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Would you agree there was rather a lot of this in the films, almost to the point of a motif? I could be taking my 'disabled interpretation' of things (that I hope to build an academic career on in the next few years) a step too far, but it did happen quite a bit.
Yes, very much so. Rather more G rated than the Grail legend and Amfortas and Parzival. The wounding of the hero is a common motif in mythic quests, and don't forget that Joe Campbell was instrumental in the story construction of A New Hope.
Would you agree there was rather a lot of this in the films, almost to the point of a motif? I could be taking my 'disabled interpretation' of things (that I hope to build an academic career on in the next few years) a step too far, but it did happen quite a bit.
I don't know about "a lot," since it's really only a meaningful motif with two characters: Anakin/Vader and Luke. And it's really only in Luke's case that Lucas was playing with the "wounded hero / suffering servant" from Campbell.
Anakin/Vader's maiming is not the Hero bearing a wound. Vader's cybernetics are symbolic that his pride and anger and quest for power are robbing him of of his humanity. "He's more machine than man now."
Luke losing his hand is very much in keeping with the wounded hero myth. But it is also a warning: Don't become your daddy.
I don't know about "a lot," since it's really only a meaningful motif with two characters: Anakin/Vader and Luke. And it's really only in Luke's case that Lucas was playing with the "wounded hero / suffering servant" from Campbell.
Anakin/Vader's maiming is not the Hero bearing a wound. Vader's cybernetics are symbolic that his pride and anger and quest for power are robbing him of of his humanity. "He's more machine than man now."
Luke losing his hand is very much in keeping with the wounded hero myth. But it is also a warning: Don't become your daddy.
It also occurs with Saw Guerrera, but Saw represents the opposite side of the same coin as Vader.
I don't think it's a "motif" of the saga, but rather used as specific character themes, which is in agreement with you point.
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Would you agree there was rather a lot of this in the films, almost to the point of a motif? I could be taking my 'disabled interpretation' of things (that I hope to build an academic career on in the next few years) a step too far, but it did happen quite a bit.
Also, the beginning of this video shows that even though "The Phantom Menace" didn't have any limb severings or decapitations, someone did get chopped in half.
I would expect people battling with or against light sabers would lose limbs
if anything im surprised more jedi didn't have cybernetic arms
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