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Katie 😈 @poehotdameron.bsky.social · 3h

The way we were teased for YEARS about how Maul and Ahsoka met each other at the end of The Clone Wars, Filoni constantly like, "Maaaaaybe I'll get to tell the story someday!" and then it turned out that their entire interaction was just him asking her to join him and her saying no

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Katie 😈 @poehotdameron.bsky.social · 6h

My kingdom for an inverse of this scene between Riku and Sora!!!!!

A screencap of the character Sora from the game Kingdom Hearts II. Sora looks up at a character off-screen and says, "I looked everywhere for you!"

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Katie 😈 @poehotdameron.bsky.social · 6h

That's true, and that DLC was really good! It's just absolutely wild that my honest reaction to your post was, "Wait, who is the missing husband in Kingdom Hearts?" and then a full ten seconds passed and I went, "OH THAT'S RIGHT" 😂😅

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Katie 😈 @poehotdameron.bsky.social · 6h

Oh NO, the way I completely blocked that out of my brain?????? For real, I've fully convinced myself that the last two seconds of the game didn't happen, they're all having a beach party and they're FINE 😭

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Katie 😈 @poehotdameron.bsky.social · 6h

Tbh all of this Ben Solo stuff has reminded me that it took ten real-world years for Solas to come back, and that his game got announced, cancelled and reworked THREE TIMES before he finally returned. So if it can happen for Solavellan maybe it can happen for Reylo too 🥲

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Katie 😈 @poehotdameron.bsky.social · 6h

Do it do it PLEASE (and include Solas okay thanks bye)

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Katie 😈 @poehotdameron.bsky.social · 9h

A screenshot of the character Rumi from the Netflix movie Kpop Demon Hunters. Rumi says, "I broke into a million pieces"

A screenshot of the character Rumi from the Netflix movie Kpop Demon Hunters. Rumi says, "And I can't go back"

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Katie 😈 @poehotdameron.bsky.social · 1d

YES! Wasn't there a whole fragrance commercial where Adam Driver went into the World Between Worlds and came back as a centaur? Maybe I'm getting the details wrong but if the goal is to bring Ben Solo back with robot spider legs it feels like we're halfway there 😂

A silhouette of Adam Driver as a centaur for some reason

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Katie 😈 @poehotdameron.bsky.social · 1d

FOR REAL, the whole "we don't know how Ben Solo could be alive" thing feels like it was custom designed to trigger Darth Maul fans specifically, do they not know how many times we've been down this road??? 😅

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Katie 😈 @poehotdameron.bsky.social · 1d

Maul in Ben Solo's DMs like

A text message chain that reads:

RISE
RISE
RISE
Where's your anger?
Where's your fucking rage?

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Katie 😈 @poehotdameron.bsky.social · 1d

MARIE-CLAIRE PLEASE I LOVE YOU SO MUCH 🥰 I'm always thinking to myself, "What would M-C think of this piece of media? Something brilliant and mythic, I'm sure." 😌

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Katie 😈 @poehotdameron.bsky.social · 1d

Maul in Ben Solo's DMs like

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Katie 😈 @poehotdameron.bsky.social · 1d

AHHHH I LOVE IT 😂😂😂❤️❤️❤️

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Katie 😈 @poehotdameron.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly! Disney could easily bring Ben Solo back if they wanted to, and the more I think about it, the whole "but I don't understand how he can be alive" thing sounds like code for "I don't want to do that."

Katie 😈 @poehotdameron.bsky.social · 1d

"So, it all starts with a gif from the 2000's movie, Gladiator..."

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Katie 😈 @poehotdameron.bsky.social · 1d

why not release tie-in materials in the months before the movie's release?

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Katie 😈 @poehotdameron.bsky.social · 1d

Of course! But the 2012 Maul short stories were specifically written to tie into his return in The Clone Wars, because Lucasfilm understood what a heavy lift it would be to bring him back. So if Disney is afraid that audiences won't understand the return for Ben Solo-

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Katie 😈 @poehotdameron.bsky.social · 1d

for his resurrection, and to explain his ties to the Nightsisters and Mother Talzin. Those novels made money AND helped audiences accept Maul's return. There's nothing stopping Disney from doing the same with Ben Solo. The money they could make with the books/comics leading up to his movie!

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Katie 😈 @poehotdameron.bsky.social · 1d

You're absolutely right! He's always primed for redemption! And I feel strongly that if executives fear that audiences won't understand "why Ben Solo is alive," Maul really is the template. The novels and short stories released prior to The Clone Wars were specifically released to give us context-

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Katie 😈 @poehotdameron.bsky.social · 1d

Disney could absolutely do something similar with Ben Solo. The money they can make by re-releasing The Force Awakens novelization with a brand new Ben Solo short story at the end. Or a whole new YA novel about teen Ben Solo, which drops hints about his return. Maul is the template, Disney! Use it!

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Katie 😈 @poehotdameron.bsky.social · 1d

Take me back to January 2012 where Star Wars bent itself over backwards to explain the resurrection of Darth Maul. People forget that he wasn't suddenly brought back out of nowhere; there were novels and short stories released prior to The Clone Wars specifically to prime audiences for his return.

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Katie 😈 @poehotdameron.bsky.social · 1d

PFFFFFFFFFFT 😂 The Whills of the Force looking at The Son like "nah, nah, you can keep him"

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Katie 😈 @poehotdameron.bsky.social · 1d

I'm wheezing over "Being really, really mad" as a viable way to cheat death in Star Wars 😂

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Katie 😈 @poehotdameron.bsky.social · 1d

You are very loved and appreciated ❤️

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Katie 😈 @poehotdameron.bsky.social · 1d

I really hope that one day I can use that gif on the premiere night of the Ben Solo movie

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