The new "Emperor" could be written so it's not readily apparent what his true motivations are and whether he's truly evil, misguided, or just being misled by his advisors. Although Star Wars had always dealt largely with black and white issues of good vs. evil I think that a morally ambiguous villain character would make for an interesting change although I'm not sure if it would more cliche to make him truly evil but acting like he's not like Palpatine was or simply misguided or misled, I'm thinking that the misguided might be the less cliche esp. if he remains a true believer to the end and doesn't "realize the mistakes he's made and changes his ways".
Not to mention the fact that in the OT, the force was a religion. Yoda tells Luke that he couldn't lift the X-Wing out of the water because he didn't believe it. "That is why you fail." May the Force be with you, means believe in yourself.
Midicholorians changed it from a belief system to a genetic mutation. Thus the reason why some people are able to use the Force and others aren't. In the OT, Han couldn't be a Jedi because he didn't believe in the Force. Luke was inclined to believe in it because his father did, as well as his father's best friend, Ben Kenobi, and wanting to be like his father, he chose to follow the same path.
So I don't see the Force as a religion, but as an all-pervasive energy that only Jedi can manipulate, and the power chooses you, you don't choose it. It's like witches and wizards of the Harry Potter books: two magical parents can produce a magical or non-magical child, one magical parent and one non-magical parent can produce a magical or non-magical child, two non-magical parents can produce a magical or non-magical child, and so on and so forth.
So to me, the "the Force is a religion" argument doesn't hold water.
...The magical wizards and witches of Harry Potter are very different. Not only do the kids have a choice, they can still have an emotional attachment to their loved ones.
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and there is the theme for the New Jedi Order under Master Luke Skywalker.
Except in the part where if you do happen to be one whom the Force chooses, the Jedi will take you while you're very young and make you follow their beliefs where you must have no 'emotional' attachments to your family or the ones you care about. The magical wizards and witches of Harry Potter are very different. Not only do the kids have a choice, they can still have an emotional attachment to their loved ones.
The Force itself might not be religious, but the ones who can use it sure treat it as such.
The child himself has no choice, true. But his/her parents do, so blame the parents, not the Jedi. lol
Except that if it is the parents' decision, than it just shows how the Jedi depend upon families who are so helpless and so poor that they cannot support their own children. Don't you think problems like that are a lot more important than solving trade disputes?
not necessarily. a Jedi may come to a wealthy family and ask if they would like their child to become a jedi... and they may be proud that their child is desired to be trained by a Jedi. no where does it show that only poor children are taken from their destitute families.
Except that if it is the parents' decision, than it just shows how the Jedi depend upon families who are so helpless and so poor that they cannot support their own children. Don't you think problems like that are a lot more important than solving trade disputes?
Boba Fett is dead. I don't understand why people make such a big deal over him. He had a cool suit, but that's it.
I wonder the same thing! Saying Boba Fett is your favorite Star Wars character to me is like saying your favorite Star Trek original series character is Mr. Leslie.
Not knocking on anyone's tastes or opinions, that's just how I see it.
Wasn't Anakin part of a destitute family? At least he kind of had a choice.
Considering that being a Jedi is a life-long commitment, I have issues with religious zealots who willingly take children at an age where they cannot possibly comprehend or understand the life they're about to undertake. If the parents don't care, than the Jedi obviously don't either, and that is what's wrong.
By making the Force a measurable, concrete thing in the PT, it lost a lot of its magic in my opinion. There needs to be SOME mystery to a story. Without mystery, you can't get a sense of wonder.