gffa_recs | Entries tagged with film: skywalker saga: sequel trilogy

Title: Kylo Ren & Rey 【 You have Compassion for her 】
Creator:

inspired-destiny
Rating: G
Word Count/Length/Size:
Characters/Pairing: Kylo Ren/Rey
Warnings/Notes: TFA-era, Music is “Crazy in Love” by Sofia Karlberg
Creator's Summary: His mask off, Ren replied with what seemed to be usual assurance. No one else would have sensed a difference. Snoke did.

"You have compassion for her." - Snoke
"No -Never. Compassion? For the enemy of the Order?" - Kylo Ren
"I perceive the problem. It isn't her strength that is making you fail. It's your weakness." - Snoke

"Compassion, which I would define as unconditional love, is central to a Jedi’s life, so you might say we’re encouraged to love.” - Anakin to Padme

Reasons for reccing: This is one of the classic Reylo fanvids that was created after TFA. It’s so good and perfectly captures this sense of the mysterious connection that Rey and Ben have for one another as they’re drawn towards one another by a force they don’t yet understand (that we, the fans, didn’t quite understand yet either). This vid is just so good and a must watch Reylo vid.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhaGaoOYlec

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Title: The Tatooine Cycle
Creator:

Fialleril
Rating: G
Word Count/Length/Size: 12,634 words | 5 works
Characters/Pairing: Shmi Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker, Kitster Banai, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa
Warnings/Notes: Canonical Slavery
Creator's Summary: A connected series of fics that place Tatooine at the bright center of the universe, and focus in particular on the lives, beliefs, struggles, world views, and stories of the slave characters. In part an effort to reintroduce the issue of slavery as something central to the narrative and to the characters' conceptions of themselves, as well as an effort to prioritize the stories of non-Jedi, non-Core world characters.

Reasons for reccing: This is a really great little series that delves deep into Tatooine's culture, the culture of slavery--centering it as a struggle in ways that the films didn’t, and mythology that dits nicely into the Star Wars universe while still creating something new and unique. All of the characters are really well written and their struggles are emotional and impactful.

Link: http://www.archiveofourown.org/series/8580

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Title: May the force be with you always
Creator:

cleocatdraws,

cleocatart,

softerspell
Rating: G or T (it’s kissing)
Word Count/Length/Size: one image
Characters/Pairing: Amilyn Holdo/Leia Organa
Warnings/Notes: N/A
Creator's Summary: N/A

Reasons for reccing: This is such an amazing piece of art. I absolutely love the vibrancy of the use of color and the soft intimacy in how this kiss scene is drawn. It’s beautiful and mesmerizing.

Link: Tumblr

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Title: Ben & Rey | stand together [TROS]
Creator: Pteryx Videos
Rating:
Word Count/Length/Size: 1:15 minutes
Characters/Pairing: Rey/Ben Solo
Warnings/Notes: TFA to TROS
Creator's Summary: I do not like sequels, but I like to ship strange pairings :D

Sorry for the quality, you know why it is like this. Maybe I will update when the DVD comes out.

Reasons for reccing: This vid has some of the most phenomenal video editing I have ever seen in fandom. The way the creator transitions the scenes and matches the edits to the musical beat is utterly phenomenal.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlYSe5WazaY

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Title: Han Solo & Leia Organa | No One's Ever Really Gone.
Creator:

HostilePoet17
Rating: G
Word Count/Length/Size: 3:23 minutes
Characters/Pairing: Han/Leia
Warnings/Notes: N/A
Creator's Summary: "It wasn't all bad, was it?"

Reasons for reccing: A really great tribute to Han & Leia’s romance that perfectly blends scenes from the OT and the ST.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwyIO9y5RbI

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Title:
Creator:

skywailer
Rating: G
Word Count/Length/Size: 3 images
Characters/Pairing: Ben Solo | Kylo Ren/Rey
Warnings/Notes: TROS Spoilers
Creator's Summary:
I could have shown you all the scars at the start,
but that was always the most difficult part.
See, I’m in love with how your soul’s a mix of chaos and art
and how you never try to keep ‘em apart.

I wrote some words and then I stared at my feet;
became a coward when I needed to speak.
I guess love took on a different kind of meaning for me.
So, when I go, just know it kills me to leave.

Reasons for reccing: Really solid editing and quote choice that slams you in the feels

Link: https://skywailer.tumblr.com/post/189815828572/

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Title: -
Cosplayer:

nic_the_pixie
Photographer:

volkphotographyy
Rating: G
Word Count/Length/Size: 9 picutres
Characters/Pairing: Rey
Warnings/Notes: TLJ-outfit Rey, Acht-To
Creator's Summary: “People keep telling me they know me. No one does..”

Reasons for reccing: These are just some really phenomenal photos. The use of environment and pose is great!

Link: https://marchtwelfththousandyears.tumblr.com/post/188934436779/

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Title: At The Helm
Creator:

jaybendt
Rating: G
Word Count/Length/Size: one image
Characters/Pairing: Kylo Ren, Finn, Rey
Warnings/Notes: -
Creator's Summary: A totally self indulgent fanart piece because I’ve been obsessed with the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie. Featuring Kylo Ren, Finn and Rey’s respective props.

Reasons for reccing: The Force Awakens sets up this idea of the past and the trauma it inflicts on the future generations and that theme carries through to varying degrees throughout the sequel trilogy. And I think the way the past affects the future can best be seen in these three characters with Kylo holding onto Vader’s helmet, Finn being a stormtrooper, and Rey carrying around an old Rebel pilot helmet. This is a really great piece that highlights that theme and how it carries through with these three characters.

Link: https://jaybendt.tumblr.com/post/143065585503

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Title: -
Creator:
Kylo Ren:

mi-caw-be,

mi_caw_ber
Rey:

itsloki,

itsloki_
Rating: G
Word Count/Length/Size: 2 pictures
Characters/Pairing: Rey & Kylo Ren
Warnings/Notes: Not Shippy Reylo
Creator's Summary: -

Reasons for reccing: Really expressive cosplayers who do a great job of creating a visceral photo of their fight.

Link: Tumblr, Instagram

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Title: -
Creator:

petimetrek
Rating: G
Word Count/Length/Size: 5 panels
Characters/Pairing: Jessica Pava/Rey
Warnings/Notes: TFA
Creator's Summary: My first Reyva! Hope you like it!!

Reasons for reccing: This is just a cute and adorable comic that pairs Rey and Jessica Pava together. I love the art style and humor.

Link: https://petimetrek.tumblr.com/post/136983542391/

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Title: Jakku Scavenger
Creator:

aileencosplay
Rating:
Word Count/Length/Size: 6 pictures
Characters/Pairing: Rey
Warnings/Notes: -
Creator's Summary: -

Reasons for reccing: Really great pictures of Rey. The pictures create a really casual and rugged environment.

Link: Tumblr

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Title: -
Creator:

arbutus-blossoms
Rating: G
Word Count/Length/Size: 4 panels/gifs
Characters/Pairing: Anakin Skywalker(/Padme Amidala), Ben Solo(/Rey)
Warnings/Notes: -
Creator's Summary: May the fourth be with you

Reasons for reccing: This is a lovely and emotional piece of art that follows the story of the Skywalker family from peace to conflict to peace again.

Link: https://arbutus-blossoms.tumblr.com/post/173578483981/

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Title: How The Last Jedi Defies Expectations
Creator: Pop Culture Detective
Rating: -
Word Count/Length/Size: 20:49 minutes
Characters/Pairing: Poe Dameron, Finn, Luke Skywalker
Warnings/Notes: TLJ-Positive
Creator's Summary: The Last Jedi is a movie that’s designed to defy fan expectations. Nowhere is this subversion more evident than in the way the film handles its three male heroes: X-Wing pilot Poe Dameron, renegade Stormtrooper Finn, and legendary Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker.

Reasons for reccing: This is a good analysis about how TLJ expertly defied and subverted expectations, specifically in regards to its male characters. And how a lot of the anger against this film (not all) is because of the ways the male characters are portrayed to be more vulnerable rather than perfect power fantasies and how the male characters are challenged by the female characters. This is a great analysis that examines how TLJ subtly talks about femininity and masculinity and the ways it challenges traditional masculinity.

Link: YouTube

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Title: -
Creator:

mica-sky
Rating: G
Word Count/Length/Size: one image
Characters/Pairing: Kylo Ren | Ben Solo
Warnings/Notes:
Creator's Summary: It’s still calling me.

Like the echo of a wound, like a dying star.

A part of me craves it the same way a tyrant craves a kingdom.

All desperation and conquest.

Reasons for reccing: this is a lovely and ethereal piece of art.

Link: Tumblr

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Title: "There will be no terms, there will be no surrender. “
Creator:

Cosplayer: lescosplaysdebecky
Photographer: Bruno Martin
Editor: sora-xiii-n

Rating: -
Word Count/Length/Size: one image
Characters/Pairing: Armitage Hux
Warnings/Notes: fire
Creator's Summary:

Reasons for reccing: This is an absolutely brilliant piece of work. The cosplayer is wonderful and does a great job of exuding authority which is aided by the wonderful photography work to create an imposing angle. And the editor has done an impossible job of inserting the cosplayer directly into the world of Star Wars with fire, destruction, and star destroyers surrounding Hux. It's a terrific character poster.

Link: Tumblr

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Title: -
Creator:

missbliss12
Rating: -
Word Count/Length/Size: one image
Characters/Pairing: Ben Solo, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Leia Organa
Warnings/Notes:
Creator's Summary: See no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil.

A Skywalker-Solo family portrait inspired by THE RISE OF KYLO REN comics.

Reasons for reccing: This is a dark and haunting image that shows how Ben’s family failed him because they failed to perceive the evil, Snoke, that was haunting him. The adult’s faces have disturbingly pleasant smiles compared to the terrified and anxious look on Ben’s face as he gazes up to his supposed protectors.

Link: Tumblr

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Title: -
Creator:

thekesselrun
Rating: G
Word Count/Length/Size: Three images/gifs
Characters/Pairing: Finn
Warnings/Notes: -
Creator's Summary: I think he’s just an active member of the Resistance now. [In] episode Eight, he couldn’t decide what team he was fighting for. But since then he’s made a clear decision. - John Boyega in Vanity Fair for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

Reasons for reccing: This is a really lovely and aesthetically appealing graphic edit that celebrates Finn and his newfound identity as a hero of the Resistance.

Link: https://thekesselrun.tumblr.com/post/189194953654/

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Title: EP IX: The Rise of Skywalker Final Trailer Musical Analysis - What Does Star Wars Mean?
Creator:

enjoyallneednothing-blog
Rating: G
Word Count/Length/Size: 1,334 words, various videos linked throughout
Characters/Pairing: -
Warnings/Notes: -
Creator's Summary: As the Skywalker Saga draws to its triumphant conclusion, what does Star Wars actually mean? What are the filmmakers trying to say as they wrap everything up?

The music for this trailer is very clearly and cleverly leading the way.

Reasons for reccing: This is a really remarkable analysis that really delves into the power of music and how the music in Star Wars is used to tell its story.

Link: https://enjoyallneednothing-blog.tumblr.com/post/188671802935/

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Title:
Creator:

arsanimo

arsanimo

Rating: -
Word Count/Length/Size: -
Characters/Pairing: Finn/Rose Tico
Warnings/Notes: The Rise of Skywalker-Era Outfits
Creator's Summary: I just want them to be happy!

Reasons for reccing: I really loved this ship in TLJ and this is just some adorable fanart of this pairing :3

Link: Tumblr, Twitter, Instagram

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Title: Anakin Skywalker & Kylo Ren - BLOODLINE || (Tribute) 2019
Creator:

AD_Edits, collab with Blue Stronghold
Rating: -
Word Count/Length/Size: 3:53 minutes
Characters/Pairing: Anakin Skywalker & Kylo Ren, also some Anidala and Reylo parallels
Warnings/Notes: Some scenes from the original films, but mostly focused on the parallels between the prequels and sequels.
Creator's Summary: Tribute to Anakin Skywalker & Kylo Ren! These two characters parallel tremendously in their arcs... besides Anakin rising from nothing and destroying everything... Kylo Ren is the misunderstood rich kid who searched for the fulfillment he never received from his parents. Despite these obvious differences they both suffer from similar issues from never being recognized for their abilities and humanity... but rather always used as tools.

Reasons for reccing: This is an absolutely brilliant video that really highlights all of the similarities between these two characters and the “curse” of the Skywalker bloodline. Kylo Ren has repeatedly talked about “letting go of the past,” but he is haunted by his familial past and the original actions of Darth Vader and this vid really highlights how that, while Kylo says he “rejects” the past, ultimately he is following it. Really chilling and fantastic vid.

Link: YouTube