Round spectacles with one dark lens and one clear lens resting on a white saucer beside a dark cherry.

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Han Solo

I think my sight's improving. Before I could only see a dark blur, now I can see a light blur.

— Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi · 1983

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker offers a deadpan report of progress that is barely progress: vision that was once a dark smear has become a lighter smear. The humour lies in the cheerful framing of a still-dismal condition, treating a tiny change as reassuring good news.

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