Other Force Religions In Star Wars

[@StarWarsCentralized]

Thank you all for the support on my videos!! I am so happy you enjoy them. Let me know what you think about this one - and feel free to suggest video ideas too!

[@JaceEncinas]

A video exploring and talking about Marchion Ro and the Nihil's backstory would be really cool!! I feel like a lot of people dismiss the Nihil as being pretty lame, but there's so much more to them that what people think (also we need more THR content on youtube)

[@TidalVex]

Jedha is kind of analogous to Jerusalem, being a city of major importance to multiple religions and being in a desert region. This was a great video! The Sorcerers of Tund sound cool, if only because they can apparently use Force Fire, which since they're Light aligned in canon could make it sort of an opposite to Force Lightning or Nightsister magic if you think about it 🤔

[@StarWarsCentralized]

That’s a really interesting thought, both of them!

[@rossjones8656]

That's an interesting idea.

[@TheMimiSard]

My headcanon on religions is every planet formed their religions long before becoming space-worthy (or having space-worthy peoples visiting them), and when Force Sensitives were born, they became saints, miracle-workers, and otherwise special. Then those aforementioned spacers come, and Jedi visit, and tell them they (the Jedi) use the Force, and what their Special People do is the same, and so their religion is how they perceived the Force. After that, maybe they take the wordage of the Jedi on, or maybe they keep their own, but accept Jedi word that it is the same. That is, if it is Light Side and they don't get into a fight with the Jedi. This is also how I imagine Outer Rim cultures who almost never see Jedi work. Force Sensitives may figure out a few tricks, though unless they are near one of the Force religions you give in this video... maybe they call the Force "The Wind", and say the Wind is directing them.

[@michaelwbelt]

this is all so fascinating. i'm a PhD student who primarily studies the sociology of religion and organizations, and i've found the ways that other Force religions are depicted to be fascinating from a sociological standpoint, specifically how their belief systems impact social functions and collectivist survival. my passion for these analyses was reignited by the depictions of the Jedi juxtaposed against the Coven on Brendok as shown in The Acolyte. combined with the knowledge in your video, it opened up a whole new train of thought on future depictions of the Force, its followers/institutions, and the sociocultural ramifications of it all in upcoming SW media. i'm excited to see how it all plays out, and imagine diversity in Force religions will be a key part of that. very well done!

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[@ethanstudios1]

Loved this one man! I consider myself a massive Star Wars fan and there was stuff in here that even I didn’t know. It’s just so refreshing to see such a well put together Star Wars channel that appreciates TLJ and the sequels instead of constantly attacking them. Also the editing is on point dude! Much respect to all the hard work you’re putting into these. Looking forward to what’s next!

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[@vladyjr]

You did a great job at talking about most of the force religions! One you did forget was the Brotherhood of the Ninth Door, who used the Dark Side to change their appearance. I thought they were big standouts in the Battle of Jedha audiobook.

[@StarWarsCentralized]

I did forget them!! Agh, curse me- I was focusing too much on the comic

[@vladyjr]

@@StarWarsCentralized no worries. It's a lot to keep track of 😅

[@joshdomanski8873]

I’m a big fan of the exploration of various different religions that we’ve been getting lately. I’ll note that one of fairly relevant one you’ve missed here was the Lasat. How they believe in the Ashla or “spirit of the galaxy”. Which I only mention given its importance to Rebels.

[@Mr11thDoctor]

Another amazing video from this channel! Your subject matter, presentation, and obvious passion for this franchise is commendable. One suggestion for a Force-based religion you didn't mention: the Narkis Anchorites of Jedha that we see in Jedi: Survivor. Particularly since the ending of Survivor implies that we may see more of them in the third Jedi game.

[@StarWarsCentralized]

I haven’t played Survivor so that explains that!!! Thank you so much :)

[@TrumanTheGrayMerchant]

Great video! I really like your visuals. My favorite underrated Force religion is that of the Ewoks, who have both light and dark side-following shamans

[@StarWarsCentralized]

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[@marshalllatta2073]

AM a huge fan of the entire star wars regions l think it's so cool they are other species can use the force as part of their culture or their entire culture

[@DrifterG36]

I'm currently a little over halfway through Fate of the Jedi and there are a few groups that Ben and Luke pay visits to that I think are pretty interesting. The first group they check on is the Baran Do of Dorin. After shilling with those guys for awhile the Skywalkers paid the Aing-Tii a visit. Their last trip was to the Mind Walkers hanging out in The Maw.

[@charles52able1]

I don't know if they're still cannon, but the Voss Mystics and the Sorcers of Rhand are also pretty unique. The Jensaari and the Black Guard are also both interesting but share roots with the Jedi and Sith Orders. The Scions and Knights of Zakuul were both cool as well and incorporated the force into a pantheon of deities. One that I know is still canon that should have been at the Jehda Convocation are the Barren Do Sages. Although they also have many shared members in the Jedi order so perhaps they were represented by one of them.

[@DefaultProphet]

It’s wild how all these religions retconned the force /s. The Acolyte reactions have been /painful/

[@StarWarsCentralized]

Ikr lol

[@Aewon84]

I'm so glad you mentioned the Path of the Open Hand. I'm currently re-listening to the High Republic novels on Audible while waiting for Temptation of the Force (in chronological order this time) and I'm listening to Path of Deceit at the moment. I really love the Path of the Open Hand as antagonists. It's a breath of fresh air to have a Force-related group of antagonists in Star Wars that's not dark siders. And the Fandom Menace is claiming that the High Republic is creatively bankrupt...🙄

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[@jaylenkorth4945]

Great video! I really enjoyed it! Only ones I can think of that would be missing are the Brotherhood of the Ninth door and potentially the Mudwellers and Rockhawkers from Yoda's secret war, as they use "Stonepower." Not as sure that'd be considered a religion though as it's mainly just using the Force still.

[@LawTzuTao]

I think canon Star Wars digs deeper into the philosophical elements of the saga than Legends did. Legends was bland and very black and white. Not like Yin Yang, but like a black and white cookie. 😂

[@silentprincess2289]

Thank you for this great video! I always wondered about other kinds of force users!

[@MandoPirate92]

Very informative video. Had no idea there were so many force religions.

[@greyspot17]

Love the video. One of my favorite religions in SW is the Baran Do sages; the Kel Dor force group that is based on Dorin. Idk if it is considered a religion, but I always thought of it as one.

[@maddenboseroy4074]

Generation Tech made a video that was critical of Luminara Unduli, and it stated that she and Barriss Offee are from a people who have a primitive understanding of the Force and exclusively taught each other and no one else; that being said, I don't know if this is canon or legends, as Generation Tech pulls from both.

[@MBSill]

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[@tenletters5889]

My personal favorite wasn't mentioned here, being the Baran Do. They're a group of Kel Dor sages who train to predict storms on their homeworld of Dorin. In legends Plo Koon held dual membership in both the Jedi and Baran Do orders.

[@StarWarsCentralized]

Yes they are wonderful in Legends!

[@lucius_vi]

Great Video as always, another actually more prominent group that could have fitted in this Video are the Knights of Ren. But I also understand the argument when you say they are only force users but not a religion. On the other hand they also have their own phisolophy regarding the force or how they call it: the shadow

[@StarWarsCentralized]

You’re right! I should have included them!

[@ronjon7942]

The Revanchist? Mmm, maybe not, since they’re more a cult of personality - although Revan’s obviously a Force sensitive, as were many of his followers, such as grey Jedi (‘grey’ as in defying the Council).

[@calvinpaul4456]

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[@ronjon7942]

Across the hundreds or thousands of trillions of people in the galaxy, how many do you suppose were Force sensitive? Barely any, is my guess, since at no time does it appear there are more than a few tens of thousands Sith and Jedi. My impression is the vast majority of people have never even heard of the Force, fewer still think it’s just a myth, and far fewer still - perhaps one in a billion (maybe even trillion) have seen a Force practitioner. I love reading stories about the Force, but this might give me a warped perspective that awareness of the Force is as common as desert planets. I don’t think it is, and given this, I believe the number of Force religions is low…close to zero. And I doubt even Force sensitives consider it a religion, but at best a philosophy. Great channel, my second episode and I subscribed. My first was of grey Jedi, which I found to be insightful…and humorous, when citing Claudia Gray.

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[@philipcao1275]

Why do the Brotherhood Of The Beatifuc Countenance look almost exactly like the Emperor’s Royal Guards?

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[@mnky26]

You forgot the Dai Bendu

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[@toddkurzbard]

What about The Potentium?

[@darthkai3621]

What about the Rakata?

[@ronjon7942]

How so? Because of their obsession with The Dark Side?

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[@MrWill9002]

Actally for Luke he didn't restart the order on Ossus at all. It restarted on Yavin IV in 11 ABY in the true canon

[@StarWarsCentralized]

That’s the old Expanded Universe! Neither are true, it’s all fictional

[@MrWill9002]

@@StarWarsCentralized Potato po-tah-to. Whether it's fiction or not is 100% beside the point. And sorry to burst your bubble but sorry but the EU IS the true canon as confirmed by Lucas himself. So stuff that Kennedy releases just know she's a big FAT LIAR

[@StarWarsCentralized]

Delusional comment

[@MrWill9002]

@@StarWarsCentralized No, it's indisputable facts. Your response however is the definition of a delusional comment

[@Crusty783]

@@MrWill9002"There's my world, which is the movies, and there's this other world that has been created, which I say is the parallel universe-the licensing world of the books, games and comic books. " "I don't read that stuff. I haven't read any of the novels. I don't know anything about that world. That's a different world than my world." "And now there have been novels about the events after Episode VI, which isn't at all what I would have done with it." "Once Vader dies, the Emperor doesn't get cloned and Luke doesn't get married..." Legends isnt canon never was. Cope i guess

[@myarichuk]

This video contains Disney "canon" 🤢

[@StarWarsCentralized]

Yes, my channel discusses canon. What’s wrong with that

[@newsaxonyproductions7871]

Canon is better than Legends. It's more consistent in its storytelling, both in continuity and in quality. The expanded universe honestly needed a reset, and I'm glad that it has resulted in a more grounded story

[@myarichuk]

@@newsaxonyproductions7871 Well... no. Disney "canon" was written by hacks who have no idea how countries, governments, armies or financial organizations work. Heck, I am not sure they know how humans work. Expanded Universe had its bad apples, but they were far in between. You have no idea what you are talking about.