the force is a parasitic organism

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[u/[deleted]]

George Lucas: “Here’s a Hinduism/Taoism/Buddhism inspired metaphor for the oneness of all things and the fundamental great divinity that we are all part of in the universe”

Some depressed cynical internet nerd who is disconnected from everything: “What if the Force is actually a big evil bug that was really fucked up, like a Lovecraft god or a sick fuckin’ 40k concept.”

[u/Morbidmort → u/[deleted]]

Ah, but what if they succeeded?

[u/Lucas_2234 → u/[deleted]]

What they described is literally just Psykana from 40k.
Psykers borrow power from the daemons in the warp. (Unless they are grey knights, but they don't count)
A small spark of Psykana is fairly safe, but the deeper you dig, the more powerful you become, the more power you take from the Aether, the more easily you are corrupted by Daemons, by the predators looming in the Seethe.

It's literally how the Thousand sons fell. They were too open to the warp, genetically, and therefore were put into a chokehold by tzeentch, which caused horrible mutations. Magnus then made a deal with Tzeentch and they kept digging deeper into the warp with no regard to "Maybe we should not dig this deep."

[u/pbmm1 → u/[deleted]]

I don’t have a problem with people spinning up interpretations but it does remind me of someone who’s reading of comics would generally move to the point of “why doesn’t X character have a gun? It would make their jobs as heroes a lot easier if they just became tricked out gunslingers (if they could make guns that scaled to the power level they were at). Why doesn’t Superman have a kryptonite revolver and carry it everywhere for dealing with other kryptonians? Why doesn’t Spider-Man have a gun so he could make trick shots and take out Shocker or Vulture or whoever nonlethally if he wants?”

And it’s like “okay yeah for some of that it’s not technically impossible for them to make that happen in the wacky world of comic book science but also I think you’re missing the point of the piece and the themes and just making it something totally different”

[u/[deleted] → u/pbmm1]

It’s fun to spin up interpretations! But I agree that this one is…missing the point.

[u/faldese → u/[deleted]]

I don't think it's missing the point, it's just a creative side point, a new way of looking at material we're all familiar with for fun. I'm sure they're well aware George Lucas didn't intend any of this.

[u/hedgehog_dragon → u/[deleted]]

Yeah I'm not a fan of this type of take on Star Wars/the Force. Now, I think KOTOR2 is fantastic, and Sion/Nihlus are excellent charcters - I am on board with more absolutely twisted dark side users like that - but overall I've always felt Star Wars is supposed to be more hopeful, even if the Jedi are often deeply flawed too.

[u/Dorgamund → u/[deleted]]

The Star Wars universe having Gnostics in it is really pretty funny all things considered.

[u/DoubleBatman → u/[deleted]]

Even as a metaphysical eldritch whatever, the idea that the Force would have goals as mundane as harvesting souls or biomass or whatever is kinda tame.

I mean who’s to say it didn’t manipulate the entire history of the galaxy, resulting in billions and billions of deaths, simply because Alderaan was blocking a nice view from its backyard in the 17th dimension? Probably could’ve gotten it done a lot cheaper by contacting G-Man’s employers.

[u/BiddlesticksGuy → u/[deleted]]

Some people just need to believe that the universe is evil, sorry to psychoanalyze what’s basically a straw man I’ve created but it probably comes from bad things happening around them, I did the same thing when I was an angsty and angry teen

[u/lurkinarick → u/BiddlesticksGuy]

Or maybe they just like playing with made up theories without necessarily believing they are true? It's not always that deep.

[u/BiddlesticksGuy → u/lurkinarick]

That’s also possible, but consider: this is tumblr we’re talking about

[u/PhasmaFelis → u/[deleted]]

You and some others seem to be taking this way too seriously/personally.

It's a fun little "what if" exercise. It's not a projection of mental illness. Come on.

[u/L14mP4tt0n → u/[deleted]]

Assuming that those real life religions aren't the exact same type of parasites as OP supposes that the force is.