Star Wars : Remember when fans scoffed at the notion of dying of a broken heart?

Remember when fans scoffed at the notion of dying of a broken heart?

Art imitates life...


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Re: Remember when fans scoffed at the notion of dying of a broken heart?

No.

"Who can't use the Force now?! I can still use the Force!" - Yarael Poof

Re: Remember when fans scoffed at the notion of dying of a broken heart?


Dying of a broken heart is "absolutely real," grief expert David Kessler tells USA TODAY.

"I think it's extremely underdiagnosed. I think it's more common than we believe."

The scenario plays out most often among elderly couples who have shared a deep and enduring bond for decades, Kessler notes.

One spouse passes away, and within days — and sometimes hours — the other spouse succumbs.

For parent and child, "it's less seen, but not surprising," Kessler says.

The American Heart Association agrees, classifying broken heart syndrome as a medical condition also called stress-induced cardiomyopathy: sudden, severe chest pain, which is a reaction to a surge of stress hormones triggered by an emotionally painful event.

Re: Remember when fans scoffed at the notion of dying of a broken heart?

You're right. It's almost as if when you're 84 years old no one expects you to die. Not as strange as healthy 20 something dying after giving birth in a state of the art medical facility with sentient medical doctors administering care and treatment.

One is to be expected. The other is a cheap cop-out by someone who can't write.

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Re: Remember when fans scoffed at the notion of dying of a broken heart?

Padme dying of a broken heart but Anakin surviving all those third degree burns was a load of bull crap.

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Re: Remember when fans scoffed at the notion of dying of a broken heart?

Padme was pregnant and very fragile, experiencing both an emotional and physical shock; these things together could take their toll on a person, particularly one who was devastated inside and out like she was at the time.

Vader survived the burns because he was so strong in the Force, and because the Emperor got to him in time and got his best people on the job.

Re: Remember when fans scoffed at the notion of dying of a broken heart?

Dying of a broken heart right after your daughter dies seems pretty plausible. Dying of a broken heart because Hayden Christiansen recites the lines Lucas writes for him doesn't.

The people who defend the prequels never seem to quite understand the beef us OT heads have with them. It's not the notion of dying from a broken heart; it's the way it was written into the script. I dislike the prequels (Phantom Menace isn't too bad) because they're poorly-written, poorly-acted movies with an inconsistent and confusing political message shoehorned in.

It has nothing to do with being a purist or hating CGI or rejecting plot points just because, and it has everything to do with the fact these movies just aren't very good.
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