A newStar WarsSupercut video goes through and counts every time that the Force is mentioned in the franchise. The counting begins with the prequel trilogy before moving on toRogue One, the original trilogy, and then ending with theThe Last Jedi. Obviously, the count is pretty high, but the breakdown of how many times the Force is mentioned per movie is what is especially surprising and will more than likely surprise even the most hardcoreStar Warsfan.
The Forceis mentioned by name 161 times in 9 of the 10 movies released thus far, not includingSolo: A Star Wars Story, and it obviously does not count the upcomingStar Wars 9. Out of all of the movies in the franchise,Rogue Oneis the main offender with 46 mentions of the Force, taking in 28.5% of the total amount of times that the term is brought up. Chirrut Imwe is obviously the main offender as he constantly says, “I am one with the Force, the Force is with me.”
Next up in the breakdown isA New Hopewith 22 mentions of the Force. When looking at the breakdown further, the Force is mentioned a total of 48 times when counting up theoriginal trilogy, which is only two more than the grand total ofRogue One, meaning that the three movies take up 29% of the total amount of times that the Force is mentioned in theStar Warsfranchise. The prequel trilogy is responsible for 43 out of the 161 times that the Force is mentioned.
The Force AwakensandThe Last Jediare responsible for 24 times that the Force is brought up. It will be interesting to see how many times J.J. Abrams mentions the Force in the last movie of theSkywalker saga. to beatRogue One, they would have to say the word 23 times, which is only one more time that it is uttered inA New Hope. However, it isn’t a contest, but Abrams may actually count how many times the Force is mentioned inStar Wars 9after checking out the stats.
Star Wars 9is next on the release schedule and it hits theaters at the end of the year. However, we still don’t even have the official trailer as of this writing and hardcore fans are starting to get antsy as theStar WarsCelebration approaches. Hopefully we’ll get some mentions of the Force in the teaser trailer so we can add to our running tally as to how many times it is mentioned in the entire franchise. Until then, we’re just going to have to wait. In the meantime, you can check out theStar Warscounting video below, thanks to the Star Wars Kids YouTube channel, which is looking to count more franchise statistics.
