THE PROPHECY OF THE FORCE (4 OF 4)
by Steve Jones
The Prophecy of the Force (4 of 4)
Series: Star Wars Christmas
Steve Jones
Matthew 1
INTRODUCTION: In the first Star Wars movie, the one that is now entitled "A New Hope", Obi Wan Kenobi explained to young Luke Skywalker that his father had been betrayed and killed by Darth Vader. In his original concept, Darth Vader and Anikan Skywalker were two different people. After the success of the movie opened the opportunity for sequels and prequels, George Lucas decided to change that
t of the Star Wars narrative and make Darth Vader the father of Luke Skywalker. In the sequel then he explains to Luke that what he meant was that when Anikan Skywalker turned to the dark side of the force and became Darth Vader he betrayed himself and symbolically killed Anikan Skywalker so that's how Darth Vader could still be the father of Luke Skywalker. It turned out that Darth was also the father of Princess Leia who it turns out was Luke's twin sister, (unbeknownst to Luke) because Luke had a crush on her in the first movie. Did you follow all of that?
All of that reminds me of how Matthew's gospel account begins.
Matthew 1:1 "A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham..."
Matthew's gospel begins with the genealogy of Jesus Christ. Seventeen verses of so-and-so begat so-and-so. A genealogy is a list of a person’s ancestors, showing their family tree. To be honest, they are usually not very interesting. They list name after name of people that are mostly forgotten. And for me, genealogies are confusing. I have a hard time making sense of who is related to whom and what relationship they are to one another. This song represents how I feel.
"I'M MY OWN GRANDPA"
Many, many years ago when I was twenty-three.
I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be.
This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair o ...
Series: Star Wars Christmas
Steve Jones
Matthew 1
INTRODUCTION: In the first Star Wars movie, the one that is now entitled "A New Hope", Obi Wan Kenobi explained to young Luke Skywalker that his father had been betrayed and killed by Darth Vader. In his original concept, Darth Vader and Anikan Skywalker were two different people. After the success of the movie opened the opportunity for sequels and prequels, George Lucas decided to change that
t of the Star Wars narrative and make Darth Vader the father of Luke Skywalker. In the sequel then he explains to Luke that what he meant was that when Anikan Skywalker turned to the dark side of the force and became Darth Vader he betrayed himself and symbolically killed Anikan Skywalker so that's how Darth Vader could still be the father of Luke Skywalker. It turned out that Darth was also the father of Princess Leia who it turns out was Luke's twin sister, (unbeknownst to Luke) because Luke had a crush on her in the first movie. Did you follow all of that?
All of that reminds me of how Matthew's gospel account begins.
Matthew 1:1 "A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham..."
Matthew's gospel begins with the genealogy of Jesus Christ. Seventeen verses of so-and-so begat so-and-so. A genealogy is a list of a person’s ancestors, showing their family tree. To be honest, they are usually not very interesting. They list name after name of people that are mostly forgotten. And for me, genealogies are confusing. I have a hard time making sense of who is related to whom and what relationship they are to one another. This song represents how I feel.
"I'M MY OWN GRANDPA"
Many, many years ago when I was twenty-three.
I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be.
This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair o ...
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