The Painter's Honeymoon

The Painter's Honeymoon
the night watch by rembrandt
the Night Watch
The Nut Gatherers
"You are the last Jedi, Luke. You are our only hope. Be patient." "And sacrifice Han and Leia?" the youth asked incredulously. "If you honor what they fight for," Yoda said, pausing for a long moment,"…yes!" Great anguish overcame Luke. He wasn't certain that he could reconcile theadvice of these two great mentors with his own feelings. His friends were in terribledanger, and of course he must save them. But his teachers thought he was not ready,that he might be too vulnerable to the powerful Vader and his Emperor, that he mightbring harm to his friends and himself—and possibly be lost forever on the path ofevil. Yet how could he fear these abstract things when Han and Leia were real andwere suffering? How could he permit himself to fear possible danger to himselfwhen his friends were presently in real danger of death? There was no longer any question in his mind as to what he had to do.