Frank your Majesty

Of course these threads are dead if everyone creates new threads about the same topic.

But but …

I’m not discussing the plausibility of that view, I’m discussing Mendelian genetics under the premise that it applies to the force, but I don’t support the premise itself.

Scott109 said:

Frank your Majesty said:

Scott109 said:

If force sensitivity is a recessive trait, it would be possible to be force sensitive but not have force sensitive parents and vice versa.

If force sensitivity was a recessive trait, all kids of two Jedi would have this ability, too. And kids of non-Jedi would have an incredibly small chance to be force sensitive. This would make it almost mandatory that Jedi have families and children, otherwise the order quickly runs out of members.

Not necessarily. If Force sensitivity is recessive, two parents who are not Force sensitive could conceive an offspring who is Force sensitive provided that both of the parents have one dominant gene and one recessive gene.

You’re missing the point. It’s your “vice versa” that I’m arguing against. If force sensitivity was recessive, all Jedi would have both alleles for the recessive gene. This means children of two Jedi would be guaranteed to be force sensitive, too. This would be a great way to get new members for the Jedi order.
And even if a Jedi has children with a non-Jedi, the recessive gene would be spread, so that the chance for two non-Jedi with mixed alleles to meet and have children would increase. Preventing Jedi from having children at all is what doesn’t make any sense.

Scott109 said:

If force sensitivity is a recessive trait, it would be possible to be force sensitive but not have force sensitive parents and vice versa.

If force sensitivity was a recessive trait, all kids of two Jedi would have this ability, too. And kids of non-Jedi would have an incredibly small chance to be force sensitive. This would make it almost mandatory that Jedi have families and children, otherwise the order quickly runs out of members. It would make more sense if Anakin’s romance with Padme was prohibited because she’s not force sensitive.

Now on the other hand, if force sensitivity would be dominant, everyone with a Jedi in their bloodline would be force sensitive. And what does the Jedi order do? They track down Jedi familiy trees, make them join the order and prohibit them from having children on their own. So in this scenario, the goal of the Jedi order is that the gene for force sensitivity dies out.

Trooperman37 said:

In what sense do you mean stop?

Probably in the archaic sense.

It is in Harmy’s comparison gallery.

To be honest, I think the perspective in the original shot is a bit off and watching the still images, it’s almost distracting, but in the flow of the movie, I barely notice it.

SilverWook said:

The old doors survived nearly forty years and one major earthquake. Guess they just don’t make them like they used to.

Make shower doors great again!

X-wings and A-wings are taken from the OT? Worst movie ever!
TIE fighters are not like the ones from the OT? Worst movie ever!

I’d be so happy if it’s the same guy, it would mean he finaly learned to hit the space bar after a sentence.

The Something Something posts are apparently the dumb posts

DuracellEnergizer said:

Stop feeding the troll.

Realized it too late. At first he was the funny kind of troll, but now it’s just annoying.

That’s universe shrinkage, I’d rather have a new troll who is unrelated to any original trolls.

LOL, now you’re outright lying.

TPM 56
Clones 65
Sith 79

Star Wars 94
Empire 94
Jedi 80

TFA 92

What is good and interesting and scary about numbers 2 and 3 and how do they reflect history?

The PT era is the era where a Sith Lord tricks the whole senate and the Jedi council.
The PT era is the era where shape shifting assassins don’t use their unique ability for their advantage.
The PT era is the era where “I don’t like sand” and “I want to establish a dictatorship” are acceptable pick-up lines.
The PT era is the era where mothers die in childbirth.
The PT era is the era where a Jedi’s weapon is his life.
The PT era is the era where Yoda fights with a lightsaber and leads a war.

Sounds pretty dumb to me.

dahmage said:

TV’s Frink said:

8 does not equal 6.

So if 7 doesn’t equal 6, and now 8 doesn’t equal six, what does equal six?

I don’t know what equals 6, but it seems like 7 equals 8.

Is “X vs. Y” the new “Ranking Z”?

Disregard.

The Special Edition … One last time
Watch it before it’s gone for good

MalàStrana said:

And are german and irish people offended as well by General Hux (I mean, he’s a space nazi ginger) ? They should be I guess.

The only thing that offends me is that you imply a Hitler impersonation would be the (stereo)typical German accent 😉

SilverWook said:

I really need to listen to some of foreign dubs to see how Nute and the rest sound.

In the German dub, they have French accents.

The protagonist losing against the villain in the second act of a play is a cliché. And there’s nothing wrong with that.

Yeah, thanks for contributing.

[Jay said:]

No image-only posts unless the image has a direct bearing on the topic at hand and it adds value to the discussion.

Maybe, if this would be an option in Windoes 10, more people would upgrade to Windows 10?