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Friday, February 09, 2007
Aayla Secura
Like I said, I've been on a Star Wars trip with drawing here lately. I've been trying to draw characters who are lesser known just because most of the popular ones have been splattered all over the place. This one is a drawing of Aayla Secura.
She was a Jedi Knight that appeared in Episodes 2 and 3, having died in Episode3. She is a Twi'lek from the planet Ryloth. Aayla is the same humanoid species as the female who played Jaba's slave in Return of the Jedi, who was later eaten by the Rankor. Aayla became a General during the Clone Wars and was selected to defend the colorful planet of Felucia, along side the Clone Troopers. After Palpatine executed Order 66, Aayla was then slain by the Troopers.
Monday, February 05, 2007
Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (Post 6 of 6)
Ah. We come to the final installment in the prequel films. Episode 3 is probably the best of this series in my opinion, as we get to see the fall of Anakin Skywalker.
One of the scenes I really enjoyed is where Anakin walks into the theater/opera house to meet Palpatine. There, Palpatine tells Anakin the story of Darth Plaguies, a dark Lord of the Sith. It's strange that Anakin didn't pick up on him being the Sith Lord at that moment, but whatever. Palpatine tells Anakin that Plaguies was so powerful with the dark-side, that he was able to influence the midichlorians into creating life. Upon hearing this, one might assume that Plaguies was responsible for creating Anakin...because we learned in Episode I that Anakin was born without a father. I guess you could call it an 'immaculate conception'...except that Shmi (Anakin's mother, was married years before she had Anakin.) But I don't think Plaguies had a hand in creating Anakin...at least I doubt that was Lucas' intent. Darth Plaguies learned how to transfer a spirit to newer clone bodies to essentially prevent death, through the dark-side of the Force. But he never used this knowledge to save himself, as Palpatine killed him beforehand.
Later in the film we come to the part where Palpatine declares himself Emperor of the Republic and reorganizes the Senate and Republic into the Empire. Being that Anakin was a faithful friend to Palpatine and the Republic, he thought he was doing right by mankind by joining Palpatine, also with regards to saving Padme from Anakin's visions of death. Palpatine promised Anakin that if he joined him in his quest to end Republic's corruption, that he would save Padme from certain death. By the time the Jedi Council realizes what has transpired, it is too late. The Emperor then initiates 'Order 66', which apparently was some pre-programmed command embedded into the clone trooper's DNA to wipe out the remaining Jedi and follow only the Emperor's and Vader's commands. Vader then goes to Mustafar and dissolves what's left of the Separatists, thus eliminating any looming threat against the Empire. Little known to Vader and his Emperor, Padme bores twins with the help of Yoda and Obi-Wan. The twins were separated at birth, shortly after Padme died. The daughter, Leia goes with Bail Organa to be raised on Alderraan, while Luke goes to live with his step aunt and uncle on Tatooine, under the watchful eye of Obi-Wan.
It's also kind of interesting that during Padme's funeral, you can see her laying there in the floating casket with the locket that Anakin made for her many years before around her neck. Before she died, she told Obi-Wan one last time that there was still good left in him, despite his turn to the dark-side. It's possible that Lucas used the locket to sort of highlight that idea as a precursor to what Vader would ultimately do in Episode 6 to save his son.
After the duel between Anakin and Obi-Wan, Obi-Wan protests to Anakin that he was his friend all along and that he loved him. Obi-Wan felt betrayed in his efforts to help Anakin grow into a Jedi. Afterwards, he picks up Anakin's lightsaber off the lava-bank. This would be the lightsaber handed down to Luke in Episode 4.
The Star Wars films were all an enjoyable experience. It's been fun to see George Lucas' story brought to light. It houses all the legendary archetypes that make a story great...Father versus son, dark versus light, good versus evil, friendship and betrayal, and a true character redemption. Lucas created a world in Star Wars much like Tolkien did with Lord of the Rings through the years of Middle Earth. A world that will always be one of my favorite places to visit in the years to come...
One of the scenes I really enjoyed is where Anakin walks into the theater/opera house to meet Palpatine. There, Palpatine tells Anakin the story of Darth Plaguies, a dark Lord of the Sith. It's strange that Anakin didn't pick up on him being the Sith Lord at that moment, but whatever. Palpatine tells Anakin that Plaguies was so powerful with the dark-side, that he was able to influence the midichlorians into creating life. Upon hearing this, one might assume that Plaguies was responsible for creating Anakin...because we learned in Episode I that Anakin was born without a father. I guess you could call it an 'immaculate conception'...except that Shmi (Anakin's mother, was married years before she had Anakin.) But I don't think Plaguies had a hand in creating Anakin...at least I doubt that was Lucas' intent. Darth Plaguies learned how to transfer a spirit to newer clone bodies to essentially prevent death, through the dark-side of the Force. But he never used this knowledge to save himself, as Palpatine killed him beforehand.
Later in the film we come to the part where Palpatine declares himself Emperor of the Republic and reorganizes the Senate and Republic into the Empire. Being that Anakin was a faithful friend to Palpatine and the Republic, he thought he was doing right by mankind by joining Palpatine, also with regards to saving Padme from Anakin's visions of death. Palpatine promised Anakin that if he joined him in his quest to end Republic's corruption, that he would save Padme from certain death. By the time the Jedi Council realizes what has transpired, it is too late. The Emperor then initiates 'Order 66', which apparently was some pre-programmed command embedded into the clone trooper's DNA to wipe out the remaining Jedi and follow only the Emperor's and Vader's commands. Vader then goes to Mustafar and dissolves what's left of the Separatists, thus eliminating any looming threat against the Empire. Little known to Vader and his Emperor, Padme bores twins with the help of Yoda and Obi-Wan. The twins were separated at birth, shortly after Padme died. The daughter, Leia goes with Bail Organa to be raised on Alderraan, while Luke goes to live with his step aunt and uncle on Tatooine, under the watchful eye of Obi-Wan.
It's also kind of interesting that during Padme's funeral, you can see her laying there in the floating casket with the locket that Anakin made for her many years before around her neck. Before she died, she told Obi-Wan one last time that there was still good left in him, despite his turn to the dark-side. It's possible that Lucas used the locket to sort of highlight that idea as a precursor to what Vader would ultimately do in Episode 6 to save his son.
After the duel between Anakin and Obi-Wan, Obi-Wan protests to Anakin that he was his friend all along and that he loved him. Obi-Wan felt betrayed in his efforts to help Anakin grow into a Jedi. Afterwards, he picks up Anakin's lightsaber off the lava-bank. This would be the lightsaber handed down to Luke in Episode 4.
The Star Wars films were all an enjoyable experience. It's been fun to see George Lucas' story brought to light. It houses all the legendary archetypes that make a story great...Father versus son, dark versus light, good versus evil, friendship and betrayal, and a true character redemption. Lucas created a world in Star Wars much like Tolkien did with Lord of the Rings through the years of Middle Earth. A world that will always be one of my favorite places to visit in the years to come...