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Star Wars Memes

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Hello there. Somehow, Star Wars memes have returned. It's not a trap, this is where the fun begins.

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Other universes to visit:

!lotrmemes@midwest.social

!tenforward@lemmy.world

Separatist systems:

!prequelmemes@lemmy.world

Oh hey some real SW content for a change (perhaps):

!star_wars@lemmy.world

!starwars@lemmy.ml

!starwarstelevision@lemmy.world

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IMPORTANT

Please do not post the "good friend" or similar copypasta

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Our galactic citizens have requested more specific rules, so here are a few.

The general idea is, if you're looking here for rules, you're probably someone who doesn't need to have them spelled out. You're fine. But anyway:

  1. This is a community for Star Wars memes. This means typically screenshots of Star Wars media with some text or context that's meant to be funny and/or thoughtful. All SW media is welcome: movies, games, comic books, fanart... Other kinds of content, like video links or meta memes (about this community, or Lemmy), are fine as well, just keep it on topic.

  2. We are all friends here, and love (sometimes love to hate) Star Wars. Be nice to each other.

  3. As fans of fictional media, we can be passionate. If you very strongly disagree with something or someone, take a deep breath before reacting. Anger leads to the dark side!

  4. Everything in Star Wars has happened a long time ago, in a galaxy far away, and it's a rich universe of millions of words and millions of years of history. So current Earthly matters really shouldn't concern us here. In other words, leave politics, philosophies and convictions behind the door. This applies even if it's about something related to Star Wars.

  5. Original content is preferred. Reposts are fine, just please limit to a maximum of 3 per day, per citizen. It is recommended, but not required, to mark original memes as (OC) and reposts as (repost).

  6. Local mods are the Jedi council. They may take actions that are necessary to maintain peace and stability of the Republic, even beyond the rules outlined here. Follow their guidance.

  7. Regular rules of the Lemmy.world instance apply.

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[–] mrfriki@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Regarding this I always wondered how Jedi are able to turn on/off their Jedi power in order to avoid being detected for so long

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm no star wars nerd, but if it's midiochlorians, then they're everywhere already.

If the Jedi isn't using/communing with them, it just blends into the background noise.

So when they went into hiding, they went to cities where it got lost in the noise, or incredibly isolated where one Jedi still wouldnt register on a planet wide scale even if it's Yoda.

Like, as long as they weren't in the space version of a subdivision, they wouldn't stick out. It had to be one extreme or another.

[–] Gabu@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

There's also another option, which some Jedi did follow: completely cut yourself from the force. This results in being unable to use the force at all, but they still have all of their lightsaber training in a pinch.

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

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[–] VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The ahsoka novel actually partly covers this. Ben basically went into some form of deep meditation for decades.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Is there any indication that force sensitive people can be detected at a distance at all?

There are suggestions in Legends. The cave near Yoda is full of the dark side, and with Yoda living there, it looks neutral from a distance. There's also a device found that can scan someone and show their "force aura".

Disney canon hasn't gone that route. You can do a blood test for midichlorians. Jedi might be able to intuit someone's force sensitivity by watching and testing them (as a Bad Batch episode recently did). But there's nothing to indicate force sensitives can be detected at a distance, either by trained force sensitives or by technology.

[–] Gabu@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Is there any indication that force sensitive people can be detected at a distance at all?

Loads of indication. Vader detects Luke at various points (and vice-versa). The very fact Sidious contacts Vader about Luke's force abilities without being prompted is a strong indication he could feel it.

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

But at the same time, you had a lot of moments where Jedi felt the death of a loved one, or where Anakin Ahsoka/Obi-Wan/Yoda felt him going to the dark side.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 8 points 8 months ago

They spend a lot of time practicing to expand their mind and feel the Force. It's probably not too hard to figure out how to go the other way

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Sith have been doing it for eons.