Star Wars During Sefirah III

After reading the book (a bigger waste of time than seeing the movie, by the way), the following occurred to me (minor spoilers ahead):

At the end of the movie, all of the Jedi are killed except for Obi Wan Kenobi and Yoda (anyone who saw/read the original Star Wars should know that). The shocking speed in which an entire way of life is almost entirely wiped out, in a treacherous and horrifying manner, is matched by the pain of the two remaining Jedi at witnessing this terrifying development. Hundreds (thousands?) of beings who trained all their lives to do good were ruthlessly destroyed, and the remaining Jedi saw everything in which they believed all but ended. It was their almost impossible task to rebuild what was lost. They were the only hope to continue their noble tradition.

Le-havdil, that is what the mourning of Sefirah is about: All of those Torah students tragically destroyed with the few remaining having to preserve their tradition for future generations.

The plight of Obi Wan and Yoda helped me visualize the enormous difficulties that faced those who survived the tragedy that befell R. Akiva's students.

UPDATE: It might be relevant to review this post about Torah and popular culture.