When the Millennium Republic is transformed into an empire, can the heroic actions of a young Jedi warrior restore it to its original state?
As a complete tragedy, the pre-Star Wars trilogy not only points to Anakin Skywalker, but also points to a higher level-the Republic. The imperialization of the Roman Republic was a knot in the hearts of Westerners—what would happen if the Republic had not been transformed? History has no ifs, but people just can't help but want to be yelling.
If Rome is not imperialized, democracy will not die, there will be no corruption of tyrants, there will be no decline in the civic spirit, there will be no warlord melee barbarian invasion, and there will be no final demise of Rome. .
If Rome does not perish, the light of civilization will not be extinguished, and the world will not fall into darkness for thousands of years-although some historians will argue that the "dark Middle Ages" is not as bad as imagined-but there is no doubt that , When the entire civilized order collapsed and the world fell apart, the huge power that was once dominated by the empire overflowed everywhere and failed to reunite for a thousand years.
The Chinese write about the New Song Dynasty, stealing the Ming, YY "sprouts of capitalism", technological innovation promotes the expansion of the country, and ultimately China dominates the world; Westerners YY "only if the Republic is not destroyed by the bad guys" all day long. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but YY had a world-famous hero stepping on the colorful clouds and coming to save the Republic from water and fire, that would be great!
Of course everyone with a discerning eye knows that even if Qiu Chuji does not pass through Niujiazhuang, China will still have to be beaten by the Eight-Nation Alliance; saving the republic from extinction, even if not impossible, is too complicated to be accomplished by one person, and the tragedy is a tragedy. , Just because you watched it happen, it is inevitable. This historical tragedy is a paradise for the creation of literary works. Ever since, in each of the great works, tragic heroes came into being: Maximus in Gladiator, Harry Shetton in the base series, and Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars.
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In the task of saving the world, the Jedi Knights have a great innate advantage over the bitter gladiators, because their weapons are no small thing, but the original force.
What is the force? It is omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent, and dominates everything. Does this sound familiar? By the way, May God be with you, ah no, May the Force be with you.
But make no mistake, the force is not perfect, the force has a dark side. What is the dark side of the Force? Look at the explanation of Anakin and Yoda:
Attachment is not allowed, Possession is not allowed, Compassion, which is unconditional love, is encouraged.
Why? Because you will fear to lose what you've got.
Fear leads to anger ., the Anger Leads to hate, hate Leads to suffer suggest
Yoda master said: Train Yourself to the let Go ... Fear of Everything to lose you.
"ego" as the root, raw Zhu trouble, it sounds like a Buddhist proposition, And the solution provided, breaking the three poisons, clearing the six desires, having nothing and no self, is exactly the Buddha's answer to the ultimate problem of man. In this way, the story of Star Wars is infiltrated by Shakespeare's classics, and there are many oriental things in its bones.
It is a pity that Buddhist wisdom has not been able to save our pitiful and handsome protagonist: his depravity is also quite oriental. It is "blackened" in anime terms. It is really appropriate because it is really dark. . As for the whole process, how can it be "battered body and heart".
But why is all this?
Why do the tighter things get lost faster?
Why did the thing that he swore to protect finally destroyed her personally?
Why do people who fight against monsters end up becoming monsters?
There are some problems in this world and human beings, which can tear even the greatest country and the outstanding heroes to pieces and swallow them into darkness. Even Jedi knights who can predict the future, control people's hearts, and walk the sky can't solve these problems. People think that democracy can solve problems, but democracy is dead, dying amidst the waves of cheers and thunderous applause; people think that communism can solve these problems, but communism is also dead, leaving behind mountains of corpses. Even if one day we have no worries about food and clothing, even if we can cross the galaxy, I am afraid we still can not escape the gaze from the abyss.
An Irish pastor told me that these are caused by "sin", which brings us death, humiliation and broken relationships. This sounds very reasonable, but what should I do? I still don't know.
What I know is that there is no need for the supernatural power of a Jedi Knight. When the night is still, I can hear something growing in my body; when I look into the mirror, I can feel something swelling in my heart.
Darkness is never far from you, search your feelings, can't you feel the dark side?
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