ragnell:arthurpenhaligons:Come with me.I love this parallel. Just think of how mythic that whole thi
ragnell:arthurpenhaligons:Come with me.I love this parallel. Just think of how mythic that whole third act of RotJ is. This is the only we see Luke willingly surrender his primary weapon. He’s going in there defenseless to try and talk his estranged father into leaving the service of the Dark Side and rejoining his family. Luke surrenders his lightsaber at the gates, meets his father and takes a shuttle to the Death Star and is brought before the Emperor for a test of character. And here we have Rey. Rey takes a legendary ship to legendary secluded planet with a island on it. She climbs a series of steps and travels through holy ruins to find a man she thought was a myth until a few days ago. She takes out her weapon and offers it to him to try and talk him into leaving his seclusion in this temple to the Light and rejoining his family.Both of these are journeys to the Otherworld. Luke travels to the Underworld and faces the King of Darkness to save a family member that’s been trapped there by his own choices. Luke has to pass through gates, take a ferry, and face his test in a throneroom. He has to duel with the King’s most dangerous servant. Very “Trip to Hades” Greek-style Underworld, with Luke playing a mix of Orpheus and Persephone. He goes in there willingly and gives up his weapon so he can peacefully make a connection and coax his father out of emotional exile. (This is a place of darkness, though, so he’s taken prisoner and offered to the Emperor before he succeeds.)Rey didn’t travel to a place of darkness but she does visit an Otherworld/Land of the Dead type place. She’s going to an island on the ocean she’s had dreams about. She leaves her friends and faithful crew to climb steps and at the top is a master warrior who’ll train her to be a knight. It’s a pretty Celtic-style otherworld, pretty easy to compare to Avalon (Luke’s got a lot of Arthur in him). Her goal, though, is basically the same as Luke’s. There’s a man there who has isolated himself in the Underworld because of past mistakes, and she’s offering up the weapon so she can peacefully make a connection and draw Luke out of exile. (This is a place of light, so she’ll have a less traumatic time, but we can probably bet it won’t be so easy as “Okay, let’s go.”)There’s something especially satisfying if these are both examples of children trying to rescue their fathers from different kinds of exile.Oh wow. The Arthurian connections keep coming. -- source link
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