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Old 23rd May 2008, 01:23 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Re: Finding potential Jedi/Sith in a galaxy of muggles

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Originally Posted by Cayal View Post
Don't they just sense the force?
They could only sense it if it was being used consciously. For that to happen, the child would first need to be trained. Otherwise, they would just appear to be lucky.

I'm wondering, do you think that there is no such thing as luck in the Star Wars Universe? Would the Force explain all cases of luck?

Because a very lucky person would be very easy to spot. I haven't read any SW EU books, but Delvo's first post says that this is a theme within them. I have read Larry Niven's Known Space books in which Human Birthright Lotteries produce extremely lucky people by natural selection. The so-called 'Teela Brown Gene' would give some tremendous advantages far beyond the use of mind-control and forced lightening.
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