Darth Vader’s reveal to Luke that he is his father must be one of the most well-known plot twists in cinema history at this point. From various media parodying it for years to cheeky references in other related projects, this pinnacle moment is without a doubt one of the most iconic and memorable in the Star Wars franchise. In honor of Father’s Day, I thought I’d take a look at just how impactful this quote is, at least where Star Wars is concerned.
After the original Star Wars came out in 1977, the world was obsessed with it. For three whole years, everyone anticipated a sequel and, when one finally came, they approached it very differently than we do today. In the modern day, not only do we have the prequels, most of us already know that Darth Vader was once Anakin Skywalker. So, back in 1980 when The Empire Strikes Back first released, everyone was still under the assumption that Vader murdered Luke’s father like Old Ben had told us.
The amount of shock and awe surrounding the revelation that rather than killing Luke’s father, Vader WAS Luke’s father shook the world. From there, George Lucas wanted to recapture that effect with the next film, Return of the Jedi. In the very beginning of this next entry, the big “I am your father” was meant to be overshined by the new “I am your sister” reveal. That’s right, in an attempt to shock audiences once more, Lucas retconned Leia’s backstory and made her Luke’s long-lost twin sister.
Despite causing an insane amount of incestuous and cringeworthy issues with scenes in previous films, it set the standard for what Star Wars would become: a series about family. George Lucas has gone on record to say that the entirety of the series is about the Skywalker lineage and due to the fact that every single film to date has a Skywalker in it, I’d say that’s pretty accurate.
Every film then on had a good amount of plot dedicated to family as well. In The Phantom Menace, Anakin is said to have been born without a father and Qui-Gon briefly plays that role for him. In Attack of the Clones, Anakin’s first major tip towards the dark side happens when he can’t save his mother from the Sand People. In Revenge of the Sith, the entire plot of the movie is centered on Anakin fearing for the death of Padmé and his unborn children. The main villain of The Force Awakens is the child of Han and Leia, who was seduced to the dark side because of family issues. Rogue One focuses on Jyn Erso struggling to make sure her father Galen’s many sacrifices aren’t in vain. Even The Clone Wars movie focuses on Jabba the Hutt’s son being kidnapped.
With The Last Jedi right around the corner, there are still many questions regarding family and heritage. Who are Rey’s parents? For that matter, who are Finn’s? How will Leia and Kylo Ren interact with one another after the latter committed patricide? Star Wars has been about family ever since Darth Vader dropped that bombshell on Luke back in 1980.
Happy Father’s Day!
The never-ending saga surrounding Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard has a new participant. Today, Senator Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from the state of Washington, said some things about the subject that were hard to understand.
The senator, whose remarks were reported on by ResetEra, spoke at a Senate finance committee hearing on “the president’s 2023 Trade Policy Plan,” which we are sure was quite interesting.
Senator Cantwell said that she had been told that Sony “controls a monopoly of 98% of the high-end game market” despite the fact that “Japan’s government has allowed Sony to engage in blatant anti-competitive conduct through exclusive deals and payments to game publishers, establishing games that are among the most popular in Japan.”
This 98% statistic is highly deceptive because it ignores PC, Nintendo, and mobile games and instead refers to Sony’s adoption rate over Microsoft in Sony’s native country of Japan, a fact that shouldn’t surprise anyone who is even somewhat familiar with the video game business.
What can we do to rectify these problems and create a level playing field, she said of US Trade Representative Katherine Tai after charging Japan’s Federal Trade Commission with improperly failing to look into this purported “exclusionary conduct”?
It is absurd to claim that Sony has a monopoly on the Japanese video game market, as Luke Plunkett of Kotaku correctly points out, “because Sony doesn’t even have a 98% share of the market for the God of War series, a title they own, as Steam is getting 30% of every sale on PC.”
It goes without saying that we can’t expect elected officials to be experts in every field, but this is a visible step at a time when the ongoing attempt to buy the company is at a very important point.
Is it significant that Microsoft, along with Nintendo, maintains its headquarters in Redmond, Washington—Senator Cantwell’s district—or that Microsoft has given Cantwell more than $500,000 over the past two decades? Let us leave that up to you.
Pizza Possum is an arcade action game in which you, a possum, attempt to consume as much trash as you can without being discovered. It is a web-based sequel to the anarchy simulator Untitled Goose Game.It will eventually be available on the PS5.
We couldn’t help but notice that the possum in the title doesn’t look like the cute Australian possum that comes out at night to visit people.On the other hand, it looks like the horrible North American opossums are the ones that will attack trash cans and cause general chaos.Even though we think the second choice was better in terms of theme, we prefer the first one and are happy to explain why.
Your thoughts on Pizza Possum? Does it possess the necessary mass appeal to successfully skitter along the back fenceline while setting the dog off in the process?
Resident Evil 4 is now out, and the excellent remake can be bought right away.Even though you probably plan to play it all this weekend, you can take comfort in the fact that The Mercenaries, Resident Evil’s almost-required challenge mode, will be available as free DLC on April 7.
The mode’s exact details are still unknown, but if it’s anything like previous versions, you can expect some pretty hard tasks to test your skills.
You’re stumped about something? If you are still debating whether to purchase Resident Evil 4 Remake, be sure to look at our exhaustive guide for the answer or our in-depth review. Are you spending this weekend playing Resident Evil 4? Are you anticipating The Mercenaries?
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