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The official transition is:

フォースと共にあれ

Can you break it down for me? What is あれ in this sentence?

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  • フォース -- "the force"
  • と -- the case particle "with~~"
  • [共]{とも}に (noun 共 + particle に) -- adverbially, "together". ≂「[一緒]{いっしょ}に」. 「共に」 sounds more literary/stiff and less colloquial than 「一緒に」.
  • あれ -- the imperative form (命令形) of the verb ある, meaning "to exist; to be".

So フォースと共にあれ literally means:

"(imperative) Be/Exist together with the force."
i.e. "May you be with the force".
("May the force be with you" would literally be more like 「フォースが（あなたと）共にあれ・あらんことを」.)

(More colloquially it's like 「フォースと一緒にいろ・いなさい・いてください」)　

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フォース　＝ 　force

と共に　　＝　to be together with

あれ is a conjugation of ある, which means "to have". So then, it means "May you have X".

I believe this is a good explanation of the conjugation.

May you have the force together with you. → May the force be with you.

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