Star Words: Episode V, Part 35
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matrilWhile we're waiting uneasily for the trap to spring in Cloud City, we return to Dagobah where Luke is preparing to come to the rescue. Both Yoda and a ghostly Obi-Wan plead with him to stay and finish his training, but he refuses. And would we think better of Luke if he obeyed? Doubtful. We don't tend to celebrate heroes who calmly wait and study and focus on long-term victories. And yet his mentors foresee that Luke's impatient heroism will actually make the situation worse. All that Luke can see, when Ben exhorts him to patience, is the awful callousness of abandoning his friends. Yoda has a solemn response to his protests.
"And sacrifice Han and Leia?"
"If you honor what they fight for, yes."
What a painful choice. Han and Leia, we know, are willing to die for the cause of the Rebellion. But it's a different thing to choose self-sacrifice. Sacrificing your friends? It seems unthinkable. I can't imagine doing otherwise than Luke does.
Oh, just imagine Yoda and Obi-Wan's concern here, as they see Anakin's son veering dangerously close to the same path. Forsaking Jedi ideals to save his loved ones, at all and any costs. Yikes. No wonder they're so worried.
Next time, reluctantly sending Luke on his way with many sober warnings....
"And sacrifice Han and Leia?"
"If you honor what they fight for, yes."
What a painful choice. Han and Leia, we know, are willing to die for the cause of the Rebellion. But it's a different thing to choose self-sacrifice. Sacrificing your friends? It seems unthinkable. I can't imagine doing otherwise than Luke does.
Oh, just imagine Yoda and Obi-Wan's concern here, as they see Anakin's son veering dangerously close to the same path. Forsaking Jedi ideals to save his loved ones, at all and any costs. Yikes. No wonder they're so worried.
Next time, reluctantly sending Luke on his way with many sober warnings....
