Does Yoda represent God in Star Wars like Darth Vadar does Satan?

Question

I ask this seriously, many modern religions and mythologies and saga fictions line up.

I'm asking a serious question.

Also - wookies. What do wookies represent. Do they really represent the hairy barbaric greeks?

Answer 1

I don't think Vadar is Satan, I think he is mankind. He starts good, falls into deception, then in the end finds redemption.

I don't really think any of the characters represent God or Satan, the force maybe, but I'm not sure. Yoda would be like a discipler , a wise guide.

I don't know about Wookies, nothing comes to mind.

Answer 2

From the creator himself:

MOYERS: You said you put the Force into Star Wars because you wanted us to think on these things. Some people have traced the notion of the Force to Eastern views of God—particularly Buddhist--as a vast reservoir of energy that is the ground of all of our being. Was that conscious?

LUCAS: I guess it's more specific in Buddhism, but it is a notion that's been around before that. When I wrote the first Star Wars, I had to come up with a whole cosmology: What do people believe in? I had to do something that was relevant, something that imitated a belief system that has been around for thousands of years, and that most people on the planet, one way or another, have some kind of connection to. I didn't want to invent a religion. I wanted to try to explain in a different way the religions that have already existed. I wanted to express it all.

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MOYERS: The psychologist Jonathan Young says that whether we say, "I'm trusting my inner voice," or use more traditional language--"I'm trusting the Holy Spirit," as we do in the Christian tradition--somehow we're acknowledging that we're not alone in the universe. Is this what Ben Kenobi urges upon Luke Skywalker when he says, "Trust your feelings"?

LUCAS: Ultimately the Force is the larger mystery of the universe. And to trust your feelings is your way into that.

MOYERS: One scholar has called Star Wars "mysticism for the masses." You've been accused of trivializing religion, promoting religion with no strings attached.

LUCAS: That's why I would hesitate to call the Force God. It's designed primarily to make young people think about the mystery. Not to say, "Here's the answer." It's to say, "Think about this for a second. Is there a God? What does God look like? What does God sound like? What does God feel like? How do we relate to God?" Just getting young people to think at that level is what I've been trying to do in the films. What eventual manifestation that takes place in terms of how they describe their God, what form their faith takes, is not the point of the movie.

Answer 3

:P Greeks were pretty sophisticated and would remind a person more of "The Empire" that Rome cribbed off of.

But I'm getting away from your metaphor. I think the Germanic tribes for wookies.

I suppose Yoda would be God, yes. Or perhaps Christ since he died for the cause, was kinda reborn (comes in and out of visions to talk to Luke) and had that Jedi Council (apostles).

And I'm not even a Star Wars geek. Well, I don't consider myself one. Hmmm, I do have two pc games of it tho....

Answer 4

I would say that the collective of Jedi represent Jesus as the champion of all wisdom and good. Darth Vadar would indeed be Satan. Wookies would most likely represent Christians because they believe in the Jedis cause and fight for it.

Answer 5

The Emperor represents Satan. Vader represents the Prodigal Son, who had been lost but then returned to the true path. Yoda represents a Prophet, sent to teach others of the right path.

Wookies represent that there may be other people who look and speak differently, but they can be just as civilized as anyone.

Answer 6

Yeah, I would agree with that. Here's my opinion on what the other characters represent:
Luke Skywalker-Jesus Christ
Princess Leia- apostles of Jesus Christ
Han Solo-humanity in general
Obi Wan Kenobi-John The Baptist
Chewbacca- the "noble savage", which means a person who as not yet became corrupted. Notice he hangs with Han Solo, who he eventually convinces to go back and help blow up the Death Star. So I disagree with you that he represents the Greeks.

Answer 7

Ok, very vaguely and loosely, especially in the 1st movie made in 1976 (Star Wars) but as the sequals and prequals went on, they took another direction, I seen some seroius flaws in what was said in the last movie, when Obie Wan told Anakin in the final battle on the Lava world that only the dark side deals in absolutes, this is a Biblical Contradiction, God is absolute, as is Christ.

Answer 8

Yoda and Darth Vader have regrettably in no way had lightsaber duel. regardless of the truth that, ther is a e book that i purchased and the call is something like this: the astounding well-known man or woman wars duels that you've in no way seen. i'm no longer particular if it truly is the precise call besides the undeniable fact that it truly is something like that. contained in the e book they are going to coach 2 carachters and 'professionals' will make certain who could win the duel in the journey that they ever had one. In that e book, they have a web page the position they make certain wether yoda or DarthVader could win a lightsaber duel jointly.

Answer 9

No, the Force represents God, Yoda is just a messenger

Answer 10

Actually, I think it was Palpatine that was Satan, wasn't it?

No comment on the Greeks... I don't know.

Remember Watto from Ep. 1&2? Look what he represented! Look how he represented them! I don't want to say it, but its pretty obvious...

What I've been wondering is if he was made that way on purpose, and why Lucas would do that when one of his best friends is Jewish!