18. THE DARK SIDE

摘要

Despite the obvious downsides to accepting Star Wars' Faustian bargain, we all grasp the Dark Side's primal appeal. The malignant half of the Force tempts the part of us that yearns to kick ass without having to give up Cheetos or hit the gym.The Dark Side is a potent shortcut to awesome power. II That power affords its practitioners more than just the means to rule a system or three. It gives them dominion over an entire galaxy, whose inhabitants quake with fear whenever an imperial Shuttle approaches. In fact, Star Wars' good guys seem perpetually in danger of getting wiped off the face of the cosmos.