi chased after him, but they were already off-world when the Temple was destroyed, and 3 is not a handful, it's barely a few.

So who *did* take Luke's students?

Luke watches his Jedi Temple burn on Ossus, his narration reads "When I came to, the Temple was burning. He had vanished with a handful of my students. And slaughtered the rest."

JainaSolo1994 @jaina1994.bsky.social · Aug 15

Also, as a choreographer it's some of the best storytelling through choreo I've seen.
Bespin, Starkiller, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Princess Bride. The forest fight from The Acolyte

Technical complexity, evolving dynamics, character expression, themes, historical techniques. It's all there

JainaSolo1994 @jaina1994.bsky.social · Jul 26

I'll be your Second💜

JainaSolo1994 @jaina1994.bsky.social · Jul 26

But it's a good trick

JainaSolo1994 @jaina1994.bsky.social · Jul 26

Obviously this is drills, not a choreographed fight scene with other combatants or direction, and should be taken with a grain of salt

That being said, as someone who's done this for over 20 years, I think he's showing good skill and physical literacy, and that toss & catch flourish is very Ezra

Star Wars Holocron @swholocron.bsky.social · Jul 21

Ezra Bridger actor Eman Esfandi shows off his lightsaber training for AHSOKA Season 2

JainaSolo1994 @jaina1994.bsky.social · Jul 10

Well, that took far longer than I expected it to.
I'm going to watch the State Of Play now, I hope someone found this mildly interesting!💜

JainaSolo1994 @jaina1994.bsky.social · Jul 10

It would be really cool if they used the Japanese oppression of the Ainu as a direct parallel to the Mongol invasion of Tsushima.

If the Shogunate were the villains for this game, and Atsu takes inspiration from Jin's rebellion against the Shogunate (which would be explored in Ghost of Tsushima 2)

JainaSolo1994 @jaina1994.bsky.social · Jul 10

【Spoilers for the first game!】
In history, Hokkaido/Ezo was invaded by the Mongols, but in this timeline the Ghost stopped the Mongol invasion at Tsushima, so that might be why events play out differently in this story.

JainaSolo1994 @jaina1994.bsky.social · Jul 10

In lieu of improving an already Greatest Of All Time combat system, that's the future I see for this series: leveraging and expanding already nearly-perfected (Tools could be better) mechanics to new horizons.

That and the storytelling of course which I have no doubt will be superb again.