6 Signs You’re a Man With Daddy Issues
How to overcome anger towards your father and become your own man.
By Jon Beaty
For my 12-year-old son, it was a rite of passage for me to introduce him to Luke Skywalker, Obi-wan Kenobi, and Darth Vader. I saw the first Star Wars movie with my dad at about the same age.
My Star Wars experience as a boy was all about the adventure — rescuing Princess Leia, wielding a lightsaber, attacking the Death Star in an X-wing. Now, as a man, I get caught up in the father-son dynamic of the original trilogy. I can relate to Luke as he learns that Vader is his father in The Empire Strikes Back and comes face to face with his “daddy” issues.
In Luke’s final duel with Vader in Return of the Jedi, the battle isn’t about who’s better with a lightsaber. The real battle is over Luke’s true identity.
Vader already revealed himself as Luke’s father. Luke’s dilemma is whether or not he’ll be Vader’s son.
Luke and Vader’s biological relationship is already settled. What’s unsettled is whether not Luke and Vader share the same character. Darth Vader says they do — -together they can rule the galaxy. Luke says they don’t — -he’ll never submit to the dark side of the Force.
