Central Belief in the Star Wars Universe

Rating: 3/10 (4 May 2018)

By this point there are many reviews about the story line of The Last Jedi so I write this review not to raise question about the plot as much to question what is the central belief in the Star Wars Universe. Throughout all the films the force serves as the center of everything. It moves in and out of everything, it is good and evil, or the light side and the dark side. The force is constantly tugging between the two so that the force will be balanced in the universe. Why then in The Last Jedi does Vice Admiral Holdo at one point as she is standing on her ship alone say "Godspeed" to the rest of the rebel forces as they escape? Isn't this a contradiction to her beliefs in the force? For the force and God are not the same thing. What then is the central religious or universal belief? Is it God or the force in Star Wars? For me this shows a lack of consistency in the screenwriting as the character bounces from one worldview to anther. But this is understandable as it can be easy to jump back and forth between beliefs when you have not thought through your own convictions about the world and what you truly believe. When watching The Last Jedi think through the implications of what your assumptions of the universe are, and whether you know what convictions you hold to.