{"id":1646,"date":"2017-02-20T08:56:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T08:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2017-02-20T08:56:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T08:56:10","slug":"transforming-evil-isnt-end-star-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/2017\/02\/transforming-evil-isnt-end-star-wars.html","title":{"rendered":"Transforming into evil isn\u2019t the end for Star Wars."},"content":{"rendered":"

In Star Wars, Anakin Skywalker had transformed into an evil character, but this isn\u2019t a total transformation into evil.<\/p>\n

Not total transformation<\/h4>\n

Unless one is the Devil, one can\u2019t totally be evil.<\/p>\n

In the television series Lucifer there\u2019s a shot of what the Devil looks like. There is no compassion, empathy or mercy on his face. There is no love. His face is without a redeemable quality. His face makes us see that the Devil looks inward and to his own agenda. Only the Devil is truly, totally evil. Humans still have good in them and are redeemable. The Devil isn’t good or redeemable at all.<\/p>\n

In my post before last I mentioned how characters could transform into agents of evil. This isn\u2019t total transformation. The baddies have gone quite a way to evil, but the good that is buried and left in them means they are not without good. But since they are so deluded by evil, and even think that evil is good, they must be redeemed.<\/p>\n

Why is their redemption important?<\/p>\n

It matters to claim life above death and destruction.<\/p>\n

Evil is destructive and it kills and destroys. If one lived in a world marked always by evil one would self-destruct. A world where evil reigns, implodes.<\/p>\n

Redemption for an evil character<\/h4>\n

If one becomes so deluded that one actually thinks destruction is based in right but still has good within, one has not totally transformed into evil. Before more death and destruction happens, someone who is evil must come back to his senses. An evil character’s goodness can be \u201creactivated\u201d and put into commission if an evil character is redeemed.<\/p>\n

Anakin Skywalker needed redeeming. He should have been redeemed and redemption was always possible for him.<\/p>\n

Being lost forever in evil isn\u2019t the end of his story. He was redeemed back to his good side.\u00a0His goodness that had been buried was \u201creactivated\u201d so he was not totally lost in evil or was never fully transformed into evil.<\/p>\n

When he was redeemed, his goodness came to the fore and his evil put to death.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
An image of Luke and Darth Vader in “Return of the Jedi”–Luke seeks to redeem Vader. (Image sourced via google images–Flickr)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Star Wars, Anakin Skywalker had transformed into an evil character, but this isn\u2019t a total transformation into evil. Not total transformation Unless one is the Devil, one can\u2019t totally be evil. In the television series Lucifer there\u2019s a shot of what the Devil looks like. There is no compassion, empathy or mercy on his…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":602,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,53,49,320,107],"tags":[15,28,26,61,46,145,8,10,45,16,7,103,148,44,245],"class_list":["post-1646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-films","category-fantasies","category-science-fiction","category-spiritual","category-star-wars","tag-adventure","tag-beauty","tag-change","tag-classics","tag-existentialism","tag-fantasy-film","tag-film","tag-film-commentaries","tag-good-versus-evil","tag-life","tag-movies","tag-science-fiction","tag-science-fiction-films","tag-star-wars","tag-themes"],"yoast_head":"\nTransforming into evil isn\u2019t the end for Star Wars. - Life at the Movies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Anakin Skywalker needed redeeming. He should have been redeemed and redemption was always possible for him. Being lost forever in evil isn\u2019t the end..\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, nofollow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Transforming into evil isn\u2019t the end for Star Wars. - Life at the Movies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Anakin Skywalker needed redeeming. He should have been redeemed and redemption was always possible for him. Being lost forever in evil isn\u2019t the end..\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/2017\/02\/transforming-evil-isnt-end-star-wars.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Life at the Movies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-02-20T08:56:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/files\/2016\/03\/Return-Of-The-Jedi-1-300x200.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"pveugelaers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@peteswriting\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Transforming into evil isn\u2019t the end for Star Wars. - Life at the Movies","description":"Anakin Skywalker needed redeeming. He should have been redeemed and redemption was always possible for him. Being lost forever in evil isn\u2019t the end..","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"nofollow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Transforming into evil isn\u2019t the end for Star Wars. - Life at the Movies","og_description":"Anakin Skywalker needed redeeming. He should have been redeemed and redemption was always possible for him. Being lost forever in evil isn\u2019t the end..","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/2017\/02\/transforming-evil-isnt-end-star-wars.html","og_site_name":"Life at the Movies","article_published_time":"2017-02-20T08:56:10+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/files\/2016\/03\/Return-Of-The-Jedi-1-300x200.jpg"}],"author":"pveugelaers","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@peteswriting","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/2017\/02\/transforming-evil-isnt-end-star-wars.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/2017\/02\/transforming-evil-isnt-end-star-wars.html","name":"Transforming into evil isn\u2019t the end for Star Wars. - Life at the Movies","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/2017\/02\/transforming-evil-isnt-end-star-wars.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/2017\/02\/transforming-evil-isnt-end-star-wars.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/files\/2016\/03\/Return-Of-The-Jedi-1-300x200.jpg","datePublished":"2017-02-20T08:56:10+00:00","dateModified":"2017-02-20T08:56:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/#\/schema\/person\/130d91946aab7658f3eb78312dec28a9"},"description":"Anakin Skywalker needed redeeming. He should have been redeemed and redemption was always possible for him. Being lost forever in evil isn\u2019t the end..","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/2017\/02\/transforming-evil-isnt-end-star-wars.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/2017\/02\/transforming-evil-isnt-end-star-wars.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/2017\/02\/transforming-evil-isnt-end-star-wars.html#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/files\/2016\/03\/Return-Of-The-Jedi-1-300x200.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/files\/2016\/03\/Return-Of-The-Jedi-1-300x200.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/2017\/02\/transforming-evil-isnt-end-star-wars.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Transforming into evil isn\u2019t the end for Star Wars."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/","name":"Life at the Movies","description":"Beliefnet Voices - Peter Veugelaers","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/#\/schema\/person\/130d91946aab7658f3eb78312dec28a9","name":"pveugelaers","description":"I\u2019m a blogger, and writer for faith-based, mainstream, and alternative publications, in the form of articles, inspiration, and film reviews and commentaries. I enjoy catching up with sport, listening to music, buying a coffee, and keeping an eye on current events. First \u2018awesome\u2019 movie moment was Raiders of the Lost Ark. Amadeus, first \u2018serious\u2019 film. A 3 star rating out of 5 stars is above average from me.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.peteswriting.wordpress.com","https:\/\/x.com\/peteswriting"],"url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/author\/pveugelaers"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/602"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1646"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1651,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1646\/revisions\/1651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}