Lokabrenna
I trust you know where the happy button is?
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Eh, the main problem with the Lucas Canon version of the Force is that it is, for lack of a better descriptor, fucking stupid. It shows clearly that George, while a great storyteller, is not much of a philosopher. The Force is supposed to be the energy (emotional and otherwise) of all life. We are told explicitly that anger, fear and hatred are "of the Dark Side." If that is what makes up the Dark Side, then how can anyone possibly claim that the Dark Side is "unnatural" or "a perversion" or the energy of life?
What could be more natural than anger? Or fear? Or even hatred, for the animals and sapients that are mentally capable of holding grudges? The irony here is that the Buddhist-style mental and spiritual serenity that the Jedi seek in order to better connect with the Force is infinitely more unnatural than any mental state ascribed to the Dark Side. Looked at from the human and animal psychology end of things, if one side of the Force is "a perversion" of the original, it's actually much more likely to be the "Light" side, since it requires a mindset that you have to actively work at creating in yourself, a mindset that pretty much never occurs naturally.
My last objection to Lucas canon on the Force is the way it's another clear example of George Lucas making shit up as he went without paying attention to whether it contradicted anything else he said before. If there was only the Force and the Dark Side as a perversion of it, then why did he call it the Dark "Side of the Force"? That's very simple and evocative language that not only explicitly implies that there are at least two facets to the Force, but very clearly makes the claim that it is, in fact, "of the Force" (i.e. not just a cancer attached to the Force). If it was supposed to be a perversion from the start, he could have simply called it "the Darkness" or "Corruption" or something. Instead, he chose to call it what he did, and that has strong implications for the nature of the Force that don't just disappear because George turned around and changed his mind years later.
What could be more natural than anger? Or fear? Or even hatred, for the animals and sapients that are mentally capable of holding grudges? The irony here is that the Buddhist-style mental and spiritual serenity that the Jedi seek in order to better connect with the Force is infinitely more unnatural than any mental state ascribed to the Dark Side. Looked at from the human and animal psychology end of things, if one side of the Force is "a perversion" of the original, it's actually much more likely to be the "Light" side, since it requires a mindset that you have to actively work at creating in yourself, a mindset that pretty much never occurs naturally.
My last objection to Lucas canon on the Force is the way it's another clear example of George Lucas making shit up as he went without paying attention to whether it contradicted anything else he said before. If there was only the Force and the Dark Side as a perversion of it, then why did he call it the Dark "Side of the Force"? That's very simple and evocative language that not only explicitly implies that there are at least two facets to the Force, but very clearly makes the claim that it is, in fact, "of the Force" (i.e. not just a cancer attached to the Force). If it was supposed to be a perversion from the start, he could have simply called it "the Darkness" or "Corruption" or something. Instead, he chose to call it what he did, and that has strong implications for the nature of the Force that don't just disappear because George turned around and changed his mind years later.