Star Wars and Middle-Earth

[Lyta_Underhill]

Galadriel foretells the future, and Sam must decide whether to help his friends or not. Yoda foretells the future and Luke must decide whether to help his friends or not. They both warn that they've only seen one possible future.

One difference here: Luke acts on his fears, while Sam puts them in their place and reaffirms that his place is by Frodo's side. Also, Yoda counsels, and Galadriel merely chides, suggesting Sam's own thoughts on the matter, while Yoda and Obi-Wan tend to believe they know what is best and fear for Luke's own decision. (Now we know it is because Anakin did a bit of this in his time, and they were probably afraid!) Interesting point, though, is Luke's decision is quite Frodo-like. He chooses his friends' safety over his own spiritual safety, simply because he believes he can help them. No selfish motives there. Anakin, on the other hand, has some REAL issues! :P As Estel pointed out, there is some Denethor-mirroring in there, but I'd also say he's got a bit of Wormtongue characteristic too, choosing the person who seems strongest in order to further his own ambitions, only to have his fortunes intertwined with that person for good or ill, mostly ill. Vader was Palpatine's enforcer and "convincer," while Wormtongue, in a less overt way, was the "convincer" of Rohan...anyway, don't read too much into this crackpot analysis!

Cheers!
Lyta