For instance, if you find yourself shackled to a torture rack in the stronghold of your enemy, you can brainwash your guard into releasing your fetters and leaving the door open. We learn, from this latest installment, that the Force moves through all living things, which sounds lovely, if a trifle nebulous, yet the uses to which people put it, in the course of the narrative, seem highly specialized and precise. Like the One Ring, the Force can be wielded for both good and evil ends, but then so can a set of screwdrivers. One virtue of the new film is that it encourages viewers to ask afresh: What is the Force, exactly? I always assumed it was something that George Lucas dreamed up after too many Tolkien-themed parties at U.S.C. Not that you can blame it for dozing off. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is, as the title suggests, aimed squarely at anyone who was worried that the Force was asleep on the job. Photograph by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Lucasfilm Ltd. Abrams, feels young, and as an act of pure storytelling it streams by with fluency and zip. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” directed by J.
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