JainaSolo1994
@jaina1994.bsky.social
🤺Fight choreographer, historical fencer, singer, writer, actress, Jedi
🎭I make SW analyses/theories about choreo, themes, character, music, etc.
✨I led the campaign for the Jaina Solo black series action figure
💜Proud fan of both Legends and Disney Canon
🎭I make SW analyses/theories about choreo, themes, character, music, etc.
✨I led the campaign for the Jaina Solo black series action figure
💜Proud fan of both Legends and Disney Canon
It's so nice to see that Daisy Ridley knows a lot of fans actually do care and want more Sequel era stories, especially ones of Rey and Ben.
It may be too early but this gives me hope we're reaching the "The kids these films were made for are growing up now and this is their SW" stage of the cycle.
It may be too early but this gives me hope we're reaching the "The kids these films were made for are growing up now and this is their SW" stage of the cycle.
December 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It's so nice to see that Daisy Ridley knows a lot of fans actually do care and want more Sequel era stories, especially ones of Rey and Ben.
It may be too early but this gives me hope we're reaching the "The kids these films were made for are growing up now and this is their SW" stage of the cycle.
It may be too early but this gives me hope we're reaching the "The kids these films were made for are growing up now and this is their SW" stage of the cycle.
The broader point is that the Jedi TRY to be better, they try to be wise and kind and just. They try to love people, even enemies. They try to learn from their mistakes, to grow beyond their masters in the long arc of the moral universe.
They try.
The Sith don't. That makes the Jedi better
18/18
They try.
The Sith don't. That makes the Jedi better
18/18
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The broader point is that the Jedi TRY to be better, they try to be wise and kind and just. They try to love people, even enemies. They try to learn from their mistakes, to grow beyond their masters in the long arc of the moral universe.
They try.
The Sith don't. That makes the Jedi better
18/18
They try.
The Sith don't. That makes the Jedi better
18/18
The Jedi are controlling and oppressing other religions, they're infringing on their rights and very existence.
This power, given to stop the Sith, corrupts the Jedi.
This institution of good people falls to the corruption of wielding a massive system of unchecked power.
14/18
This power, given to stop the Sith, corrupts the Jedi.
This institution of good people falls to the corruption of wielding a massive system of unchecked power.
14/18
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The Jedi are controlling and oppressing other religions, they're infringing on their rights and very existence.
This power, given to stop the Sith, corrupts the Jedi.
This institution of good people falls to the corruption of wielding a massive system of unchecked power.
14/18
This power, given to stop the Sith, corrupts the Jedi.
This institution of good people falls to the corruption of wielding a massive system of unchecked power.
14/18
The Jedi ultimately want all beings in the galaxy to be free, but the Sith's definition of freedom IS the freedom to violate the autonomy & rights of others.
So the Jedi must restrict freedoms of the Sith, to preserve the freedom of others.
And the terrible power to do so has consequences.
12/18
So the Jedi must restrict freedoms of the Sith, to preserve the freedom of others.
And the terrible power to do so has consequences.
12/18
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The Jedi ultimately want all beings in the galaxy to be free, but the Sith's definition of freedom IS the freedom to violate the autonomy & rights of others.
So the Jedi must restrict freedoms of the Sith, to preserve the freedom of others.
And the terrible power to do so has consequences.
12/18
So the Jedi must restrict freedoms of the Sith, to preserve the freedom of others.
And the terrible power to do so has consequences.
12/18
The Dark Side promises freedom but we see time and time again what it brings: Enslavement.
To a manipulative and cruel master, who is in turn enslaved by the Dark Side itself.
So, to deceive ourselves that we are not slaves, we enslave others.
Now they are the slave, now we are the master.
11/18
To a manipulative and cruel master, who is in turn enslaved by the Dark Side itself.
So, to deceive ourselves that we are not slaves, we enslave others.
Now they are the slave, now we are the master.
11/18
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The Dark Side promises freedom but we see time and time again what it brings: Enslavement.
To a manipulative and cruel master, who is in turn enslaved by the Dark Side itself.
So, to deceive ourselves that we are not slaves, we enslave others.
Now they are the slave, now we are the master.
11/18
To a manipulative and cruel master, who is in turn enslaved by the Dark Side itself.
So, to deceive ourselves that we are not slaves, we enslave others.
Now they are the slave, now we are the master.
11/18
Not only because typically Sith die heartbroken, alone, and afraid. But because they also live that way
Palpatine was not often a happy man.
He was gleeful when zapping people, or planning a genocide, but most of the time he was terrified of losing his power.
Which eventually of course he did.
9/18
Palpatine was not often a happy man.
He was gleeful when zapping people, or planning a genocide, but most of the time he was terrified of losing his power.
Which eventually of course he did.
9/18
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Not only because typically Sith die heartbroken, alone, and afraid. But because they also live that way
Palpatine was not often a happy man.
He was gleeful when zapping people, or planning a genocide, but most of the time he was terrified of losing his power.
Which eventually of course he did.
9/18
Palpatine was not often a happy man.
He was gleeful when zapping people, or planning a genocide, but most of the time he was terrified of losing his power.
Which eventually of course he did.
9/18
Vader was the SW Lucifer, but Anakin started as SW Jesus: impossible divine birth, the Chosen One, the savior.
In Star Wars nobody is wholly immune to the desires which can lead so easily to the Dark Side.
Even the Messiah can be seduced to serve the evil he was sent to defeat.
6/18
In Star Wars nobody is wholly immune to the desires which can lead so easily to the Dark Side.
Even the Messiah can be seduced to serve the evil he was sent to defeat.
6/18
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Vader was the SW Lucifer, but Anakin started as SW Jesus: impossible divine birth, the Chosen One, the savior.
In Star Wars nobody is wholly immune to the desires which can lead so easily to the Dark Side.
Even the Messiah can be seduced to serve the evil he was sent to defeat.
6/18
In Star Wars nobody is wholly immune to the desires which can lead so easily to the Dark Side.
Even the Messiah can be seduced to serve the evil he was sent to defeat.
6/18
The Dark Side is basically the One Ring: The addictive and spiritually-corruptive influence of wielding great power [for your own gain rather than to help others].
You cannot wield it without succumbing to its corruption, but it wants you to think you can.
It wants you to prove you're the one.
5/18
You cannot wield it without succumbing to its corruption, but it wants you to think you can.
It wants you to prove you're the one.
5/18
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The Dark Side is basically the One Ring: The addictive and spiritually-corruptive influence of wielding great power [for your own gain rather than to help others].
You cannot wield it without succumbing to its corruption, but it wants you to think you can.
It wants you to prove you're the one.
5/18
You cannot wield it without succumbing to its corruption, but it wants you to think you can.
It wants you to prove you're the one.
5/18
Contrasted with the natural state of The Force (often called the Light Side), a *symbiotic* relationship which represents living in harmony with the natural world & other people.
The Jedi exist to protect life from abuse: the Sith, who define their freedom as freedom to violate others' freedom.
4/18
The Jedi exist to protect life from abuse: the Sith, who define their freedom as freedom to violate others' freedom.
4/18
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Contrasted with the natural state of The Force (often called the Light Side), a *symbiotic* relationship which represents living in harmony with the natural world & other people.
The Jedi exist to protect life from abuse: the Sith, who define their freedom as freedom to violate others' freedom.
4/18
The Jedi exist to protect life from abuse: the Sith, who define their freedom as freedom to violate others' freedom.
4/18
#TheAcolyte teaches us the Sith define themselves by their freedom to violate the rights of others.
The Dark Side is about dominating others; infringing on their rights, will, and personal autonomy.
This is why the end goal for Sith is always the same: Total control. Absolute power. Autocracy.
3/18
The Dark Side is about dominating others; infringing on their rights, will, and personal autonomy.
This is why the end goal for Sith is always the same: Total control. Absolute power. Autocracy.
3/18
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
#TheAcolyte teaches us the Sith define themselves by their freedom to violate the rights of others.
The Dark Side is about dominating others; infringing on their rights, will, and personal autonomy.
This is why the end goal for Sith is always the same: Total control. Absolute power. Autocracy.
3/18
The Dark Side is about dominating others; infringing on their rights, will, and personal autonomy.
This is why the end goal for Sith is always the same: Total control. Absolute power. Autocracy.
3/18
If you'll indulge me, I think Star Wars' thematic views on the nature of life and death are well expressed through dialogue I myself wrote.
This is the Father of Mortis, speaking to Rey in the Netherworld of Unbeing to dissuade her from her quest of bringing Ben back to the temporal world.
7/7
This is the Father of Mortis, speaking to Rey in the Netherworld of Unbeing to dissuade her from her quest of bringing Ben back to the temporal world.
7/7
October 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
If you'll indulge me, I think Star Wars' thematic views on the nature of life and death are well expressed through dialogue I myself wrote.
This is the Father of Mortis, speaking to Rey in the Netherworld of Unbeing to dissuade her from her quest of bringing Ben back to the temporal world.
7/7
This is the Father of Mortis, speaking to Rey in the Netherworld of Unbeing to dissuade her from her quest of bringing Ben back to the temporal world.
7/7
And while that's a vast improvement on his grandfather's flaw, it's still a flaw.
He's still holding on.
And while he doesn't knowingly inflict suffering on others to save his love (like Vader did), Ben violates a cosmic law of reality, he defies the Force, undoing death itself to save his love
6/7
He's still holding on.
And while he doesn't knowingly inflict suffering on others to save his love (like Vader did), Ben violates a cosmic law of reality, he defies the Force, undoing death itself to save his love
6/7
October 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
And while that's a vast improvement on his grandfather's flaw, it's still a flaw.
He's still holding on.
And while he doesn't knowingly inflict suffering on others to save his love (like Vader did), Ben violates a cosmic law of reality, he defies the Force, undoing death itself to save his love
6/7
He's still holding on.
And while he doesn't knowingly inflict suffering on others to save his love (like Vader did), Ben violates a cosmic law of reality, he defies the Force, undoing death itself to save his love
6/7
He certainly surpassed Anakin in that, who needed to save Padmé for His sake, not her own.
But Ben was still unwilling to let Rey go for Her sake. Her life, her joys, her sorrows, her experiences. He needed them to continue, with or without him.
5/7
#TheHuntForBenSolo
But Ben was still unwilling to let Rey go for Her sake. Her life, her joys, her sorrows, her experiences. He needed them to continue, with or without him.
5/7
#TheHuntForBenSolo
October 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
He certainly surpassed Anakin in that, who needed to save Padmé for His sake, not her own.
But Ben was still unwilling to let Rey go for Her sake. Her life, her joys, her sorrows, her experiences. He needed them to continue, with or without him.
5/7
#TheHuntForBenSolo
But Ben was still unwilling to let Rey go for Her sake. Her life, her joys, her sorrows, her experiences. He needed them to continue, with or without him.
5/7
#TheHuntForBenSolo
Ben repeated this mistake in a less possessive way.
Ben was able to let go of his Possession of Rey, giving his own life for her, much like Anakin, eventually, gave his life for his beloved son.
Ben learned this wisdom far earlier in life, while the woman he loved was still alive, which is good
4/7
Ben was able to let go of his Possession of Rey, giving his own life for her, much like Anakin, eventually, gave his life for his beloved son.
Ben learned this wisdom far earlier in life, while the woman he loved was still alive, which is good
4/7
October 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Ben repeated this mistake in a less possessive way.
Ben was able to let go of his Possession of Rey, giving his own life for her, much like Anakin, eventually, gave his life for his beloved son.
Ben learned this wisdom far earlier in life, while the woman he loved was still alive, which is good
4/7
Ben was able to let go of his Possession of Rey, giving his own life for her, much like Anakin, eventually, gave his life for his beloved son.
Ben learned this wisdom far earlier in life, while the woman he loved was still alive, which is good
4/7
If Ben is to truly finish what his grandfather started, he needs to accept the woman he loves will die, if that is her destiny.
And to destroy Palpatine through self-sacrifice to save the whole galaxy was absolutely Rey's destiny. Ben failed to let her achieve that, repeating Anakin's mistake.
3/7
And to destroy Palpatine through self-sacrifice to save the whole galaxy was absolutely Rey's destiny. Ben failed to let her achieve that, repeating Anakin's mistake.
3/7
October 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
If Ben is to truly finish what his grandfather started, he needs to accept the woman he loves will die, if that is her destiny.
And to destroy Palpatine through self-sacrifice to save the whole galaxy was absolutely Rey's destiny. Ben failed to let her achieve that, repeating Anakin's mistake.
3/7
And to destroy Palpatine through self-sacrifice to save the whole galaxy was absolutely Rey's destiny. Ben failed to let her achieve that, repeating Anakin's mistake.
3/7
##TheHuntForBenSolo
Anakin was trying to stop the change, to stop the Suns from setting.
Anakin literally tried to stop the Suns of Tatooine from setting, racing the sunsset to save his mother from the ultimate change: Death.
He was trying to fight destiny, he was trying to Duel with Fate.
2/7
Anakin was trying to stop the change, to stop the Suns from setting.
Anakin literally tried to stop the Suns of Tatooine from setting, racing the sunsset to save his mother from the ultimate change: Death.
He was trying to fight destiny, he was trying to Duel with Fate.
2/7
October 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
##TheHuntForBenSolo
Anakin was trying to stop the change, to stop the Suns from setting.
Anakin literally tried to stop the Suns of Tatooine from setting, racing the sunsset to save his mother from the ultimate change: Death.
He was trying to fight destiny, he was trying to Duel with Fate.
2/7
Anakin was trying to stop the change, to stop the Suns from setting.
Anakin literally tried to stop the Suns of Tatooine from setting, racing the sunsset to save his mother from the ultimate change: Death.
He was trying to fight destiny, he was trying to Duel with Fate.
2/7
Opinion:
#BenSolo saving the woman he loves from death is NOT "finish[ing] what [Anakin] started", that's such a severe misunderstanding of Anakin's fall.
Anakin didn't fall because he was unAble to save his wife from death, his fall was because he was unWilling to let her die, as was her fate.
1/7
#BenSolo saving the woman he loves from death is NOT "finish[ing] what [Anakin] started", that's such a severe misunderstanding of Anakin's fall.
Anakin didn't fall because he was unAble to save his wife from death, his fall was because he was unWilling to let her die, as was her fate.
1/7
October 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Opinion:
#BenSolo saving the woman he loves from death is NOT "finish[ing] what [Anakin] started", that's such a severe misunderstanding of Anakin's fall.
Anakin didn't fall because he was unAble to save his wife from death, his fall was because he was unWilling to let her die, as was her fate.
1/7
#BenSolo saving the woman he loves from death is NOT "finish[ing] what [Anakin] started", that's such a severe misunderstanding of Anakin's fall.
Anakin didn't fall because he was unAble to save his wife from death, his fall was because he was unWilling to let her die, as was her fate.
1/7
How did Adam get my script of Rey traveling to the Netherworld of Unbeing ala Orpheus to take Ben back to the realm of the living, despite warnings from the mortis Father (Sir Ian McKellen) this is how the original Dyad unbalanced the Force?
(Ben in the Netherworld theory in Alt text of these pics!)
(Ben in the Netherworld theory in Alt text of these pics!)
October 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
How did Adam get my script of Rey traveling to the Netherworld of Unbeing ala Orpheus to take Ben back to the realm of the living, despite warnings from the mortis Father (Sir Ian McKellen) this is how the original Dyad unbalanced the Force?
(Ben in the Netherworld theory in Alt text of these pics!)
(Ben in the Netherworld theory in Alt text of these pics!)
One of my favorite parts of the first game was Feinting my enemies; the game never tells you, but canceling your attack animation baits enemies into reacting.
Now in #GhostOfYotei enemies can feint too, as this enemy seems to cancel a slash when Atsu rolls away, and then transitions to a thrust!
Now in #GhostOfYotei enemies can feint too, as this enemy seems to cancel a slash when Atsu rolls away, and then transitions to a thrust!
September 23, 2025 at 5:24 AM
One of my favorite parts of the first game was Feinting my enemies; the game never tells you, but canceling your attack animation baits enemies into reacting.
Now in #GhostOfYotei enemies can feint too, as this enemy seems to cancel a slash when Atsu rolls away, and then transitions to a thrust!
Now in #GhostOfYotei enemies can feint too, as this enemy seems to cancel a slash when Atsu rolls away, and then transitions to a thrust!
Haven't seen anyone mention this yet, and it might prove to be a different creature, but this sure looks like a Greater Krayt Dragon to me!
#TheMandalorianAndGrogu
#KraytDragon
#StarWars
#TheMandalorianAndGrogu
#KraytDragon
#StarWars
September 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Haven't seen anyone mention this yet, and it might prove to be a different creature, but this sure looks like a Greater Krayt Dragon to me!
#TheMandalorianAndGrogu
#KraytDragon
#StarWars
#TheMandalorianAndGrogu
#KraytDragon
#StarWars