THE FORCE - FROM STAR WARS by AnonymousPoster

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THE FORCE - FROM STAR WARS

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Saturday, October 9, 2004 3:59 PM

Woven into and intertwined with everything - from the smallest molecule to the largest star - is the Force. The Force is an essential part of nature - like energy or matter. It is a field of energy that spans the universe. It surrounds and penetrates all things. This energy field is made up of chlorian "particles" - subatomic, high energy, fluctuations in the quantum state of the space-time continuum. Chlorian particles exist throughout the universe as "background" radiation. Even in the deepest void of space, one can find chlorian particles. Due to the unique nature of chlorian particles, they affect both matter and energy. Chlorian particles are not true particles, but do possess mass. Chlorians also exhibit the wave motion properties of electromagnetic radiation. Hence, they travel through most matter at light speed, while still interacting with matter on an atomic level.

Every sentient being, with a few exceptions, have a symbiotic relationship with microscopic creatures called midichlorians. Since these midichlorians exist in a state of interspatial flux, outside of normal space-time, they cannot be detected by most conventional technologies. We provide them with a place to live and a way to nurture themselves, and they "let us in" on the Force. Midichlorians generate a specific and unique energy. In a similar fashion to the way mass distorts the space-time continuum to bend the fabric of reality and produce gravity, the energy generated by midichlorians distorts the universal chlorian field. The presence of the midichlorian energy causes an increase in density in the chlorian field i.e. the Force itself.

Some sentient beings are able to exert a certain amount of control over chlorian particles. The process occurs during the interaction between chlorian particles, midichlorian energy and the being's very own bioneural energy. In such interactions, the midichlorian energy can alter the wavelength and frequency of chlorian wave properties. Midichlorian energy can also alter the density, quantum oscillation, phase and other properties of chlorian particles. By influencing chlorian particles, they can be directed, used to manipulate energy, matter, gravity, spatial anomalies and other phenomena. Now, the more midichlorians one has, the stronger their connection to the Force. However, it is rare for anyone to be able to manipulate the Force with less than 7,000 midichlorians per cell.

The Force, itself, is defined in many different ways. A two ways are the Living Force and the Unifying Force. The Living Force represents all living things while the Unifying Force is everything that lives in the past and future. The Unifying Force is the collective pool of all the energy in the universe. This means it also includes non-living things as even non-living things have matter and matter and energy are interchangable. The Living Force is the collective pool of the energy of living things. It encompasses living things and therefore also sentience.

The light and dark sides of the Force relates to the nature of most sentient beings and of all creatures who have free will. It represents the dark and light sides to us as living creatures, and our ability to control those sides of "good" and "evil". The light represents the good in all, and the dark represents the evil.

Manifestations of Force-skills include telepathy, telekinesis, enhanced physical and metaphysical perception as well as the abilities to bend the will of the weakminded and improve one's own physical ability. The Force can also be used to allow an adept's body to be guided by the Force itself. Through this ability one can cease to merely react to his or her surroundings but instead predict the very near future, such as the next blow in a duel.

In addition to the above powers, Force-adepts are also capable of attacks through The Force by producing "force-lightning" from their hands. Use of this ability murderously is of the Sith cult. As a contrast, adherence to the Light Side allows its user to transcend death and become a "force ghost", allowing the deceased to exist as an energy being who can interact with other Force sensitive individuals. This can only continue for a while before the Jedi must "move on" to a spirit realm.

The Force exists in all life, and when great amounts of life pass away, a disturbance is created, running through the Force like a scream which only Force-adepts can hear. Sometimes, other things are defined as disturbances. Life creates small disturbances, and Force-adepts even more so. Dark-side users create strong, evil feeling disturbances.

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Sunday, October 10, 2004 10:42 AM

CREVANREAVER

I just want to say this is some really interesting and informative stuff you've posted AnonymousPoster, you rock!

This really gives us a look into the science of the Force.

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Sunday, October 10, 2004 2:40 PM

SWITCHY

As someone who felt the idea of the force was undermined by the whole midichlorian thing, I have to say, you do manage to pull it back together in a convincing way. It makes a little more sense at the intersection where physics and spirituality meet.

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Sunday, October 10, 2004 4:32 PM

DESANGRO

Wow, that is good. Almost makes me a Star Wars fan again, though I still intend to see the third prequel.

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Sunday, October 10, 2004 7:33 PM

BOURNE

I can appreciate the formulation of a cohesive sci-fi concept such as this, but I personally felt betrayed as a fan when Lucas&Co came up with "mitichlorites"(or however it's meant to be spelt). Pretty obviously a kludged-together name based on "mitochondria" and "chloroplasts", often over-simply explained as the "powerhouses" of animal and plant cells, respectively. So we are meant to equate the endosymbioses of the former with the latter, as falling within the reach of fabricated scientific explanation.

As a result(not solely, but largely), I was more than a little disgusted, and opted not to see anything that came after "The Phantom Menace." Mercifully, I've all but forgotten the movie itself.

Surely I am not the only Star Wars fan who feels they should've left the "Force" as a nebulous, quasi-magical element of the story? One of the charms of the original Eps 4-6 was that they unapologetically straddled the border between fantasy and sci-fi. Years ago, Lucas was accused of covert New Age evangelism with his Star Wars films for this very reason.
Irrelevant as such accusations were, now I can't help but wonder if Lucas conjured up this "mitichlorites" nonsense as an attempt to appease the Fundamentalist alarmists, and secure a larger potential market for subsequent films. Either way, it was a mistake, and I prefer to ignore it - and the stories it infests - as non-canonical.
Stepping down from my soap box now

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Monday, October 11, 2004 12:12 AM

CALHOUN

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Bourne wrote:
Sunday, October 10, 2004 19:33

Surely I am not the only Star Wars fan who feels they should've left the "Force" as a nebulous, quasi-magical element of the story?

You're not alone Bourne.

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Monday, October 11, 2004 12:20 AM

MANTICHORUS

And Mantichorus makes three...
And nice job there, AnonymousPoster.

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Monday, October 11, 2004 12:49 AM

EMBERS

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Originally posted by Calhoun:
Quote:
Bourne wrote:
Sunday, October 10, 2004 19:33

Surely I am not the only Star Wars fan who feels they should've left the "Force" as a nebulous, quasi-magical element of the story?

You're not alone Bourne.

I think that this issue goes to the heart of what is wrong with the prequels and with the changes Lucas has made to the original tilogy:
he is sucking the magical fantasy elements out,
and replacing them w/CGI...
He feels the need to explain what can only be felt.

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Wednesday, October 27, 2004 5:59 AM

ANARKO

Quote:
Originally posted by Bourne:
they should've left the "Force" as a nebulous, quasi-magical element of the story

No offense Bourne, but I rather like the whole scientific explanation for The Force. It makes it seem more plausible and realistic.

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Friday, December 17, 2004 4:27 PM

CREVANREAVER

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Originally posted by Anarko:
...I rather like the whole scientific explanation for The Force. It makes it seem more plausible and realistic.

I agree with that. I know that George Lucas always intended Star Wars to be both Scifi and Fantasy, but I still relate better to a movie if I feel it could possibly be actually real.

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