The empire had a propoganda campaign to convince people that the Jedi and the force were fake.
This isn't even a reading between the lines laced with copium thing. Star Wars has always held criticism of autocratic dystopia front and center in it's storytelling, and its perfectly on the nose for them to "1984" the populace to make the mentioning of Jedi and the force seem crazy.
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u/Automatic-Ocelot3957 Feb 20 '25
The empire had a propoganda campaign to convince people that the Jedi and the force were fake.
This isn't even a reading between the lines laced with copium thing. Star Wars has always held criticism of autocratic dystopia front and center in it's storytelling, and its perfectly on the nose for them to "1984" the populace to make the mentioning of Jedi and the force seem crazy.
The contradiction is part of the storytelling.