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| Life Is The Path wrote: |
Just read it and my mind is abuzz with all the little bits of information that is conveyed, almost in an off-hand manner, in this little story.
One idea I had, and I thought I'd bring it up: I remember reading that the Force is ultimately benevolent, so my theory is that, what if it's the Sith misusing it that provides the taint, and actually creates the dark side of the Force? That the Sith create the other facet of the Force through their own doing, and not that the dark side part of the ultimate Force has always been there, and that the Sith and other dark side users tap into it? Has this been explored before? |
Well, that touches on what the New Jedi Order series discussed a bit. Some ideas floated included the idea that the dark side wasn't originally a natural part of the Force, but the light-dark dichotomy exists as a projection of living things onto the Force. That's in fact what Luke concluded at the end of the series. But then in Dark Nest he says there's no dark side, which is disappointing I suppose.
I think it's interesting to think about the Force in the terms that Lucas was originally writing about it in, from the perspective of Campbell and Jung.
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"See, the thing is, everything everyone tells you is a lie. The truth is always bigger than the words we use to describe it."
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