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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 DID YOU KNOW? Warwick Davis has played 5 different characters across the main Star wars films. 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. 62 //Star Wars Battlefront Special Edition The GameOn Magazine Gary Jamroz Palma Star Wars Battlefront Special Edition The GameOn Magazine // 63