November 2009
2 posts
Jedi, compromised: A portrayal of the Jedi...
“For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic.”
- Obi-wan Kenobi [A New Hope by George Lucas]
The Star Wars prequel trilogy of this millennium portrays the downfall of Anakin Skywalker, the powerful Jedi who becomes a twisted tool of the Dark Side; the Galactic Senate, where political squabbling and ineffective...
Who Watches the Watchmen?
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light meaning in the darkness of mere being. – C. G. Jung in Memories, Dream, Reflections.
Could reading/watching such a dark tale of human nature leave one in a lighter state than where he started? Or, as midnight approaches, should he heed Fredrich Wilhelm Nietzsche’s dire warning, “Battle not with monsters, lest ye...