Sex and the Single Jedi

[LostSoul]

This IS a possibility I hadn't considered. Still, again, this sort of thing wouldn't work with Anakin, mostly because he started too late. I would say the training program for an older kid would have to be very different, and much more intense, to get the same results.

The feeling I got from Anakin was that he was too old, too wild, and too powerful to have things done the normal way. Old Obi-Wan was right; he should have been left to Yoda.

I think that is one of the failings of the (late) Republic-era Jedi. They are too into tradition.

 

[Lily Inverse]

And if you think Qui-gon would have done a better job... Look how Obi-wan turned out.

Nowhere NEAR as badly as Anakin did. I mean, let's face it, a few drinks and a bit of sloppiness with a saber does NOT compare to wiping out the entire Jedi Order and setting up an oppressive Empire.

The feeling I got from Anakin was that he was too old, too wild, and too powerful to have things done the normal way. Old Obi-Wan was right; he should have been left to Yoda.

Yup.

I think that is one of the failings of the (late) Republic-era Jedi. They are too into tradition.

I think this is the biggest problem with the Jedi of the movies. So convinced that their traditions are right that they won't hear anything else.

 

[Alaric_Prympax]

The feeling I got from Anakin was that he was too old, too wild, and too powerful to have things done the normal way. Old Obi-Wan was right; he should have been left to Yoda.

Although I agree that Yoda would have been better for Anakin then Obi-wan, don't forget that Dooku was Yoda's Padawan and he fell to the Dark Side.

 

[Drakmar]

I reckon that the way the Jedi Order would have tried to breed more Jedi woudl be to pay Surrogates. Quite simply... have sex with our Jedi's and have a child by them and we will pay you well.

As for the difference between how Anakin and Luke turned out.. I agree that their early upbringing had a huge impact on it. I also believe that Obi-Wan's outlook had changed.. because of his earlier lessons with Anakin he will have taken a different tack with Luke. Same with Yoda.

The main thing with this whole thread is whether or not the GM and the Players consider prostitution to be a legitimate career choice or the act of prostitution to be an inherently "evil" or "wrong" act. And where it falls in the Light and Dark side of force.. ie.. if you decide that prostitution is neither Light nor Dark (which would be how I view it) then it would come down to how the prostitution was sold/provided - in a dingy brothel where the prostitutes are mistreated slaves.. or in a well run firm where all of the employees have benefits and pay a small finders/room fee to cover protection and other stuff. In this view for a Jedi to support a BAD place would be against their beliefs.. but I don't reckon that they would have a problem with supporting a healthy and law-abiding establishment.

 

[NemesisPress]

Well prostitutes can be male as well as female (not to mention bisexual), so I don't think we have to be too patriarchal in that regard.

And since the force is apparently some kind of outside influence (organism?) that lives in the Jedi - maybe it's actually spread by unprotected sex - and the Jedi restrain themselves so they can keep their exclusivity!

 

[LostSoul]

And since the force is apparently some kind of outside influence (organism?) that lives in the Jedi - maybe it's actually spread by unprotected sex - and the Jedi restrain themselves so they can keep their exclusivity!

You can look at it that way, or you can say that midichlorians gather in a host that has a strong ability in the Force. Like moths to the flame.

 

[Agback]

Anakin had at least 10 straight years of Jedi training with all the resources of the Jedi Temple. Luke had a couple days with Obi-wan, and maybe a week with Yoda with all the resources of a tramp frieghter and a swamp.

While Luke was with Yoda in the swamp Han, Leia, and Chewie completed an interstellar journey without hyperdrive. Figure it as at least ten years.

Regards,


Agback

 

[Agback]

...all signs point to him staying celebate until his marriage.

Yup. "Celibate" means "unmarried".

But on the more general point, where did we learn that celibacy (or even chastity) are required by the Jedi Code? Is it in the latest film?

Regards,


Agback

 

[333 Dave]

While Luke was with Yoda in the swamp Han, Leia, and Chewie completed an interstellar journey without hyperdrive. Figure it as at least ten years.

Regards,


Agback

Oh, yeah, ten years, and during that time Boba Fett just followed them then jumped ahead when it was painfully obvious where they were going. Yeash. The Falcon had a backup hyperdrive, just in case the main one failed. Sure it was a lot slower, but it was still past lightspeed. I figure probably about 10 times as long as it would have taken with the main drive, which would probably have been about half an hour or so considering the distance between Hoth and Bespin (Note: actually, they were in the Anoat system when they started heading for Bespin, apparently the asteroid feild was pretty big )

Also note that all cannon sources say that ESB took place in under a year...

 

[Aaron L]

While Luke was with Yoda in the swamp Han, Leia, and Chewie completed an interstellar journey without hyperdrive. Figure it as at least ten years.

Regards,


Agback

What did they eat?! Wouldn't Han have gotten a little grey?