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Lucasfilm Responds to 7-Year-Old’s Request to Let Jedi Marry
- genericuser 11y agoDamn, this will definitely hurt the recruitment efforts of the dark side.
- sp332 11y agoThe page seems to be down, but the images are still loading. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http%3A%2F%2Fgeekdad.com%2F2015%2F04%2Fjedi-marry https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http%3...
- muglug 11y agoThe NY Times mentioned this in today's article about Lucasfilm: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/18/business/media/for-lucasfilm-the-way-of-its-force-lies-in-its-star-wars-fans.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/18/business/media/for-lucasfi...
- msane 11y agoWhoever is doing the marketing lately is brilliant.
- zyxley 11y agoThinking about it, it'll be interesting to see if the new movies stick to the pre-Disney EU idea of Luke's new Jedi Order being one that allows marriage and families.
- TillE 11y agoAs far as I can tell, Lucas' idea of celibate Jedi is just a Christian/Catholic artifact. There's no real attempt to justify it, and indeed there's no mention of such a thing in the original trilogy. Obi-Wan talks about Luke's father being a Jedi, and neither thinks this is especially odd. In my own mind (and hopefully to some extent at Disney), the prequels and special editions are C-canon, to be disregarded whenever they conflict in any way with the pre-1997 scripts.
- rakoo 11y ago> there's no mention of such a thing in the original trilogy Then again, in the original trilogy the only trained force-sensitive people we hear of are 3 human male and Yoda. On top of that we have a brother and a sister. There's not a lot of room for romance here.
- genericuser 11y ago4 human male, I believe you forgot the Emperor. Also the Leah being force sensitive was eluded to.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> 4 human male, I believe you forgot the Emperor. The brother and sister outside of the trained count have to refer to Luke and Leia (Luke isn't trained at the beginning of the trilogy, but is at the end), so 4 human males (Luke, Vader, Kenobi, and Palpatine) in the trained count would double-count Luke.
- genericuser 11y agoI parsed it as saying "in the original trilogy the only trained force-sensitive people we hear of are 3 human male and Yoda." STOP, now a related thought about why one of them is unlikely to reproduce due to the limited female characters in the movie. "On top of that we have a brother and a sister." But I can see how your reading of it would make sense, since it removes the potential count error I read it as having.
- Igglyboo 11y agoI mean the Jedi wouldn't be constrained to only marrying other Jedi so I don't see why thats a problem.
- rakoo 11y agoMy point is that there isn't a lot of "material" to dive into the question of "marriage/romance among the Jedis": Star Wars (the original trilogy) is basically a Swashbuckler in space, with all the associated trope of the hero building up its crew and his skills to fight the final boss, and the only romance that is developed isn't about the main character but his sidekicks. Maybe it was avoided for Luke specifically because of the "no-marriage" rule then ? I don't know, I'd rather say it wasn't developed because it isn't that interesting for the plot. But that's just a wild guess.
- Twirrim 11y agoThe original trilogy seems to suggest that there is some form of inheritance related to force abilities, and the new trailer re-emphasises this. "The force runs strong in my family". It seems from an evolutionary perspective that it's a very bad idea for Jedi not to marry and have kids, because it stops the traits that make them strong enough in the force from being carried on or even improved in the next generation. With the Sith not being restrained by such a code, it would seem like this puts the Jedi at a significant disadvantage.
- glesica 11y agoBut isn't that kind of the whole point? The Jedi are at a disadvantage, they impose all sorts of rules on themselves that put them at a disadvantage. The goal of the rules, though, is to eliminate temptation and lust for power, because those things are incredibly destructive when they manifest in someone as personally powerful as a Jedi. Not to mix franchises or anything, but it's a little bit like how Gandalf won't touch the one ring or allow it to be offered to him. He could have taken it and killed all the Orcs by himself. But at what cost? I personally think the idea of the Jedi as celibate defenders of justice makes far more sense, and is far more satisfying. But of course directors can't help but add lame love stories to otherwise exciting adventure stories, and the vast majority of people are hung up on the whole "family" thing, so I guess I'll just have to live with it :)
- crpatino 11y ago> ... Jedi as celibate defenders of justice makes far more sense Agreed. People (at least human people) are strongly hardwired to see to the well being of close kindred, specially their own offspring. Trying to renounce to wordly affairs and commit to a goal and an ideal that is greater than yourself while trying to raise a normal family would be insane. On the other hand, there is no reason to think that a whole family/clan cannot be formally committed to such goals and ideals. So, I think the new taboo should be that Jedis can only marry other Jedis. And the consequences of one member of your particular family unit going Sith may be catastrophic.
- danso 11y agoQuick, someone get their child to request the truth about Han shooting first.
- upgray-d 11y agoWill they only be able to marry other Jedi, or how does this work?
- nsxwolf 11y agoLucas dodged the question entirely!
- sp332 11y agoWhat part of "you can be married" sounds like a dodge? Also, it's not Lucas anymore. He sold Lucasfilm (and LucasArts) to Disney for $4B back in 2012.
- nsxwolf 11y agoI missed the part where the boy claims to be a Jedi, so the response read differently to me. Ok, but that brings up another question. Is this a change in policy for all Jedi, or a special dispensation just for this boy?
- spacemanmatt 11y agoThat's a great question. I have assumed that Jedi justice would follow a vaguely American/European precedent based system but now I see that was strictly projection on my part.
- dcole2929 11y agoMan I'm gonna miss the EU. It was a bit all over the place at the beginning but all of the major arcs after Hand of Thrawn were tightly plotted and really expanded the lore. The yuuzhan vong arc was a treasure trove even if they did kill off the two best character in the whole damn universe (Anakin JR & Chewi).
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- spike021 11y agoThe Thrawn Trilogy and Rogue Squadron were probably the best book series in the EU and unfortunately they were dropped.
- hoprocker 11y agoZahn's ability to scope a plot that goes from everything-is-doomed to amazing-twist-saves-the-day in each of his _Heir to the Empire_ series is fantastic. Plus, his pacing and character development feel significantly richer than other Star Wars Universe books I've skimmed, and really feel like they naturally build on the original 3 movies.
- poloniculmov 11y agoWhy? Those books still exist. And the authors can write new, even better books, now that they're free of all the past mistakes.
- jameshart 11y agoOf course, this should be allowed, but I'm not sure whether we should go so far as to force sith bakeries to make cakes for their weddings.
- spacemanmatt 11y agoOr fix their X-wings.
- bobthechef 11y agoAllowed? Become a sith.
- spacemanmatt 11y agoWouldn't that mean a loss of benefits with the rebel alliance?
- DeuceDaily 11y agoI'm pretty sure the Bible prohibits Jedi marriage.
- krapp 11y agoOnly between Jedi of the same gender. And species.
- DeuceDaily 11y agoWith the entire 5 minutes I'm willing to look into it, it should be fine as long as the children aren't raised as Jedi.