As the final days of winter break wind down, many of us are left with a sudden feeling of panic showing us just how unprepared for another semester we are. I mean, didn't we just finish our last set of finals -- like, two weeks ago? OK, so maybe it wasn't two weeks ago, and it was actually a month, but the slump of a new semester with new responsibilities could never be so ever-present as now.
With the incredible popularity "Star Wars" has gained after the newest edition to the series came to a theater near you, it's only right we start doing what we do with every other pop-culture phenomenon by finding every which way it can relate to the daily struggles we're dealing with in our own lives. Why can't we all just be like Luke Skywalker and use the force to get us through another semester with flying colors? If only.
1. "Fear is the path to the Dark Side." -- Yoda
2. "Screaming about it can't help you." -- C-3PO
3. "Do. Or do not. There is no try." -- Yoda
4. "Remember: Your focus determines your reality." -- Qui-Gon Jinn
5. "It's a trap!" -- Admiral Ackbar
6. "I find your lack of faith disturbing." -- Darth Vader
7 . "Ah, hard to see, the Dark Side is." -- Yoda
8. "One thing's for sure, we're all going to be a lot thinner." -- Hans Solo
9. "The force is strong with this one." -- Darth Vader
10. "We're doomed." -- C3PO
11. "We'll figure it out, we'll use the Force!" -- Finn
12. "I've got a bad feeling about this." -- Hans Solo
13. "In my experience, there's no such thing as luck." -- Obi-Wan Kanobi
14. "We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life." -- C-3PO
15. "May the Force be with you." -- Hans Solo
While we would all hope to believe that the Force is most certainly a real thing, chances are that no matter how hard we think about getting the best grades we possibly can, we're going to need a force a lot stronger than the one familiar to our very own Hans Solo. This semester, I can only hope to find some sort of this Force.
