The force awakens [View all]
Because of the obvious connection between "the force" and religion, I imagine this has been discussed at length since the original star wars in 1977.
After seeing the latest movie I was wondering, is there a non-religious explanation of the force? As a very casual fan of Star Wars, I really don't know what the force is, besides what we saw in the movies. I didn't see the prequels so maybe I missed something.
I thought one of the most dramatic scenes in the latest move is when Rey asked Hans about the stories of the Jedi and Hans replying "It's true, all of it." Now you would think that she would know all about the Jedi and the force, since it had only happened 40 years previous. But then again, it might be that the facts of the battles were common knowledge, but that "the force" was only known to a few people and never discussed much publicly, and so it became more legend than history.
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