This article was originally written for Mockingbird. To imbibe the words of a certain space wizard, “from a certain point of view” George Lucas’s Skywalker Saga is a poetic space opera that disseminates a uniquely hopeful story of victory through failure. Some might find that articulation of a tale about spaceships and laser-swords a bit too flowery and pretentious, especially considering how the saga eventually concluded (thankfully, we aren’t talking about that part). But be that as it may, there is a bevy of catharsis to be found within the failures of two of the most prominent Jedi that populate the galaxy far, far away.