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[QUOTE]Originally posted by HerbShrump: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Sol System: [qb] I'm not speaking so much to Luke's point of view when it comes to Darth Vader's public perception. As Episode III ends the new Empire needs to contend with the fact that yesterday the Jedi were heroes and today they're villains, while at the same time being saddled with a culture that doesn't yet realize it's living in a dictatorship. [/qb][/QUOTE]History is written by the victors. There are historical examples of groups and organizations that were in public favor for a time then fell out of it. The Nazi party and the Hitler Youth is one. At the time people were probably proud their kid was a member of the Hitler Youth. I bet no one brags about that membership now. Star Wars history probably depicted the Jedi being good at one time but falling to corruption. After all, Luke knew what the Jedi were and seemed excited that Obi-Wan fought in the Clone Wars. He even wanted to be a Jedi like his father, so he must have known some stories of how the Jedi used to be. Kenobi was pretty open about calling the current political regieme a "dark time." Perhaps the people in the Outer Rim had a more open view of current events as well as the past leading up to it. [QUOTE]Another thing I'd like to know about is the source of Owen Lars' antipathy towards Obi-Wan Kenobi. I mean, he doesn't know the guy, all he knows is that one day a Jedi Master turns up with Owen's stepbrother's baby son. Cut to 20 years later and "Ben" Kenobi is a "crazy old wizard" - Owen's true opinion, or just something to discourage Luke's interest?[/QUOTE]Some comments from Owen Lars and Kenobi: When Beru says Luke's just like his father, Owen says "that's what I'm afraid of." When Luke comments that his father was a navigator on a spice freighter, Kenobi replies; "That's your uncle talking. He didn't hold to your father's ideals." and later, when presented with the lightsaber "Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough, but your uncle wouldn't allow it. He was afraid you'd follow old Obi-Wan off on some damn fool idealistic crusade like your father." So, at some point previous to ANH Kenobi tried to give Luke the lightsaber. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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