Warning: spoilers ahead!
Star Wars always relied on mythical archetypes, but the newest television series descends into occult and pagan realms. For the first five episodes of “Star Wars: Ahsoka,” instead of an engaging story, the show’s energy focuses on the female-centric cast and reveling in all the animated characters from “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” and “Star Wars: Rebels” who are now in live action. It’s self-indulgent and boring.
Things pick up and get weird in episode six when the nominal witch Morgan Elsbeth meets a trio of bona fide witches, three Great Mothers named after the Greek fates and capable of wielding a distinct form of the Force called majik.
If you don’t live on Wookiepedia, the Star Wars wiki, or if you haven’t seen all seven seasons of “The Clone Wars” and all four of “Rebels,” some of that might sound more pagan than you’re accustomed to seeing in Star Wars. After all, the Force as described by Obi-Wan in “A New Hope” sounds more Eastern and Buddhist: “[The Force is] an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us, penetrates us, and binds the galaxy together.” But as with much of the extended canon, storytellers expanded on the groundwork of the six movies.
The Old Force and the New Majik
According to Wookiepedia, these witches in the Star Wars universe connect to an “aspect” of the Force through ancient rituals, talismans, and voodoo dolls. They draw their power from living sacrifices and certain planets
