"Size matters not." Master Yoda
It's very interesting watching this film for the first time and knowing Yoda. Everyone knows Yoda these days. We know what he looks like and how he talks, regardless of if you've seen every Star Wars episode or none of them. I can only imagine for people watching at the time to have had a full film with mentions of "Jedi Master Yoda" how crazy it was to see that Yoda was this tiny little green guy who just seemed to get in the way. I said directly to my viewing partner, "Why is Luke being such a jerk to Yoda?" before I realized that Luke would have no idea that this little creature making his journey particularly difficult was Yoda. End anecdote.
This film really starts to expand the massive Star Wars universe. We see new species, new planets, new powers. The characters really start to come into their own, showcasing their flaws along with their strengths (mostly Luke and his impatience since we already know how stubborn Leia is and how arrogant Han is). The main thing we're meant to see here is how similar Luke is to his father. We're being shown how Luke is training and coming to the force and how he regards his friends, and though we haven't really seen Anakin do all this yet (assuming you watch in release order) it's implied that they led quite similar paths. Anakin knows that his son will be impatient and not up to snuff on his force work (hehe pun) but will run off to protect the people he loves. Anakin was expecting his son to be so much like him that he would also immediately drop everything to stand in the dark. I think that seeing Luke choose falling to almost certain death over "eternal glory" is the first step in convincing Anakin that he may have made the wrong decision all those years ago.
Rank: 70
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