1 « in this latest (film) of the series, creator-writer-director and resident mythologist, George Lucas, is pushing the envelope a little too far with new elements of the Star Wars myth that comes conspicuously close to mocking Christian scriptures and beliefs. » Father Pius SAMMUT, Star Wars and ...Christianity!, On-Line, http://members.aol.com/lbjmbs/reflect12.html
2"there are lots of parallels to the Bible. Anakin has no father,'virgin born' like Christ. He is a slave (living in a desert) hoping some day to set his people free, like Moses. Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn believes that Anakin is the Promised One (Christ) of prophecy who will bring harmony to the universe and proclaims his belief as John the Baptist did of Christ. Anakin has a unique connection to the Force, as Jesus did to the Holy Spirit." In one scene, Anakin stands before the Jedi council, "as Jesus did before the temple priests" and hears words -they maintain- that are very similar to the Gospel passage of Matthew 11:3, "Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?" Ces éléments, repris dans un article internet, sont en fait empruntés à l’analyse présentée sur http://hollywoodjesus.com/phantom_menace.htm
3 http://prayerbook.ca/pblam257.htm; http://www.catholicinternet.org/issue/99May/may26dc1.htm;
Daily catholic; Zenit...etc
4 « how can you possibly admit that these things have been « overlooked » in major studio productions (...) when directors and producers spend thousands of dollars investigating the most minute aspects of every scene, from the period costumes to background lighting to the best camera angles for the greatest impact on viewers? religious objects, image and especially dialogue are carefully combed and reworked until the effect is « just right »... ». Father Pius SAMMUT, Star wars and Christianity, op.cit.
5 R.P.MOHLER, Faith vs the Force, dans Archives World, May 22 199, Volume 14, n° 20, On-line,
http://www.cbn.org/newsstand/worldmag/990517.asp
6 « The new Star wars (...) does pervert the biblical doctrine ». Dr. Philip G.RYKEN, Star wars Theology, dans Window on the World Tenth Presbyterian Church, June 13 199, On-line, http://www.tenth.org/wow1999-06-13.html
7 "The issue of Immaculate Conception is a motif that runs through all religions. It's a motif that runs through all stories about the local deity or the local hero. It's the same thing with Hercules. Most heroes are conceived in an unusual way. And in this particular case, it's actually not Immaculate Conception, it's conception by metaphor, I would say, more than anything else."
Notons que le terme d'Immaculée Conception est inapproprié ici (George Lucas se reprend d'ailleurs un peu plus loin), et qu'Hercule n'est conçu ni virginalement, ni parthénogénétiquement. Il connaît simplement une naissance exceptionnelle du fait de l'intervention d'un dieu. Je pense que c'est cette exceptionnalité que Lucas veut mettre en exergue, mais la confusion des concepts ne facilite pas les choses, et donne une méchante prise à la critique confessionnelle...
Voir à ce sujet l'ouvrage passionnant de Giulia SISSA, Le corps virginal, Paris, Vrin, 1987, notamment le chapitre consacré aux Accouchements virginaux, p.97-109
8 Donnons, pour les curieux, quelques références plus précises sur les thèmes précédemment abordés: BENKO, S., The Virgin Goddess. Studies in the Pagan and christian Roots of Mariology. ; BORGEAU,Ph. La mère des Dieux. De Cybèle à la Vierge Marie, Paris, Seuil, Librairie du XXe siècle, 1996; NEUMANN, E., The Great Mother. An Analysis of the archétype, New Yorck, 1955; NORELLI, E., "Avant le canonique et l'apocryphe: aux origines des récits de la naissance de Jésus", Revue de Théologie et de philosophie, 126 (1994), p.305-324; P.SAINTYVES, Les vierges mères et les naissances miraculeuses, Paris, 1908.
9 « There was no father. I carried him, gave birth to him, and raised him »
10 qui plus est,enfant illégitime né d'une "jeune fille"; Shmi, avec 9 ans de moins, était sans doute aucun une (jolie) femme mure. Pas une jeune fille...
11". I'm taking the idea of symbiotic relationships and trying to demonstrate it in a more concrete way. Midichondrians are a loose depiction of mitochondria, which are necessary components for cells to divide. They probably had something--which will come out someday--to do with the beginnings of life and how one cell decided to become two cells with a little help from this other little creature who came in, without whom life couldn't exist. And it's really a way of saying we have hundreds of little creatures who live on us, and without them, we all would die. There wouldn't be any life. They are necessary for us; we are necessary for them. Using them in the metaphor, saying society is the same way, says we all must get along with each other. The planet is the same way. We must treat the other creatures on the planet with respect, otherwise the planet will die..."
cfr encore Lucas et l'image de Lucas, Les valeurs constitutives.
12 « Judeo-Christian revelation has nothing in common with the category of myth ». Cité par le R.P.MOHLER, dans son article Faith vs the Force, Op.cit.
13 « You will see George Lucas trying very hard to deny the exclusive claims of Christianity. But in the end, you will also see that he finds it impossible to produce his film without them ». Dr.Philip RYKEN, Star Wars Theology, Op.Cit.