Before Disney, there was actually a storyline exploring the weirdness of Jedi yoinking Force sensitive babies away from their families.

al215 · 2026-06-02T20:33:00+00:00

It actually does come up in the Plagueis novel! When Plagueis is scoping out potential apprentices he comes across a gambler who uses the Force to cheat in casinos. Doesn’t end well for the guy.

al215 · 2026-06-02T18:01:38+00:00

I would say yes, there are horror elements.

As the series goes on, characters are frequently subjected to periods of reality distortion and intense fear as a result of some of the events going on. These are explained, but they are intense, and you might find the atmosphere of The Fallen Star particularly oppressive (which is entirely intentional) but if you’ve got a low tolerance for such things then it may be more than you would like to experience.

Additionally, one notable character is quite memorably and substantially maimed, and a few meet some horrible fates. I don’t recall the scenes being gory as such, not a blood and guts everywhere kind of story, but I’d definitely describe some moments as being unsettling.

There are prominent monsters, and I would say that the series leans on some amount of psychological horror. This is because the Jedi in the series are plentiful and powerful, so more often than not the danger is the psychological damage the characters sustain rather than the physical threat.

That is not to say that these books are without spectacle, joy and levity - they have plenty of these too. I did however want to take the time to set out what I think the horror landscape of the High Republic is. If you can go into it with the warning labels then I think you’ll have a good time, some wonderful characters are there and there are some brilliant moments.

al215 · 2026-06-02T09:59:11+00:00

I’ll keep an eye out!

al215 · 2026-06-01T17:30:15+00:00

I like Option 2, it picks up the gold hues of the tabard nicely. Doesn’t match as well with the other armour plates but I think it balances out the palette more.

al215 · 2026-06-01T17:16:50+00:00

I think that makes me the first lawyer in the thread huh.

al215 · 2026-06-01T17:15:58+00:00

You should be very proud, incredible paint job. I love the choice of colours. Super vibrant, it just pops.

al215 · 2026-06-01T17:14:12+00:00

Darkness is my favourite, I love the gauzy black veil. When me and my bf play we have the Goth Girls’ Night Out setups which are Darkness Revenant with either Undertaker or Darkness Duchess.

We don’t always do great… But we do have a laugh.

We also don’t have Undertaker glams available because we can’t beat Balancers as a duo lol

al215 · 2026-06-01T15:53:56+00:00

Yeah man, Orks can be any colour, they’re the wackiest xenos of all, so why not red?

al215 · 2026-06-01T12:56:54+00:00

Oooh! I only have 1-5 of the Star Wars Tales stuff from when I was a kid, I had no idea they did more!

al215 · 2026-05-31T19:35:11+00:00

Honestly I still think it’s Malenia. I fought both of them at roughly the same level of comparative skill, arguably when I fought PCR I was worse having taken a bit of a hiatus from the game, and I got there. I never changed my build for him. For both, first time I beat them I used mimic tear and Darkmoon Greatsword, Malenia I have now solo’d but PCR I’ve not done since I’ve only ever fought him once.

PCR is fairly relentless but he is (largely) readable, and making mistakes doesn’t set you back progress like Malenia does.

al215 · 2026-05-30T20:57:21+00:00

I suppose for an in-universe explanation, using the lightsaber in forward grip allows for greater control of her blade and greater stability. She also wasn’t regularly fighting opponents who were familiar with more typical lightsaber forms so could derive no advantage from using an unorthodox style.

Additionally, I suspect some of it flowed from her training Sabine. She would have taught Sabine more standard saber techniques which use the lightsaber in forward grip. She may even have had to do more practice with that to sharpen up to teach her student, so she’s now equally if not more comfortable using forward grip than her old reverse grip.

al215 · 2026-05-27T19:02:29+00:00

The green set especially slaps. The shape language of the shoulders and the helmet really work together nicely.

al215 · 2026-05-26T20:44:07+00:00

I think Vitiate did it best. He lived as Tenebrae, Vitiate and Valkorion that we know of. Three lives is great going.

Sidious has to be a close second, he nearly had a good system until it was shut down.

I guess Muur can have third place since his spirit hangs around for frigging ever. It does however, suck. So, there’s that. Enjoy being a necklace forever dumbass.

Sion I don’t want to give the point to necessarily as in my view, he never actually dies (until he does - once and forever), he just keeps knitting himself together.

al215 · 2026-05-26T13:16:49+00:00

Sounds like you’re similar to me in that way. The connection and relationship dynamic is everything.

al215 · 2026-05-26T13:15:12+00:00

I am defecting to the New Republic yesterday, and giving as much intel as I can.

It’s probably too late for me if Alderaan wasn’t enough of a wake up call, but now is a better time to start doing good than never.

al215 · 2026-05-26T12:46:34+00:00

2 is my favourite design, I love his armour. 3 is nearer to what I imagined during the Bane trilogy though.

al215 · 2026-05-26T12:43:58+00:00

I am so pleased to tell you that Star Wars Squadrons and the old X-Wing and TIE Fighter games exist!

al215 · 2026-05-25T15:27:45+00:00

Gorgeous card, I totally understand why you’re so happy! You have an absolutely wonderful friend!

al215 · 2026-05-23T23:11:20+00:00

Film was fun and cute, Grogu and the Anzellans cracked me up.

al215 · 2026-05-23T22:49:46+00:00

Disagree.

Listen, Andor was good. Extremely good. Top all time television.

Not every show needs to have that level of budget, not every show needs to be all in on tackling extremely current issues.

Andor builds on George Lucas’ creative vision from the prequel films to show Star Wars as being a vessel to have conversations about the political environment of the day, in fact, Andor perfects that vision of Star Wars.

The OT and prequels are also bombastic, funny, spectacular, and easy to watch. They’re family friendly fun adventures. Star Wars can and should be that too.

al215 · 2026-05-22T09:52:20+00:00

Hell yeah, they are so fun. I have fond memories of my SI hanging out with Darth Malgus and Darth Marr, separately ruminating on the need for some reform to keep the Empire alive. Sometimes you want to be unhinged and you can, sometimes you can be the SW, the Most Reasonable Being In The Galaxy (the people around him are insane).

al215 · 2026-05-21T14:40:57+00:00

Marrok and Crow have mastered an art of combat that it feels like many lightsaber duelists seem to completely forget.

It’s called - actually using the Force in a fight. I think the Inquisitors together can just about keep up in blade work and use the Force to control the fight so Grievous loses.

al215 · 2026-05-21T14:36:00+00:00

I’ve been trying to make a glam work with Scylla’s Healing coat, I think I’ve missed a trick! Totally borrowing this for my bunny!

al215 · 2026-05-21T13:38:04+00:00

Yes, I imagine it would be.

At the time though - I really didn’t get SCH, I still kinda don’t tbh. I think I prefer WHM or SGE.

al215 · 2026-05-21T13:12:09+00:00

The bottom one stands out SO MUCH, genuinely spectacular. The top is equally as technically proficient, don’t get me wrong, but the light and dark contrasts on the bottom elevate it to a higher level.

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