So there’s precedent for it in the franchise. If Force-immune Finn is true I wonder if Finn did something similar due to his own trauma and the suffering he felt all around him. Phasma also heavily discouraged from exercising his natural empathy, and in his attempt to cut it off he may also have unconsciously cut off his connection to the Force. Perhaps the Force reawakened in him when Slip died and his Force sense abilities returned, but the Force immunity remained as a defensive reaction. Such a setup would certainly be in line with Finn’s story of turning trauma to strength.
If you’ve never played Kotor 2, I’d pick it up if I was you. It’s probably the best written Star Wars story out of both canons. Just make sure to download the restoration cut too.
The Jedi Exile’s cut off from the force is interesting. It happened sometime near the Mandalorian war after the activation of a weapon that killed millions of people. After the war the exile(you choose the gender) became an echo in the force, which they believed cut them off from the force, but in actuality it just made their connection to it so much more stronger, only they didn’t know it. It is believed that the mass loss of life around the exile is what created that echo.
Many years later while in exile, the exile meets a force user named Kreia who opens them back up to the force, though the exile was still unaware of the force. This echo influences the people around the exile, creating bonds between them and their companions. Throughout the exile’s journey they awaken the force potential within people they journey with. This echo would also be called a wound in the force because of how other force users couldn’t always use their force powers on the exile. They could hurt the exile of course, but even powerful force users like Darth Nihilus found that their powers weren’t as effective against the exile.
Now from reading your meta, I don’t think anymore that Finn is immune to force. Instead I think Finn might be an echo in the force, a wound in it.
Finn awakened the force within him in battle.
The Exile awakened the force within them in battle.
Finn’s Force Awakening had been felt by Kylo and Snoke.
The Exile’d Awakening had been felt by Visa and Nihilus.
Finn meets a woman (Rey) with seemingly no connection to the force, then after traveling together, she finds her own connection to the force, which she rejects at first them accepts to help the exile later in the story.
The same thing happens between the Exile and Brianna.
Finn could have become an echo/wound in the force during his abduction, especially if there was mass amounts of death around him, and his battle on Jakku could have awakened it.
The difference between them would be The Exile found a teacher through Kreia and Finn wasn’t able to find one yet thanks to Johnson. Alll Force users need at least a teacher to show them the Force.
Bonus: The Exile and Finn are both chased by high waisted pants wearing dark side users who are obsessed with their old masters.
Doesn’t Darth Sion look like Boldo Ren? BTW he didn’t look like this before the Dark side.
Holy shit, so many parallels. I really need to play KOTOR 2. Roundhead Jerk may not have put Finn with a master, but maybe Finn and Rey can teach each other with an assist from Force Ghost Luke. Maybe not so much an academy or a master-disciple relationship as a study group because it’s past time to try some new approaches.
Also that last image will haunt me forever 😂 The resemblance is uncanny lmao.
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