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trickytricky's recommendation, I've been listening to the Blueprint for Armageddon podcast, which is about the lead-up to World War I, as well as all the other political and historical context that led up to it. It's definitely a bit on the rambly side, the host has some inflections that took me awhile to get used to, but as promised it's utterly engaging and really interesting to look at, in the context of how Star Wars is a reflection of reality in some ways, in the sense of all these complicated moving pieces contributing to a bigger whole.
It's interesting for it's own sake, rather than for giving context to SW, I would say, but I would recommend it so far, even though I'm only an hour into the first one. Even if history isn't usually your thing, the host is compelling enough that it's still really cool to listen to.
ღ - I feel like I either go 1mph or 100mph when it comes to Star Wars lately (to be fair, I set up this journal and my tumblr specifically to be Star Wars-only, with some minor personal stuff sneaking in occasionally) and a lot of that comes down to whether or not the thing I'm reading is something that really speaks to me. I've been a little anxiety-ridden lately, so upcoming canon is stressing me out, so I'm embracing something more of a "Fuck it, then I'm just going to read the things I want to read and try to have fun for five minutes!" attitude, which worked out pretty well when I reread Shipyards of Doom and had all the Obi-Wan feelings again.
Anyway, my point is, HERE HAVE SOME ARCHIVE META AGAIN. (Tagged as #canon because some points are ones that are relevant to canon that I'll want to revisit, even though the comics themselves are very much Legends and anything they add is not canon.)
( Attack of the Clones comic [Legends] - Obi-Wan and politicians )
ღ -( Obi-Wan and Yoda, TPM Comic [Legends] )
trickytricky's recommendation, I've been listening to the Blueprint for Armageddon podcast, which is about the lead-up to World War I, as well as all the other political and historical context that led up to it. It's definitely a bit on the rambly side, the host has some inflections that took me awhile to get used to, but as promised it's utterly engaging and really interesting to look at, in the context of how Star Wars is a reflection of reality in some ways, in the sense of all these complicated moving pieces contributing to a bigger whole.It's interesting for it's own sake, rather than for giving context to SW, I would say, but I would recommend it so far, even though I'm only an hour into the first one. Even if history isn't usually your thing, the host is compelling enough that it's still really cool to listen to.
ღ - I feel like I either go 1mph or 100mph when it comes to Star Wars lately (to be fair, I set up this journal and my tumblr specifically to be Star Wars-only, with some minor personal stuff sneaking in occasionally) and a lot of that comes down to whether or not the thing I'm reading is something that really speaks to me. I've been a little anxiety-ridden lately, so upcoming canon is stressing me out, so I'm embracing something more of a "Fuck it, then I'm just going to read the things I want to read and try to have fun for five minutes!" attitude, which worked out pretty well when I reread Shipyards of Doom and had all the Obi-Wan feelings again.
Anyway, my point is, HERE HAVE SOME ARCHIVE META AGAIN. (Tagged as #canon because some points are ones that are relevant to canon that I'll want to revisit, even though the comics themselves are very much Legends and anything they add is not canon.)
( Attack of the Clones comic [Legends] - Obi-Wan and politicians )ღ -
( Obi-Wan and Yoda, TPM Comic [Legends] )
