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Even the movie titles are important. "The Force Awakens" and "The Last Jedi" are not mutually exclusive, as many would think.
The force awakening is the awakening in the populous, the transfer of power from the Jedi (who were, for all intents, the Intellectual Upper Class found in many ancient societies, aloof and immune from the day to day life of everyone else, even more powerful and influential than the local heads of state) to the common man.
Think of the Priests were held in such regard because they made sure that they were the only ones who could read Latin, therefore could be the only ones to read the Bible, and therefore were held above even the king himself in authority. The Jedi were those priests, and are now loosing that grip on Authority because the rabble have been given the gift of Sight, the chance to read the Bible themselves.
Hell, if anything, you could see Kylo Ren as Martin Luther. He is one of the Elite, but is trying to break down the barriers separating the holy Elite from the rabble.
And, the more I write about this, the more this becomes a giant Religious analogy (even more so than the normal "The Force is the Holy Spirit" simple one that's been around since day one). The Rebels even hole up in a cave and see the Ghost of Skywalker, I'm sure that was written about somewhere in one of the many holy texts laying around this planet.
We should run with this, expand on the general religious analogy of the movies. Instead of whining about strong women in movie roles, of course...
Dammit, did I just PARF this thread up accidentally?
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Mike Bradshaw
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Putting the sick back into sycophant!
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