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...When this new trilogy begins to climax, what will that climax be? Will Yoda retreat to Dagobah, will Ben Kenobi pick up Darth Vader's old lightsaber, so he can someday give it to Luke? Such cloyingly nostalgiac satisfactions pale compared to Luke's arcanely scored hatred for Vader and to Han's martyr-ship in the carbonite chamber! The satisfactions of a prequel turn the the Star Wars universe into an introvert, a narcissus...

Author: By By BEN E. lytal, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Force Has Left Us | 5/14/1999 | See Source »

YODA Episodes I, V, VI --Centuries-old de-facto leader of the Jedi Council; later retreats to swamp world of Dagobah and mentors Luke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Galactic Guide | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...classic science fiction film. Twenty years after the movie first opened, the current wave of hype has given us the perfect opportunity to rehash our debates about the true motives of Luke Skywalker's suspicious uncle Owen, to argue about the relative merits of life in the Hoth and Dagobah systems, and of course, to ponder whether Princess Leia is, in fact, a true feminist...

Author: By Dan. S. Aibel, | Title: BEING CHEWBACCA | 2/1/1997 | See Source »

...inside the monster's cave like a side of beef. "I hung seven days upside down in that snow cave," he says. "I had to do it for both the first and second units-all for about 90 seconds worth of film." Real snakes were used in the Dagobah swamp scenes Once when Hamill brushed away a snake from his dinner bowl in a scene with Yoda, the reptile slithered down the Muppet's costume onto a very surprised Frank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Empire Strikes Back! | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

...midway in the journey of our life. He must go into it alone and alone face the evils that there reside, the dark forces that are within himself. Yoda knows that, and he tells Luke to leave behind his lightsword when he steps into the tree cave in the Dagobah swamp. Luke refuses and in a dream-like sequence soon finds himself using it against what seems to be the figure of Darth Vader, whom he decapitates. Vader's mask breaks away and reveals Luke's own face; the symbol of evil was in Luke. Later, when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: In the Footsteps of Ulysses | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

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