Day 230

Those of you who know me are aware of the fact that my mind works in strange and mysterious ways. I read a question today in the blog of Matt Black that has me thinking; where did Yoda dissapear to? Well, where did he go? The setting for Star Wars was a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, so obvioulsy there is no religon we would know, such as Buddaism, or Christianity, or Islam. The main office of the Jedi was constantly referred to as the "Jedi Temple". Was the word temple meant to be as we think of it, as a place of worship? Or does its title have different meaning? Why did he and Obi Wan simply dissapear, when none of the other Jedi dissapared when Senator Palpatine ordered the execution of the Jedi as he and Vader were establishing the Empire? Both Yoda and Obi Wan appeared to be at peace when they dissapared, yet after Vader killed the Emperor and was with Luke Skywalker at the end of his life, he did not dissapear, yet he said he was saved and appeared to be at peace. Luke set his body upon a pyre. Yet at the party with the Ewoks, Obi Wan, Yoda and Anikin all appeared as beings of energy. Without dissapearing, did Anikin end up in the same place as the others, or was he just visiting? Is there only one heaven, or is one shared by beings from different galaxies? Will we, upon our entry into the next life, see only those of us from earth, or will we see others? And how about the clone war. When those guys die, will there be millions of them who all look alike walking around? If you have a conversation with one of them today, how will you know which clone to speak with tomorrow, to continue the conversation? Perhaps they don't enter a normal afterlife. The story told of a galaxy far, far away is full of epic, mythic themes, so perhaps our fighting, warrior-like Jedi end up in Elysium. They may have their own little corner of the afterlife where none but those who die a soldiers death may enter. It's all so confusing. Good thing I don't dwell on this sort of stuff.