So, How Exactly Does The Force Work In 'Star Wars'?
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The force is an integral part of Star Wars. There would be no Jedi order, or Sith, without the force. It’s used for both good and evil and needs balance. But what exactly is the force?
In the most basic explanation, the force was an energy field that forever bound everything in the universe. Everything had a place within the force, no matter how big or small. The Force has two types: living force and cosmic force.
The living force represented the energies of all life forms, which were then fed into the cosmic force. The cosmic force is what binds the galaxy together and communicates the will of the force using midi-chlorins. When a life form dies, it becomes “one with the force”, where it becomes part of the cosmic force which feeds into the living force. Some Jedi even become Force ghosts, once they pass on.
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Some are stronger in the force than others, and those the Jedi deem “strong with the force” are taken from their homes, and trained as Jedi in the Jedi Temple. They focus on multiple aspects of the force, whereas force-sensitive children, who were not taken, were often more skilled with one aspect of the force. While the force can be passed down from parent to child, as we’ve seen with the Skywalker and Palpatine families, this is not always the case. Even though the Palpatine family did have strong force sensitivity, Sheev Palpatine’s son, and Rey’s father, did not inherit his father’s force ability, but his daughter did. However, this was due to his son being an artificial strand cast, thanks to the Sith Eternal’s cult cloning experiments, with Sidious’s genetic template. There wasn’t just a scientific aspect to the force, but also a religious one. Various religious organizations used the Force as the basis of their religion, but each one held differing views when it came to the nature and purpose of the force.
The Force granted various powers to Force-sensitive individuals. The Jedi and Sith used their power for very different reasons. They weren’t the only ones granted their abilities, however, as Bendu and the Mortis gods also had access. A force-sensitive had the potential to manipulate the Force, which was determined by the number of midi-chlorians they had. Force sensitives were also capable of telekinesis, mental manipulation, the ability to sedate or induce sleep, and the power to see the future. This aspect allowed Jedi mystics and other seers to predict events long into the future. This included forming prophecies about the Chosen One, or the Force dyad in the Sith Eternal’s lore. The precognition they had allowed them to see an opponent's attacks before they came, and could even navigate a ship through hyperspace. Some of these abilities could be practiced by those both on the light and dark side, some abilities could only be accessed depending on the user’s stance in the Force. The Jedi harnessed their abilities through a mental state of peace and calmness, whereas the Sith relied on their passion for strength, which would give them access to “unnatural” abilities”. Their opposing philosophies when it came to the Force, led to a millenia of conflict, which eventually led to the extinction of the Sith, and the near-annihilation of the Jedi.
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The Force has many different abilities and can be accessed in many different ways. It can be used for both good and evil. While it flows through everything and everyone, not everyone has the same access to it. The Force is one of the most important aspects of Star Wars, and it’s always interesting to learn more about it.
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The Parallels Between 'The Acolyte' And The Prequels
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It’s like poetry, it rhymes, which is something that has remained true when it comes to Star Wars. Recently, this quote can be used when it comes to The Acolyte and The Phantom Menace. Both are very different pieces of Star Wars media, but The Acolyte has a few parallels to the prequel film, that causes it to come full circle.
One of the Jedi rules pertains to training older children. The majority of the time, the child is taken as a baby or a very young child, and they are raised and trained within the Jedi temple. There however have been cases where this hasn’t happened, and the Jedi Council has not been happy about it. The first case of this was with Anakin Skywalker.
Everyone knows the story of how Qui Gon Jinn stumbled across the child, who was a slave at the time, on the planet of Tatooine. Anakin was able to win his freedom, after winning a podrace. We find out he has a very high midichlorian count. When Qui Gon takes him back to Coruscant, the Council is not a fan of having him trained, due to his age. This wasn’t the last time this happened though, as we most recently saw this same thing happen in The Acolyte. Jedi Master Sol stumbled across two girls in the forest in their home of Brendok. The Jedi eventually confront the sister's coven, and chaos ensues. Osha, one of the girls, wants to train and be a Jedi. Master Indarra confronts the council about it, and they of, course, say no. Sol is not happy with this outcome but decides to do it anyway. Sol and Qui Gon were very alike in this way. They did not listen to the order, but sometimes they let their emotions take over.
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Osha trained for as long as she could, but she couldn’t control her emotions like she was supposed to, eventually leaving the Jedi order. She’s like Anakin in a lot of ways, and this is one of them. Both of them struggled to suppress their emotions, and eventually, their emotions got the better of them, and they were lured to the Dark Side. Anakin’s love and obsession with protecting Padme drove him mad, that he was convinced to join the side opposite of the Jedi. Osha’s love for her sister caused her to never fully suppress her emotions, and when she found out what Master Sol did, that was the end of it for her, and where she fully gave herself over to the Dark Side.
Another similarity between both Star Wars content is the creation of children from the force. Anakin doesn’t know who his father is. Fans have speculated for years, but nothing has ever been confirmed. In The Phantom Menace, Shmi, Anakin’s mother, explains to Qui Gon that it “just happened”. She woke up one day, and was pregnant with him, and doesn’t have an explanation as to why. This is a bit different from The Acolyte, but the same concept at the core. The twins, Osha and Mae, were created by their mother using Force. Mother Anasieya was able to manipulate the force and use it to her advantage to create her daughters. The twin's creation was different from Anakin’s, but the use of the Force remains the core of both of them.
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Parallels have always existed in Star Wars. We also saw this in the original trilogy and the sequel trilogy. Luke and Rey’s stories are very similar and mirror each other. So it makes sense that other content would mirror each other as well. Hopefully, we get a season 2 of The Acolyte and see even more parallels between the show and previous content.
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