The relationship between Obi-Wan and Anakin has always really fascinated me, so I really liked your post about them being brothers and what that means for real human experiences.
I was always much closer to my brother (who is less than two years younger than me) than either of my parents, so I've always seen the brother/sister relationship as more important than the younger/older or authority/inferior relationship of parent and child. And yet, that's not to say that parental relationships can change into sybling or equal or partner relationships (at any age). Since high school, I've seen my mother as almost my sister or my equal, whereas my father still does the father-thing (nagging me or taking care of me).
For Anakin (or Luke) and all children, I think they need a parent who is a parent. Someone who lays down the law and takes care of them. But that, relationship, as seen in SW, has a lot of tensions and problems, too. When two people see each other as close, or partners, despite an age difference, there seems to be almost a closer bond.
Obviously, though, syblings, like Anakin and Obi-Wan, can have a falling out and "break up"s where one needs to be redeemed or brought back to the light. I have a best friend/sister who I've recently had problems with and see as falling to the dark side, so SW has new meaning for me.
I think I'm rambling, but that's because your post gave me some interesting food for thought. Guess that's why Star Wars is such a great saga, it has so much meaning for our real lives.
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Date: 2005-06-26 07:38 pm (UTC)I was always much closer to my brother (who is less than two years younger than me) than either of my parents, so I've always seen the brother/sister relationship as more important than the younger/older or authority/inferior relationship of parent and child. And yet, that's not to say that parental relationships can change into sybling or equal or partner relationships (at any age). Since high school, I've seen my mother as almost my sister or my equal, whereas my father still does the father-thing (nagging me or taking care of me).
For Anakin (or Luke) and all children, I think they need a parent who is a parent. Someone who lays down the law and takes care of them. But that, relationship, as seen in SW, has a lot of tensions and problems, too. When two people see each other as close, or partners, despite an age difference, there seems to be almost a closer bond.
Obviously, though, syblings, like Anakin and Obi-Wan, can have a falling out and "break up"s where one needs to be redeemed or brought back to the light. I have a best friend/sister who I've recently had problems with and see as falling to the dark side, so SW has new meaning for me.
I think I'm rambling, but that's because your post gave me some interesting food for thought. Guess that's why Star Wars is such a great saga, it has so much meaning for our real lives.