8 Questions That Star Wars: The Force Awakens Needs To Answer

5) How Did The Force Become Myth?

With Luke Skywalker and his ways of the light defeating the Sith order in Return of the Jedi, it seemed as though the Jedi and the force itself might be heading for a resurgence. But look at the trailers – Han Solo talking of the force and the Jedi as though it’s all just passed into legend in the space of a mere few decades.

Luke Skywalker must have become some kind of lauded figure after destroying the Empire in Jedi, so how could the ways of the force be simply lost in the ether? How has it become nothing more than a myth that’s passed on through the generations.

More importantly, why would the Rebel Alliance – now the Resistance – allow the force and Skywalker to become just a story? Why not use the force as a way of reinvigorating the all-powerful Jedi council? If Abrams is to answer this question, he’ll have to do it convincingly – having the force become myth seems odd when the Rebels could have instead used it to their advantage post-Jedi.