Mace Windu

I'm not bossy. I just know what you should be doing.

There are times when it seems that we're not intended to win this war; that the only logical conclusion is the dismantling of the Republic. It brings to mind an old Jedi saying: "An evil man will burn down his nation to rule over the ashes."

𝐕𝐚𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐝, a variant of Saber Form VII: Juyo. As with Juyo, it draws upon anger and passion, but required the user to walk the edge and not yield to them. A misstep can result in a fall to darkness. In this regard, it is dangerous to both the opponent 𝙖𝙣𝙙 the wielder.

𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘑𝘌𝘌-𝘭𝘢𝘺.

𝟷𝟾 𝙰𝙱𝚈 #StarWars #TheMandalorian #Jedi #WhatIf

All Jedi know that power must be paid for; the Force maintains a balance that cannot be defied. Through the Dark Side, Dooku increased his power. The price was his humanity.

“Purple" does not exist as a single color in the physical world. It doesn't have its own unique wavelength on the visible spectrum; it's an illusion created by our brains when mixing red and blue light. So if my saber strikes you, don’t worry: It’s all in your imagination.

When it’s ronto-wrap day at the temple cafeteria and you simply cannot be late.

Geonosis was a crucible. Two hundred Jedi set out to squash the fledgling Separatist army and rescue their hostages. The holonet states that of those 200, 31 Jedi survived. This is not precisely true. They survived, but they were no longer Jedi. They were soldiers. #StarWars

Greed and jealousy, aggression and fear; these are all natural to sentient beings. Our inheritance from the dark. Being a Jedi means feeding the light with every act and every breath; bringing justice, radiating peace, and acting out of selfless love for all living things.

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Craving power to do good eventually becomes just craving 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧. Naked force. An end in itself. It is a form of madness to which Jedi are peculiarly susceptible. It is the trap that can snare even the most good, kind, caring Jedi. It leads to what we call the Dark Side.

Watch it. I’m keeping an eye on you.

There are many noble beings in the Republic’s military, but officers like Tarkin trouble me. In their ruthless maneuvering for power, they inadvertently carve away chunks of our freedom, then bandage the wounds with tiny scraps of security.

𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦. #MayThe4thBeWithYou

I love The Order, but I think our inflexibility might be our undoing. Instead of working with what is, we keep trying to force everything to be what we think it should be.

Not even the wisest Jedi masters know all there is to be known about the Force. We speak of ‘the will of the Force’ as someone ignorant of gravity might say it is the will of a river to flow to the ocean; it is a metaphor that inadvertently illustrates the depth of our ignorance.

Until the possible becomes actual, it is only a distraction. Be mindful of what is, not what might be.

A colleague once said that my devotion to “the rules” was both inspiring and maddening. I’m beginning to agree with him.

I see shatterpoints. From the moment I first saw him, I knew that Anakin was one. This child would be either The Savior, or The Destruction of the Jedi. Deep down, I think that Obi-Wan knew as well. But even in the deepest night, there are those who dream of dawn.