tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-07:2940596
The Far, Bright Center
The barest flicker of persistent light
swiftsnowmane
2019-01-05T13:41:11Z
tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-07:2940596:19062
Breaking the Cycle
2017-04-17T14:08:46Z
2019-01-05T13:41:11Z
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<div style="text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-indent: -7px;">" </span><span style="color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-indent: -7px;">In the Star Wars universe, it is stated that slavery is a primary tool of the Sith—for controlling one another, and also for the subjugation of the entire galaxy. And thus it stands to reason that if Anakin is truly the Chosen One (and this is confirmed by Lucas’ canon), then he is also the one who is destined to destroy the Sith, and by doing so, it is implied, break this seemingly-perpetual cycle of slavery (and mental/ideological enslavement)."</span><span style="font-size: 12px;"> <br /><br /><br type="_moz" /></span></div><div class="post_body" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; outline: none 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 20px 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 21px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; overflow: visible; width: 540px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><table class="quote_source_table"><tbody style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; outline: none 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; outline: none 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="quote_source_mdash" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; outline: none 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: text-top; box-sizing: border-box; width: 20px;">— </td><td class="quote_source" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; outline: none 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: text-top; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; width: 480px;"><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; outline: none 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;"><i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; outline: none 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;">‘<a href="http://the-far-bright-center.tumblr.com/post/149183468452/the-chosen-one-the-heros-journey-and-breaking" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; outline: none 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.15em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(68, 68, 68, 0) 50%, rgba(68, 68, 68, 0.247059) 0px); background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 1em 2px; background-position: 0px 1.15em;">The Chosen One, the Hero’s Journey, and breaking the cycle of enslavement in Star Wars: or, why TFA makes no sense in the context of the Prequels and the Original Trilogy’ </a></i></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; outline: none 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;">(via <a href="http://the-far-bright-center.tumblr.com/post/149183468452/the-chosen-one-the-heros-journey-and-breaking" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; outline: none 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.15em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(68, 68, 68, 0) 50%, rgba(68, 68, 68, 0.247059) 0px); background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 1em 2px; background-position: 0px 1.15em;">the-far-bright-center</a>)</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; outline: none 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;">“<span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; outline: none 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;">This is why the climactic and emotionally cathartic ending of <i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; outline: none 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;">Return of the Jedi</i> must herald an end to this cycle. What does destroying the Sith <i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; outline: none 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;">mean</i>, if not that? </span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; outline: none 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;">Without this, there is little point to Anakin’s otherwise wholly tragic story. </span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; outline: none 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;">Without this, I would argue, there is little point to <i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; outline: none 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;">Luke’s </i>story, either</span>.” <br /><br /><img src="https://68.media.tumblr.com/7b3246e1c24dff21a5c59ea056a44efb/tumblr_o91d31Lb5U1sqzou6o2_400.gif" alt="" /></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=swiftsnowmane&ditemid=19062" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments
tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-07:2940596:7517
The Chosen One, the Hero’s Journey, and breaking the cycle of enslavement in Star Wars
2017-04-10T15:06:53Z
2017-04-16T12:22:34Z
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<h2 style="font-size: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; line-height: 1.16; font-family: Gibson, "Helvetica Neue", HelveticaNeue, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Or, why TFA makes no sense in the context of the Prequels and the Original Trilogy</h2><div style="text-align: center;">~<br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://the-far-bright-center.tumblr.com/post/149183468452/the-chosen-one-the-heros-journey-and-breaking" target="_blank"><img alt="" height="540" src="http://68.media.tumblr.com/e4fb283d78a34a1dedcc46c98716b301/tumblr_inline_oi4pk7HZLv1rot5qn_540.png" width="540" /></a> <br /><br /> ~</div><p><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", HelveticaNeue, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">T</span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", HelveticaNeue, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">here is something incredibly unique about Anakin Skywalker as a character: this fascinating blend of hero, victim, and villain, and how the interplay of fate, destiny, character flaws, divided loyalties, tragic decisions, and the machinations of others leads to such great pain, loss, and evil…for himself, and for an entire galaxy. How he, as Vader, becomes both physically and mentally enslaved, suspended in an almost carbonite-like stasis and cyclical mindset for decades, until his final act of free will, spurred on by his latent, powerful love for his son, sets him—and them all—free.</span></p><div><p style="margin: 1em 0px 0px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", HelveticaNeue, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In the wake of TFA, I feel the need to explain why I find Anakin’s entire arc (his fall <i>and </i>redemption) so important—nay, <i>essential—</i>to the overall message of the Star Wars saga, and why, thus far, the entire premise of the sequels feels like such an insult to all that has come before—<span style="font-weight: 700;">especially in light of the nature of both Anakin’s tragic tale and Luke’s heroic journey</span>.</p></div><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://swiftsnowmane.dreamwidth.org/7517.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=swiftsnowmane&ditemid=7517" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments