The moment Luke Skywalker refuses to fight, the moment he puts down his weapon, is the most radical moment in the original trilogy…

What this moment reveals is what we all know to be true: There’s no such thing as a just war. Why? Because all wars are preventable. War is the dark side and nothing else. There are no war heroes. There are just war victims.

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...