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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWas just watching Return of the Jedi on TV
There's a part where a slobbering Jabba the Hutt tells an obviously disgusted Princess Leia who he's kept as a love slave, "Soon you will learn to appreciate me."
Leia's unspoken visual response is predictably repulsed.
Makes as much sense as, "Give him a chance. He's our president now and we need to wish him the best."
Now I think we all know how Leia felt.
onecaliberal
(32,976 posts)Archae
(46,369 posts)I do love it, it's one of my favorites.
BUT...
Ok, Darth Vader has slaughtered a lot of little kids personally, oversaw the destruction of many peoples and at least one, maybe two whole planets.
He throws the Emperor down a reactor shaft, and Hey Presto! Everything is forgiven!
Give me a (bleep) break.
jmowreader
(50,580 posts)One "I believe!" wipes out a lifetime of grievous sin.
edhopper
(33,651 posts)but deep mythology and the hero's journey. Inspired by Joseph Campbell.
Jesus is just one story that fits.
Redemption is a big part of it.