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ST How powerful in the Force should Luke be in the ST?

Discussion in 'Sequel Trilogy' started by Darth Nerdling, Mar 30, 2014.

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How powerful in the Force should Luke be in the ST?

Poll closed Mar 30, 2016.
  1. Slightly more powerful than he was in ROTJ and slightly wiser about the ways of the Force

    2.3%
  2. Slightly more powerful than he was in ROTJ and slightly wiser and with more/new Force abilities

    6.2%
  3. Slightly more powerful than he was in ROTJ and just as wise as Yoda

    3.1%
  4. Just below the most powerful in combat (equal to Mace maybe) and just below the top in wisdom

    7.7%
  5. Just below the most powerful in combat but just as wise as they are or with more/new Force abilities

    6.2%
  6. As powerful in combat as Yoda or Palpatine but not as wise as they are about the ways of the Force

    10.8%
  7. As powerful in combat as Yoda and Palpatine and also as wise as they are about the ways of the Force

    10.8%
  8. More powerful than Yoda or Palpatine in combat and wiser and/or with more Force abilities

    9.2%
  9. As powerful as the Chosen One if Anakin had reached his full potential

    26.9%
  10. More powerful than the Chosen One at his full potential or any Jedi/Sith ever

    16.9%
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  1. Mystery Roach

    Mystery Roach Chosen One star 4

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    Yeah that happens a lot, but luckily when the consultant is George Lucas and the movie is Star Wars, he's probably afforded a bit more deference than the usual consultant.
     
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  2. Heero_Yuy

    Heero_Yuy Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    . . . is he? It wouldn't surprise me if he's treated with about as much deference as Harve Bennet had for Gene when making the original Star Trek movies. Spoiler alert: They actively ignored everything he said. For the better obviously.

    I mean, sure they're using GL's storyline, but it's up to the film makers to interpret and translate it however they like. So, if Lucas has an idiotic idea or suggestion (as we all know he will. Moraband my ass!) you better believe they'll change or reject anything they care to. It's just the nature of the beast.
     
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  3. purplerain

    purplerain Jedi Knight star 4

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    such as color-coded lightsabers and Darths other than Vader
     
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  4. Mystery Roach

    Mystery Roach Chosen One star 4

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    It's also entirely possible, nay probable, that the filmmakers don't possess the inexplicable hatred for the creator of this universe that you do, and for that I'm very grateful.

    And for the record, I happen to prefer Roddenberry's vision of Star Trek to anyone else's as well, but even so that was a different situation from the ST which is literally the completion of Lucas's story, and another discussion altogether.
     
  5. I Are The Internets

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    They should give some credit to any ideas that Lucas proposes.
     
  6. Heero_Yuy

    Heero_Yuy Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Ah, yes. The, "UR just a meany hater," defense. Cute, but irrelevant to this discussion. I'm not the one with the apparent chip on his shoulder here, silly.

    In fact, if you read my earlier post you'd see that I actually AGREE with GL on this particular issue (Luke having the same potential in the Force as his father). It's just that I a agree with him because it makes the most sense to me logically, not because he said it in some random interview. As such, TPTB should follow suit and make decisions based on what makes sense. Not Lucas' petty whims.

    And I think the situations are 100% comparable. Like Roddenberry, Lucas came up with a giant franchise. That doesn't mean he always knows what's best for it.
     
  7. Darth Nerdling

    Darth Nerdling Force Ghost star 4

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    Yes, but GL has said that there are limitations. He says the type of Force power seen in the 2003 Clone Wars hand-drawn animated series simply is not possible. In that series, you see Mace Force lift a thousand battle droids and Yoda steer Star Destroyers into each other, and Lucas said that the Force can never be that powerful. I also don't think anyone involved in the ST would just dismiss GL's opinions and do things his own way. These people respect Lucas.
     
  8. I Are The Internets

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    The 2003 Clone Wars cartoon is pretty abysmal.
     
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  9. Mystery Roach

    Mystery Roach Chosen One star 4

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    The situations aren't comparable because in this case we're talking about the completion of one man's story as opposed to the continuing of a franchise which was based on a series of unrelated stories. There is a huge difference. I happen to think that no one but the creator of a story is in more of a position to know what's best for that story, even if not a single other person agrees with them. In my view it's just as presumptuous for anyone to think they know better than an author how to finish that person's story as it would be for me to think I was qualified to put the finishing touches on the Mona Lisa or the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
     
  10. EHT

    EHT Manager Emeritus star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Yeah, those Force powers as seen in TFU and the 2003 CW microseries were pretty ridiculous. I don't think that saying that is at odds with what Yoda says to Luke in TESB.
     
  11. purplerain

    purplerain Jedi Knight star 4

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    I like when The Force is weaker because the galaxy shouldn't be controlled by Jedi-Sith wars.
     
  12. Darth_Pevra

    Darth_Pevra Chosen One star 6

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    Chris Claremont wrote better X-Men comics than Stan Lee.

    That's just one random example from the top of my head.

    Why always this creator worshiping? Every creator worth his salt doesn't need positive feedback all the time. You do it because you love the craft, not because people applaud you for it. I'm pretty sure some of the best stories on this planet are hidden in a drawer.

    And Lucas willingly stepped down. He must have known that SW would change with him leaving and he was definitely okay with that, because otherwise he wouldn't have stepped down and let others play in his sandbox.
     
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  13. Jair Crawford

    Jair Crawford Jedi Knight star 2

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    I'd say, just a bit under how powerful Anakin would have been if he had reached his full potential as the Chosen One.

    Not AS powerful, but close.
     
  14. Jedi Merkurian

    Jedi Merkurian Future Films Rumor Naysayer star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    "Only a fully-trained Jedi Knight...will conquer Vader and his Emperor."

    "No more training do you require. Already know you that which you need"

    -Jedi Master Yoda

    The notion that Luke is some half-trained n00b at the end of the OT is pure codswallop.
     
  15. Iron_lord

    Iron_lord Chosen One star 10

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    Seeing as Yoda's just about to die - he's not exactly going to tell Luke that he still has a lot to learn.

    I figure the emphasis should be put on "that which you need" - he doesn't know everything an Old Republic Jedi about to be promoted to Knight would know - but he knows the important things.
     
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  16. DarthWilliams

    DarthWilliams Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Luke conqurered neither. Vader conquered the Emperor and, in the process, himself.

    Isn't it possible that Yoda was either a) talking specifically about the mission on which he was about to go; or b) wrong?


    The notion that after two brief stints on Dagobah with Yoda spread across two years that Luke was a fully-trained Jedi when The Chosen One himself started training at the age of 10 (which gave the Council pause because even THAT was too old) and was still a Padawan a decade later is also codswallop.
     
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  17. Mystery Roach

    Mystery Roach Chosen One star 4

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    Lucas stepped down but not before writing the story to finish his saga. If you started writing a story over a series of books which turned out to be the most popular series of books in the world, and you had an ending planned, would you mind if someone else stepped in and decided to scrap your ending and finish the series their own way?

    The equivalent in comics would not be who writes better stories, but whether someone else should come in and finish a story that Chris Claremont began. Not the same thing as just writing other stories set in the same universe.
     
  18. Jedi Merkurian

    Jedi Merkurian Future Films Rumor Naysayer star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    Oh no? The version of the movie I watched involved Luke so thoroughly vanquishing Vader that he stopped wanting to be Darth Vader

    c) the mission that you think he was about to go on isn't the same mission that Luke actually went on. Moreover, Yoda specifically told Luke "pass on what you have learned." Given the dangers of Force instruction, that's not a task likely to be entrusted to a half-trained n00b.
    Oh, I get it. You seem to be conflating the duration of training with level of mastery. Not the same. I discuss this a greater length in this thread. But I'll provide a couple of examples. The first is actually a quote from that thread:

    One particular school of thought asserts that they learn about the Force constantly, from birth until they're considered Knights in their late teens/early 20's, or Master when they're in their late 30's/early 40's. For sake of discussion, let's assume that this is correct; they train from infancy. Now consider this group here:

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    They look to be about 5 or 6 years old. Let's be generous and say they're five. Let's also be generous and say that they didn't start this particular regimen until they were three years old. Now consider-

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    This suggests that what normally takes an "average" apprentice Jedi two or three years to learn, Luke Skywalker figured out in about five minutes. So however many weeks or months Luke was on Dagobah was plenty of time for Yoda to teach him all the "tricks" of the Force. I assert that Yoda was trying to teach Luke how to be a Jedi. Which is ironic, considering that Vader told Luke that he wanted to complete his training, which -in a way- he actually did.

    Second point about duration of training: Darth Vader spent twenty years under the tutelage of Lord Sidious....to be able to do the very same stuff he was able to do at the start of his dark side career, namely

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    So....no. Level of mastery and length of training have very little to do with one another.

    Also, as I assert in that thread, "Padawan Luke" in ESB exhibits skills and techniques in the Force that rival or surpass those of Knights, Masters, and Council members in the PT.

    So I have no problem believing that ST Luke would leave those guys in the dust.
     
  19. Arawn_Fenn

    Arawn_Fenn Chosen One star 7

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    Though Vader's Force choke range does seem to be greater in TESB.
     
  20. Force Smuggler

    Force Smuggler Force Ghost star 7

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    How great of a distance is that anyway?
     
  21. Arawn_Fenn

    Arawn_Fenn Chosen One star 7

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    From one part of the Executor to another. It's anyone's guess how far that actually was, but in any event it's nothing compared to Palpatine's long-distance choke in TCW.
     
  22. Darth Downunder

    Darth Downunder Chosen One star 6

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    Agreed, there are definitely limitations, but moving a ship around isn't one of them bcs we've seen Yoda do it on screen. What's more Yoda obviously thought Luke could do it even as an inexperienced apprentice. He made a pretty good attempt at it too. Now think of how much stronger with the Force Luke was after just 1 year in RotJ. Now think about how much stronger he will be after 30 years in EpVII !

    I'd also add that lifting a ship out of a swamp, buried beneath water as Yoda did should be much harder than pushing a ship around in the weightless vacuum of space ;)
     
  23. Arawn_Fenn

    Arawn_Fenn Chosen One star 7

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    Trade Federation ships, actually. In the CW era the "Star Destroyer" analogues were on the Republic side.
     
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  24. Darth Nerdling

    Darth Nerdling Force Ghost star 4

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    Well, I'm going to go super-nerd on this one. The weightless vacuum of space would only be helpful if Force telekinesis is not related to an object's mass but instead to its weight. If Force telekinesis is related to mass and not to weight, then a massive ship would be much more difficult to move than a small X-wing bound by a planet's gravity.

    Also, in these questionably canonical sources, Yoda and the guy from the TFU were altering the courses of those ships against the thrust of those ships' engines. There were guys steering those ships, and they would have clearly seen that they were being pushed off course, so they would've tried to steer their ships back on course. That means Yoda and TFU guy were overcoming the engine thrust of those massive ships, and the thrust to move ships of that size would be incredibly tremendous, far more than the force of gravity.

    Man, I think my post here is going to end up as dialogue on the Big Bang Theory at some point!
     
  25. Darth Downunder

    Darth Downunder Chosen One star 6

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    Well I'll see your super-nerd & raise you some ultra-nerd ;)

    Weight is a function of mass + the strength of the gravitational field that is in play. Another factor could be buoyant matter within an object such as gas, but that doesn't really apply here. My comment was just about the X-Wing that Yoda lifted & moved around, not TFU & some "massive ship". On Dagobah Yoda's power overcame the mass of the ship & the gravitational pull of the planet which = the weight. Also added was the weight & the resistance of the water & the resistance of the air through which he moved the ship. I'm saying that in deep space those forces & obstacles (apart from mass) aren't a factor so it should be easier to push an X-Wing sized ship around. As you say the thrust from a ship in motion could be another force to contend with, but it could also help depending on which direction you tried to move it.

    I agree though, BBT could definitely make use of this conversation :)
     
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