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you exactly what you want and expect, because it’s
an archetypal good versus evil quest narrative.
The universal appeal of Star Wars is down to
this archetypal narrative – it’s a very basic story all
people can relate to. You can watch it as a child and
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appreciate it for its simplicity. I’m not going to argue
that Star Wars has some hidden message in it that
only people with a PhD in English can understand,
but I am about to argue that Star Wars has themes
up, you relate to different characters and situations
that you can only fully understand as an adult, once
than when you were little. This is its real mass
you’ve grown up and experienced something of
appeal in my view – as with all great works of art, it
life. It’s a story that grows with you. As you grow
appeals at both a universal and a personal level.
As I said, when I was little, I didn’t understand
Darth Vader’s change of heart. Once a bad guy,
always a bad guy, that’s the law. When I rewatched
them recently, his decision to destroy the Emperor
when he saw him torturing his son was incredibly
moving to me. When you’re little, Darth Vader being
“seduced” by the Dark Side of the Force is something
you don’t really understand – you just accept it. But
which of us, as we’ve grown up, hasn’t been tempted
by the Dark Side, as defined in those films? Living
our life in fear, hatred, and aggression? I know I have.
I know many people whose lives are dominated by
fear, which prevents them from living their life to
the fullest. Aggression is also incredibly crippling –it
can be hugely damaging to your life to be obsessed
by hatred for something or someone. That’s what
the Dark Side is. It doesn’t turn you into an ugly
monster or make you wear a robot suit, but it does
change who you are, it does cripple you, and it does
damage you. It’s something you always have to be
mindful of, and be wary of, because it is strong, and
it can seduce you, and it can dominate your destiny.
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