The Death Star and the New Super Death Star

I was thinking through, you know, why did Darth Vader and Kylo Ren commit to the Sith way? Why did they commit to being on the dark side? A good example of that, I think, is Anakin Skywalker. He joins the dark side initially to save his wife from death. And it's because what else is there? There's no other way out for him at this point. This is who he is. You can either be prey on the street or you can be a predator. It's even worse in prison if you want to survive. That's how you die. If you get too squishy and touchy-feely.

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