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I’m so obsessed with Eli Vanto. He just learned thrawn is mia after the end of rebels. The marker is streaky and I don’t know how to avoid that, it’s a new medium for me.
Goncharov (1973) but it’s Thranto
This is totally canon btw I didn't just make this up
inspired by this post by @roobgumball95
Fun character dynamic: Two characters, one of whom is autistic and competent at what they do, but isn't exactly charming to people. The other one has ADHD, can't really do fuck-all, but had a rough learning curve about people-pleasing growing up, and is really good at charming people. And they work as a team because that's how they work. One of them does the job as necessary and the other one just shows up like
"Oh me? Yeah no I just speak for this guy. I'm his spokesman. Yeah that's my full time job. We cannot survive without each other."
I just started reading Star Wars: Thrawn (2017) and I’m really fascinated with the attention to detail that Star Wars has when it comes to characters’ accents.
The closer to Coruscant, the more regal the accent is. For example, characters from planets in the inner core tend to have English accents. In contrast, characters from the outer rim planets tend to have American accents.
Characters like Jedi, most of which were raised on Coruscant because of the location of the Jedi Temple, tend to have English accents. However, there are exceptions, such as Anakin Skywalker. I believe Anakin has an American accent because he spent his early childhood on Tatooine, which is located in the outer rim.
Because this idea of location-based accents seemed to be created during the prequel era of Star Wars production, I didn’t expect the sequels to continue with this pattern (Seeing as they hardly cared about other canon ideas, such as the Sith Rule of Two). Surprisingly, Jakku is located in the inner core, which makes Rey’s English accent support this idea.
I know John Boyega was told to use an American accent because there were “too many” characters with English accents in the films, but this may actually support this idea also. As a low ranking stormtrooper, it is less likely that he would have a more regal accent that officers, like Hux, would have.
I also think it’s is interesting that many Imperials from mid to outer rim worlds, like Tarkin and Pryce, would hide their native accents and adopt more sophisticated English ones.
The Thrawn novel states that “Arihnda [Pryce] herself had worked very hard to get rid of her own Outer Rim accent, but she still felt very self conscious about her roots” after she recognizes Eli Vanto’s “Wild Space accent” and notes how uncomfortable he feels in the higher class Imperial gala. Pryce’s homeworld is Lothal, which is in the Outer Rim. This is also where Ezra Bridger and Ryder Azadi are from, and they don’t have regal accents.
In the novel, it is explicitly and repeated stated that Eli Vanto has a “wild space accent” and he’s even bullied for it. What do y’all think the equivalent of his accent would be to us? American? Southern (yee-haw) American? Australian?
I’d love to hear yalls thoughts about this!!😳
Eli Vantoad at your service. @mistr3ssquickly
Guest starring Horatio Frogg!
Ahsoka series wishlist:
Picks up where the Rebels Epilogue ends but set after TBOBF
Finding Ezra isn’t in the finale and he gets a good amount of screentime throughout the season
Redeemed Thrawn (I believe that he does whatever is in his and Csilla’s best interest. The Empire probably thinks he’s dead, not that Palpatine was happy with him the last time they spoke immediately before the Purgill incident. If anything, I think Ezra saved Thrawn’s life and Thrawn probably knows it)
ELI VANTO (with a southern accent!!!)
Chiss vs Grysk conflict and Ezra possibly helping Thrawn
Ghost Crew reunion (hopefully with Zeb and Kallus as well)
Force-sensitive Sabine trained by Ahsoka to use Ezra’s lightsaber (there’s a lot of evidence to support Sabine being force-sensitive: being a descendant of Tarre Vizsla, the Darksaber finding its way to her, her being able to defeat Kanan in a duel when she tapped into her emotions, the force theme playing during her fight with Gar Saxon, Ezra leaving his lightsaber to her and “counting on her”, the loth wolves following her in the Rebels epilogue, etc.)
Force ghost Anakin visiting Ahsoka
Live-action Rex (and hopefully not just for a death scene)
Chopper and Jacen being best friends🥲
secret santa gift for @mittheresabosen !!wrapping up the year with some eli and thrawn, lord knows these guys need some R & R
One day, admiral of the New Republic fleet, commodore of the Chiss Ascendancy fleet, and diplomat of the “no-longer-Empire” came into the bar… and began to think about how to get from the "books" to the "screen".
And make it clear to one Сhiss that they will not tolerate an armada of zombie stormtroopers and witches “on their shift.” Even if he is their friend.
I'm still trying to comprehend how much I ultimately disliked the Ahsoka series… The first season feels unfinished at all.
It’s kinda goofy how no one has asked Thrawn if he wants to be heir to the empire. Wouldn’t it be funny if he’s chilling with a martini in the ascendency and has no idea any of this is happening.
Normal day in the empire.
