STAR WARS: possible spoiler warning

[avali]

STAR WARS CALL OUT POST:
STEP 1: pick a muse
STEP 2: leave a comment with their name in the subject line, pictures, words or all of the above
STEP 3: profit

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[patrilineal]

And what did Luke Skywalker start? All I see are false starts. [Because of him, the Jedi Killer. He had decimated the Force-sensitive youths that he had lived with day in and day out, believing that their return to the galaxy would only taint what had been established by his grandfather and the Emperor.]

Do you really think it's a coincidence that he hasn't brought hope to the galaxy? For years, it was Vader who succeeded there. He brought everything into its rightful place.

[reconditioning]

You did that to him. [He snaps it out without thinking, lips going entirely flat just a moment later as if he's already chastising himself for aggravating an already terrible scenario, but-- no, he's done biting his tongue out of fear, and he's done letting Kylo Ren intimidate him.]

You ruined everything he was doing to fix-- [Hope? The Light? His mind races over every conversation with Maz, every memory left burned into his mind from when Han was alive with his hand on his shoulder and a tired, affectionate voice, trying to pinpoint an answer that makes sense.] the Force. The universe.

All of it got screwed up because of you.

[patrilineal]

And now he's a man who runs from everything.

[To Ren, it's a clear question of resolve. He doesn't deny that he's the one who destroyed everything, ensuring that he could follow in the path of Vader. He doesn't deny any of that, but he also knows that Luke Skywalker fled.]

Tell me. Do you think he'll return? Or will he give up even with the girl?

[The girl, the mysterious girl with so much power from the Force. The girl, who was even more powerful than him. He's certain that Snoke recognizes it, and that makes him worry.]

[reconditioning]

[ Because he had to is what Finn thinks. Wrongly, maybe, but he knows what it's like, having nothing, needing an out when the whole world is hunting you down. If someone like Luke Skywalker fled, Finn likes to think it was for the same reason.] No.

Whatever he went out there to do, he's doing it. That's what I believe.

[And Rey-- Rey's better than anyone at shedding light in dark places. She'll bring him back. She'll be okay.]

[patrilineal]

[Ren laughs, and the sound he makes is cold, cutting, and certain, as if he doubts that Luke Skywalker (doubts that his uncle) had gone anywhere to do anything. In his training, he had heard of the different Jedi Temples spread throughout the galaxy, but Snoke assured him that his uncle would become no stronger while immersing himself in those settings.]

He's been gone for fifteen years. What takes fifteen years to accomplish? In that time, the Supreme Leader has only grown stronger. He's abandoned your people. He doesn't even stand by your foolish ideals. [In fact, he may not even know about the Resistance at all.

There's an irony in that, one that he appreciates. He knows that Luke is strong with the Force, though, so there's a certain twisted idealism in him wanting these words to be true.]