Head of Christ

To become a Jedi," Yoda said gravely, "takes the deepest commitment, the mostserious mind." "He can do it," Ben's voice said in defense of the youth. Looking toward the invisible Kenobi, Yoda pointed at Luke. "This one I havewatched a long time. All his life has he looked away…to the horizon, to the sky, tothe future. Never his mind on where he was, on what he was doing. Adventure,excitement." Yoda shot a glaring look at Luke. "A Jedi craves not these things!" Luke tried to defend his past. "I have followed my feelings." "You are reckless!" the Jedi Master shouted. "He will learn," came the soothing voice of Kenobi. "He's too old," Yoda argued. "Yes. Too old, too set in his ways to start thetraining." Luke thought he heard a subtle softening in Yoda's voice. Perhaps there wasstill a chance to sway him. "I've learned much," Luke said. He couldn't give upnow. He had come too far, endured too much, lost too much for that.