Before going into greater depths regarding the film , one must keep in mind that George Lucas had the films of the great director Akira Kurosawa in mind when he created the Jedi or the Sith . More importantly , his films were inspired a lot by Zen Philosophy
I agree. I think Lucas did a fine job of following Kurosawa's lead in the original trilogy. I always saw the Force as being closer to Taoism but I get what you mean.