Guest Blogger: Darth Vader

Our exceedingly long-winded, but undeniably interesting guest author writes:

I am Anakin Skywalker. You may know me as Darth Vader. You probably think of me as the evilest motherfucker that ever lived. Please reserve that judgment until you have read what follows.

There has been a lot of material produced purporting to be my “history.” I find it ironic that an ongoing theme through most of this material is the Jedi teaching that “many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.” I am also aware of the adage that “history belongs to the victor.” So if one looks at my “history” merely as this sort of superficial morality play, then I can see why Obi-Wan’s black and white self-aggrandizing version–and its good versus evil motif, in which my acceptance of the teachings of the Dark Side of the Force, and certain difficult decisions I made, especially during that emotionally charged and very stressful transitional period right at the end of the Clone Wars–might be appealing to one with a limited “point of view” like Obi-Wan’s. I contend that much of this recorded “history” is the result of Obi-Wan’s revisionism. So if you will allow me the luxury of some “revisionism” of my own, I will share my story–add my testimony to the record, if you will–and hopefully give some insight into my tragic saga.

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