Discussion Rian Johnson (re)Created The Force

The Force.

A mystical energy field surrounding all life, binding the galaxy together.

The dark side and the light.

But what is it?

Hitherto presented as a vaguely defined conflict between opposite forces, the light and the dark side, the Force had always defied definitive explanation. A hodge-podge of eastern and western mysticism and theology, that didn't quite hold true to any of it's sources.

Step forward, Rian Johnson.

Johnson is able to finally make sense of Lucas' pop theology, presenting this mysterious energy source as the innate push-pull tension between all life, all of existence.

But Johnson's genius runs deeper than this. Where Lucas came up short, Johnson reveals that the Force itself is cyclical in nature, with the light and dark ebbing and flowing, much as a tide rises and falls.

Finally, Lucas' rhyming and repeated motifs are brought into clarity, with Johnson framing them as a metatextual discourse between the series and the Force itself.

In short, Rian Johnson created the Force.

This thread is for the discussion of Rian's vision of this mystical energy field, and where this exciting new element may take future stories.

 

No yeah, agreed. It doesn’t make sense to look at it any other way.

 

Rian Johnson made me a prequel hater. I think even George would agree that Star Wars is nothing without him.

 

Rian is the George we've been looking for. Search your feelings, you know it to be true...

 

Rian Johnson didn't create the Force. He is the Force. Everything in SW right now is his will.

 

*screams in Han* "That's not how the Force works!"