Bloody titty f*cking Hell
Anything that is fictional or has never been proven true can be called a myth.
Loch Ness Monster, Sasquash, UFO's, Eskimo's etc. etc.....ya know what I'm getting at.
George Lucas got his whole SW idea from Flash Gordon, as he says when asked what his inspiration was. The Force, which is quite necessary for his idea otherwise it would have been just another "space thing," he of course got from old mythology, modern religion, and old monk beliefs about "Chi." or whatever.
As humans we create such ideologies and beliefs, so George Lucas(as another human remember) would base his mystical energy field off something we Earthlings came up with.
If I recall correctly, the beginning of this dispute began with the whole Light is Good and Dark is Bad, and how we NJO haters hate NJO because the series takes away from this epic struggle, excuse the corniness.
Much of Human History (here we go again) is based around one side believing THEIR values are the right ones, and the opposing side's values are the wrong ones. Religious beliefs play a huge role, like the Crusades. They think the Godless Heathen are barbarians, and the Arabs think the invading Infidel are Usurpers, as one example.
GL made is movies in the form of Light (Good) against Dark (Bad.) Whether the Force is involved or not, you'll still have that. And the whole of SW virtually revolves around the Force, so, having lived with movies and books and games of Light vs. Dark for 20 years, we're gonna feel quite PO'd when you get some hotshot author coming along and saying, "Hey, guess what? There IS no Light or Dark Side, so hence there IS no Good or Bad side to the Force."
Not just that, but GL actually went along with the idea, while STILL making movies about the Light and Dark.
I hope you understand our passionate hate towards the NJO, which, once again I'll remind you, was the unanswered topic of this argument, and thread.