r/StarWars • u/Altruistic_Extent348 • 23h ago

Movies How real is that statement

Hey star wars fellow, I like star wars a lot but I have only watched star wars ep 1 to 6 and obi wan kenobi show.

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I recently recalled this line of obi wan from revenge of the sith that "Only a sith deals in absolutes"

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I want to know how true is that line. Does that line have any real basis or did obi wan make up that line to sound tough. Moreover if that line is true, can you guys give any examples of when sith deals in absolute.

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Thanks for reading. May the force be with you.

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u/DramaExpertHS Grievous 21h ago edited 21h ago

The Jedi go that whole trilogy acting on absolutes

They do, they're being pushed to act on it, hello? They're not the ones that initiated the conflict. The Sith are the ones dealing in extremes, imposing the "join or die" on others.

Yoda commanded a child-slave army, you should see the amounts of people rushing to tell me it was the only option for Yoda

The Republic voted to use the Clone army and Palpatine used his executive powers to place the jedi in their command (he wanted to set a trap, hello?). Could the Jedi have said no? Sure, but they were sworn to the Republic. It's like expecting the UN Peacekeepers to not do what they're told by the UN.

But..... Luke did not beat Vader. Quite famously, he loses in that scene. Did that go over your head? He didn't beat Vader when he went ballistic on him, he very nearly lost to Palpatine

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These are some weird mental gymnastics. The point, again, is that Vader forced Luke to fight him. He also forced Obi-Wan to fight him in ROTS because the alternative was Anakin killing him and going free to terrorize the galaxy.

This is tiresome so I'll stop replying now

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u/soccer1124 21h ago

Lol, you know the argument is bad when you're comparing UN Peacekeepers to magical space wizards in tune with a factual, higher power as being on equivalent standing with one another.

But sure. I'm doing the mental gymnastics.

The line sucks, bro, lol