The Subliminal Message in

Star Wars III:  Revenge of the Sith

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the end of Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith, aboard the Tantive IV in the meeting room where Bail, Yoda, and Obi-Wan spoke, I noticed something that led me to open up a book and then look up Hebrew letters online and their meaning. On the wall behind Bail, and behind Obi-Wan, and in the hallway just outside the room, as seen when you look past Yoda, are black panels and then lighted red symbols. There is just one red symbol, but repeated in the different places I mentioned.

 

 

 

There were 3 of them side by side behind Bail. It struck me that the red symbol was the Hebrew letter "lamed". What struck me right away was my perhaps poor memory recalling that the lamed was sometimes used to indicate "lachayim" the Hebrew word for life. But upon reading up on the meaning attributed to the letter lamed, I learned (or perhaps relearned after all these years) that lamed has a different meaning.

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

Lucas has said time and time again that one of the things he wanted to do with the ideas behind the Force and so forth, was to suggest that there was more out there in the world beyond what we can see, and perhaps lead people to come to or think more about their own faith. I cannot recall a quote offhand, maybe somebody else can. So then, the lamed could be a punctuation mark at that point in the story, a subtle suggestion for us to start thinking about the biblical overtones of the prophetic themes told through Anakin's storyline. I am actually surprised that there are none that I can see so far, similar symbols in the room when Yoda was telling Anakin to let go, that fear of loss was the path to the dark side.

 

 

 

That discussion in the Tantive IV meeting room was a crucial point in the movie and the saga. I believe that the prominent repeated lamed was no accident, it was symbolizing something. What did it symbolize? That they had all learned a vital and important lesson from the Sith and Anakin's fall was a given. But when Yoda began telling Obi-Wan that that he had teachings for him to follow in his seclusion, from Qui-Gon himself, the lamed is clearly visible to the right of Obi-Wan, over his left shoulder. The lamed denotes learning. Lachayim indicates life. Through the spirit of Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan would learn; he would learn how through death, to obtain life through becoming one with the Force, which was how he was able to retain his spirit as seen in The Empire Strikes back and Return of the Jedi.

 

 

 

You be the judge, it can't possibly be accidental.