Trinity V.S. the Force
Does the force symbolize the trinity? In Star Wars George Lucas says he didn’t use religion symbolically in the story. But the main characters seem to be heavily influenced by the force and put their faith in it. It’s just like Christians putting their faith in Jesus Christ and relying on guidance from the Holy Spirit.
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker, and the Jedi come to rely heavily on what they call The Force. When they say let the force be with you it’s basically symbolizing God being with them. That the force is going to protect them and be their rock just Christians are with Jesus Christ. When Obi-Wan says, "you can destroy me, but I will become more powerful than you can imagine" to Vader during their Light Saber fight, he implies that by dying and going to be with The Force (God), he becomes much more powerful. With Christians death has no power over them, they will be with God one day in heaven.
Luke Skywalker is also seen as Jesus in the movie. Good must fight evil to win but the good that comes from Jesus evil exists no more. Luke has many battles with the dark side and doesn’t know what will occur in them but it is known he will always be victorious. Just like Jesus had many hard trials and was crucified but he still had victory over all by rising from the dead and making many believe in him. Princess Leia also has some characteristics of Mary. Luke cares for Mary very much and would definitely sacrifice his own life to save hers. Just how Jesus sacrificed his life for everyone’s sins. Leia is also confident that everything will work out and be okay even when she is in danger like Mary.
Now with the dark side darth vador would obviously be representing Satan. Satan wasn’t always bad he was an angel until he got jealous of Gods power and got sent eternally to hell. Just how Anakin was on the good side until he tries to save pademay but loses sight of it and ends up killing her, turning to the dark side. They both are very similar but a big difference is that darth vador in the end goes back to being good before he dies. Satan is and always will be bad and will never be redeemed by good. The death star I think is a symbol of hell because of all the evil. The star troopers would be Satan’s legion symbolically. It’s strange the star troopers are white when the whole dark side is black.
It’s very close to the Christian biblical story even though George Lucas said he didn’t use religious symbolism. It could just be a coincidence, a very big one. Overall the Force is the jedis “God”, they put their faith, hope and love into it. Just how Christians live to do Gods will, in Star Wars it’s the same. There destiny is decided by the force. The trinity and the force are greatly a like but different at the same time. Overall the story lines are very similar even if they weren’t meant to be that way.
6 comments:
Casseee!! =] I Love How Youu Related The Series Tooo Religion. You Had A Good Strong Essay, And You Hadd A Lot Of Good Evidence To Back Up Your Topic. :P There Was A Few Spelling And Grammer Mistakes, But Other Than That Your Good Girliee!! <3333 I Do Agree With Your Arguement.. And I Think There Are Definatly Some Religious Symbols In These Moviess. Everything Has To Stand For Somethingg Right??
Alright, I've already told you this, but now that the post thingy is working I can actully typr it. so you have a few spelling and capitalization errors, like "vador", and your a bit confused on your religons. from what you stated it sounds a bit more like Catholosism then Christianity (Their very similar, so don't worry about it). other than that I think it's good.
Catholosism --> Catholicism. Sorry, Mr. Smith, I couldn't help it.
Overall, this was a well-written essay. Don't start your thesis statement with "But" - it can come off much stronger without "But". Great comparisons between Luke and Jesus, the only difference being that Luke is an annoying whiner - and Jesus is cool. You would make a stronger case comparing the Emperor to the Devil rather than Vader. I don't think anyone can deny that the Force is very religious in nature.
I honestly never would have never made the connection between Jesus's journey and Luke's. But once I read your essay, it made alot of sense.
Interesting way of looking at Star Wars. I never really thought about there being a religious conection. I think that the idea that there is a religious conections, is very interesting. There were some grammar mistakes, but good job overall.
Your essay posed a fascinating and relavent idea. Certain teachers have said that all modern pop culture was inspired by the Bible, and this definitely seems to be the case for Star Wars. If I had to suggest one major change, it would be elaboration. You seemed to have really good ideas that were explained well, but I felt as though there was a bit more that could have been added to enrich the essay further. That being said, I paticularly liked your comparison between Darth Vader and Satan because their stories are very similar, but the characters themselves aren't. Overall, good work.
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