A lot of religions believe in the dichotomy of good and evil. In the Bible, these two concepts are represented by God and the Devil; in Star Wars, they're represented by the light and dark sides of the Force. The light side offers a virtuous path to the Jedi, while the dark side offers a hateful path to the Sith.
There are dozens of similarities and lifts for Star Wars from the Bible but to name a few. The name Anakin comes from the race of giants called the Anakim (Deuteronomy 2:21, Joshua 15:14). It's fitting that Goliath, whom David kills, is thought to be descended from the Anakim.
Jesus was the greatest of all prophets. They both fell to darkness, Anakin when he became Darth Vader, and Jesus when he descended into Hell for 3 days. And they both were redeemed, Anakin when he struck down the Emperor and Jesus when he resurrected after those 3 days.
It is about holding all things in balance. It is about being in harmony with nature and other sentient beings around us. It is about profound recognition of the Great Mystery: something greater than ourselves. This is what Star Wars spirituality is about.
The Force and the Jedi religion, Lucas stated, were thus based on all religions in the real-world, as he constructed Star Wars mainly from Methodism—or Christianity, Islam, and Judaism—and Buddhism.
Religions of the Force are dogmas that are devoted to the Force. The most common examples of Force religions are the Jedi and the Sith, where the Jedi follow the light side of the Force and the Sith follow the dark side. The two are antithetical, hence their long history of being enemies.
Star Wars is a story about hope, courage, and the power of good. It teaches us important life lessons that we can apply to our own lives. These lessons include the importance of facing your fears, the value of wisdom, the danger of giving in to anger and hatred, and the power of self-belief.
Humans were a species of sentient, bipedal mammals with bilateral symmetry possibly native to the planet Coruscant. Throughout the galaxy, they constituted the culturally dominant species and were commonly encountered on most settled planets, from the bountiful planet of Naboo to the desert world of Tatooine.
Star Wars is inspired by Flash Gordon, samurai movies, western movies, fairytales, Greek mythology, A Princess of Mars, etc. The Bible could, debatably, count as one of those, but Star Wars is not directly based on the Bible.
Anakin is a clear Christ figure. He dies to become Vader only to later resurrect, fulfilling a prophecy. He is called 'The Chosen One' and had a virgin mother who conceived him miraculously.
As he observed, “When the film came out, almost every single religion took Star Wars and used it as an example of their religion; they were able to relate it to stories in the Bible, in the Koran, and in the Torah.” My students and I explore these parallels in the class “Star Wars and Religion,” putting stories of ...
Anakim (Hebrew: עֲנָקִים ʿĂnāqīm) are mentioned in the Bible as descendants of Anak. According to the Old Testament, the Anakim lived in the southern part of the land of Canaan, near Hebron (Gen. 23:2; Josh. 15:13).
Both are leaders foretold to be strong in power who will help balance the scales of justice in the world, and both are born without the involvement of a human father. Both sacrifice their lives to destroy evil and protect those they love.
Each member of Team Spectre has a name whose origins appear to be either biblical, Roman, or mythological: Ezra, Kanan/Kaleb, Hera, Sabine, and Garazeb. Moreover, several of the supporting characters who represent the Galactic Empire also have names alluding to Roman history.
Although technically taking place in a galaxy far, far away from the Milky Way galaxy, Earth was used in some pre-Disney-acquisition Expanded Universe sources. One early example was The Star Wars Intergalactic Passport, which noted it was not a valid passport for use in international travel on Earth.
While Earth is not officially recognized in the Star Wars canon, it has appeared in non-canon comics, books, and crossovers, offering additional information and its connection to the galaxy far, far away.
They have Master Yoda's species listed as Lannik, and his midi-chlorian count at 4 million. That's just ridiculous! Coleman Trebor The Jedi Master Yoda was the best-known member of a species whose true name is not recorded.
Legend had it that Yoda—a Jedi who became Grand Master—was trained by N'Kata Del Gormo. A Force-sensitive Hysalrian, N'Kata Del Gormo was trained in the ways of the Force and achieved the rank of Master within the Jedi Order.
Yoda has trained all of the youngling since he was the grand master. So thousands of jedi. If your talking about training padawans then he's trained Ki Adi Mumdi, Mace Windu, and Count Dooku so he surprisingly trained 3 if the most powerful force wielders at his time so he's a great master.
Obi-Wan trained Luke with what time he had with him in the basics of the force and lightsaber training, the training was completed with Yoda who trained him in the advanced force training as well as force alteration in speed and ability.
Given all these virtues, Yoda certainly resembles what the ancient Stoics described as the sage — the ideal person who has perfected his reason and achieved complete wisdom.”
The Dark Force was the dark side religion that sprang up around the Dark Force Temple, an ancient Sith temple on Dromund Kaas. It followed the teachings of Plaristes and Dak Ramis.
The Jedi belief system is a patchwork quilt of Taoism, Buddhism, Catholicism and Samurai, says Singler. Often the ideas offer a simple dualism of good and evil, light and dark. "Fear is the path to the dark side," Yoda tells Anakin Skywalker. "Fear leads to anger.
As Christians we can of course enjoy Star Wars as entertainment, but we must always remain aware of the stark contrast between the fictional Force (an impersonal life-energy that is neither good nor evil but merely a tool that can be harnessed for good or evil ends) and the true God who is eternal, omnipotent, ...
