Monolithium said:
What If: To help make the Jedi lose some luster, Darth Sidious spread a rumor that implied that the Force was not some divine power granted only to a special few. But that it was some sort of genetically designed enhancement. Something that the Jedi created to allow them to take over the universe.
This would allow Sidious to trick the Republic into believing that the Jedi were duplicitous and deserving of extermination.
What does anyone else think?
It could be a good development if it was realized properly, I guess. That being said, the idea doesn't really catch my fancy. Sorry.