Are force ghosts supposed to be in Jedi heaven? I always thought they were just Jedi powerful enough to retain their consciousness after being returned to the force in their death
It’s light side only. Lucas explicitly justified Anakin’s presence by saying it’s because he turned back to the light side at the end, Sith are unable to do that.
You don’t want planet eaters to influence the galaxy after their dea- oops they found other villainous methods anyway. Your barbaric soul reincarnation / cloning vs my righteous light side paradise ghost, etc.
It’s not even a matter of powerful enough, it’s a technique that they had to learn. There was a frankly bizarre episode near the end of Clone Wars where Yoda had to go to a planet of jumping puzzles in order to learn how to manifest as a Force ghost, though I’m not sure if Qui Gon had to go there to learn it himself, and Anakin and Luke certainly didn’t.
I’ve always assumed that it involved dying in some state of total acceptance and willingness to let go of one’s physical body and become a purely Force-based being, but that’s more of my interpretation than something explicitly stated in canon.
I think you’re right, although real religions do end to with this “one simple trick” of late life repentance so if there is a Jedi heaven that’s probably how their black and white religion operates.
Are force ghosts supposed to be in Jedi heaven? I always thought they were just Jedi powerful enough to retain their consciousness after being returned to the force in their death
It’s light side only. Lucas explicitly justified Anakin’s presence by saying it’s because he turned back to the light side at the end, Sith are unable to do that.
You don’t want planet eaters to influence the galaxy after their dea- oops they found other villainous methods anyway. Your barbaric soul reincarnation / cloning vs my righteous light side paradise ghost, etc.
It’s not even a matter of powerful enough, it’s a technique that they had to learn. There was a frankly bizarre episode near the end of Clone Wars where Yoda had to go to a planet of jumping puzzles in order to learn how to manifest as a Force ghost, though I’m not sure if Qui Gon had to go there to learn it himself, and Anakin and Luke certainly didn’t.
I’ve always assumed that it involved dying in some state of total acceptance and willingness to let go of one’s physical body and become a purely Force-based being, but that’s more of my interpretation than something explicitly stated in canon.
I think you’re right, although real religions do end to with this “one simple trick” of late life repentance so if there is a Jedi heaven that’s probably how their black and white religion operates.
They gained powers thought by some to be unnatural.