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questions still.
    [
To Luke:
] Thine inquiry shall have an answer, Luke,
    For verily thou dost deserve to know.
    Thy father was seducèd by the dark
    Side of the Force. ’Twas then that he no more
    Was Anakin Skywalker, only Darth.
    When that had happen’d, thy good father was
    Destroy’d. And thus, forsooth, the words I spoke
    Were truthful, from a certain point of view.
    LUKE
    “A certain point of view”? What doth that mean?
    It may be said that I, within my ship,
    Do see my X-wing as an instrument
    Of truth and justice, aye, a noble thing,
    While from a certain point of view I know
    Mine enemies do see it as a threat.
    It may be said that when I was attack’d
    By rancor vicious and intemperate,
    Prepar’d to make of me his morning meal,
    There is a certain point of view that doth
    Suggest he was a simple hungry beast.
    It may e’en be that our Rebellion is,
    For us, an undertaking pure and good,
    Possessing every virtue possible,
    While from the Empire’s certain point of view
    It is a mere annoyance to be crush’d.
    But this, I do not understand: how can
    A certain point of view say that a man
    Was murder’d by another man, when both
    Are one and they together are my father?
    OBI-WAN
    Luke, thou shalt find that many of your truths
    Depend entirely on your point of view.
    It well may be that thou dost like it not,
    But does not follow that it is not so.
    ’Tis true, that Anakin a good friend was.
    When I first knew him, he already was
    A pilot skill’d and swift, and it amaz’d
    Me with what strength the Force work’d in his life.
    I took it on myself to train him as
    A Jedi. Even then I did believe
    That I could train him just as Yoda could.
    But there my fault did lie. Therein I fail’d.
    LUKE
    I do believe it may be rectified.
    What if he could be turnèd once again?
    There is yet good within him—I can feel’t.
    OBI-WAN
    He is machine e’en more than man, I fear.
    His soul’s an evil, tangl’d labyrinth.
    LUKE
    I shall not do it, Ben.
    OBI-WAN
    —Thou canst not ’scape
    Thy destiny. You must confront and face
    Darth Vader once again.
    LUKE
    —I shall not kill
    My father.
    OBI-WAN
    —Then the Emperor hath won.
    Thou wert our only hope the Empire and
    The dark side to defeat. If thou wilt not,
    No other shall arise to take our place.
    LUKE
    But must this necessarily be so?
    For Yoda spoke of yet another. Who?
    OBI-WAN
    No more of hidden pasts: thou shalt know all.
    The other one of which he spoke is none
    But thy twin sister.
    LUKE
    —Sister? I know none.
    OBI-WAN
    Both thou and she were hidden safely from
    The Emperor just after ye were born.
    For he did know, as I do, that the kin
    Of Anakin would be a pow’rful threat
    Unto his reign of madness, might, and murder.
    At birth, the two were separated: thou
    Unto thine uncle Owen and thine aunt
    Beru, on Tatooine, where I did watch
    O’er thee as thou didst grow into a man;
    Thy sister to a senator did go,
    Apart from thee and thy dread father’s wrath.
    There she did grow into a woman fine,
    And has, since then, remain’d anonymous.
    LUKE
    [
aside:
] O wondrous revelation to my soul!
    A sister, and before me comes her face:
    For surely Leia is my sister, else
    My instincts have no truth in them. What news!
    I know not whether to respond with shouts
    Of greatest joy, or to shrink back in fear
    And paralyzing shock at what we’ve done.
    Three times hath she kiss’d me in friendship’s name,
    The last of these more passionate than e’er
    A sister should upon her sib bestow.
    There is an ancient tale of Tatooine,
    That tells of Tusken Raider who, through Fate
    And circumstance, join’d with his mother in
    A bond most strange and quite unnatural.
    They liv’d in blissful ignorance of their
    Relation until they discover’d it
    By chance. And O, what awful times befell!
    The Tusken Raider’s mother hang’d herself
    Upon a bantha’s horn. The Tusken, in
    His agony and grief, pull’d off his mask
    And claw’d at his own eyes until they