I just watched the first trailer for Revenge of the Sith.

Circles and circles and circles. All that exists, endlessly spiraling.

There were clips from ANH (A New Hope, the original Star Wars to you heathens) of Old Obi-Wan telling Luke about the Jedi and what happened to Anakin. His own edited version, of course, that "Vader betrayed and murdered your father" that later in RotJ he qualified with, "What I told you was true... from a certain point of view." Oh yes. Jedi can lie. When it serves the purposes of the Force.

Revenge of the Sith will be a tragedy. Tragedy is the undertext of the entire thing, the entire story. A great Republic which had lasted for a thousand generations, the great and noble Jedi, all of it destroyed by the greed and evil of two -- only two -- Sith. And, I must admit, the arrogance and stagnation of the Jedi. They should have looked upon Anakin as a child who needed their help, not as a threat. They should have listened to their own teachings, dealt with their fears, and taught him to the best of their abilities. No matter what Qui-Gon made Obi-Wan promise, Obi-Wan was not prepared to handle Ani. The kid had only just been a Padawan himself, and they let him train Anakin? Mostly because the rest of them were scared of him. It was fear that did this, and lack of foresight. Oddly ironic, for Jedi.

Circles and circles and circles.

May 19th, 2005.