Facing the darkness within is always a hard challenge because you have to open up to yourself about who you really are as opposed to who you think you are.
Facts. That’s my current life trial. Trying to see myself and my life’s setbacks as they honestly are, without lying to myself or sugar coating the truth that is my life
I'm with ya. For years, my fave was ROTJ. But, as I got older, Empire grew and eventually became my favorite. I think seeing the prequels solidified that even more. Another great vid, sir!
@@RetneysHolocron I enjoy all of your stuff mate. Some of the best Star Wars lore on the Tube. However some of these vids are better than others. (That’s probably my personal bias, not your production.) 😆😎👍
My issue with this is kind of two-fold. First, while I do understand why Yoda would tell Luke not to take his lightsaber, it's not like Jedi regularly just wander into danger with no worries about their safety, and if he had kept the lightsaber outside, then he might've felt compelled to defend himself with something else, like the Force, and "defense" might've leaned in a more negative, which you aren't supposed to do, with the Force. Second, and this is the bigger one, that I have felt for several decades, now; what do learned practitioners, like Yoda, think the Dark Side is? What afflicted Luke wasn't a grasping Emperor, from across the galaxy, or even a greedy Vader, using his precious Chosen One levels of might to try and shift Luke. It wasn't the disembodied souls of the dead Sith, and this isn't 40k, where the general wretchedness of the galaxy literally taints the Warp, which then taints more people. If it wasn't the avatar of the Dark Side, the Chosen One, the Son, Abeloth, the ghosts of Sithmas Past, or some other directed effort, by a person, what was "tempting" Luke, that wasn't a normal, accepted part of the Force, itself? It kind of gets back to "why isn't there a more rounded view of the Force, or people who use it without being so good it hurts, or Saturday morning cartoon villain-levels of bad? If the Dark Side was JUST the neutral Force, but tainted by the worst people, it would make more sense, but the Dark Side is a component of the living Force, and IT tried to tempt Luke, all on its own, without any direction from a Sith, or something else. Why doesn't Yoda ever address that? He just keeps trying to steer Luke away, even knowing what it did to other past well-intentioned Jedi?
The statement about leaning into the negative of "defense" is non-sensical. Defensive action is part of the light side of the Force, which is defined by voluntary action. The dark side of the Force is initiating violence against non-aggressors, hence Yoda's warning against aggression and its genesis, fear and anger. By taking the weapons into the cave Luke was demonstrating a lack of faith in the light side of the Force and leaning into fear, anger, and aggression. Worse yet, Luke was the first to draw his weapon before trying to talk to Vader, making Skywalker the aggressor in both the cave and again at Bespin. Had Luke heeded Yoda's advice, the young Jedi would've likely experienced a completely different vision, probably one of Anakin. Vader was a mirror to Luke's aggression, embodied specifically by his lightsaber and leveraged against him in ROTJ by the Emperor, which is ultimately why Luke throws away his lightsaber when standing before the Emperor. Returning to the cave, Luke was quick to act aggressively to an illusion, demonstrating his lack of control over his own agency, let alone the Force. Had Luke not been so quick to let in the dark side then he would've realized Vader's presence on Dagobah made no sense and picked up on the illusion. The irony of the scene is Yoda gave the answers to the test to Luke before he entered into the cave. To the second paragraph, Yoda defined both the dark side and the Light Side of the Force, "But beware the dark side.... anger, fear, aggression... for the dark side of the Force are they. Quick to join you in a fight... A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never attack." That statement is the non-aggression principle: do not initiate violence against non-aggressors, effectively making the Jedi (of the OT) Libertarians. The dark side would therefore be anyone who initiates an aggressive act, which is why Yoda warns Luke against anger, fear, and aggression.
That part scared me when I was little the darth vader helmet exploding and showing Luke's face. That always terrified me. It took me forever not to get terrified by that. 😂
This was not a Jedi Trial. The Masters don't put you through that until they think you're ready and Luke had only been training for a couple months. At best this was a Jedi Mid-Term, maybe a Jedi Pop Quiz.
Luke is the first to attack Vader in the cave, because he is the first to ignite his lightsaber, and does so again at Bespin. Yoda warned Luke, "But beware of the dark side. Anger, fear, aggression, for the dark side of the Force are they. Easily they flow. Quick to join you in a fight... A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never attack." This is the reason why Yoda told Luke to forego his weapons. Vader was the mirror image for the lightsaber, which represented Luke's aggression. Had Luke listened to Yoda he would've experienced a different vision, such as seeing a Spectre of Anakin, and probably learned the truth about Anakin/Vader through the Force, which was the entire basis for Luke's training.
The trial of the spirit is the the hardest of the Jedi trials and all Jedi must face it
Facing the darkness within is always a hard challenge because you have to open up to yourself about who you really are as opposed to who you think you are.
Facts. That’s my current life trial. Trying to see myself and my life’s setbacks as they honestly are, without lying to myself or sugar coating the truth that is my life
Seeing the Jedi trails in live action in ESB is both cool and important.
I'm with ya. For years, my fave was ROTJ. But, as I got older, Empire grew and eventually became my favorite. I think seeing the prequels solidified that even more.
Another great vid, sir!
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Another Great Vid!
Thanks mate!
Glad you enjoyed it!!
@@RetneysHolocron I enjoy all of your stuff mate.
Some of the best Star Wars lore on the Tube.
However some of these vids are better than others.
(That’s probably my personal bias, not your production.)
😆😎👍
I wonder what Yoda had to say after Luke exited the cave.
My issue with this is kind of two-fold. First, while I do understand why Yoda would tell Luke not to take his lightsaber, it's not like Jedi regularly just wander into danger with no worries about their safety, and if he had kept the lightsaber outside, then he might've felt compelled to defend himself with something else, like the Force, and "defense" might've leaned in a more negative, which you aren't supposed to do, with the Force.
Second, and this is the bigger one, that I have felt for several decades, now; what do learned practitioners, like Yoda, think the Dark Side is? What afflicted Luke wasn't a grasping Emperor, from across the galaxy, or even a greedy Vader, using his precious Chosen One levels of might to try and shift Luke. It wasn't the disembodied souls of the dead Sith, and this isn't 40k, where the general wretchedness of the galaxy literally taints the Warp, which then taints more people. If it wasn't the avatar of the Dark Side, the Chosen One, the Son, Abeloth, the ghosts of Sithmas Past, or some other directed effort, by a person, what was "tempting" Luke, that wasn't a normal, accepted part of the Force, itself? It kind of gets back to "why isn't there a more rounded view of the Force, or people who use it without being so good it hurts, or Saturday morning cartoon villain-levels of bad? If the Dark Side was JUST the neutral Force, but tainted by the worst people, it would make more sense, but the Dark Side is a component of the living Force, and IT tried to tempt Luke, all on its own, without any direction from a Sith, or something else. Why doesn't Yoda ever address that? He just keeps trying to steer Luke away, even knowing what it did to other past well-intentioned Jedi?
The statement about leaning into the negative of "defense" is non-sensical. Defensive action is part of the light side of the Force, which is defined by voluntary action. The dark side of the Force is initiating violence against non-aggressors, hence Yoda's warning against aggression and its genesis, fear and anger. By taking the weapons into the cave Luke was demonstrating a lack of faith in the light side of the Force and leaning into fear, anger, and aggression. Worse yet, Luke was the first to draw his weapon before trying to talk to Vader, making Skywalker the aggressor in both the cave and again at Bespin. Had Luke heeded Yoda's advice, the young Jedi would've likely experienced a completely different vision, probably one of Anakin. Vader was a mirror to Luke's aggression, embodied specifically by his lightsaber and leveraged against him in ROTJ by the Emperor, which is ultimately why Luke throws away his lightsaber when standing before the Emperor. Returning to the cave, Luke was quick to act aggressively to an illusion, demonstrating his lack of control over his own agency, let alone the Force. Had Luke not been so quick to let in the dark side then he would've realized Vader's presence on Dagobah made no sense and picked up on the illusion. The irony of the scene is Yoda gave the answers to the test to Luke before he entered into the cave.
To the second paragraph, Yoda defined both the dark side and the Light Side of the Force, "But beware the dark side.... anger, fear, aggression... for the dark side of the Force are they. Quick to join you in a fight... A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never attack." That statement is the non-aggression principle: do not initiate violence against non-aggressors, effectively making the Jedi (of the OT) Libertarians. The dark side would therefore be anyone who initiates an aggressive act, which is why Yoda warns Luke against anger, fear, and aggression.
That part scared me when I was little the darth vader helmet exploding and showing Luke's face. That always terrified me. It took me forever not to get terrified by that. 😂
This was not a Jedi Trial. The Masters don't put you through that until they think you're ready and Luke had only been training for a couple months. At best this was a Jedi Mid-Term, maybe a Jedi Pop Quiz.
Luke never studied 😮💨
Luke is the first to attack Vader in the cave, because he is the first to ignite his lightsaber, and does so again at Bespin. Yoda warned Luke, "But beware of the dark side. Anger, fear, aggression, for the dark side of the Force are they. Easily they flow. Quick to join you in a fight... A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never attack." This is the reason why Yoda told Luke to forego his weapons. Vader was the mirror image for the lightsaber, which represented Luke's aggression. Had Luke listened to Yoda he would've experienced a different vision, such as seeing a Spectre of Anakin, and probably learned the truth about Anakin/Vader through the Force, which was the entire basis for Luke's training.
I'm curious, do you have a copy of ESB printed in the 80's?
No, I have two copies. One from 1995 and one in the Barnes & Noble version that has all three novelizations in one
The Sith is the shit!
I wondered what his failure at the cave meant
Was Yoda cloning Luke?