When I was younger, my parents were super parents. They wanted to shield me from
things that could rot my brain such as too much tv or violence. They did a fantastic job all
through my childhood they would get me action figures and take away the microscopic violent
accessories that the toy would come with. When I was about eight years old, my life was
changed.
I was introduced to the Star Wars saga. One scene that I could never forget is at the end
of the first prequel. Spoiler Alert. In the scene the movie is very rapidly reaching its climax. We
are fed three different conflicts all happening at the same time. There is a ground war going on
off in the distance a political war going on in the city and a fight between good and evil that is
our main focus.
The fight between good and evil is a lightsaber battle to the death between two Jedi (Obi
Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn) and one sith (Darth Maul). This scene struck me as a child
because I think it is a great piece of film. This fight scene is packed of emotion evoking music
suspense and the end that will leave anyone expecting a happy ending speechless.
The film uses heavily suspenseful music that gets a watcher on the edge of their seat. In
fact, in the middle of the fight scene it literally just pauses when the fighters are separated by a
force field. Also the underlying subliminal message is one familiar to us. Qui-Gon Jinn holds an
eerie resemblance to Jesus and Darth Maul with his red face and horns could easily be
interpreted as the devil. The thing is we have heard that story and good rises above the evil. The
thing that makes this scene stick out to me is they flip the script and just kill Qui-Gon.
As a heavily guarded child who had grown up on disney and G movies this shocking
death had me upset I found myself yelling at the screen over a character who I had known for
two hours. From then on I was hooked
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