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Miss Padme's Naboo Love Nest

by: MissPadme

date posted: Dec 02, 2005 11:04 PM

Birth, Death and Rebirth in ROTS

Check out my new essay on Birth, Death, and Rebirth at the fabulous Saga Journal site:

http://www.sagajournal.com/lpbirthdeathrebirth.html

While you're there, read Reihla's piece on the allure of Darth Vader.

http://blogs.starwars.com/misspadme/13

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	Son of a Bith The Cantina Corner
date Posted: Dec 02, 2005 11:14 PM Awesome. I never thought about he Opera being a fertility symbol, but the symbolism in the end scene with Anakin on the operating table and Padme giving birth I noticed in the theaters immediatly.

	Son of a Bith The Cantina Corner
date Posted: Dec 03, 2005 11:09 AM Don't forget about the attack on the Death Star looking strangely like fertilization...

	Frostor
date Posted: Dec 04, 2005 8:48 PM Oh, excellent essay. You really nailed the use of that theme in ROTS. I think you could expand it to include the multiple instances of the theme used in the OT as well, as Luke goes through his own death and rebirth in a metaphorical sense, as does Han, Lando, and heck, even C-3P0! But again, great job!

	MissPadme Miss Padme's Naboo Love Nest
date Posted: Dec 05, 2005 6:02 PM Sont of a Bith--I might have read somewhere a long time ago that the Death Star detonation in ANH resembled fertilization. Come to think of it, it does! Frostor--Thank you! You're right there are birth and rebirth themes in the OT as well, I just chose to focus on ROTS. Maybe it's a topic I can revisit in the future.

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