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Subject: Re: Disturbance in the Force, and other topics
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Date: Fri, 1-Jul-83 23:14:24 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul  1 23:14:24 1983
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From:  Marshall Rose 

    From: harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!hou5f!hou5e!mat @ Ucb-Vax
	 Regarding the suggestion that Luke ``Son of Skywalker'' is the
	 most powerful of all the Jedi -- maybe, if we exclude the
	 Emperor. Once again, I say that the final battle between Luke
	 and old Orange-Eye was just TOO physical.  I could have bought
	 it if he just STOOD and threw sparks, but having him chase
	 Luke around like he was trying to punish a bad puppy was not
	 really believable.

    I would have thought the battle odd if it had not been done that
    way. The dark side of the force feeds on hate, agression, and fear.
    Did you see the big E's eyes when he was blasting Luke?  The big E
    was MAD and had really worked himself into a keen lather.  I would
    suspect that in order to perform really powerful Force-assisted
    activites, those relying on the dark side would have to do just
    that.  This would be in contrast to those who rely on the light
    side, such as Yoda, who use inner tranquility to get the force to
    do what they want the force to do.  Yoda works up a bit of a sweat
    in TESB when he raises Luke's fighter, but he certainly didn't
    act like he was excited.

/mtr