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*after discussing SW for an hour and a half*

me: honestly, I’ve had people ask me questions about the expanded universe to prove my nerdiness.

best friend: …you really don’t need to prove that.

me: well, there’s the thing where you’re less of a fan if you don’t know about the [Star Wars] EU, even though my thing is that I do know about it, I just dislike it.

best friend: you own and have read Splinter of the Mind’s Eye. I think you’re good.

me: it’s bad, though. Just … interestingly bad.

*cue discussion of Splinter of the Mind’s Eye for twenty minutes*

Tagged: #it is in no way canon but nobody will tear luke's space duolingo account from my headcanon

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I am not a fan of expanded universes generally and the SW ones in particular, but otoh … I absolutely love the idea from Splinter of the Mind’s Eye that Luke was so incredibly bored on Tatooine that he downloaded Space Duolingo and learned a bunch of languages for the hell of it.

#i mean. i headcanon that he was brought up bilingual anyway #but that aside i'm genuinely delighted with the idea of luke getting so bored and irritated that he was like #running through huttish conjugations in his head #owen: *lecturing about the importance of hard work and discipline* #luke: wait blast it that one's irregular #OBVIOUSLY it has......other issues but i do like that detail #sweu critical #but not really! #on this one special occasion!

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This is irrelevant to Revenge, but I was just flipping through Splinter of the Mind's Eye -- the novel which (1) introduced me to the EU, and (2) transformed my feelings about Luke/Leia from "omg no BRAIN BLEACH" to "ahahahahaha you know when this will stop being funny? NEVER."

( Elizabeth lols at SOTME )

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Title: Revenge of the Jedi (2/17)

Fanverse: Revenge of the Jedi

Blurb: Obi-Wan explains himself, after a fashion, and Luke meditates.

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