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[scarfman]

Brought to mind by my last meme post.

Lots of STAR WARS fans were dismayed by the innovation in EPISODE I of the basis of Jedi powers being microscopic symbiotes called midichlorians, on the grounds that till then Jediism was egalitarian but now it was hereditary. Silly, unimaginative STAR WARS fans.

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[alienfish.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. I forgot about that one. Still, Palpatine forced Anakin's birth on a "random" slave woman, then didn't make sure how the boy was raised?

[scarfman]

Coincidentally, tiggerallyn on my flist recently linked to the entry on his proper blog in which he postulated - among other things - that Palpatine wanted Anakin not to get the usual Jedi lifetime training - and to live a hard underworld life - so he'd be more susceptible to turning once he finally started training.

[alienfish.livejournal.com]

I'm inclined to believe smarmy Palpatine lied through his teeth.