Connection: Star Wars

I know what your all thinking. How is Oedipus Rex related to Star Wars, Zach?? Well lemme tell ya!

Both Oedipus and Luke Skywalker were raised by people other than their fathers. Both Luke and Oedipus also go one to learn about their real fathers and both have their biological fathers try to kill them. Both go on to fight their fathers, with Oedipus killing his, and both are faced with trying to find out their true identities. Another similarity is their love. Oedipus marries and fathers kids with his mother before he knew she was his mother, and Luke falls in love with and kisses his sister, Princess Leia before he knew that she was his sister. Obviously you would have to switch sister with mother but you basically got the point. And finally another connection is the similarity between the force and fate. The force runs deep within the Skywalker family just as fate controls the lives of Oedipus and his family. The force in Star Wars plays the same importance as fate in Oedipus Rex. And lastly one can see that in both Star Wars and Oedipus Rex is that both characters have or don't have is the lack of control over their lives. Oedipus could have just lived his life and have a happy relationship with his mother without ever knowing about their biological relationship, just as Luke could have gone through life without ever knowing that his single biggest enemy was his own father. But what kind of story would that make? Neither character controlled the way they went through life, instead they were forced to live in a world based on fate. They couldn't decide their own life, instead is was set and ready before either was ever even born.