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#580731
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Do you think the average citizen of the Star Wars galaxy would even be aware of the Force?
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Just because the Jedi have superhuman abilities isn't automatic proof that they come from the Force or even that the Force exists. I'm sure that skeptics in the galaxy far, far away could explain away Jedi feats as being the results of some ultra-sophisticated technology or even genetic manipulation.

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#580533
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Do you think the average citizen of the Star Wars galaxy would even be aware of the Force?
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ray_afraid said:



DuracellEnergizer said:


ray_afraid said:


DuracellEnergizer said:
My belief is that the farther from the centre of the Republic/Empire you got, the less people knew of/believed in the Jedi and their powers.


But what about Han?


Han Solo said:

Kid, I've flown <span style="text-decoration: underline;">from one side of this galaxy to the other</span>, and I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen anything to make me believe that there's one all-powerful Force controlling everything.


Surely he's no stranger to the central hub of activity in the galaxy and he doesn't believe.


Well, following the Jedi Purge, any remaining Jedi would be few and far between and in hiding. I doubt Han would have come across any in his travels.


But judging by the prequels (or at least what I remember) Jedi were everywhere and known to everyone, even those far from the center of the galaxy. Even little Annikin knew Qui-Gon was a Jedi without him having to say so. So Jedi were well known, widely believed, trusted and relied upon until Han was about 20 years old. I just can't buy that the entire galaxy would not only suddenly turn against the Jedi, but completely forget about them.


Well, if you consult the TPM novelization, which is considered "official canon", there were about 10,000 Jedi in existence at that point. 10,000 isn't a very big number on Earth, let alone an entire populated galaxy. The Jedi shouldn't be well known amoung the general populace, very prominent, or have a large impact/influence on the Republic at large.

Of course, Lucas has proven incapable of fashioning a cohesive narrative that makes any logical sense, and if the "10,000 Jedi" comes directly from him and wasn't just an invention of the novelization's author, then he sure bizarrelly contrasted that by making the Jedi as prominent, important, and popular as they appear to be in the PT.

If we go by my personal canon, though, things make much more sense ;-)

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#580497
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Do you think the average citizen of the Star Wars galaxy would even be aware of the Force?
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ray_afraid said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

My belief is that the farther from the centre of the Republic/Empire you got, the less people knew of/believed in the Jedi and their powers.

But what about Han?

Han Solo said:

Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, and I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen anything to make me believe that there's one all-powerful Force controlling everything.

Surely he's no stranger to the central hub of activity in the galaxy and he doesn't believe.

Well, following the Jedi Purge, any remaining Jedi would be few and far between and in hiding. I doubt Han would have come across any in his travels.

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#580294
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George Lucas leaves Lucasfilm
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/580294/action/topic#580294
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Gaffer Tape said:

Maybe one day software will be advanced enough to "create" enough on a guess that it could accurately resemble what a high-definition image would look like, but could you still even consider that the original anymore?

Well, that is kind of what I had in mind. I'm not saying it would be the best option, but if such technology becomes available, and the original negatives become so degraded that there's no way to restore them in a more conventionable way, then I can't see why it shouldn't be done.

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#580135
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Star Wars Marvel &quot;Special&quot; Issue: Did they &quot;sneak in&quot; Luke's Father?
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Well, all I see is a rehashing of the OT when I read Legacy. The Empire has risen AGAIN. The Sith have risen to power AGAIN. The Jedi are facing extinction AGAIN. New coat of paint, same old car.

I'd like to see a Star Wars future where there is no Empire, no Republic, no Jedi, no Sith. Everything that has been has fallen, been replaced, or changed beyond recognition into something completely different. Frankly, I want to see something like this

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Storyteller_%28comic%29

as the future of that galaxy far, far away. I want change - evolution - not stagnation and recycling.



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#580084
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Star Wars Marvel &quot;Special&quot; Issue: Did they &quot;sneak in&quot; Luke's Father?
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Star Wars Purist said:


I love the Legacy Comics Series for the most part though!


I'll never understand the appeal of this series, really. Almost everything bad about the PT is present in this series, right down to the 1-dimension KISS rejects with their red glowsticks and the "younglings". I don't see how anyone who hates the PT can like this.

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#580082
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Your images of Obi-Wan and Anakin/Vader and others in your Prequel Interpretations
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Star Wars Purist said:


There aren't really any other depictions of that era that actually show it in a cohesive storyline narrative are there from before 99?


I was actually taking the post-99 Clone Wars era material into consideration when I made my earlier post. Until recently, I was considering much of it as part of my personal canon, with just a bit of personal retconning to make it all work the way I wanted it all to work. Now, though, most of that has been - and probably will continue to be - discarded.

Not counting references to the era in other stories in the EU, quotes from the older generation in the OT, and background info.  Are there any others at all?!?


Zahn apparently wrote a short story called "Mist Encounter" sometime in the 90s that took place in the final days of the prequel era. I've never read it, though, so I don't know what the various tidbits he may give are. I've heard he's made some recent alterations to the text to bring it more in line with the PT, though, so if you're interested in ever reading this story, you'd probably want to get your hands on the older version.