But then, in "Return of the Jedi," Lucas takes this basic wisdom and perverts it, saying -- "If you get angry -- even at injustice and murder -- it will automatically and immediately transform you into an unalloyedly evil person! All of your opinions and political beliefs will suddenly and magically reverse. Every loyalty will be forsaken and your friends won't be able to draw you back. You will instantly join your sworn enemy as his close pal or apprentice. All because you let yourself get angry at his crimes."
Sounds about right except for the fact that you used the word angry when you should have used hate. I belive it was hate that Yoda warned against, and Luke was trying to not let his hatred get the best of him. There is a big difference between anger and hate, for instance I may get angry at my children because of something they did wrong, but that doesn't mean that I hate them.
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But then, in "Return of the Jedi," Lucas takes this basic wisdom and perverts it, saying -- "If you get angry -- even at injustice and murder -- it will automatically and immediately transform you into an unalloyedly evil person! All of your opinions and political beliefs will suddenly and magically reverse. Every loyalty will be forsaken and your friends won't be able to draw you back. You will instantly join your sworn enemy as his close pal or apprentice. All because you let yourself get angry at his crimes."
Sounds about right except for the fact that you used the word angry when you should have used hate. I belive it was hate that Yoda warned against, and Luke was trying to not let his hatred get the best of him. There is a big difference between anger and hate, for instance I may get angry at my children because of something they did wrong, but that doesn't mean that I hate them.