"What’s in there?”
"Only what you take with you.”
- Yoda & Luke Skywalker on Dagobah, outside the Dark Side Cave
As people, we are very dissimilar to the characters we may look up to in our favorite forms of entertainment. However, we may not notice one particular dissimilarity in our comparisons. While, as people, we may be motivated by love, family, money, friends, or occupation (among other things), the characters we love (and love to hate) often have a great driving force behind their decision making.
That driving force is fear.
Motivation by fear can be found in several examples across entertainment mediums, and characters who are motivated by fear may be found as more compelling. Motivated by such, characters allow themselves some fun tools to play with, such as instant internal conflict and room for personal growth.
In the Star Wars films, Luke Skywalker enters into the Dark Side Cave on Dagobah to face that which he most fears. What does he see? A vision of himself in the trappings of Darth Vader’s armor. Similarly, Annakin Skywalker falls in love with Padmé Amidala and does everything he can not to lose her, only in order to completely lose himself in the process. To throw aside the family ties for a moment, Han Solo—scoundrel for hire—sees an opening to escape Jabba the Hutt, and wrestles with being tied to a cause, falling in love, or otherwise losing what he sees as his freedom as a free-roaming Spacer.
Today's Force Reflection wonders, what does your character fear? Does this fear motivate them as a character and drive their personal story?
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