Blog Prompt Week 3
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and The Return of the Jedi
The Power of the Dark Side
As you can see this is for us in the present a typical
situation of good vs. evil where at the end good will always prevail. The dark side is in numerous ways more
powerful and their dirty schemes trying to make the last of the Jedi’s to
become part of the conquering and destruction of other planets becoming
unstoppable. Knowingly in both forces that Luke Skywalker is very influential
to either sides determining what could happen in the future, Luke himself is
powerful than his soon to be known father Darth Vader. I believe Han Solo does
take a bigger part than just someone who helps Luke occasionally to flee from
places and be the funny guy. Han Solo is a different kind of hero than from
Luke where his angle is more indirect.
Han Solo
doesn’t really have a temptation to really join the other side rather just
being on his way where no one can bother him.
Getting closer to Leia feelings come to play in his conflict of staying
and help the rebellion or return to his meaningless life. In the preparation of
the attack against the death star Solo does leave in his starship he returns to
save once again Luke Skywalker for him to accomplish the mission. What I wonder is if Harrison Ford would’ve
not returned for the last two films how would Lucas would move about the issues
of Luke being constantly saved by Solo. For example in the Battle of Hoth where
Luke wanders off and Solo comes to the rescue.
For Luke
there is a different kind of temptation regarding the connection of his father
being in the dark side. Luke has numerous encounters when facing the dark force
and having the decision to join the wrong cause. Going back to the start of the
second film Luke is in the training of Yoda and the conflict of having to help
a friend in need is more important than finishing the training. “Luke
disregards his mentor to attempt a suicidal mission to rescue Han Solo”
(Pfieffer 108) Yoda then has a conversation with the spirit of Kenobi about the
fear of him being unready will make him more vulnerable and easier to influence
in becoming to the dark side.
I believe
what helped Luke to not become part of the dark side was this mere hope that
his father will become good once again and join his son in the fight against
the emperor. In the last battle the emperor shows Luke his plan of putting his
friends into an ambush where they where all going to die just to make a point
on anger and to use it. The Emperor taunts Luke, but Luke resists. When trying to strike the emperor down a
battle begins with Vader. Luke with rage
manages to win the battle against his father, but having the opportunity to
take that last blow he shows that he isn’t like his father or the emperor by
putting his lightsaber away. The Emperor with his hunger for power strikes Luke
with thunder making him suffer to the point of death Vader reaches deep down
his half human side and gets the strength of the goodness and grabs the emperor
and throws him into a pit, to the death of the emperor. The ending scene shows Anakin, Kenobi, Yoda as
spirits as a representation that he has finished his training and has become a
master Jedi.
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