Suffering is the fuel in the engine of civilization. Now he begins to understand: because pain is a god–he has been in the grip of this cruel god ever since Anakin’s death. But it is also a teacher, and a bridge. It can be a slave master, and break you–and it can be the power that makes you unbreakable. It is all these things, and more. At the same time. What it is depends on who you are. But who am I? he wonders. I’ve been running like Dad–like Anakin. I think they stopped, though; I think Dad was strong enough to turn back and face it, to use the pain to make himself stronger, like Mom and Uncle Luke. Anakin did, too, at the end. Am I that strong? There’s only one way to find out. Matthew Woodring Stover
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The quote from the Star Wars movie, Return of the Jedi, is a poignant one. In the film, Luke Skywalker has been training with Yoda to become a Jedi knight. But Luke is more of a dreamer than a fighter, and he fails in his attempt to rescue his friends from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt. The scene where Luke realizes that his pain is a tool for good and that he must suffer to become stronger brings a lot of meaning to this idea.

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