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19th April 2011

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When I was growing up, there was a certain “inspirational” poem most, if not all, of my elderly Christian relatives had framed and displayed somewhere in their home. I rewrote the poem as inspirational material for a Jedi pursuing the Dark Side of the Force, and set it against a Tatooine version of its standard backdrop.  I don’t know about you folks, but I certainly feel more inspired now. Here’s the poem in text: “Bootprints” One night I dreamed I was walking through the Tatooine desert with Lord Vader.  Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky. In each scene I noticed bootprints in the sand.  Sometimes there were two sets of bootprints, other times there was one set only. This bothered me because I noticed that during the low periods of my life, when I was suffering from anguish, sorrow, or rebel defeat, I could see only one set of bootprints, so I said to Lord Vader, “You promised me Father, that if I joined you, we would rule the galaxy as father and son.  But I have noticed that during the most trying periods of my journey toward the Dark Side, there has only been one set of bootprints in the sand.  Why, when I needed you most, have you not been there for me?” Lord Vader replied, “The times when you have seen only one set of bootprints, my son, that is when I levitated you.” Public domain source photos taken from here and here.  Star Wars crawl font taken from here.

When I was growing up, there was a certain “inspirational” poem most, if not all, of my elderly Christian relatives had framed and displayed somewhere in their home.

I rewrote the poem as inspirational material for a Jedi pursuing the Dark Side of the Force, and set it against a Tatooine version of its standard backdrop.  I don’t know about you folks, but I certainly feel more inspired now.

Here’s the poem in text:

“Bootprints”

One night I dreamed I was walking through the Tatooine desert with Lord Vader.  Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky.

In each scene I noticed bootprints in the sand.  Sometimes there were two sets of bootprints, other times there was one set only.

This bothered me because I noticed that during the low periods of my life, when I was suffering from anguish, sorrow, or rebel defeat, I could see only one set of bootprints, so I said to Lord Vader,

“You promised me Father, that if I joined you, we would rule the galaxy as father and son.  But I have noticed that during the most trying periods of my journey toward the Dark Side, there has only been one set of bootprints in the sand.  Why, when I needed you most, have you not been there for me?”

Lord Vader replied, “The times when you have seen only one set of bootprints, my son, that is when I levitated you.”

Public domain source photos taken from here and here.  Star Wars crawl font taken from here.

Tagged: Darth VaderFootprintsJediLuke SkywalkerPoetryStar WarsTatooineparodyphoto manipulationfan art

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