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Which character or scene/event from The Saga do you most identify with? More than just who is the biggest badass, what about that specific character or moment struck a chord with you as a person?

It may be cliche or obvious, but I always looked up to Luke. As a nerdy kid, a self-loathing teenager and an rudderless young adult I always found a lot of hope (dare I say A New Hope? I think I do) in Luke's own struggles to figure out who he was and his triumph in overcoming all of his life's challenges, both within and around him. Similarly the moment where he looks out of the medical frigate's window alongside Leia and the droids was a particularly resonant one for me. The had their asses handed to them pretty hard, but they all still had hope that they could get it all together in the sequel. It's probably my favorite moment out of the whole series. A close second and third would be when you can kinda-sorta see Oola's nipple in Return of the Jedi and when Jar Jar steps in eopie shit in The Phantom Menace.

So what about you? Were you a lone wolf with a propensity towards disintegrations and a cool jet pack? Were you an indentured servant with a bowl cut who was constantly losing high risk races with a douchey dog alien? What was the personal link you made with a character or moment from the Star Wars Saga?

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I would have to say Luke.  I can relate to Luke in ANH where he walks out of dinner with Owen and Beru all frustrated and makes his way outside to gaze into the Binary sunset for some serious thought.  My favorite though is in ESB when he is training under yoda.  All the physical/mental hard work that Luke endured, mirrored my life,  the confronting of one's fear.  I also love the jedi spirits scene in ROTJ and the confident smile luke displays.  To me, that smile indicated self fulfillment and a huge sense of achievement.  Luke had "arrived".

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