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Luke in
Star Wars perhaps illustrates this stage best. His quest, without
knowing it at first, is to rescue his father from the Dark Side of the Force.
Luke's descent into hell occurs when he decides to rescue his friends trapped on
Cloud City, Lando Calrissian's gas mining operation. He leaves his Jedi
training before it is completed to perform this rescue. Luke is not prepared to
face Darth Vader, who is waiting for him at the gas mine.
Check this
out. This scene (above right) is in the carbon-freeze chamber on Cloud City,
where Darth plans to trap Luke. Does the lighting and characters remind you of
anything? Thought so. In the duel that takes place between Luke and Darth in
this chamber and beyond (right), Luke loses his hand and chooses to jump to
almost certain death rather than give in to Vader's proposal to join the Dark
Side of the Force. Luke's loss of his right hand in the duel is his Unhealable
Wound. Clearly, this is the lowest point in Luke's journey to become a Jedi
Knight and save his father. His wound and this low point teach him about
himself, however, and eventually help him to become a true hero. |
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