A lot of people here are saying he was paid “for a poem”, as if it’s a fungible piece of text and not a meaningful part of the experience providing meta-narrative closure to the game.

For anyone buying one of the posters, t-shirts, totes, etc. with the text of the poem or a part of it, it means a lot.

“May the force be with you” could have been anything else, and Star Wars wouldn’t be anything less than it is… yet, it’s an invaluable bit of writing!