Word: kenobi
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There's something timeless about Qui-Gon Jinn and Han Solo, about Princess Leia and Obi-Wan Kenobi. The struggle for peace with justice and honor is not a new fight and it is Lucas' artistic expression of these things that brings so many together for, yes, a movie. It really is true that the anticipation and opening of this film, drawing on our society's love for popular culture and, more importantly, often wordless search for truth, has brought people together like few other things can. Only once in my life have I sat in a theater...
...seen it now. Did you wonder at the idea of a virgin birth, of someone being "The Chosen One"? Did the idea of midichlorians make you think? Did you wonder at the hand of the Force in bringing Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn to Tatooine and "bumping into" Anakin Skywalker? Were you curious about the fall and redemption of Darth Vader...
...theater lights dim. I watch Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi whip out their lightsabers. Another generation battles it out. I sit back and enjoy the ride. Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan '02, a Crimson editor, is an English concentrator in Holworthy Hall. Salacious Crumb is the small cackling being who tries to rip out C-3PO's eye in Return of the Jedi. Peter Mayhew played Chewbacca. And the ice creature of Hoth who attacks Luke in The Empire Strikes Back is a Wampa. As for Boba Fett's third cousin twice removed, she recommends you ask Melissa...
...Will focus more on Ewan McGregor's Obi-Wan Kenobi (likely), who fights in the Clone Wars (true), featuring a light-saber duel between Kenobi clones (unconfirmed...
...plot is familiar to anyone with access to a computer or magazine. Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor), hoping to settle a dispute between the flabby Republic and an insurgent Trade Federation, find Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman) on the planet Naboo. Diverted to Tatooine, they meet the boy Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd), who has a mysterious force--perhaps the Force. They amass for a fierce face-off against battle droids and the malefic Darth Maul (Ray Park...