Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!FAUST%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC From: FAUST%MIT-OZ%MIT-MC@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.movies.sw Subject: RotJ Message-ID: <2471@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Jun-83 11:02:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.2471 Posted: Thu Jun 23 11:02:00 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jun-83 18:20:39 EDT Lines: 28 From: Gregory FaustI may be way out on a limb with this one, but . . . Has anyone noticed a similarity in philosophy between Jedis which follow the "light" side and the oriental Shau-Lin (sp?) priests as popularized in the TV show "Kung Fu"? I don't know much about this eastern sect, but taking the TV show as a source (risky business at best!), it seems that there is much in common. Teachings like "never succumb to anger", "no unneccessary use of one's power", and other pacifistic type things. In the TV series, "grasshopper" is capable of kicking anyone's ass, but only does so when really forced into it either in order to defend himself or else some other good guy from the bad guys. (of course, this happens every episode. Certainly one way to get us to like the protagonists and still get lots of action into the script is to make the protagonist someone who abhors the use of violence, but is forced to use it to combat others. This technique was used in both Kung Fu and SWs (and countless others) A refreshing counter-example (taken from real life) was in Ghandi which I happened to see recently). Without getting to ridiculous with this, perhaps Vader, the Emperor and other dark siders could be likened to the usual martial arts types defeated by Chuck Norris in "Kung Foo Mama and the Emporer of Doom". Back to more serious matters, the real point here is that there seems to be a commonality between the teachings of Yoda and some eastern philosophy. Greg