Please don't try to compare Peter Schaffer's brilliant writing to the garbage writing of George Lucas, unless you're intending to show how well it was done by Schaffer one and how poorly by Lucas, which didn't seem to be your point.
Dave and Scorp were agog that a former faith practitioner at the top of his faith could wander so far from the faith
Amadeus opens with a young priest coming to Salieri to hear confession about his attempted suicide - i am drawing an analogy that the tale Salieri spins is akin to Luke tossing the lightsaber
usually i take exception to audiences not understanding the 'logic' of the actions of a traumatized character
but this time i was reminded of Amadeus instead