The value of team work in Star Wars.

The fifth Star Wars episode, The Empire Strikes Back, and the sixth, Return of the Jedi, resonate on the value of team work.

In The Empire Strikes Back, this team work happens in a dangerous milieu; dangerous times call for extra vigilance.

In a dangerous world, there is the value of looking out for each other.

As you would.

Han Solo has his friend Luke Skywalker’s back.

Luke gets into trouble on the ice world of Hoth, but Han goes on a life saving ‘mission’ for Luke, well worth the effort.

Chewbacca has Han’s back, as they investigate a foreign invader to the Rebel base in Hoth.

Han and Chewbacca work together in discovering the invader’s identity. Their courageous act in this cold, snow drenched planet is insightful for their team’s planning.

On discovering the foreign invader, Han and Chewbacca and others in the Rebels prepare for the worst, and safety.

There is value in working together

Despite rubbing each other the wrong way, Han, Princess Leia, Chewbacca and C3-PO muck in together. They work together as they escape a dreaded Imperial star fleet.

When Luke is in danger, being there for him is valuable. They work together for the safety of one individual.

The sixth Star Wars episode, Return of the Jedi, is where life is about action, to result in good defeating evil. In this episode, all the Rebel forces and a diminutive species called Ewoks come together for one crucial strike on evil.

The Ewoks are at first suspicious of the Rebels. Once the barriers are broken down, we have a Star Wars example of working together inter-culturally, for the defeat of an oppressive regime.

What may seem simple team work lessons is harder work.

In Star Wars, the obstacle to successfully executing team work is an extremely well organized regime of oppression and evil lead by masters of dark arts.

The nightmarish obstacle would make anyone run away, but facing it together comes out better than we may expect against such a malevolent beast.