• @jedibob5
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    4911 months ago

    Man, the “only a Sith deals in absolutes” line was really one of those things that sounded a lot better on paper than it actually turned out to be.

    Even beyond the obvious self-contradiction, “dealing in absolutes” is such a weird attribute to describe as unique to the Sith… Like, the identifying mark of a Sith isn’t their hunger for power and control, nor their mastery of the Dark Side, it’s that they aren’t moral relativists? Really?

    • @beebarfbadger
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      3211 months ago

      The Sith deals in absolutes, the Jedi uses absolutes recreationally.

    • @[email protected]
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      1211 months ago

      Actually it’s more of a George Lucas is terrible at dialogue situation, the operative word in the sentence is “deals”.

      He wasn’t saying “Only a Sith recognizes absolutes”, he was saying they only “deal” in them as in they refuse to compromise or recognize nuance. To a Sith anyone that isn’t currently aiding you is your enemy, if they aren’t your ally they are to be destroyed. It’s not that he was trying to say there are no absolutes, he’s saying that there are other options in this situation, and that by viewing Obi-Wan as an enemy because he opposes Palpatine he is “dealing in absolutes” as in he is making this a life-or-death situation when it doesn’t need to be.

      It was never meant to be a philosophical statement, it’s just a very awkward way of saying “Anakin we can work this out and compromise, you and Sidious are only acting like this because of the Dark Side”. Unfortunately this bit of dialogue was written by the same person that thought “I’m haunted by the kiss that you should never have given me. My heart is beating…hoping that kiss will not become a scar” was romantic and thoughtful, instead of the type of thing an emo teenager would write in their diary.

      If you want to see what George Lucas is capable of without someone there to fix his weird choices, go look up the “Adventures of Luke Starkiller, as taken from the Journal of the Whills, Saga I: The Star Wars” screenplay, the untouched version of Star Wars that he originally thought up, there are even comic book adaptations out there. If you are brave enough to read it, you will very quickly see that George needs someone else to proofread his work and ESPECIALLY his dialogue, because the entire thing is a mess and practically every other line out of someones mouth sounds like a grand philosophical statement because of the phrasing he uses to give it more gravitas.

      TL;DR - George Lucas uses weird phrasing and should never be allowed to write dialogue.

      • @[email protected]
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        711 months ago

        written by the same person that thought “I’m haunted by the kiss that you should never have given me. My heart is beating…hoping that kiss will not become a scar” was romantic and thoughtful, instead of the type of thing an emo teenager would write in their diary.

        95% of all TV and movies are pathetically juvenile like that. Mature dialog and writing is the exception in film.

    • @Bondrewd
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      111 months ago

      Its because you dont cease to be a moral relativists just because you say certain words.

      Imagine: Obiwan is a moral relativists and that is how he said this. What do his words mean then?

  • FuglyDuck
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    4011 months ago

    I like the explanation for it in rebels.

    ”do or do not there is no try”

    what goes that even mean?!

    I don’t know, but master Yoda said it all the time.

    (Some time later)

    I am going to teach you to be a Jedi. I might fail. You might fail, but, if all we ever do is try, we’ll always fail.

  • Zorque
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    3111 months ago

    But… but… he doesn’t have the green one at that point! /nerd

    • @ooterness
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      1111 months ago

      But Yoda secretly having an evil red sith lightsaber is the best part.

    • @beebarfbadger
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      611 months ago

      I think that at this point Yoda may also not have had the red one.

  • @Radio_717
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    2211 months ago

    What did Yoda say when we went to the Bakery?

    Dough or Donut there is no pie.

    • @Agent641
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      311 months ago

      I have never been so incensed