Shades of Light and Dark

You know those movies and characters.

The scoundrel who learns to love. The youth who becomes a mystic warrior. The sage who dies and rises ghostly to guide the youth. The princess who finds her power. Even the dark one who gains redemption at the cost of his life.

The laser swords.

They're a melodrama of light and dark, simplistic and enthralling for many.

Here's some simplistic rules for imitating those movies, based in John Harper's Lasers and Feelings. But they're adaptable to any setting, really.