The Star Wars saga has become a living story. On this day, the release of each film becomes an important event, this small great universe has the support of millions of fans who would certainly like to find strength and become, over time, Jedi; however, in real life, not everyone accepts the light. and some end up going to the dark side of the force.
In our reality, going to the dark side can be understood as the equivalent of radicalization. As radicalization is a group process, social psychology has much to say about accepting the dark side of force.
- A special case that can be found in the saga is that of Anakin Skywalker.
- Contrary to popular opinion.
- Those who pass to the dark side of the force have no less education.
- No less resources.
- Let alone mental problems.
- A number of factors that can be explained below.
Acting requires motivation to achieve a goal, the key is that a need arises and that we propose a goal that can meet that need, then the motivation will appear that will lead us to action, in the case of dark force, the goal is Motivation is to be an important person, to make a difference, to be “someone”.
This motivation to seek importance can occur in three different ways, one of which is due to the loss of importance. Humiliation, like the one Anakin felt as a slave, when the Jedi rejected him, or when he learned of his mother’s murder, is an important factor in awakening the pursuit of importance, for these are moments when awareness of his loss develops. .
“Fear of loss, a path to the dark side is. “?Master Yoda?
Another way to awaken the pursuit of importance is the perception that there is a threat. Kylo Ren, as shown in the last film in the series, understands that Luke Skywalker is a threat. From Kylo Ren’s point of view, Luke wanted to prevent it. to become a Jedi and gain importance.
The last form is an opportunity to gain importance. When the opportunity to gain importance arises the reason for this search, this case can be found in Senator Palpatine, also known as Dark Sidious, who murdered his father to become supreme chancellor and, at the same time, became the black lord of the Sith.
The need to be important does not lead to the dark side. Once motivation has emerged, our attention is directed to ways to achieve importance. The question: how to become important/more important? It will give the answer to ideology, to the While the Jedi do not feed violence to gain importance, the Sith do just that.
Dark Sidious said Dark Plagueis was so powerful that he could create life and even prevent the beings important to him from dying, but how do we do that?Use violence. With his speech, the Sith Order promotes the use of violence as the only way to become important.
Finally, there is a lack of a factor that matches motivation with ideology: it is the group. An individual can only be important in the eyes of others, so a group needs to accept it. Moreover, as mentioned above, this group must have an ideology that promotes violence. In the world of Star Wars, it’s easy to identify this. group as the Order of the Sith.
The Sith offer people the opportunity to be very important, they offer unimaginable power, that of the dark side of force, once in the group, social pressure will lead them to merge their personality with Sith identity.
As the blind monk Chirrut ‘mwe said, “I am one with strength and force is with me. “Belonging to the Jedi or Sith group means being part of something bigger, the only difference being the group’s narrative; peaceful, like the Jedi, or violent, like the Sith.
“When I’m with you, my mind is no longer mine. “Anakin Skywalker?
Finally, emotions also play a role in the process that takes people to the dark side. The dark side of the force is closely related to negative emotions. Master Yoda explains this in this prayer: “Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hatred, hatred leads to suffering and suffering on the dark side. “
Although this relationship between emotions is not without coherence, the ANCODI hypothesis indicates that the emotions evoked by Yoda are not correct.
“Fear, anger, aggression, the dark side they are. If you ever lead your life, will your destiny dominate forever?Master Yoda?
For a person to choose the dark side, a combination of three emotions is more feasible than a succession of them, in this way, the first emotion that would appear would be anger, which would arise from injustice and point to any culprit. would lead to the contempt, denial and humiliation of the other. Finally, the disgust would appear, which would produce the dark side, whose solution is to eliminate the other.
As we have seen, to move to the dark side we must not follow a path that, little by little, transforms us into radical individuals, to accept the dark side of force a combination of factors must take place. If it were a puzzle, by the time the last piece is placed, we have already accepted the dark side of the force.
How can we assume that Master Yoda would say, “Powerful psychology is strength, pay attention to your dark side that you must have”?