Embracing the Shadow: How Luke Skywalker Redeemed the Dark Side Within

We take a deep breath, put down the sword, and say, “Come what may.”

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When I first watched the original Star Wars and Yoda warned Luke, “Beware of the Dark Side,” something clicked in me. As Luke stepped inside the cave, Yoda added in his markedly inverted fashion, “Anger, fear, aggression, the Dark Side of the Force are they.”

Luke asked what was in there, and Yoda told him,

“Only what you take with you.”

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