Skye1083:

Lord, it's so easy to become GL about all of this, trying to explain what doesn't need explaining

Uh, George Lucas never said anything about the light sabres, it was the fanboys who had to find the meaning of the colours. Lucas couldn't care less, far from explaining it. Yes, he ballsed up plenty of things - good old midichlorians to explain the Force, of course - but let's be balanced about it.

Actually, while I'm on midichlorians, I can't say that ever really bothered me so much either. As a staunch atheist, I would gladly accept a rational, "scientific" explanation of what the Force is. I'm not saying I liked the way it was done, about midichlorians in the blood etc, but something equally empirical is fine by me. It doesn't detract from the metaphor of what the Force is in any way, so I don't feel it must remain as nebulous as some "energy field".