Cultural_impact The_Force_(Star_Wars)



a feynman diagram of 1 way higgs boson might produced. national geographic compared boson s role in carrying higgs field way jedi carriers of force.



national geographic compared higgs boson s role carrier of higgs field way jedi carriers of force. previsualization video highlighting idea of kicking s ass force steered lucasarts game designers toward producing force unleashed (2008), sold 6 million copies of july 2009. in 2009, uncle milton toys released force trainer used electroencephalography read users beta waves.


the new republic, townhall, atlantic, , others have compared various political machinations jedi mind trick , force power used undermine opponents perceptions , willpower.


practitioners of jediism pray , express gratitude force. io9 described kind message fan mark hamill, portrays luke skywalker, example of light side of force.


critical response

john simon wrote in 1977 review of star wars new york magazine:



and there distressing thing called force, ... lucas s tribute beyond science: imagination, soul, god in man ... appears in various contradictory , nonsensical guises, facile , perfunctory bow metaphysics. wish lucas had had courage of materialistic convictions, instead dragging in sop spiritual force main thrust of movie cheerfully ignores.



in 1980 washington post review of empire strikes back, judith martin described force mishmash of current cultic fashions without base in ideas. doesn t seem connected ethics or code of decent behavior, either.


the introduction of midi-chlorians in phantom menace controversial, evan narcisse of time writing concept ruined star wars him , generation of fans because mechanisms of force became less spiritual , more scientific . film historian daniel dinello argues, anathema star wars fanatics thought reduced force kind of viral infection, midi-chlorians provide biological interface, link between physical bodies , spiritual energy. referring midi-chlorians became screenwriting shorthand over-explaining concept. although chris taylor suggested fans want less detail, not more, in explaining force, introduction of midi-chlorians provided depth franchise , fomented engagement among fans , franchise writers. religion expert john d. caputo writes, in gospel according lucas world conjured in intractable oppositions have tormented religious thinkers centuries reconciled ... the gifts jedi masters enjoy have plausible scientific basis, if ways mysterious . characters faith in force reinforces rogue 1 s message of hope.


may force

members of 501st legion cosplaying stormtrooper (left) , darth vader parade in rome on star wars day 2014. note background banner may 4th pun on phrase may force .



several star wars characters may force (or derivatives of it) , expression has become popular catchphrase. in 2005, may force chosen number 8 on american film institute s 100 years... 100 movie quotes list. may 4 star wars day, taken pun may fourth . expression intentionally similar christian dominus vobiscum, lord .


president ronald reagan in 1985 said force , referring united states, create strategic defense initiative. gospel according star wars asserts use of phrase



was perverting [star wars] s self-dispossessing (or other-focused) ethos. [the] blessing may force expression of hope others ( may force ), not ourselves reagan ( force ). moreover, [star wars] blessing precisely request hope others ( may force ), whereas reagan s claim sounds possessive assertion ( force ).









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