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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pukunui" data-source="post: 9410261" data-attributes="member: 54629">If the scars were from a fight, they wouldn’t just be on his back. They’d be on his arms or his face or chest. Whip scars on the back are a classic symbol of punishment. 40 lashes and all that. I’m not arguing that they weren’t good people. I’m arguing that none of them was a “force for good”. In the context of this story, there’s nothing wrong with that. That’s not what this story is about.It’s the broader Star Wars context that troubles me. This story just adds to the constant refrain that the Jedi are badwrongfun; that they are just as bad for the galaxy as the Sith are – a refrain spelled out explicitly by Kylo Ren in TLJ.I suppose a fundamental issue here is that Star Wars and its writers have not been consistent about the nature of the Force. Is it a yin-yang thing where light and dark are both a natural part of it or is the dark side a cancer that needs to be excised?At some point, George Lucas ascribed to the latter. He argued that bringing balance to the Force meant getting rid of the dark side entirely, which was achieved when Vader and Sidious both died. I’ve always liked that idea. For one thing, it explains why in the OT no one ever talks about a “light side”. There’s just “the Force” and “the dark side of the Force”.But then he seemed to flip to having it be more of a yin-yang thing and even have gods of a sort that represent the light and dark sides.Lucasfilm under Disney seems to have stuck with that approach. When Luke is teaching Rey about the nature of the Force in TLJ, he makes it sound like the dark side is just a natural / equal part of the Force.They also swapped from having people say they could sense “good” in someone to saying they could sense “light” in them, which I found irksome.LOL. I’m talking about Vernestra’s assistant, <a href="https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Mog_Adana" target="_blank">Mog Adana</a>.</blockquote>

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