You are moping on your island of self-imposed exile, and then this girl shows up.
She’s flying your best friend’s ship. The ship that Han thought he lost for ever. The ship that was stolen and passed through so many hands that he was sure he’d never see it again. The same ship that took you away from home for the first time.
She’s accompanied by your personal droid. The droid you left behind and abandoned. The droid that C-3PO was sure would never be the same again.
She holds out her hand and she’s holding your father’s light saber. The sword you were sure was lost forever. The light saber that you dropped down a bottomless air shaft on a gas giant thirty years ago. The light saber you knew you would never see again.
You look up and you see her eyes. Maz Kanata says that if you live long enough, you see the same eyes looking out of different faces. The girl’s face is different, but those eyes are the same. You know those eyes. They’re the eyes you thought you’d never see again.
And that’s when you know it.
You’re screwed.
They say sometimes the Force works in mysterious ways. Sometimes, the Force will send you little signs. Subtle clues.
Other times, the Force will just beat you repeatedly over the head with a gigantic neon sign that says: “You can’t run away from your past anymore, Luke. I won’t let you. Look, here is your past come back to haunt you. Now deal with it.”
You have no idea how much I adore this post with my whole being
I like the idea of the Force sending Luke little signs over the years that it’s time to return to his loved ones, gently increasing in intensity as he ignores them, until it finally gets fed up and shoves the events of Episode 7 into motion, finishing with a flourish of HERE’S YOUR NEW APPRENTICE, SPACE HOBO.
Aided and abetted by the ghost trio, I imagine. Especially since he did not look at all surprised.
Obi-Wan and Yoda sending him dreams and whispers for 15 years, before an exasperated Anakin pushed them aside “Excuse me, but you two are not very good at dealing with Skywalkers and have amply demonstrated that fact over the decades. We don’t do subtle. *appears giant-size over the sky* That’s it, Luke, we’re sending you all the things! So PULL YOUR SHIT TOGETHER, SON!!”
Abra Kadabra! A Butterfree! Belated Birthday present for @scraps-is-busy that also kinda doubles as a Patreon Commission kinda. I am SUPER happy with this <3
Things keep getting better for Chewbacca Mom Candace Payne. First, her video went massively viral, leading to talk show appearances, face to face time with the likes of J.J. Abrams and Chewbacca himself. Now she and her entire family are getting full scholarships to a pretty good college.
but. why? how does putting on a mask and laughing for 5 minutes translate to free college for your entire family? that makes absolutely so sense. like. i’m glad your video went viral. awesome. we don’t need to GIVE THIS WOMAN FREE SHIT just because she has a great laugh. This is ridiculous.
Oh no, free college for kids, how can I make this a bad thing? How can I make this about me?
agreed… she did something most marketing people cant do. Make something go viral.
It was just the pure happiness she had goofing around with something. that’s 100 times better then any kind of marketing ploy any company can do.
She deserves it, she was lucky to get all that she has. I am happy for her.
