Star Words: Episode V, Part 14
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matrilLuke's first impression of Dagobah is not particularly favorable. Shrouded in both literal and metaphorical fog, he has no idea where he's going or what he's going to encounter. And so he crashes straight into the swamp.
He doesn't know it, but he's already encountering his first test in preparation for Jedi training. Several traits will be assessed here, including patience (not very promising thus far!) and learning not to judge things by their superficial appearance (which will coming into play even more strongly once Yoda shows up). He looks around at the murky swamp and can hardly believe this is the place where Ben has led him. After a mishap with Artoo getting eaten, and then spat out, by some sort of leviathan, Luke is really beginning to doubt. What are they doing here?
"It's like something out of a dream, or...I don't know. Maybe I'm just going crazy."
Why not both?
Both ideas evoke the other-worldly, peculiar nature of Dagobah. Here Luke will learn how to fully let go of the conscious senses that hold him back, to embrace the mystical perceptions that some could very well consider the ravings of madmen. It was in a dream-like state that he first learned of Dagobah from Ben, thereafter rambling in a manner that Han surely attributed to hypothermic insanity. So you might say that Luke's misgivings are actually a sign that he's in exactly the right place.
Of course, the statement is punctuated by Artoo's robotic retching, so maybe it's not quite as solemn as I'm making it out to be.
(By the way, I've always wondered why Luke's earlier line "You're lucky you don't taste very good" is replaced with the far-less-funny "You were lucky to get out of that" in the modified editions. Never mind Greedo or Han shooting first; this one was a far bigger loss to me. Were they concerned that people would assume Luke had personally tasted Artoo? Oh well.)
Next time, tensions continue to heighten on the stranded Falcon...
He doesn't know it, but he's already encountering his first test in preparation for Jedi training. Several traits will be assessed here, including patience (not very promising thus far!) and learning not to judge things by their superficial appearance (which will coming into play even more strongly once Yoda shows up). He looks around at the murky swamp and can hardly believe this is the place where Ben has led him. After a mishap with Artoo getting eaten, and then spat out, by some sort of leviathan, Luke is really beginning to doubt. What are they doing here?
"It's like something out of a dream, or...I don't know. Maybe I'm just going crazy."
Why not both?
Both ideas evoke the other-worldly, peculiar nature of Dagobah. Here Luke will learn how to fully let go of the conscious senses that hold him back, to embrace the mystical perceptions that some could very well consider the ravings of madmen. It was in a dream-like state that he first learned of Dagobah from Ben, thereafter rambling in a manner that Han surely attributed to hypothermic insanity. So you might say that Luke's misgivings are actually a sign that he's in exactly the right place.
Of course, the statement is punctuated by Artoo's robotic retching, so maybe it's not quite as solemn as I'm making it out to be.
(By the way, I've always wondered why Luke's earlier line "You're lucky you don't taste very good" is replaced with the far-less-funny "You were lucky to get out of that" in the modified editions. Never mind Greedo or Han shooting first; this one was a far bigger loss to me. Were they concerned that people would assume Luke had personally tasted Artoo? Oh well.)
Next time, tensions continue to heighten on the stranded Falcon...
