Researchers Say Darth Vader Was Mentally Ill
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Here is an article from ABC News that caught my attention. After reading this article, let me know. Do you or do you not agree that Darth Vader was mentally ill? Read on …
Don’t blame it on the Dark Side. Anakin Skywalker’s epic transformation into the evil Darth Vader may have been a result of mental illness, according to a group of French psychiatrists and psychologists.
In a paper published in the journal Psychiatry Research, Eric Bui and his colleagues at Toulouse University Hospital have given new meaning to the term “Jedi mind tricks” with their psychoanalysis of why the tragic “Star Wars” hero fell from Jedi grace. Apparently, he had borderline personality disorder.
As he came of age, Skywalker showed problems with impulsivity, violent outburst, illusions of invincibility and crises of identity, all of which are in line with borderline personality disorder diagnosis, the researchers concluded.
The absence of a father and early separation from his mother set the stage for his later developmental issues, the authors noted, and violent, dissociative events, such as when he kills a tribe of Tuskans in blind revenge, precipitated his turn to the Dark Side.
Still, at issue is whether Darth Vader would have really been better off in a psych ward.
Skywalker portrayed many of the traits of the disorder as a youth, but even in the world of fictional “diagnoses,” the French paper may be pushing the limits of diagnosis, psychiatrists say.
Was It the Force or Just a Tough Childhood? What do you think?
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June 10th, 2010 at 7:34 am
i wonder how it felt for anakin to see his own son battling against him, he sure is out of his mind