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Arts, Music & MediaWhat is Star Wars in the Agency editorial?
Star Wars is the science fiction film saga created by George Lucas, begun in 1977. The Agency editorial quotes one of its best-known lines, spoken by the Jedi master Yoda, as an example of a sentence that could be considered an aphorism.
In short
Writing.2 explains that aphorisms are words of wisdom that, most of the time, are not associated with an author, and gives three examples. The first is an African proverb, the second a common saying, and the third a sentence from Yoda in Star Wars: there is do, or do not, there is no try. Yoda is the old Jedi master who trains Luke Skywalker in The Empire Strikes Back, released in 1980, the film in which the line is spoken.
Key facts
- Which line from Star Wars does the article quote?
- A sentence from Yoda that the article gives as: There is do, or do not. There is no try.
- Why does the article quote it?
- As an example of an aphorism. The article says we could also consider this sentence from Yoda in Star Wars as an aphorism, after citing an African proverb and the saying that actions speak louder than words.
- Who is Yoda?
- A character of the Star Wars films: a small, very old Jedi master who teaches the hero. He first appears in The Empire Strikes Back, released in 1980.
What is Star Wars?
Star Wars is a series of science fiction films created by George Lucas. The first film was released in 1977 and was followed by sequels, prequels, series and books. Its vocabulary entered everyday language, with words such as Jedi, the Force and padawan, and many of its lines are repeated as sayings. Yoda, the master who speaks in inverted sentences, is the source of several of them.
How does Star Wars appear in the Agency editorial?
Writing.2 brings Star Wars into its section on wisdom and intelligence, at the moment it shows what an aphorism sounds like. The line from Yoda is set as a quotation, after two anonymous sayings, and the author comments that aphorisms tend to carry the punch of a thousand lessons in very few words.
The choice makes a point of the article concrete: a quotation from a film script can carry the power of an aphorism. The article had said earlier that some of these transformative sentences are taken from books, scripts or even expressions of the collective consciousness.
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Related terms
- Maximnoun
- A concise statement expressing a fundamental principle, general truth, or practical rule of conduct.
- proverbnoun
- A short, pithy saying in frequent and widespread use that expresses a perceived truth or piece of practical advice.
- quotationnoun
- A group of words taken verbatim from a published text or speech and repeated by another author.