Havok wrote:
As far as we know, above average is what the Jedi are and the rest of the galaxy isn't.
As far as we know, the level of sensitivty it takes to be a Jedi is well beyond that of above average sensitivity. I would think it more reasonable to expect a Jedi's level of sensitivity to be well beyond that of the average.
And what formal training did Anakin have? She was able to recognize it in him without it. She knows he has precog of some sort.
Anakin as a kid is the only human who can podrace, doesn't take much for anyone to be able to tell he is special just based on that fact alone.
It is a brain bug because it is a one time occurrence in the movie in which we draw everything else from.
Certain quotes in the movies back this up, and it isn't an irrational assumption to believe that a father's traits could be passed to his offspring.
In the prequels we see no evidence of genetic passing down of the Force outside of Anakin.
Stass Allie and Adi Gallia, from the prequels, are cousins and both Jedi, which indicates a connection between Force Sensitivity and genetics. Also, if you're including the prequels in this argument, then I would remind you of the end of Episode III...
YODA:
Strong the Force runs, in the Skywalker line. Hope, we can . . . Done, it is. Until the time is right, disappear we will.
Per the bolded portion, from the way Yoda says this, does this not imply that Anakin's bloodline is in fact Force Sensitive? He didn't say that just the Kids were strong but rather the entire line. Why would Yoda say this if Force sensitivity was in no way connected to genetics?
Shmi was not as far as we know FS, and neither was Padme. The fact that the only Jedi that we know of to have offspring that are FS and equally, if not more powerful than their parent, is a prophesied 'Chosen One' of an apparent fatherless birth, which may have been the will of the Force, or a creation of one of the most powerful Sith Lords in history, and that has a midicount so high it is of charts that have been around for thousands of years, should indicate pretty clearly that this is a fairly unique situation and can not be taken as the norm.
And how does this make a genetic connection with Force Sensitivity so unreasonable? Anakin's power was inherited by both of his children as are traits such as eye color andhair, just because Force sensitivity such as Anakin's is rare does nothing to discourage the reasonability of that conclusion.
Also the fact that the Jedi Temple is supposedly full of children that had been 'identified' early in life in the more civilized parts of the Republic, leads to the idea that FS is random and is seen through either early age acts such as Shmi saw in Anakin or some form of standardized blood tests in infancy. If people knew it was just a genetic trait, they wouldn't have to go through that.
Or it lends to the idea that sufficient Force Sensitivity to become a Jedi is a very rare trait, since the known Force-Sensitive population of the galaxy (the Jedi Order) isn't breeding at this time we cannot compare the number of force sensitives born to Jedi Parents versus those of the general population. The Skywalkers and the Gallia/Allie family are the only two examples in the six films of Jedi families, and the Skywalker line is the only one that clearly represents multiple generations.
I mean seriously, do you think the Jedi want to police an entire galaxy with only 10,000 people? It is obviously just a fairly rare and random occurrence.
I don't believe that the Jedi were in the business of breeding more Jedi with the purpose of increasing their numbers.
You are assuming that the 'threat'='OMG SUPER POWERFUL JEDI!!' When what we saw had little to do with Luke's power, but with the fact that he, along with Leia, represented the last pieces of Anakin Skywalker and the last thing good he ever did. It was Luke's pleas as a son to his father that finally tipped the balance. Not his abilities in the Force.
From RoTS...
OBI-WAN: I will take the child and watch over him.
Master Yoda, do you think Anakin's twins will be able to defeat Darth Sidious?
Obi Wan sure seems to think that the threat will come from Luke and/or Leia's own abilities. He doesn't say "Yoda, do you think the sight of Luke will ever convince Anakin to turn back to the light?" Obi Wan does not believe that Anakin is even redeemable. When Luke says that he won't kill Vader, Obi Wan replies "Then the Emperor has already won."
And why the fuck are your quote tags so damned retarded dude?
Cause I fucked them up *shrugs*
