Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you; here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere, yes. Even between the land and the ship.
And now, as I watch the denouement of the saga that has been part of my life for over two decades, I am caught up once more in this epic story. As harsh beams glint off the freshly minted armour of Palpatine’s tragic apprentice, a smug smile of contentment flickers over the reptilian features of his evil master, the self-proclaimed Emperor of the galaxy. But there is hope. Twin babies blink as the sun sets on the Old Republic, with the promise that for a future generation, the dark will yield once more to light.
As the auditorium lights return me to a sort of reality, I sit, not wanting to move, savouring the heady mixture of sadness and elation and thinking, “Well, they just don’t make them like that anymore…”
- Ian McDiarmid (Writing in 2005)
Use the Force, Luke
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“the force is s t r o n g in my family. my father has it. i have it. my sister has it. you have that p o w e r , t o o.”
The Force is strong in my family…
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (December 2015)