2) why does he look like mustacheod Mads Mikkelson
III) what is happen
?) ARE THEY BOYFRIENDS?????
AHEM! *dons his lore cape*
This is Biggs Darklighter, Luke’s best buddy growing up on Tatooine. There was a big chunk of story cut from A New Hope where Luke looks up at the sky, sees the Star Destroyer and Princess Leia’s ship shooting at each other in orbit, and jumps in his landspeeder to tell his friends like an excited puppy.
He arrives at Tosche Station (from the infamous line “But I was gonna go to Tosche Station to pick up some power converters!”) and is surprised to find Biggs there, who had just gotten his certification from the Imperial Academy (mentioned in the line “That’s what you said when Biggs and Tank left” when Luke was trying to coax Uncle Owen into applying). Luke drags everyone outside to look but by that time the two ships have stopped shooting, so they write it off as Excitable Dumbass Luke getting his dumb hopes up again and go back inside.
It’s worth noting that Biggs takes the first look through Luke’s binoculars and says it’s probably just a freighter refueling. Having been to the Imperial Academy he’d know damn well what a Star Destroyer looks like and that having one in orbit over Tatooine means Srs Bsns is afoot. But he doesn’t mention this and lies, probably in an effort to keep Luke from going “ZOMG ADVENTURE!” and trying to get involved.
When everyone else inside, Biggs and Luke go for a walk and Biggs lets Luke in on a secret: he and a bunch of other Academy grads are going to mutiny and defect to the Rebel Alliance the first chance they get. Luke basically goes “GEE WHIZ!” and Biggs shuts him up. He explains that this is stupidly dangerous and is going to make him a wanted man if he survives, so this is the last time the two are probably ever going to see each other. Luke still doesn’t Get It yet and is mostly envious of all the excitement and adventure Biggs is about to embark on.
Fast forward past: Luke discovering real and innocent people get murdered by the Empire (courtesy of Uncle Owen & Aunt Beru’s smoking remains), finding out that dashing rogues can really just be selfish, trigger-happy assholes thanks to Han Solo, and watching the man who opened his eyes to a bigger universe get killed by the monster who Luke thinks murdered his father. His boyish naivety has taken quite the beating. But as he gears up to help attack the Death Star, who should he run into but his best buddy Biggs! How bad can war be when your best friend is at your side?
… oh.
Biggs gave his life to protect Luke, physically blocking Vader from shooting his best friend for as long as he possibly could. Between that, the reassuring words of Obi-Wan, and the timely return of Han (who Chewie threatened to tear the arms off of if they didn’t go back), Luke learned a critical truth: the universe was a lot darker than he ever realized, but no matter what there is always hope.
Wow, that actually adds a TON of emotional depth to that sacrifice, too. I never knew that.
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“…he told himself that he really had not suffered sufficiently to merit so radiant a bliss, and he thanked God, in the depths of his soul, for having permitted him to be loved thus, he, a wretch, by that innocent being.”
anyway, my older sister was adopted when she was almost 16 (kinda on accident too), and because of that she got away from an abusive household, went from barely passing classes to being an honour student, and launching into a career where she’s happy and healthy and paying her own way. just two years of parenting where she had 3 meals a day, a bedtime, and parents to help and protect her changed her life radically. Plus, i got an older sister
adopt teenagers.
As an adopted kid I support this message
people who say things like “oh you only have a few years with them” need to remember that these are human beings not a used car. every human being deserves a support system, a jumping off block, a safe place to return
be christ-like this christmas. gather a crowd and inspire them to anarchism. beat a politician with a whip. help out your local sex workers. preach equality.
so, i’m in a production of les mis: school edition with my local community theatre (playing jean provauire/jehan) we open 2 weeks from today. here are some of my favorite stories/random things from rehearsal (so far!)
– my friend (playing cosette) is a lesbian. my other friend (playing marius) is gay. “a heart full of love” is pretty funny because they have NO chemistry aT ALL
– during the wedding scene, my friend said that marius and cosette aren’t good together because “he’s a lesbian, she’s gay” and now everyone says that
– we didn’t have choreography for the wedding scene so everyone did fortnite dances
– the barricade boys (myself included) stood in a circle t-posing during one of the battles
– our Javert has a very unique voice. its very low and he doesn’t enunciate that well so it kinda sounds like he has a cold all the time. (when i first saw him in a production of little shop I thought it was an accent) the cast likes to sing the entirety of “one day more” in this voice a lot
– one time marius came on late during “red and black” he said he was backstage but someone misheard him and said “you came from cosette’s hoT TUB????”
– this is now a cast joke
– out of the barricade boys, there are only three actual boys. enjolras is played by a girl who’s 5’9
– my friend and I made up a subplot where our characters are gay lovers and die holding hands on the barricade
– my friend (same friend who I’m gay lovers with) and I both have a crush on the girl playing cosette
– we both lowkey wanted to be Marius
– one time the whole cast started singing “sincerely me” and our music director said “THIS IS LES MIS, YOU SING LES MIS”
– we don’t have the set yet, and we won’t till the day before the show. this is very fun during the barricade scenes
– we also don’t have props (other than chairs and music stands) during “master of the house” i’m supposed to fall asleep on a table, but i had to use a music stand which promptly collapsed when i put my head on it.
– our Valjean has a crush on fantine and eVERYBODY knows about it. she doesn’t like him back which makes things kinda awkward
– also: cosette hates Valjean and she tries not to touch him during their scenes together, which… complicates things
– at least half the cast is gay
– everyone lowkey thinks our marius sucks and doesn’t sing with emotion. during “empty chairs at empty tables” i was backstage bitching about him with at least a third of the cast
i’ll update y’all as the show gets closer! more shenanigans are sure to come
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