Daily Dialogue — May 3, 2010

Darth Vader: Luke… help me take this mask off.
Luke: But you’ll die.
Darth Vader: Nothing… can stop that now. Just for once… let me… look on you with my *own* eyes.
[Luke takes off Darth Vader’s mask one piece at a time. Underneath, Luke sees the face of a pale, scarred, bald-headed, old man — his father, Anakin. Anakin sadly looks at Luke]
Anakin: Now… go, my son. Leave me.
Luke: No. You’re coming with me. I’ll not leave you here, I’ve got to save you.
Anakin: You already… have, Luke. You were right. You were right about me. Tell your sister… you were right.
[Anakin slumps down in death]

 — Darth Vader / Anakin (James Earl Jones / Sebastian Shaw the ‘face’ of Vader) and Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi (1983), screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas, story by George Lucas

The Daily Dialogue theme this week is poignant father-son exchanges, suggested by JD Walters, who also suggested Return of the Jedi.

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