The Star Wars saga is over and the book is closed.
Somehow, it brings me to some realizations that Lucas' mindpot had been cooked and served to us in terms of character unknowingly. Do not fear! Yes indeed to the padawans of the multitude, Yoda whispers in the wind, "do not fear, fear begets anger, and anger begets aggression". Actually, it's a reference to all religious that classify themselves as "God-fearing". Will fear bring anger? That might be of no sense but if you fly for a bird's-eye view of the current sociological climate, it would seem that anger springs from too much of being "in fear". Afraid of losing power, a politician resort to ordering the massacre of his people; afraid of losing business monopoly, a conglomerate would absorb the few small-scale striving workers; afraid of being sent to a hellish place, a pastor would lead his followers to his personal infallible theories; afraid of losing everything, a man would willingly sacrifice his dearest.
You see it's all about fear. I was raised in fear and I grew up with it. Perhaps Lucas never really grasped into the oblique reference of his thinkings reflected into the characters of the Star Wars Universe yet he did made up something that made sense. Dividing that Universe into a Dark and Light Side was meant to be like the real world. Though it seems that being a Jedi, sans fear, sans love, sans emotion, is Utopic in nature - it is the very opposite of the Lighter side of reality. Maybe it explains why anger and aggression occurs everywhere. It's just that we were raised to be fearing and recessive that the darkness of hearts are bursting in silence. And who can tell that the Sith represents the aristocratic rule of reality? Was it that Love was associated with being with the darker side? Perhaps deceit occurs as ubiquitous as love and fear precedes them all.
I have to live without this fear. It shouldn't be a Jedi mind trick only but a better way of life.
Somehow, it brings me to some realizations that Lucas' mindpot had been cooked and served to us in terms of character unknowingly. Do not fear! Yes indeed to the padawans of the multitude, Yoda whispers in the wind, "do not fear, fear begets anger, and anger begets aggression". Actually, it's a reference to all religious that classify themselves as "God-fearing". Will fear bring anger? That might be of no sense but if you fly for a bird's-eye view of the current sociological climate, it would seem that anger springs from too much of being "in fear". Afraid of losing power, a politician resort to ordering the massacre of his people; afraid of losing business monopoly, a conglomerate would absorb the few small-scale striving workers; afraid of being sent to a hellish place, a pastor would lead his followers to his personal infallible theories; afraid of losing everything, a man would willingly sacrifice his dearest.
You see it's all about fear. I was raised in fear and I grew up with it. Perhaps Lucas never really grasped into the oblique reference of his thinkings reflected into the characters of the Star Wars Universe yet he did made up something that made sense. Dividing that Universe into a Dark and Light Side was meant to be like the real world. Though it seems that being a Jedi, sans fear, sans love, sans emotion, is Utopic in nature - it is the very opposite of the Lighter side of reality. Maybe it explains why anger and aggression occurs everywhere. It's just that we were raised to be fearing and recessive that the darkness of hearts are bursting in silence. And who can tell that the Sith represents the aristocratic rule of reality? Was it that Love was associated with being with the darker side? Perhaps deceit occurs as ubiquitous as love and fear precedes them all.
I have to live without this fear. It shouldn't be a Jedi mind trick only but a better way of life.
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