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Palp_Faction Registered: Feb '02	Date Posted: 10/24/08 11:23am Subject: The Force: For all your beauty treatments
	I was just reading Inferno and was staggered to read how Tenel Ka used the Force to get rid of her puffy eyes after she'd been crying. What next? Will Allana use the Force to fight acne?? There was a time when the Force was something mystical and ethereal, but authors these days use it as some sort of everyday tool. The amount of Force nudges the Jedi give each other would really tick me off if I was one of their brigade, "Oi, stop nudging me!" And it's amazing the information they can deliver to one another telepathically. I know Mara and Luke had a strong "Force-bond" but I wouldn't have been surprised to read that "Luke sent Mara a reassuring Force nudge to tell her everything would be alright - and also, when she got home, could she remember to set the oven at gas mark 4 for the chicken, but remember to take the alluminium foil off 15-20mins at the end to crisp the skin." Kinda takes away the mysteriousness of it don't ya think? -----signature----- ROTS, ESB, ANH, AOTC, TPM, ROTJ
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BobaMatt Title: TFN EU Staff Registered: Aug '02	Date Posted: 10/24/08 12:30pm Subject: RE: The Force: For all your beauty treatments
	It's not new and nonsensical that she's capable of using the Force for such a thing, and she wasn't just doing it for flippant, casual reasons: she's a monarch, remember? -----signature----- DUNE - Chronicles of the Imperium RP http://boards.theforce.net/non_star_wars_role_playing/b10755/29433346/p1/?11 As Father and Son (An AU RP) http://boards.theforce.net/role_playing_forum/b10328/28357048/p1/?10 Emperor Fel's badassery knows no bounds.
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DarthBoba Registered: Jun '00	Date Posted: 10/24/08 2:33pm Subject: RE: The Force: For all your beauty treatments
	Crying equals weakness equals death in the Hapan political system. I wouldn't call it flippant. -----signature----- Only a Prime can defeat Vader and his Emperor.
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Dawud786 Registered: Dec '06	Date Posted: 10/24/08 3:13pm Subject: RE: The Force: For all your beauty treatments
	Besides, the Force being mystical and ethereal does not... by any stretch of the imagination... rule out health and beauty benefits to a Force-user. The Force is heavily based on the concept of chi and that's one of the many benefits of chi gung practice... youthfulness and radiant health. Meaning, Alana could definitely use the Force to keep her body's pores from becoming too oily and infected and thus prevent acne. -----signature----- http://blogs.starwars.com/slaveoftheforce
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leia7 Registered: Apr '07	Date Posted: 10/24/08 3:19pm Subject: RE: The Force: For all your beauty treatments
	Now I know why Mara looked so good on the cover of Sacrifice!
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Havac Title: Lit Mod of War Registered: Sep '05	Date Posted: 10/24/08 3:37pm Subject: RE: The Force: For all your beauty treatments
	Well, all kinds of stuff is theoretically possible with the Force. The problem is that stuff like that, manipulating your body's cells and such, ought to take a lot of concentration. It shouldn't be practical. That, I think, is the biggest problem with power creep. Considering what the Force might be capable of and not what the Jedi can actually concentrate on and practically employ results in overpowering the characters and raising huge "Well, if they can do that, why didn't they do it here and here and here and here and here" issues. -----signature----- "Is there a captain's hat involved in this?"
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Manisphere Registered: Aug '07	Date Posted: 10/24/08 5:24pm Subject: RE: The Force: For all your beauty treatments
	leia7 posted: Now I know why Mara looked so good on the cover of Sacrifice! Spot on. Actually, if use of the Dark Side degrades your longevity and features, shouldn't use of the Light Side add longevity and a healthy glow? Maybe Yoda's species natural death is around six hundred. -----signature----- "Head of State, a Sith is just a Jedi who's gone off his meds."-Natasi Daala
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Katana_Geldar Title: Former CR Tasmania, AU' Registered: Mar '03	Date Posted: 10/24/08 5:37pm Subject: RE: The Force: For all your beauty treatments
	Like Master Fay? Obi-Wan said she could have lived forever. And I think it's demeaning to use the Force in such a way. Remember the scene in AOTC when Anakin plays with his food with the Force and he says Obi-Wan would have been very grumpy, as he should be. The Force is not a hydrospanner -----signature----- Jacen and the two Vergeres http://gmgeldar.wordpress.com/vergere-essay/ Now, if you don't mind, I am somewhat preoccoupied telling the laws of physics to shut up and sit down.
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NelanisGhost Registered: Jun '06	Date Posted: 10/24/08 5:44pm Subject: RE: The Force: For all your beauty treatments
	OP: Erm, hello? Mara? She probably used 90% of her force powers to keep wrinkles at bay. Not a noble use of power, IMO..... -----signature----- If there's a bright center of the galaxy, you're on the planet it's farthest from: Earth Our own stunning bright center: http://astrosurf.com/sguisard/Pagim/GC.html Barnes and Noble: TFU hardcover. Nice! $5.98 in discount section.....
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DarthBoba Registered: Jun '00	Date Posted: 10/24/08 5:52pm Subject: RE: The Force: For all your beauty treatments - Date Edited: 10/24/08 5:53pm (1 edits total) Edited By: DarthBoba
	Proof that you don't need the Force to be looking good at 60. Helen Mirren -----signature----- Only a Prime can defeat Vader and his Emperor.
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Earthknight Registered: Oct '02	Date Posted: 10/24/08 5:52pm Subject: RE: The Force: For all your beauty treatments
	^I think it's a perfect use for the Force. Especially if she is looking as hot as she was on the Sacrifice cover . Let's all hope Jaina and Tenel Ka uses it so they can look hot forever ! -----signature----- Master to jacensolofangirl2007 Our philosophy: We strive for a 100 in awesomeness. And if we get a 90, it's still cool. ~My Fanfiction Stories~ The Guardians of Light- http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=259245
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NelanisGhost Registered: Jun '06	Date Posted: 10/24/08 6:12pm Subject: RE: The Force: For all your beauty treatments - Date Edited: 10/24/08 6:13pm (1 edits total) Edited By: NelanisGhost
	DarthBoba posted: Proof that you don't need the Force to be looking good at 60. Helen Mirren It's just wrong! She looks better than ME! Okay I have to rant here: I am really really sick of the terminolgy above. It's not okay. Women should protest that insulting nonsense. Like ANYONE cares what you'd like to____? Who are you? -----signature----- If there's a bright center of the galaxy, you're on the planet it's farthest from: Earth Our own stunning bright center: http://astrosurf.com/sguisard/Pagim/GC.html Barnes and Noble: TFU hardcover. Nice! $5.98 in discount section.....
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Earthknight Registered: Oct '02	Date Posted: 10/24/08 6:19pm Subject: RE: The Force: For all your beauty treatments
	^Now, now, don't be mad . I didn't mean to offend, Nelani. Besides, Mara, Jaina, and Tenel Ka looking young and beautiful probably has nothing to do with the Force. -----signature----- Master to jacensolofangirl2007 Our philosophy: We strive for a 100 in awesomeness. And if we get a 90, it's still cool. ~My Fanfiction Stories~ The Guardians of Light- http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=259245
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Manisphere Registered: Aug '07	Date Posted: 10/24/08 6:58pm Subject: RE: The Force: For all your beauty treatments
	Katana_Geldar posted: Like Master Fay? Obi-Wan said she could have lived forever. And I think it's demeaning to use the Force in such a way. Remember the scene in AOTC when Anakin plays with his food with the Force and he says Obi-Wan would have been very grumpy, as he should be. The Force is not a hydrospanner True but Fey also was the only Jedi not to use a lightsaber under any circumstances. I gotta give her points for being the only purely pacifist Jedi I can think of. -----signature----- "Head of State, a Sith is just a Jedi who's gone off his meds."-Natasi Daala
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Xicer Registered: Aug '08	Date Posted: 10/24/08 7:06pm Subject: RE: The Force: For all your beauty treatments - Date Edited: 10/24/08 7:07pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Xicer
	NelanisGhost posted: OP: Erm, hello? Mara? She probably used 90% of her force powers to keep wrinkles at bay. Not a noble use of power, IMO..... What's ironic is that Mara was the one who taught Anakin not to use the Force for trivial things like lifting boxes and bartering with the Dantooine natives. -----signature----- "Just before your arrival, Moneo and I were discussing Infinity." "Poor Moneo." --Leto II and Malky, "God Emperor of Dune"
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SlackJawedJedi Registered: May '04	Date Posted: 10/24/08 7:17pm Subject: RE: The Force: For all your beauty treatments
	You know, I would not really consider that a conscious use of the force. Just as living a healthy lifestyle will keep you looking pretty good even into advanced age, maintaining a deep connection to the benevolent life-enery of the universe probably does wonders for an aging body, as well. -----signature----- Everyone's in favour of saving Hitler's brain... but when you put it in the body of a great white shark, ooo, suddenly you've gone too far! Switzerland is small and neutral. We're more like Germany, ambitious and misunderstood! Oh... your...God!
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