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> 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

by rakoo 12y 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 12y ago
4 human male, I believe you forgot the Emperor. Also the Leah being force sensitive was eluded to.
- dragonwriter 12y 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 12y ago
    I 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 12y ago
I mean the Jedi wouldn't be constrained to only marrying other Jedi so I don't see why thats a problem.
- rakoo 12y ago
  My 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.
dragonwriter 12y ago
> 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. Those are who we see. We hear references to others in a manner which is ambiguous to whether they are strictly in the past or just rare and comparatively low-profile at the time.

by rakoo 12y ago

genericuser 12y ago

4 human male, I believe you forgot the Emperor. Also the Leah being force sensitive was eluded to.

dragonwriter 12y 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 12y ago
  I 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 12y ago

I mean the Jedi wouldn't be constrained to only marrying other Jedi so I don't see why thats a problem.

rakoo 12y ago
My 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.

dragonwriter 12y ago

> 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. Those are who we see. We hear references to others in a manner which is ambiguous to whether they are strictly in the past or just rare and comparatively low-profile at the time.