A few words on what could have been

Rating: Null/10 (17 March 2018)

I've just recently watched this film, I didn't go to watch in the cinema cause I knew it will be bad and it was and others have said everything about it, so no need to comment on it again. Instead, I'll share my thought on a topic people who are making Star Wars films don't seem to be interested in anymore.
The Force.
Jedism has reached the status of religion, but the filmmakers don't seem to know what to do with it. What really differentiates Jedi from Sith?
George Lucas gave us material to think about in his prequel movies, but didn't bring any explicit conclusions and in a way left things unfinished. Makers behind current Star Wars movies didn't pick up on that.
Why did the Jedi order consider Anakin susceptible to the dark side? Because he was afraid and worried for his mother? Isn't that the most normal thing in reality? A kid goes to boarding school leaving his mother all alone in a ghetto/favela. Wouldn't he spend most of his thoughts worrying about her?
Here's what I've pieced up from George Lucas presentation of the Force and the Jedi. The Jedi are pretty much an ascetic religious order. They adhere strictly to the rules of their order and do not question its dogmas. Anyone who questions dogmas is susceptible to the dark side. The Sith are virtually heretic Jedi. Those who explore the concepts that fall into the dark side category. How does that immediately make them evil and the enemies of Jedi? Were all Sith Jedi once? Were they labeled Sith once the Jedi Order excommunicated them from their ranks?
Was the Emperor right when he said to Anakin that Jedi are keeping him from discovering the true power of the force?
The way I see it, there are two perspectives:
1. THE SITH PERSPECTIVE: Jedi Order keeps exclusive right to studying the Force. Anyone who becomes too powerful with the Force is excluded from their ranks and labeled a Sith, a destructive force, while in fact, Sith are the ones with deeper insight into the Force. Sith are basically next level Jedi. They are not afraid to explore the areas of the Force that isn't attainable to Jedi. As such, they have the right to superimpose their will to others.
2. THE JEDI PERSPECTIVE: History has thought Jedi that the stronger the Force in a person, greater the chance it will corrupt him. If such person mental strength isn't steely, dark side will seduce him and turn him into a force of chaos, or worse, a force that seeks to dominate over others. Jedi understand that wasted potential is nothing compared to corrupted power. As such they tend to take no risks, and do not hunger for the Force uncontrollably because they understand that too much power will push them in the wrong direction.
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What if there's no Dark Side of the Force? If Force is one, and the Jedi have invented the Dark Side to ward of those who would explore it. If the Force is a power that burdens and corrupts those who try to control it because nobody's mind is clear enough for the full power of the Force?
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I understand that originally the Jedi and the Sith were simply good guys and the bad guys, and that George Lucas complicated things up when he tried to explain how a good guy Anakin became the bad guy. And now, I would like to know more about it, and I believe many would too, and that is one of the reasons Star Wars are so popular.
Star Wars are apparently much more than a series of films, they are a cultural phenomenon, reaching the status of religion, and obviously mean a lot to so many people. So it sucks to see that filmmakers behind its latest incarnations don't understand that. In their hands Star Wars are just a tool for digging gold for Disney and selling toys.
And they could have been a vessel for teaching people about virtue through the ways of the Force, something the original movies alluded to.