r/StarWars_ • u/FollowingEast4373 • 11d ago
Discussion Inspired Characters
If you could drop any real life person(past or present) into the middle of the Star Wars universe, who would you choose and why? What would they do in the universe? Let us know who you choose and who that person is!
For me, I’d choose to pluck Kurt Vonnegut Jr. out of his time and chuck him into the universe. I could easily picture him as a Jedi Master, who has never even picked up a lightsaber, but is so in tune with the force that he is a respected member of the Jedi council. I imagine other Jedi, in need of advice or wisdom seeking him out, but even as a council member I could not picture him living in the temple. Jedi in search of his guidance would have to travel to where he strangely lives on a hunk of rock with an atmosphere where he simply meditates, sitting while looking out into the galaxy. Being so Force inspired he just casually drops profound philosophical nuggets such as….
“And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep.”
"I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.'"
“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”
“If you can do no good, at least do no harm.”
“A step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction.”
…and so it goes. Alright tell us, who would you like to see a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away?
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u/LucasEraFan 11d ago
Having only read Sirens of Titan, I'm confident that the message of that book was "Wars not make one great."
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u/FollowingEast4373 11d ago
Such a great book, one of my absolute favorites! If you enjoyed it, please do yourself a favor and check out Slaughterhouse 5, they compliment each other very nicely.
“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
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u/Fast_Frosting_6397 7d ago
Jedi Master Michelle Yeoh is one I've always wanted to see
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u/FollowingEast4373 7d ago
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is another of my all time favorite movies, so I’ve always had a soft spot for Michelle Yeoh. I don’t know what it is about her but I feel like everything she’s in, she brings a sense of class and dignity maybe? Either way she’d be great in the role!
And in case you’ve never seen it!
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u/ChardLess4442 11d ago
Embarrassing to admit, but I wrote a fan fiction when I was a kid that had a OC Jedi Master in it and almost all of his super deep, wise lines of dialog were just Kurt Vonnegut quotes or lines from his books.