Two small lanterns suspended from low hooks, one glowing amber and one dark blue

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Yoda

Always two; no more no less. A master and an apprentice.

— Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace · 1999

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The quotation sets an exact limit of two people: a master and an apprentice. Naming both roles explains the pairing as one who teaches and one who learns. The repeated insistence on neither more nor less makes that fixed arrangement the central point.

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