You're absolutely right I think about the fear over the Dark Side being 'seductive', and of course it is a legitimate fear.
That said, I've always found it frustrating, what Yoda says in ESB, how 'once you start down a dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, etc.' While there is truth in that statement in terms of how it turns out for some, I have to wonder if that is all there is to it. I often feel like one of Luke's many roles is to help prove that wrong, or at least to show another side to this. (Just as he proves Obi-Wan's assessment of Ani being lost forever wrong, too.)
Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but just my musings. Again, it comes down to the importance of 'knowing thine enemy' -- even the inner 'enemy' or inner darkness within oneself!
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That said, I've always found it frustrating, what Yoda says in ESB, how 'once you start down a dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, etc.' While there is truth in that statement in terms of how it turns out for some, I have to wonder if that is all there is to it. I often feel like one of Luke's many roles is to help prove that wrong, or at least to show another side to this. (Just as he proves Obi-Wan's assessment of Ani being lost forever wrong, too.)
Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but just my musings. Again, it comes down to the importance of 'knowing thine enemy' -- even the inner 'enemy' or inner darkness within oneself!