It has been brought to my attention that today is the birthday of John Williams, the composer who composed (among others) soundtracks for Star Wars, Jaws, Jurassic Park, ET, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Indiana Jones, and Superman.
Happy Birthday, John Williams (he is 80)!
At the risk of sounding extremely nerdy, I really want to focus on Star Wars for a second. I think, perhaps more than any other movie franchise, Star Wars captures a fleeting truth about life: the fall to the Dark Side.
How is it that a guy so full of good intent can fall so very far, with only the best of intentions all along?
We see Luke refusing to risk falling to 'the dark side' by fighting his father, at least up until his father brings up Leia.
"So, you have a sister! ... if you will not turn to the Dark Side, then perhaps she will!"
Only then does Luke go on the offensive, but STILL if he kills Vader he becomes the very thing he set out to destroy. Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader only trying to protect the people he cared about. He was selfless and giving, only trying to help people. How did he go from hero to villain just by doing what he thought was right?
And now that we see (in cinematic HD) how easy it is for pure intent to fall prey to evil, and transform into villainy...this poses a relevant question to all our lives:
how can we resist evil without falling prey to it ourselves?
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