Tag: The Force

Star Wars Chat Pack: What does the Force look like to you?

Welcome to day 3 of my NaBloPoMo Challenge, where I pick a random card from the Star Wars Chat Pack.

Today I randomly picked the question, “Close your eyes and think of the Force. What does it look like to you?”

This idea of the Force being visualized in a certain way comes from the High Republic, when Jedi of that era had individual relationships with the Force and saw it in a very personal way. For example, Avar Kriss heard the Force as a song, each individual a note in the symphony of the galaxy. Vernestra Rwoh sees it as a river, or several rivers combining and flowing toward the sea of the galaxy. Burryaga, a Wookiee Jedi, sees the Force as a great tree with endless branches. Elzar Mann sees a great ocean, Stellan Gios the constellations, Bell Zettifar fire and flames. Etc.

Vernestra Rwoh from the book Star Wars: Chronicles of the Jedi by Cole Horton

How would I see the Force? Hmm, I never really thought about it. Before I learned about the High Republic Jedi, the Force was just an energy between people and things, invisible, not visualized in any particular way. I suppose, if I had to make something up, it would be colors, like a particular aura of colors around people and things. Different things and people would have different colors associated with them, and maybe a particular feeling along with it. A stone would be blue and cold; a tree would be green and energized; a loved one would be red and warm. Something like that, lol.

I like the idea of the Jedi of the High Republic visualizing different things when it comes to the Force–it shows how different and flexible they were compared to the prequel-era Jedi, more individualistic. They had a personal relationship to the Force. But for myself, I’m so used to just accepting it as an invisible force, it’s hard for me to associate it with anything in particular. It’s mysterious, a feeling, ineffable, but powerful. I like how Obi-Wan describes it to young Leia in the Obi-Wan Kenobi show when she asks him what the Force feels like.

“Have you ever been afraid of the dark?” he asks her.

“Yes.”

“And how did you feel when you turned on the light?”

“I felt safe.”

“Yes. That’s what it feels like.”

I like that analogy a lot. Maybe I’ve changed my mind; the Force is not color, but light, and all the associations light brings: safety, clarity, illumination, reassurance, goodness. It is the opposite of fear and ignorance. Of course, the Force has a dark side, but that’s not what we’re talking about here. At least, it’s not what I’m talking about, lol. Dark Force users would see and feel something completely different, I’m sure. But that’s another post.

How do you see the Force? Let me know in the comments and we’ll talk about it!

Why I Think Omega is Force-Sensitive

Star Wars: The Bad Batch' - Who Is Omega? - Inside the Magic

I was going to wait on the Bad Batch rewatch until just before Season Two premieres next year, but after I finished Clone Wars I just naturally segued into it.

The first time around, I really wanted Omega to be Force-sensitive, but despite some clues, it didn’t seem to be going that way, so I let the thought go. Not everyone has to be Force-sensitive, right?

But now with this rewatch, I’m picking up on those clues again, and I just can’t let go of the idea that it will be discovered she’s Force-sensitive. Here’s my reasoning:

  • Several times during battles or crises, Omega comes through and succeeds and states, “Guess I just got lucky.” Well, okay, maybe. But the fact that she says this not once, but a few times makes me think otherwise. (And Obi-Wan always said, there’s no such thing as luck). And yes, it may be part of her “enhancement,” but just what is her enhancement? Hmmm…Force sensitivity, maybe?
  • When the squad visits Cut on Saleucamai, he tells Hunter that all of Clone Force 99’s defects were for a purpose. So what is Omega’s defect, and its purpose? With the others, it’s obvious what their skills are, but with Omega, it’s a mystery. Perhaps it will manifest more obviously with age, but it just seems strange that not even Omega knows what her enhancement is. It seems hush-hush, which suggests something amazing–like a Force-sensitive clone.
  • When Omega picks up the Zygerrian weapon, she’s not immediately good at it, which is natural. Like everyone, she needs to practice. Echo tells her she needs to ignore distractions, which is also true for everyone. But later, during the heat of battle with some droids, she hits her mark every single time. She manages to ignore all the distractions, which includes fear. Sounds very Jedi-like to me…
Omega - Encyclopédie Star Wars HoloNet
  • When they meet Cid, Omega is the only one who figures out that the first person they meet there is Cid. Almost immediately. Precociously perceptive? Yes. From the Force? Maybe.
  • We know from The Mandalorian that cloners in the post-Rebellion era were tinkering with making clones that were Force-sensitive. They’re not Kaminoans, but maybe they were inspired by the Kaminoan’s work, including any secret Force-sensitive cloning. In fact, in The Mandalorian, Dr. Pershing, the cloning scientist, wears an emblem on his uniform that is reminiscent of a Kaminoan symbol the clones wore in AOTC. And at the end of S1 of The Bad Batch, the Empire has taken Nala Se, the Kaminoan scientist who tinkered with Omega and the Batch, to their own cloning facility. I know all of this is for cloning Palpatine, but it just seems to suggest that Omega may have been the prototype. Nala Se did have access to Jedi on Kamino, after all.
Dr. Pershing stands against a medical table cowering from The Mandalorian
Dr. Pershing’s emblem…
Several identical looking children, clones, sit at computers in Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones
And the emblem on the clones in AOTC. Hmmm…..

None of this is solid proof that Omega is Force-sensitive, of course. And even if she is, she may not have the powers of a Jedi, like telekinesis. She could be more like Chirrut Imwe, from Rogue One: aware of the Force and able to take advantage of that, but unable to manipulate it.

Or I could be completely wrong, lol. I could be reading into things to see what I want to see. Because I would LOVE Omega to be Force-sensitive. Only time will tell, and I can’t wait for Season Two!

What do you think? Do you think Omega is Force-sensitive? Why or why not? Let me know in the comments and we’ll talk about it!