Joel Watts<\/a><\/p>\nThe story of Anakin Skywalker is a story of repentance and redemption. But if the story had played out a little differently, and a little closer to home, would the above cartoon have been the result? If you don't think so, then feel free to describe \u2013 or even draw, if you are so inclined \u2013 what you think would have happened if Anakin's repentance had been an Evangelical Christian conversion experience.<\/p>\n
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HT Joel Watts The story of Anakin Skywalker is a story of repentance and redemption. But if the story had played out a little differently, and a little closer to home, would the above cartoon have been the result? If you don’t think so, then feel free to describe \u2013 or even draw, if you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131,136,42,91],"tags":[1625,1880,2451,2525,3200,3202,3203,3521,4713,4871,5612,13989],"class_list":["post-13388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity-religion","category-evangelicals","category-humor","category-star-wars-science-fiction","tag-cartoon","tag-church","tag-darth-vader","tag-death-star","tag-evangelical","tag-evangelicalism","tag-evangelicals","tag-force","tag-holy-spirit","tag-humor","tag-jedi","tag-yoda"],"yoast_head":"\n
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