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happydalek) wrote2009-04-29 10:29 pm
happydalek) wrote2009-04-29 10:29 pm
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Today's Plotbunny flavor is: Star Wars Crack.
Neither of these seem terribly original to me, but the ideas amused me nonetheless:
(The reason Anakin's blood test seems to confirm this is because the Jedi haven't got a complete understanding of how midichlorians work. They don't create Force energy, they just thrive on it. Strong exposure to the Force causes them to multiply rapidly, especially in children. This theory also requires that Force potential not be entirely genetic. Think of it like weight-lifting. Weight lifting will build muscle on anyone who does it. But not everyone who lifts weights will be able to become Mr. Universe. It's only people with Mr. Universe genetics who also get strong Force exposure who fit the bill to become Jedi. Geddit?
(Anakin's prolonged exposure to Jar Jar thus artificially boosted his midichlorian count to the ridonkulous level that Obi-Wan discovered when he analyzed the sample. Anakin's continued exposure to super powered Jedi in the form of Mace Windu and Yoda (plus the addition of Jar Jar hanging around) caused the Council to confirm the initial findings that Anakin was the Chosen One. This may seem like a shocking oversight on the part of the Jedi Council, but that's precisely the point Lucas was trying to make, that the Jedi were in decline. They were distracted with irrelevant matters of politics and economy when they screened Anakin, not to mention the fact that they were all being muffled by the Dark Side. With Jar Jar in continued close proximity during the rushed screening process, and everyone's mind biased in favor of the boy, it makes such a misidentification far more plausible, dontcha think?
(Returning to the story, it is Jar Jar's latent Force ability that allows him to succeed in the battle against the droids--face it, that kind of dumb luck is simply supernatural--and how he is able to unconsciously influence Padme and Boss Nass into giving him pivotal ambassadorial and senatorial influence later on. Jar Jar doesn't realize he is doing this, of course. Anakin, as we see, goes on to get Jedi training, and while he is quite powerful, all that talk of "chosen one" nonsense gets him feeling waaaay too big for his britches and ultimately going to the Dark Side in order to achieve a destiny that didn't belong to him. For instance, imagine how you might react if your test results were accidentally switched and you were made to believe were supposed to be like Arnold Schwarzenegger. When your body didn't live up, and everyone was watching, wouldn't you be tempted to shoot some steroids to make the dream come true? (Yes, I did just compare the Dark Side of the Force to stuff that gives you bacne and shrinks your balls. Assuming you have balls. And backs.) It's possible that if Anakin had not known he was supposed to be the "Chosen One," he might not have developed the lust for phenomenal cosmic power that he did. (Actually, the steroid metaphor kinda works as a morality tale, considering how Anakin's Dark Side quest destroyed his body, just like steroids can do. But I digress.)
(Anyway, Jar Jar's contribution to the Galaxy as the real "Chosen One" culminated in his suggestion to vote "immediately, emergency powers" to Chancellor Palpatine, and because of Jar Jar's Force-fueled power of suggestion, everybody jumped on the bandwagon and made it happen. Except for Padme, because of her "strong mind" or whatever. (Fanon theory regarding that to come later.) The real question, then, is what would have happened to the Galaxy Far, Far Away if Jar Jar had been recognized and trained as the Chosen One of the Jedi? Considering that even without training he was still able to bring down the Republic with a simple suggestion, and that the guy who got trained in his place also contributed in a large degree to that same result...I think it's fairly safe to suggest that this catastrophic mistake by the Jedi pretty much DOOMED the galaxy to violence and unrest for generations to come, and is why the Jedi Order under Luke is still struggling to find its way (if one counts the events in the E.U.). Oh, what might have been!)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Maul are recruited by the White Guardian to fetch the 18 pieces of the Key to Space. (If he's got one for time, it just figures he'd have one for space, y'know?)
- Jar Jar Binks is the Chosen One of the Jedi and falls to the Dark Side. Provisional title: "Qui-Gon got it a bit wrong."
(The reason Anakin's blood test seems to confirm this is because the Jedi haven't got a complete understanding of how midichlorians work. They don't create Force energy, they just thrive on it. Strong exposure to the Force causes them to multiply rapidly, especially in children. This theory also requires that Force potential not be entirely genetic. Think of it like weight-lifting. Weight lifting will build muscle on anyone who does it. But not everyone who lifts weights will be able to become Mr. Universe. It's only people with Mr. Universe genetics who also get strong Force exposure who fit the bill to become Jedi. Geddit?
(Anakin's prolonged exposure to Jar Jar thus artificially boosted his midichlorian count to the ridonkulous level that Obi-Wan discovered when he analyzed the sample. Anakin's continued exposure to super powered Jedi in the form of Mace Windu and Yoda (plus the addition of Jar Jar hanging around) caused the Council to confirm the initial findings that Anakin was the Chosen One. This may seem like a shocking oversight on the part of the Jedi Council, but that's precisely the point Lucas was trying to make, that the Jedi were in decline. They were distracted with irrelevant matters of politics and economy when they screened Anakin, not to mention the fact that they were all being muffled by the Dark Side. With Jar Jar in continued close proximity during the rushed screening process, and everyone's mind biased in favor of the boy, it makes such a misidentification far more plausible, dontcha think?
(Returning to the story, it is Jar Jar's latent Force ability that allows him to succeed in the battle against the droids--face it, that kind of dumb luck is simply supernatural--and how he is able to unconsciously influence Padme and Boss Nass into giving him pivotal ambassadorial and senatorial influence later on. Jar Jar doesn't realize he is doing this, of course. Anakin, as we see, goes on to get Jedi training, and while he is quite powerful, all that talk of "chosen one" nonsense gets him feeling waaaay too big for his britches and ultimately going to the Dark Side in order to achieve a destiny that didn't belong to him. For instance, imagine how you might react if your test results were accidentally switched and you were made to believe were supposed to be like Arnold Schwarzenegger. When your body didn't live up, and everyone was watching, wouldn't you be tempted to shoot some steroids to make the dream come true? (Yes, I did just compare the Dark Side of the Force to stuff that gives you bacne and shrinks your balls. Assuming you have balls. And backs.) It's possible that if Anakin had not known he was supposed to be the "Chosen One," he might not have developed the lust for phenomenal cosmic power that he did. (Actually, the steroid metaphor kinda works as a morality tale, considering how Anakin's Dark Side quest destroyed his body, just like steroids can do. But I digress.)
(Anyway, Jar Jar's contribution to the Galaxy as the real "Chosen One" culminated in his suggestion to vote "immediately, emergency powers" to Chancellor Palpatine, and because of Jar Jar's Force-fueled power of suggestion, everybody jumped on the bandwagon and made it happen. Except for Padme, because of her "strong mind" or whatever. (Fanon theory regarding that to come later.) The real question, then, is what would have happened to the Galaxy Far, Far Away if Jar Jar had been recognized and trained as the Chosen One of the Jedi? Considering that even without training he was still able to bring down the Republic with a simple suggestion, and that the guy who got trained in his place also contributed in a large degree to that same result...I think it's fairly safe to suggest that this catastrophic mistake by the Jedi pretty much DOOMED the galaxy to violence and unrest for generations to come, and is why the Jedi Order under Luke is still struggling to find its way (if one counts the events in the E.U.). Oh, what might have been!)