Alekseandrea wrote:The first Galactic Republic wrote:Your whole argument about this being a plot hole relies on there not being many inquisitors, but as far as anyone knows there could be a very large number of them. This is not definitely a plot hole then.
The plot hole is that no one actually uses the knowledge of midochlorians, but they simply say: They exist.
It's like saying water exists but never using it.
Your whole defense is basically this: There could be a large number of inquisitors.
There also could be a large number of invisible, undetectable unicorns in Star Wars.
"There could be more" really doesn't mean anything.
Sure, there could be more, but as long as you don't see any more, as long as nobody (in-universe) mentions there are more, one should assume there aren't.Your talking in circles here.
So are you.Everyone would need to get blood tested for your plan to work and you're asking a civilization so bureaucratically inept that it couldn't manage a census to do this.
Not everyone. Most of the people.
Which is doable.
If people only used solutions that are 100% foolproof, there wouldn't be much happening.
I believe the blood method would find more force-sensitive people than the current one.
And the empire isn't bureaucratically inept.
They are able to build moon-sized weapons of mass-destruction, massive star destroyers and maintain the largest navy in the universe.
This requires massive amounts of recources.
Who makes sure those get where they are needed?
The bureaucracy.
There tactics and strategies might need some work, but their bureaucracy works.
It might not be the most efficient or the best. But it works.
I wouldn't call them bureaucratically inept.The Empire's ineptitude is why the rebellion even exists.
The rebellion exists because the empire stomps on everyone that doesn't support them (and some that do) and because they tend to do morally questionable things.
The mere existence of rebellion isn't a sign of ineptitude.
Rebels aren't easily wiped out.
Crush ten and there's another one that was hiding under a rock.
If anything there's relatively little rebellion.
Think about it, where did all the seperatists go?It's an important plot point of the series and just saying it isn't so doesn't change that.
You're exagarating.
How did the rebels destroy the first death star?
Dumb luck.
Loads of it.
How did the rebels destroy the second death star?
Dumb luck.
It isn't a plot point.
The empire isn't incompetent.
The heroes simply get so much plot armour that they could make anyone seem incompetent.
In what way are midichlorians not used? They are used to blood test force sensitives. You think it's a plot hole because these blood tests aren't happening and the Empire isn't utilizing force sensitives. Two things though.
1. We don't know that the Empire isn't getting a great many people because we don't know how many Inquisitors and dark acolytes there are. Unless you can prove that there aren't many, there's not necessarily a plot hole because the Empire is possibly using midichlorians to find force sensitives.
2. It is very logical though that the Empire would miss a great many people because it's incompetent and doesn't actually span the whole galaxy despite its name, anymore than North Korea is democratic or pineapples are apples.
So are you.
Krennic: "Who the hell are you?"
Sheev: "You know. You all know exactly who I am. Say my name."
Krennic: "I don't have a damn clue who the hell you are."
Sheev: "Yeah you do. I'm the Chancellor. I'm the man who killed Mace Windu."
Krennic: "Bullshit, Order 66 got Windu."
Sheev: "You sure?"
Krennic looks at Vader, who shakes his head
Sheev: "That's right. Now, say my name."
Krennic: "You're The Senate."
Sheev: "You're God damn right."
They are able to build moon-sized weapons of mass-destruction, massive star destroyers and maintain the largest navy in the universe.
They can build these things but can't even run a census. That sounds inept to me. Individual Moffs and Admirals have a great deal of resources at their disposal, but the system is too broken for something like record keeping about the population on a galactic scale. The Empire really can't work as a whole very well.
The rebellion exists because the empire stomps on everyone that doesn't support them (and some that do) and because they tend to do morally questionable things.
The mere existence of rebellion isn't a sign of ineptitude.
That's why the rebellion was formed but why it can exist is because the Empire is to inept to hunt them. Entire habitable planets can be used as bases for many years and the Empire can't learn about it. Rebel fleets and pirates can move up and down hyperlanes easily and the Empire can't police them all. Imperial officers are incompetent and also stabbing each other in the back and because of that the rebels win a number of victories they otherwise wouldn't have. Incomptentence and decentralization on a galactic scale is the only reason why the rebels can exist in the face of such a war machine.
Think about it, where did all the seperatists go?
Is this a trick question? The Separatist war machine was turned off and all the money was nationalized remember?
How did the rebels destroy the first death star?
Dumb luck.
Loads of it.
How did the rebels destroy the second death star?
Dumb luck.
How is any of that contrary to what I'm saying? The force helped Luke the first time. That was the whole point of the "use the force" line.
The second one was destroyed by incompetence. The ground troops lost the shield generator to carebears, and the many Star Destroyers were poorly organized and unable to destroy a much smaller fleet.
