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Subject: Disturbance in the Force, and other topics
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Date: Sat, 18-Jun-83 10:20:00 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun 18 10:20:00 1983
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From:  Larry Seiler 

Through all three movies, the characters feel "a disturbance in the force"
when the disturber is physically near, like within the same Death Star.
The only time anyone felt a disturbance at interstellar distances was when
Aldebaran was destroyed, and even then they were near (having almost reached
it).  If Obi-wan never told Vader about Yoda, and Vader never went near
Dagoba (and why would he?) then he need never have known about Yoda.  

Yoda wasn't in robust health in SW5 - he hobbled slowly when Luke first met
him, and had Luke carry him thereafter.  Presumably he hung on long enough to
train the "son of Skywalker," then allowed himself to die.  Luke is apparently
stronger in the Force than either Obi-wan or Yoda, since he accomplished what
they both thought was impossible, so he is probably qualified to train more
Jedi, especially with the holograms around to advise him.

I have the feeling that using the force to live forever would turn one to the
Dark Side.  Probably that's what the emperor did.  Speaking of the emperor,
who trained him?  Was that even the Force that he was using.  If so, his
generals didn't know it.  Remember the scene in SW4 where someone mocks Vader
for his devotion to that old discredited religion (or some such)?  One might
laugh at Vader (once), but no one would dare to laugh at the emperor.

Larry Seiler, Seiler@MIT-XX
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