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Illustration from one of the newer novel series, Legacy of the Force: Luke and Mara are forced to battle attackers in their "skivvies!" Again--this one is for you, AG88!Related content
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Thanks for taking a look--it was from a book in the SW
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I may never read LotF for ship reasons but love this.
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I didn't think fighting in underwear could look badass, but I was quite wrong.
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"I didn't think fighting in underwear could look badass, but I was quite wrong."
LOL! Glad you think so! This was a challenge, to draw a scene from an EU novel where all the Jedi on a space station are caught by surprise by a midnight attack and end up in their jammies/night clothes swinging lightsabers! Thanks so much for the visit, the comments and especially for the 
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You're welcome, and thank you!
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Nice leg sculpting..
This image just jumped out and assaulted my eyes with pure awe. Great work!
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Thanks much! I'm glad you like it--it was a challenge on another site: draw Luke and Mara fighting in their "undies!" I very much appreciate the comments and the added
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It comes down to how on earth could I not fav this
Absolutely love it!!
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HA! This was a challenge from another artist, actually, do draw the "fighting in the underwear/night clothes" scene from LOTF (near the beginning of the series)--I figured these two would instinctively protect each others back, so posed them as you see--so glad you like it, and again--really appreciate the
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thats hot.
I can't believe Luke sleeps like that! ^-^
Amazing!!
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"I can't believe Luke sleeps like that! ^-^"
**snorts, laughing**
Ha! This was another challenge, actually--to depict how Jedi might battle in their "sleeping garb..." The actual wording was "tighty whities," so you get the idea! LOL! It was a great scene, though: Jedi rolling out of bed and seconds later engaging in a fierce firefight (they won, of course!)!
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Haha I was beginning to wonder... At least Mara has a less-revealing sleep outfit. Well, sort of. Wonderful job, yet again, FF!!
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Love it. Grand Jedi Master in tighty whities fighting..
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"Grand Jedi Master in tighty whities fighting.."
ROFL! It IS quite a picture, isn't it: Luke and his Jedi Knights, caught enough by surprise to be forced to battle in their undies! AACK! This was a challenge from a good friend on another forum (and she has an account here, --if you haven't checked out her SW gallery, run over and prowl--she's done some marvelous work of her own!)--how to illustrate Luke Skywalker fighting in his briefs! lol! I have a lot of trouble with figures, so this was also a good exercise for that, as well--I'm so glad you like it! Thanks for adding another
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Yes I am familiar with her account. I love many of her pictures of Luke and Mara and then one that cracks me up about Jaina and Zekk being joiners. I Practice alot on my spare times on drawing people and it is like an epic fail but i am extremely great at drawing stick people 
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Bwahaha! Just the thought of that... 
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"here's one reason I might someday cave in and actually read Legacy..."
Well--if you don't want to read the whole series, I could hunt up the passage in that one book and note it to you, so you have some context for this; it was definitely an "interesting" moment for the Jedi! Thanks so much for taking a look, for the comment, and especially for
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Well, I never say no to freely given information.
Thank you for your kindness.
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Read the entire LOTF and liked it....and I remember this scene
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Thanks for commenting! This was a challenge from a friend: draw Luke Skywalker in his "tighty-whities," battling with his lightsaber! lol! has another version of this scene in her gallery, if you want to run over and have a look--it's great! Much appreciation for the added
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xD I remember reading this scene and getting to the part where it mentioned something Luke's briefs and thinking "...Wait, are they all fighting in their underwear right now?"
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Yeah, I've seen her art. I favorited her "Embrace of Pain" work. I was FURIOUS with Jacen for putting Ben in that thing...
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LOL! 
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I love how handsome luke looks in his "skivvies"
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"I love how handsome luke looks in his "skivvies" "
ROFL! 
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Many thanks! This was actually done for a challenge by a good friend, who is also a user here at dA (if you haven't checked out 's gallery, run over and see--LOTS of great L/M stuff!)--she painted this scene herself, and then challenged me to do a version of the same scene. Who wouldn't love such a view, of two gorgeous Jedi...?
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I've finally picked up the book and I just read this scene. I just had to come back here and fav it.
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Aw, thanks! I'm glad it seems to fit the narrative for you! That's always the idea, when I do these illustrations: to convey the energy and action or emotion I myself read--thanks so much for the 
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I never read Betrayal. I went beyond that and this scene somewhat has taken me aback. Must be embarrasing to fight in your underwear. XD
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"Must be embarrasing to fight in your underwear."
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Had to do that once in a Star Wars roleplay I was running. Needless to say, I'd imagine it's a bit drafty.
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"Needless to say, I'd imagine it's a bit drafty."
I'd say!!
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"What book is this scene in?"
It was in Legacy of the Force: Betrayal--and it was grand! Thanks for taking a look!
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Aww... A book from the LotF series? I've sworn not to read any more books from there... Too depressing.
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"I've sworn not to read any more books from there... Too depressing."
Yeah, you're not the only person to do that--a lot of folks have boycotted the LOTF books...and yes, there are depressing things in them (but this scene was quite wonderful! Who wouldn't love a lot of buff Jedi guys and gals all swatting aside blaster bolts in their skivvies...? 
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Boycotted it? Really? That...saddens me. The premise of LotF was actually what got me reading Star Wars novels.
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"The premise of LotF was actually what got me reading Star Wars novels."
There are a lot of fans that have been reading the EU (Extended Universe) for a long time (starting with the Thrawn Trilogy and on from there--the events in the New Jedi Order series and then the Dark Nest trilogy, as well as the dark events in the LOTF series, put a lot of folks off the novels. Too much loss and grief--especially for the Solos and Skywalkers--made many fans simply stop reading. I'm a hopeless geek--I'll probably read them all, LOL!
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Well, okay, that was a bit of a lie. I read the Han Solo Trilogy and the first book of the Corellian Trilogy back when I was in middle school, but I had no real interest in seeing how much further things went. I had a friend who wouldn't shut up about the Yuuzhan Vong and it kinda turned me off to reading Star Wars. But when I hear that Han Solo's son becomes a Sith Lord and kills Luke's wife? What self-respecting Star Wars fan can ignore such a thing? xD
But anyway, I enjoyed the Legacy series immensely. After I finished that, I went back and read the Dark Nest Trilogy. Then I went back and started on the NJO series. While reading FotJ, which I'm enjoying just as much. It's official. Ben's my favorite character xD
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Yeah...Jacen/Caedus was a ba$t@#d throughout LOTF, to be sure... Some say it was a well-written and conceived "fall," but I felt it was unnecessary brutality to kill off Mara that way, and to end with having his twin sister do him in with such seeming ease... **shakes head sadly**
Ben's one of my favorite characters now, too: he's a wonderful blend of his father's quick thinking and Force-talent, and his mother's fierce determination and fire. He's growing up to be a very interesting person, with a lot of talent of his own. It'll be fun to watch him mature through FOTJ, with everything that's supposed to happen in that arc.
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I'm sort of in the middle ground. I understand and embrace some arguments from both sides. I, personally, thought it was well conceived and well written, but it did seem a bit rushed in the last few books. I blame that on Karen Traviss spending more than half of book 8 on a Mando trip xD I didn't have the reaction that a lot of my friends did to Mara's death. I guess I wasn't as attached to her because LotF was my introduction to her character. I did enjoy what I experienced though. Like when Mara strode in the Council Chamber all beaten up and Kyp asked "What happened to you, and where do we send flowers for the other guy?"
"and to end with having his twin sister do him in with such seeming ease... "
Ease? No offense, but if you thought Jaina took Caedus out easily, I think you need to reread Invincible. She nearly died herself. XD
Not only is Ben all of that, but I think the reason I enjoy his character so much is because he seems the most human. You never forget that, yes, he is a powerful Jedi Knight, but he's also a teenage boy.
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"No offense, but if you thought Jaina took Caedus out easily, I think you need to reread Invincible. She nearly died herself."
Agreed--but Caedus was supposed to be this all-powerful Sith, with all sorts of exotic Force-capabilities no one else understood or could perform. How is it that his sister, unversed in either Sith powers or the other arcane disciplines Jacen/Caedus supposedly commanded, could take him out (Mando training notwithstanding)...? Shouldn't he be able to both fire out a telepathic warning to his "wife" and child and simply shatter Jaina's skull with a Force-blast at the same time...? This was the part I didn't really understand. That Jaina suffered grievous--nearly mortal--injury in the battle is no surprise--it was inevitable. But that Caedus very-nearly seemed to just "give up" at the penultimate moment was...poor plot device, IMHO. Caedus was the Sithly distillation of all of Jacen Solo's skill, learning and power--it should have been a draw between him and Jaina, at worst--and he should have been able to kill her with little effort (at least according to how we were led to believe about his abilities, anyway)... But that's just my own opinion, and not necessarily how the writers may have been thinking.
I agree about the last books feeling "rushed;" "Invincible" should have been a lot longer, delving a lot more into those final events and how they were handled by those involved... But--hopefully--FOTJ will avoid a lot of the "toe stubs" that saddled LOTF; I, too, like Ben's characterization so far--and his relationship with his dad is wonderful to read, as well!
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It's true, Caedus was supposed to wield a variety of arcane, esoteric abilities, but none that related exclusively to combat. And bear in mind, he did try to twist her head off like he did to Isolder. And you're right, he could have easily taken Jaina out when she moved in to finish him off. But he was about to die, and they both knew it. Perhaps he just felt that an avenging counterstrike simply wasn't as important as warning Tenel Ka. He probably could have done both, but the former probably didn't matter to him as much. Say whatever he might about his motives, but his devotion to his loved ones was one of the main causes of his fall, and it would undoubtedly take precedence over killing Jaina. So much so that at least once in that fight, he tried to reason with her.
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"his devotion to his loved ones was one of the main causes of his fall, and it would undoubtedly take precedence over killing Jaina."
Conceded--and I still maintain that somewhere deep in his psyche, too deep for even Caedus to recognize it, he loved his sister, his parents, and the man he had once been--brother, son, father, lover, Jedi. I also recognize the need, if indeed he was near death, to choose--whether to kill Jaina or warn Tenel Ka; but I still believe he had the Force-resources to preserve his own life in that moment, AND send a warning to his child's mother. He'd been dreadfully wounded, but had come out of his long-ago battle with Onimi with an incredible ability to heal--not only himself, but others. He DID try to deter his twin (...was it more than once...?), but I don't know if it was because he didn't want to kill her--I think, given different circumstances (not walking into her blade before the duel even began, for one), he could/would have dispatched her without giving it a second thought.
Perhaps I'm assigning too much cold-bloodedness to Caedus--but as I read through the last few books, that's what came across to me. The only person he seemed to truly care about any longer was Allana (even Tenel Ka was forfeit, for abandoning him and withdrawing her fleet)--and though there was an element of love in that obsessive "caring," there was also a strong desire to use the child as leverage against TK. He had simply become warped by the power he was wielding--something that seems unavoidable in anyone falling to the Dark Side, for whatever reason...
Your arguements are sound, to be sure--I simply came away from LOTF feeling Caedus had been given short-shrift by the authors in those last few novels. Built up to be the ultimate Sith Lord, he seemed to go out looking far less than that...again, my opinion purely.
I understand we all interpret a story with a different take on events--owing to our own life experiences, beliefs and values. I wish things had been different in LOTF--and that we still had Jacen Solo: he could have been an outstanding Jedi Master, IMHO--he could have made a life with TK and their daughter. It would have been lovely to see that come about...
Oh, well. We cannot change the past (even flow walking!
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"He DID try to deter his twin (...was it more than once...?)"
It might not have been more than once; perhaps I exaggerated, but my point that he was more concerned with saving TK and Allana than fight to the death with Jaina stands. Of course, if he had both of his arms at the time, he might have done a little better. It shouldn't mean much to a mighty Sith, true, but I imagine it had to have made some difference. At the very least, I'd find it pretty awkward xD
Anyway, yeah, it's true that everyone can interpret this with their own takes. It's so rare that I get the opportunity to debate Star Wars intelligently, so I enjoy talking to you. As for wishing that things had turned out differently, I can speak volumes about that. Hell, if the second Solo generation had to be reduced to one, I'd like it to have been Anakin. Not that I think that badly of Jacen, I'd have rather seen him suffer Anakin's fate. I haven't read much of the NJO series, but so far, I can tell Jacen's developing into be an impressive breed of Jedi. I think it'd have been interesting to see Jacen perish in the war, have Jaina go dark, and have Anakin take her out. Redeeming his name, so to speak.
As for disappointment in Caedus, worry not. Paxis will be better...
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Well... Considering it to be the first book in the LOTF series, I guess it won't hurt to read it.
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At least in "Betrayal," we still have our Mara (...that's her, covering Luke's back in the drawing!
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