Theology of Star Wars

You forgot about how they based Yoda off of SWK

I grew up with people who believed this. No joke.

I think people assumed that Yoda was based on SWK because Yoda was 900 years old and looks like just about every other 900 year old out there.

I think people assumed that Yoda was based on SWK because Yoda was 900 years old and looks like just about every other 900 year old out there.

I thought it was because, once you hold a particular worldview, suddenly EVERYTHING becomes evidence for that world view. Star Wars is one of the greatest signs in these latter days that the Church is true.

Some of the spiritual ideas that Star Wars was based on, was not really known in the West. It gave people some measure of faith.

Do or do not, there is no try.

It’s all about confidence in one’s self that you can do what you set out to do.

The Force. Christ says He is in all things and through all things. Great description of the Force,the Tao, etc.

Using hte Force to self-heal like with General Leia in later movies, that’s awesome. As someone who practices energy healing to heal spiritual wounds and to quicken the speed of healing physical wounds, it totally jives with me.

Doing the right thing, no matter what. Following your heart, no matter what even when leaders tell you not to (Luke leaving to save Leia and Han even though Yoda was like no!).

That you can talk to people who are on the other side, something I have done, which is awesome. Effectively you aren’t alone and can receive Divine help.

The hope of redemption no matter how awful you think you are, it’s not too late for you to come back home. To choose differently. (Vader at the end of Return of the Jedi.)

The prequels have serious issues but one thing it does show well is the very real issue of fear and lack of trust; and religious extremism of no attachments. Those were serious issues that pushed Anakin away.

In the sequels with Rey you have Yoda destroy the sacred Jedi texts because they were old ideas that were no longer needed, that held people back, and the sequals have removed hte whole “mitachlorianites thing from the story (praise be), and evidence that anyone can from anywhere can be good at the Force. No special bloodline anything. Rey is clearly, 100% a nobody, and you see evidence later of slave kids using the force. Basically, it’s like the new Spider-verse, anyone can wear the mask. Anyone can use the force.

The idea that everyone has to do their part ALL THE WAY, with faith that everyone else will too. If that hadn;t happened like in Rogue One (best example), the plans for the Death Star would not have been obtained. It was 100% every effing person doing their part to get the job done no matter what, having faith that someone else will pick it up where they left off if they go down. Every person in that movie was an effing hero.

So yeah, we need those stories now more than ever to give us hope that all of us doing our part no matter where that part is, or what it is, will help us have a better more compassionate greener world.

The stories we tell matter, and have serious influence over our culture. And if we want to cleanse our culture of cultural smog we need to tell stories that are empowering and loving and hopeful. We can’t plan for a better future if we have no hope in one. The stories we tell, fantastic or otherwise, can give inspire that hope.

The story of Star Wars is good overcoming seemingly insurmountable evil. It’s that simple, let’s not complicate it. (I think we hear similar words from our GAs about the Gospel of Jesus Christ.)

Doing Episodes 1-8 here, but the original trilogy is still the best, and the Disney episodes I hate:

Episode 1: You have a democratic republic. You have a strong religious organization, focused on embracing the “light side”, vanquishing the “dark side” and keeping the peace. It’s adherents believe in aeseticism, self sacrifice, and most importantly, forbidding attachments. Emotions such as fear, hate, anger, are all labeled as evil, and should be eliminated. There’s also a prophecy about a “chosen one” who will be born, and bring “balance to the force”. A particular Jedi, Qui-Gon, loves the religious order, but recognizes his shortcomings. He’s all about doing what he feels is right, even if it goes against the wishes of the religious leadership. As such, he is kept from such leadership. One day, while he’s out, he finds the “chosen one”. This child didn’t have a father (imaculate conception), and has an incredibly strong connection to the force. He rescues the boy from slavery, and tries to rescue the mother, but cannot. Unfortuantely, the Jedi order don’t really care, since Jedi aren’t supposed to maintain family attachments. But then they see that the child is sad, because he was taken away from his mother, and might never see her again. From this separation, they see the seeds of the “dark side”. Later, Qui Gon dies, and makes his apprentice promise to train the “Chosen One” in the force, as his dying wish. Also, a bad man got elected as president, over frustrations with the inefficency and red tape of democracy.

Episode 3: The war has been going on for a long time. Anakin and ObiWan go on a mission to save Palpatine. Palpatine has become a mentor and father figure to Anakin, despite not being a Jedi. Count Dooku beats ObiWan very bad and knocks him out. Anakin defeats Dooku and murders him at the request of Palpatine. He does this because “He is too dangerous to be left alive”, plus he harmed the two men Anakin really loves and respects the most. Anakin has bad dreams about his wife dying. He tells Yoda about the dream, without letting him know it’s about his wife. Yoda tells him to “let it go”, and give up attachment. Palpatine offers a new solution, suggesting it is possible to achieve power over death using “the force”, but the Jedi could never gain that power because of their dogma. He reveals himself to be a “Sith Lord”, which is the antithesis to the Jedi. But he assures anakin it’s just a difference in philosophy, and he’s really “not that bad”. He’s always been a good friend and mentor to Anakin, and can help save his wife from dying. Anakin, overcome with the dogma of his religion, reports to the Jedi that Palpatine is a “Sith”. Since the Jedi hate the Sith and believe them to be the opitome of evil, they rush off to arrest him. This makes the Jedi enemies of the state. Anakin defects, joins the Sith, and heralds in the destruction of the Jedi order. Palpatine reforms the government into an empire. Padme is heartbroken from Anakin turning to the darkside, and dies of grief, but not before giving birth to twins. Palpatine tells Anakin he killed padme himself. ObiWan discovers that QuiGon has become the first Jedi to transcend death and become “one with the force”. QuiGon takes on both Yoda and ObiWan as “pseudo apprentices”.