About halfway through Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Yoda teaches a shipwrecked Luke Skywalker to harness the light side of the force. After a few days in the marshes of Dagobah, Luke’s crashed ship sinks deeper into the swamp - frustrating and distracting the budding Jedi from his training. After a few failed attempts to resuscitate his sunken vessel using space magic, Yoda drops the classic line: “Do…or do not. There is no try.” Despite this motivational pseudo-aphorism, Luke fails once more, believing he’s too small to lift the enormous X-wing fighter. In a show of