While Star Wars was the space-western of our time, it's appeal has transcended generations. Battlestar Galactica came and went and came and went again. Predator, Aliens, Terminator all came, all went, rinse... repeat. Star Wars was and is different than most space-westerns. Sure it's a story of grandeur, epic challenges, and good versus evil. But it is also a story of finding the best within ourselves.
The magnetism of Star Wars is the paths of the Jedi and Sith. The idea that there is more to us. Yoda extolls, "Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter." Star Wars reaches us because it recognizes that there is more unknown about human potential than is known. Each of us wants to ask what if, what could be, what may become. Furthermore, Star Wars gives us the path to get there. Obi Wan reminds us that our eyes can deceive us and to stretch out with our feelings.
Star Wars is a story of their being more in each of us than anyone would expect. Whether you are a farm boy from the desolate regions or a smuggler living from payday to payday there is more in each of us. It is a story that grabbed me as a child and grabs many of us when we are open to it. This generation's Star Wars is no different. When faced with adversity, and needing to find something special within oneself. Finn tells Han Solo, "we'll figure it out. We'll use the Force." Star Wars resonates because it talks about each of us being more than what we imagine ourselves to be. We are in the cocoon, waiting to awaken. When we reach out, what hidden talents might each of us discover. As we walk through the days of Spring, perhaps it is time that we look at each of us, our friends, our children, our students and ask what awakening may occur today.
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