forcearama:

gffa:

@forcearama​​ and I were crying about the Obi-Wan and Yoda stories in From a Certain Point of View again and especially crying about:

• YODA USES QUI-GON’S CLOAK AS A BLANKET 
• wtf did he keep that over the last 15 years since Qui-Gon died???  
• OH NO YODA LINEAGE FEELINGS.
• HE LOVES HIS KIDS SO MUCH HE LITERALLY KEPT MEMENTOS OF THEM ON HIS LITTLE SHIP.  *bawls*
• HOW DID HE GET THAT CLOAK? Because Qui-Gon died YEARS AND YEARS ago, which means he was keeping that cloak THE WHOLE TIME?
• Did he keep it stored away on the ship?  In a drawer somewhere?  DID HE SLEEP WITH IT EVERY NIGHT AT THE TEMPLE?

And that of course led to @forcearama​ saying, “I’m calling it now: the Jedi Order 10000% had family movie nights. AND THEY WERE NOT OPTIONAL.”

• Yoda INSISTED because “I’m not getting any younger” and all that and everyone PRETENDS they have other shit to do but we all know they have no lives and all love each other.
• They get out a projector and show something in one of those giant atriums they have. Everyone puts on their Jedi jammies (JEDI SNUGGIES FOR ALL), Yoda makes people pose for group photos and guilt-trips them like an old mom.  "No pictures I have with all the grandkids".
• Yoda always gets the best seat in the house and everybody makes sure he has the fluffiest pillow to sit on and he’s just SO PROUD LOOK AT ALL OF THEM THEY’RE SO GOOD.
• I’m sitting here, picturing a giant semi-circle theater with Jedi in little clusters all around it, while Space Disney movies play on the screen.  The Jedi aren’t TOTALLY cut off from popular Republic culture, they will have missions to take on that will require at least some basic pop culture knowledge, so they watch at least the major classic ones.

But, of course, Anakin will not be left out.

• Anakin is always stealing Obi-Wan’s blanket and then ends up cuddle octopus-ing him by the end of the movie because THIS ATRIUM IS FREEZING OBI-WAN.  
• Jedi Movie Night at the ampitheater and it’s freezing in there of course so Anakin has like three Jedi Snuggies and is STILL octopusing Obi-Wan, who pretends like he’s annoyed, but also hasn’t actually shoved Anakin away.
• Anakin never complains that he’s too old for these movies anymore, because he missed out on them when he was a little kid and so he LOVES THIS.
• Anakin fucking LOVES Space Disney, okay.
• He denies it and Obi-Wan only teases him when no one else is around, but Anakin ABSOLUTELY cries at at least five of them.
• Anakin’s ON THE EDGE OF HIS SEAT, thumbnail in his mouth, CONSTANTLY asking Obi-Wan questions. 
• [whispering] “What is that?”
  “A rabbit, Anakin.”
  “…do they always sing that good?”

• Ahsoka only comes sometimes, she’s usually sneaked off with the other Padawans her age, probably doing Stupid Jedi Tricks off the top of the Temple Roof or something, but once in awhile she agrees to it and Anakin jams his head on top of her horns and refuses to let go of her.

There are other pockets of adorable, too.

• Mace is in a corner playing sabaac with some of the other Masters, Shaak Ti brings like 700 clones with her.  "What? They didn’t have anything else to DO tonight, what was I supposed to do?“
• Mace eventually gives up on playing sabaac with the other Masters because they all keep cheating outlandishly, but OBVIOUSLY, because it’s hilarious and instead goes to sit with a group of younglings, because he may be Super Serious, but kids are PRECIOUS and he has endless patience to explain things to them. 
• They’re SUPPOSED to be questioning things and learning and they’re so eager to soak up knowledge and touch the Force for the first time and they’re GOOD KIDS.  
• Kit takes Mace’s place and is the worst cheater of them all.  He keeps playing wet, sticky cards and then SWEARING they weren’t wedged between his head tails.
• MACE WATCHING SPACE DISNEY WITH BABY JEDI.  He’s got like 6 kids crowding him by the end.  
• Everyone wants to sit by Master Windu at movie night because he always answers all the questions and warns them before the scary parts and shows them how to be brave. 
• There’s Mace over there, quietly explaining some bit of warning about what’s coming up or telling them, very seriously, that this is his favorite part, so pay attention, and it’s like the part where the characters walk into a beautiful panoramic nature vista.  And it’s just so beautiful that the little kids who’ve never seen it just GASP, like OHHHH THAT’S SO PRETTY and Mace’s contentment can be felt from across the room, even as his face never wavers.
• (*sobs* MACE WINDU DESERVED NONE OF THE BULLSHIT)

But also!

• Anakin will A FEW TIMES go join Mace’s group, like HE IS JUST THERE TO HELP WITH THE KIDS (despite that he totally ignores them half of the time) and asks questions about what’s going to happen next.  FOR THE KIDS.
• Anakin secretly just thinks the kids are asking really good questions
• This is the one place that Mace never once gives Anakin shit, because he’s GENUINE here.
• He really wants to know and this is why Mace still wants to believe in Anakin, because he’s seen that kid at movie night, glued to the screen, wondering if they’re going to save ALL one hundred and one akk puppies.
• Anakin: [mouth full of popcorn, whispering]: “OK but like…Master Windu…the witch isn’t really going to poison her is she?!”

We really do discuss all the most important Star Wars topics. 

I love Jedi Family Movie Night. Also you know Yoda makes them watch old home movies sometimes, too.