man you know what would be a really interesting story to write
there’s a force sensitive cadet in like – one of the earliest batches, like the alphas or command class or something. ( maybe it’s cody! maybe it’s a baby cody or ponds! ) and when i say cadet, i mean they’re like – 2, equiv 4, or so.
jango Hates the jedi. but he’s not stupid enough to not guess what decommission means, or why it’s being applied contemplatively as a solution to this four-year-old who’s just a little bit different in the wrong sort of way – and a part of him is also just curious.
dooku has his schemes, but jango hates him as well. ( he’s a practical man, and his hatred is much the same. he doesn’t hide it from dooku. they both remember galidraan. but he acts as if he’s moved past it. there is always the future for revenge. )
so a three-or-four year old equivalent age baby clone gets, like so many do, dropped off at the door to the jedi temple.
( there’s a bit of a murmur caused by it, if only for the fact that the man who brought the child was in full mando armor. the two groups have some history, to say the least, and the man is gone as soon as he came. )
and this is – eight years or so before the clone army will be discovered. so there’s just a young mando boy, brought into the creche and treated like all the other children, because they have no reason, really, to suspect he’s anything but. ( later, while doing check-ups on him, they discover that his growth is accelerated, but it’s just assumed he’s some-part nonhuman or something. )
they grow up in the jedi temple, and would in all likelihood be a padawan when everything is set into motion.
and then the clone army is discovered, and some old part of him remembers, remembers kamino and remembers thousands of brothers and remembers jango, even. he goes with yoda, when it comes time to pick his brothers up.
the question of are these men people no longer exists, because it is asked, once, briefly, and the – he’s not a cadet any more, if he had stayed, he would be one of them, the soldiers in armor on the field – levels burning gold eyes at the asker.
they are my brothers, he says, and that is the end of it.
an idea i can’t think of plot for: bail and padme are jedi, they work very well together. obi-wan and anakin are senators who argue a lot, even though they generally vote on the same side of issues.
wardrobe ; padmé amidala’s wardrobe had many uses besides just to look elegant and extravagant. often underestimated for her age, amidala’s wardrobe as queen was meant to make her appear larger and more intimidating than she truly was. the large size of her attire, paired with the ceremonial face paint she wore as queen, also made it easier for her handmaidens to impersonate her in times of danger. the hoods of the handmaiden’s cloaks also served useful as it would allow amidala to remain hidden if a handmaiden was impersonating her. this practice continued past her term as queen. many times, amidala’s clothing would serve her as a disguise – whether a handmaiden, tatooine peasant, pilot, or refugee – as well as allowed her to remain inconspicuous when she needed to be – such as when visiting tatooine with anakin skywalker. at times her wardrobe was cleverly hidden armor, such as when she was packing to flee coruscant. her wardrobe also held items that would help her escape from potentially dangerous situations, which proved useful when on geonosis when she was able to escape her chains. during the later part of her term as senator, amidala used her wardrobe as a way to hide her pregnancy.
“The Warriors of the Order were those Jedi who placed a special emphasis on the martial arts, particularly lightsaber combat. They honed their skills in warfare, but not because they saw war as desirable; the Jedi knew that war did not make them great, either as individuals or as an Order. Instead, many Jedi saw the martial arts as a way to hone the mind-body connection, and in so doing to become closer to the Force. Equally important, and perhaps more so to some, was the role of the Jedi as peacekeepers and protectors of the innocent. Even though nonviolent resolution of conflicts was their ideal, the Jedi knew that there would always be those who would not bend to reason. And so, the Jedi knew they must stand ever ready to battle the evil and corrupt for the betterment of the galaxy.” – Knights of Fate via Fantasy Flight Games
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