Many Bothans Died To Bring You THE STAR WARS THREAD

[The first Galactic Republic]

Still pisses me off...I loved that droid, damnit!

The force caused the conflict that made your precious droid die.
So basically the force is malicious.
An uncaring entity who plays with all beings for reasons unknown.

Is it a metaphor for Lucasarts rushing KOTOR II?

[Ism]

The force caused the conflict that made your precious droid die.
So basically the force is malicious.
An uncaring entity who plays with all beings for reasons unknown.

Is it a metaphor for Lucasarts rushing KOTOR II?

I thought it was just a summary of Kreia's teachings.

[The first Galactic Republic]

Is it a metaphor for Lucasarts rushing KOTOR II?

I thought it was just a summary of Kreia's teachings.

Kreia's just mad because she hasn't gotten laid in centuries and because the Republic won't let her collect social security and disability at the same time.

[Alekseandrea]

The force caused the conflict that made your precious droid die.
So basically the force is malicious.
An uncaring entity who plays with all beings for reasons unknown.

Is it a metaphor for Lucasarts rushing KOTOR II?

Sure, let's go with that.

I definitely wasn't trying to start a discussion on the nature of the force.
Not at all.

[The first Galactic Republic]

Is it a metaphor for Lucasarts rushing KOTOR II?

Sure, let's go with that.

I definitely wasn't trying to start a discussion on the nature of the force.
Not at all.

Midichlorians are cool guys. Eh conceives Jake Lloyd and doesn't afraid of anything.

[Alekseandrea]

Sure, let's go with that.

I definitely wasn't trying to start a discussion on the nature of the force.
Not at all.

Midichlorians are cool guys. Eh conceives Jake Lloyd and doesn't afraid of anything.

Really? midichlorians?
Solving a problem by introducing a plothole isn't cool.

Your flag, that's something cool.
But midichlorians aren't.
Even autocorrect thinks it shouldn't exist.

[Uinted Communist of Africa]

amen.

[Skylus]

I thought it was just a summary of Kreia's teachings.

Kreia's just mad because she hasn't gotten laid in centuries and because the Republic won't let her collect social security and disability at the same time.

[Anywhere Else But Here]

Midichlorians are cool guys. Eh conceives Jake Lloyd and doesn't afraid of anything.

Really? midichlorians?
Solving a problem by introducing a plothole isn't cool.

Your flag, that's something cool.
But midichlorians aren't.
Even autocorrect thinks it shouldn't exist.

Plot hole?

I think I'm the only person apart from George Lucas who actually likes the concept of midichlorians.

[The first Galactic Republic]

Really? midichlorians?
Solving a problem by introducing a plothole isn't cool.

Your flag, that's something cool.
But midichlorians aren't.
Even autocorrect thinks it shouldn't exist.

Plot hole?

I think I'm the only person apart from George Lucas who actually likes the concept of midichlorians.

I don't mind them. They just give the Jedi a way to find force sensitives. They don't really explain the force or anything like that.

[Uinted Communist of Africa]

Plot hole?

I think I'm the only person apart from George Lucas who actually likes the concept of midichlorians.

I don't mind them. They just give the Jedi a way to find force sensitives. They don't really explain the force or anything like that.

don't forget the clone wars my friend.....that weird spring of life where all the midichlorians are.

[Ism]

Really? midichlorians?
Solving a problem by introducing a plothole isn't cool.

Your flag, that's something cool.
But midichlorians aren't.
Even autocorrect thinks it shouldn't exist.

Plot hole?

I think I'm the only person apart from George Lucas who actually likes the concept of midichlorians.

Nah, I don't mind midichlorians. Never understood why everyone freaked out over them.

[The first Galactic Republic]

I don't mind them. They just give the Jedi a way to find force sensitives. They don't really explain the force or anything like that.

don't forget the clone wars my friend.....that weird spring of life where all the midichlorians are.

Mortis?

[Ism]

Plot hole?

I think I'm the only person apart from George Lucas who actually likes the concept of midichlorians.

I don't mind them. They just give the Jedi a way to find force sensitives. They don't really explain the force or anything like that.

The OT explained the "what" of the Force perfectly, a mystical energy field which binds all life together, and is generated by life. Midichlorians expain the "how" of the Force, by which I mean how the Force is influenced and can influence.

[Alekseandrea]

I don't mind them. They just give the Jedi a way to find force sensitives. They don't really explain the force or anything like that.

The OT explained the "what" of the Force perfectly, a mystical energy field which binds all life together, and is generated by life. Midichlorians expain the "how" of the Force, by which I mean how the Force is influenced and can influence.

The problem isn't that they exist, but the consequences of their existence.

Want to sift all force-sensitive people from a population? Test all of them for midichlorans.
What evil, morally bankrupt empires could take advantage of this fact, I wonder?

If they forced people to be tested, there would be more dark whatevers for Palpatine to lord over.

Midichlorans were introduced for one thing: showing that Anakins force connection is ridiculously strong.
After that point we're supposed to forget they exist.
Or we're supposed to believe people are really, really stupid.

[The first Galactic Republic]

The OT explained the "what" of the Force perfectly, a mystical energy field which binds all life together, and is generated by life. Midichlorians expain the "how" of the Force, by which I mean how the Force is influenced and can influence.

The problem isn't that they exist, but the consequences of their existence.

Want to sift all force-sensitive people from a population? Test all of them for midichlorans.
What evil, morally bankrupt empires could take advantage of this fact, I wonder?

If they forced people to be tested, there would be more dark whatevers for Palpatine to lord over.

Midichlorans were introduced for one thing: showing that Anakins force connection is ridiculously strong.
After that point we're supposed to forget they exist.
Or we're supposed to believe people are really, really stupid.

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.

A morally bankrupt Empire does exist in Star Wars and it does take advantage of force sensitives. Imperial Inquisitors for example are force sensitives taken and trained in the dark side as well as captured and brainwashed Jedi. The Clone Wars even had an episode where Palpatine tried to abduct infants that the Jedi were going to recruit and turn them into spies.

Many sources have mentioned midichlorians since.

[Alekseandrea]

A morally bankrupt Empire does exist in Star Wars and it does take advantage of force sensitives. Imperial Inquisitors for example are force sensitives taken and trained in the dark side as well as captured and brainwashed Jedi. The Clone Wars even had an episode where Palpatine tried to abduct infants that the Jedi were going to recruit and turn them into spies.

But they don't do it efficiently!
When you see what the empire does to people, mandatory blood testing seems like something reasonable.
Why don't they test everyone for midichlorians?

Force every citizen of your galactic empire to undergo a midichlorian test.
e.g. Make it a prerequisite to get a passport and say every citizen needs to get one.

Quick, simple, efficient.

Those with high scores are:

• Jedi-->kill them
• weird force cultists-->kill or use them for your own ends
• untrained-->train them for your own ends

And the result is an army of force-sensitives.
Or alternatively loads of dead would-be insurgents if you can't be bothered to train them.

Many sources have mentioned midichlorians since.

Thus some people know it exists.
Why does nobody abuse that fact?

It wouldn't be that hard to do.

[Alvecia]

Could make a good legends story out of it.

[Uinted Communist of Africa]

ew....Disney would ruin it.

[Ism]

A morally bankrupt Empire does exist in Star Wars and it does take advantage of force sensitives. Imperial Inquisitors for example are force sensitives taken and trained in the dark side as well as captured and brainwashed Jedi. The Clone Wars even had an episode where Palpatine tried to abduct infants that the Jedi were going to recruit and turn them into spies.

But they don't do it efficiently!
When you see what the empire does to people, mandatory blood testing seems like something reasonable.
Why don't they test everyone for midichlorians?

Force every citizen of your galactic empire to undergo a midichlorian test.
e.g. Make it a prerequisite to get a passport and say every citizen needs to get one.

Quick, simple, efficient.

Those with high scores are:

• Jedi-->kill them
• weird force cultists-->kill or use them for your own ends
• untrained-->train them for your own ends

And the result is an army of force-sensitives.
Or alternatively loads of dead would-be insurgents if you can't be bothered to train them.

Many sources have mentioned midichlorians since.

Thus some people know it exists.
Why does nobody abuse that fact?

It wouldn't be that hard to do.

Consider the sort of training these Force-sensistives would undergo. It would be highly dangerous, far more so than that of the Jedi. Naturally, far fewer would survive, the Empire obviously wouldn't care, and thus you have a smaller number of trained Force-sensitive. And of course, there are only so many people to train them, unlike the Order which had thousands of potential trainers, so they can't just scoop up every Force-sensitive in the galaxy, and it's far more likely most would be killed, with only those with sufficiently high midichlorian counts being taken for training. Add into all this bureaucratic ineptitude and corruption and you end up with oversights and errors to boot.

[Kassaran]

Has anyone ever actually noticed this before?

It makes me appreciate, if not love Obi Wan even more than I did before. The master of Form III and Sass, I'm appreciative especially of the comments section and recommend everyone a look in it for a good couple laughs.

[Uinted Communist of Africa]

XD
Droid: sir there's a ship
General Grievous: Scan it
Droid: we're detecting high level of salt aboard
General Grievous: *slams fist* ANAKIN

Droid: Sir there's a ship
General Grievous: scan it
Droid: we're detecting high level of sass
General grievous: *slams Fist* KENOBI

[Kassaran]

Every Encounter Between Kenobi and Grievous

Grievous: Kenobiiiiiiiii-

Kenobi: Why hello there.

[The first Galactic Republic]

A morally bankrupt Empire does exist in Star Wars and it does take advantage of force sensitives. Imperial Inquisitors for example are force sensitives taken and trained in the dark side as well as captured and brainwashed Jedi. The Clone Wars even had an episode where Palpatine tried to abduct infants that the Jedi were going to recruit and turn them into spies.

But they don't do it efficiently!
When you see what the empire does to people, mandatory blood testing seems like something reasonable.
Why don't they test everyone for midichlorians?

Force every citizen of your galactic empire to undergo a midichlorian test.
e.g. Make it a prerequisite to get a passport and say every citizen needs to get one.

Quick, simple, efficient.

Those with high scores are:

• Jedi-->kill them
• weird force cultists-->kill or use them for your own ends
• untrained-->train them for your own ends

And the result is an army of force-sensitives.
Or alternatively loads of dead would-be insurgents if you can't be bothered to train them.

Many sources have mentioned midichlorians since.

Thus some people know it exists.
Why does nobody abuse that fact?

It wouldn't be that hard to do.

There's no source saying the Empire doesn't do this. There were a lot of Inquisitors and Dark Jedi after all.

Remember though that even the Empire doesn't control every planet. Many people never even see Stormtroopers. That's partially why the Rebellion could survive at all. How could there be a Rebellion if every planet was so tightly controlled that the Empire could run blood tests on everyone?

[The first Galactic Republic]

Every Encounter Between Kenobi and Grievous

Grievous: Kenobiiiiiiiii-

Kenobi: Why hello there.

KENOBAUUUGH