I don’t think he can help himself.
the video brings up an interesting…no, better said…a better angle to view the definition of what the “dark side” of the force is.
we have always equated the dark side as evil, and light=good.
in this video, not that the video declares this…but this is how i personally interpreted the point of the video.
the jedi, are reactors and not enactors.
their philosophy/religion is based on a zen/buddist belief that you, the jedi, react to situations presented to you, and that you are trained to go with the flow of things to a certain extent.
so…lets take Obi Wan’s behavior in the cantina.
roughneck hooligan starts shit with Luke…Obi says "forget the lil one. here let me buy you a drink."
zen.
hooligan throws a tantrum, whips out weapon. Obi reacts to situation.
or, the stormtroopers stop the speeder looking for droids scene.
Stormtrooper asks questions,…Obi reacts to situation by using mind control.
if stormtrooper doesnt ask relevant question, Obi doesnt exercise the Force.
now look at Darth during the executive room scene where the dude says "dont try to frighten us with your ways. the dead religion bla blah"
Vader straight up enacts and dictates the situation by trying to silence his critic.
Obi, Luke, and Yoda try to go with the flow, and only really exercise the force when the situation is now out of control.
while Vader exercises the force to take control of the situation before it ever gets out of hand.
the reason i bring this up…is that during ROTJ…at the end…this is much much much more believable as to why the dark side is so seductive and why Luke is tempted to turn at the end.
The Emperor and Vader are trying to tempt him to abuse the force by him using the force not in a passive reactive way but in a aggressive active way.
this way, makes the whole notion of turning to the dark side of the force into something much more believable and plausible.
as opposed to dark=evil, light=good…which makes Luke’s possible conversion at the end much less believable.
basically…
light side=passive
dark side=aggressive
or,
light side=use
dark side=abuse
and not so much
light=good
dark=evil
I never really looked at it as a good/evil thing but more of a manifestation of your emotions. So yea, Jedi are calm and rational and try to find peaceful ways of settling things, Sith act out of anger and raw emotional responses and those tend to cause damage.
This weeks episode of Rebels. TIE Defender is now back in canon.
Also…
Spoiler
Kallus is Fulcrum. No one is surprised.
The TIE Defender was a strange looking ship. However, the game it came from is one of my all time favorite Star Wars games. There need to be more games from the Imperial point of view.
It’s also one of the few TIEs that make sense. Aside from having shields, the panels don’t block the view as much.
Anytime you could use it, the gunboat, or the advanced, survival was a lot easier LOL.
For a fan made trailer, this is pretty dope!
Dont watch episode IV, they spoil Rogue One’s ending.
Mhmmm, Daisy Ridley 's feet. . .
Clears throat
In other news, I do like the approach they are taking with Rogue One (no opening crawl, shown more as a war flim, different person scoring the flim, etc).
Trying to separate itself from the episodic flims, I like that.
So today’s episode…!!
Based Kenobi, incoming!!!
:o
DC’s Legend of Tomorrow is going to change the Star Wars story when it comes back in January. Watch the spoiler…
so the few folks who have seen it already are saying the movie is great. its a good sign.
We heading to The Oscars?
even if it would get nominated, a Star Wars movie will never get an award for best picture of the year.
i’m sorry, but Star Wars(A New Hope) should have won best picture at the 50th academy awards.
it didnt.
Annie Hall won.
which is a joke.
not saying Annie Hall wasnt a great movie. it was. but better than Star Wars??? pl-leaze. not even in the same category.
these are the films that were nominated for best picture at the 78 academy awards.
Annie Hall-one of Woody Allen’s top 3 films. With Sleeper and Bananas being his other 2 best, imo.
Star Wars-greatest movie ever made
Close Encounters of the Third Kind-incredible film!
Julia-have no opinion, never seen it.
The Turning Point-no opinion, never seen it
The Goodbye Girl-fucking horrible movie, why it got nominated i have no idea. Perhaps Richard Dreyfuss’ performance put it here. which was great btw, but the movie itself was garbage.
hollywood nominates and awards hollywood. and they knew they had to give Star Wars awards for best editing, score, special effects, and sound.
they just plain ole didnt want Stat Wars to sweep.
but it shouldve.
not just best picture but maybe even best director.
cuz he smashed it. he may have failed with the prequels but he smashed this movie tho.
lets keep in mind that the original Star Wars, that first one rocked everyone.
it got standing ovations from audiences around the world for a year.
thats never happened before or since.
because people will give a standing ovation to theater actors on a stage or maybe musicians…but they do it because the recipient, the actual performers are live and in front of the audience to receive it.
for people, to get up, out of their seats, the entire audience…and give a blank lifeless silver screen against a flat wall…a standing ovation, is fucking unheard of.
and Star Wars did that.
no one motherfucking has ever given Annie Hall a standing ovation.
i dont think even a single person has ever stood up for Annie Hall other than to get more popcorn or go to the bathroom.
Hollywood bullshitted that evening at the academy awards.
lets be real.
Annie Hall is NOT a better movie than Star Wars.
i dont even think it was better than Close Encounters tbh!!!
edit:
Close Encounters wasnt nominated for best picture, just nominated in the category for best director-Steven Spielberg. which he lost btw to Woody Allen.
anywho, i scratched it out.
2nd Edit:
Close Encounters shouldve been nominated for best picture instead of that shitty The Goodbye Girl.
Wasn’t Hollywood hating on George for not putting up with their shit doe? George didn’t play by Hollywood’s rules so he took his ball and went home. In return, Hollywood kept their Oscars.
Haha Star Wars was gonna sweep The Academy, Hollywood was like “nah, son not today” lol
That sucks though & standing ovation for Star Wars! Woah, thats crazy bruh.