temper11 |
01-04-2018 12:14 PM |
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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
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What The Last Jedi tells us is that our heroes lives are inconsequential.
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Other than restoring peace to the galaxy for years, you mean?
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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
(Post 13330360)
Luke blowing up the Death Star with Han's help was inconsequential.
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Inconsequential? Except that the empire didn't have a death star to go around terrorizing planets for a few years and had to start completely over. You could have said this in response to Return of the Jedi too. Stamping out one threat doesn't mean that all threats go away.
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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
(Post 13330360)
Luke saving his father, which lead to the destruction of the second Death Star and death of the Emperor and Sith was inconsequential.
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Same response as above... the empire lost another powerful weapon, and their leadership, which lead to peace in the galaxy for years thereafter. How is that inconsequential? Evil always rises up - even in the real world. This is not an unusual concept. You depose one evil dictator and another one steps up to fill in the void.
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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
(Post 13330360)
No matter how much "Good" someone does with their life, evil will always prevail and destroy lives.
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Evil doesn't always prevail - in real life nor in Star Wars (see destruction of death star 1, destruction of death star 2, destruction of star killer base, destruction of dreadnought, etc. etc...)
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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
(Post 13330360)
This also tells us that whatever Finn, Rose, Poe and Rey do in their lives is also inconsequential.
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Because they will never be able to completely eradicate evil? Seriously?
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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
(Post 13330360)
So, what's the point?
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"Darkness rises, and the light to meet it". It's been that way since the dawn of time and will always be that way. No matter how strong and powerful our heroes are on the screen or in real life. And even in knowing that truth... heroes still stand against that evil - it's actually a pretty damned inspiring message.
I think that's the point.
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