Some recent musings on Star Wars (Losin' It [1] (via Jason Kottke [2]) and Wil Wheaton's Geek In Review: Han Shoots First [3] (via … well, Wil Wheaton himself [4]) has got me thinking thoughts of Star Wars myself and one of my central questions of Star Wars: Why do we believe Darth Vader when he tells Luke he's his father?
So we have this movie (The Empire Strikes Back) [5] where the Bad Guys are telling the truth (apparently) and the Good Guys have lied (Obi-Wan, I'm looking at you!). What exactly is George Lucas trying to say here? (and here I was, ready to write this whole diatribe, when I found that I had already written it a few years ago [6]—heh)
[1] http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1558880_1_0_,00.html
[2] http://www.kottke.org/remainder/06/11/12247.html
[3] http://suicidegirls.com/news/geek/19141/
[4] http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2006/11/geek_in_review__2.html