Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site sdcrdcf.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!lwall From: lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall) Newsgroups: net.movies.sw Subject: Re: the 2nd to last hope Message-ID: <434@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Aug-83 21:33:55 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.434 Posted: Mon Aug 8 21:33:55 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 10-Aug-83 02:00:00 EDT References: <328@houxt.UUCP> Reply-To: lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall) Organization: System Development Corporation, Santa Monica Lines: 16 And why does Luke have to have accomplished something in order to qualify as a "hope"? To quote the good Book: "Hope that is seen is not hope." The same applies to the 1st to last hope, which I think is certainly Leia. The hopehood of Leia points out the relationship of Luke and Leia, which I deem to be much more important to the plot than deciding which of Luke or Leia gets more of the action. And since when does the salvation of DV count for nothing? Remember that in the SW universe there is an afterlife, however holographic it may be. There are many in the crowd who would dispute the notion that the sum of a man's life is limited to this plane in our universe. How much less can we guess about the nature of salvation in a universe for which we have much less evidence? Yours contortedly, Larry Wall lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP