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* Consider that his mother

*** This troper agrees that she probably didn't mean it literally. "There is no father" does not necessarily literally mean that she didn't conceive him the old, it could just as easily mean that the biological father is not around for some reason (for any kind of reason - rape, sold away, died)and since there is no one to raise him with her, there is effectively no father.

* EU says that Darth Plagus, Sidious's master, used midi-chlorians to create Anakin as the ultimate Sith. And I guess it worked. The EU also said that Anakin was created by the force because of Plagueis's experiments, In other word the Force backlashed at the two Sith Lords by causing their ultimate destruction.

it is established that only a few Jedi have learned how to come back as Force ghosts, so what happens to everyone else? my theory is that the force preserves them as beings of pure consciousness, condensed into a state so small that they can only be seen through a microscope

This is Mr. Everything That Has Transpired Has Done So According To My Design we're talking about it -- you think there was any part of his scheme he didn't plan? He just let a scandalous rumor about Valorum into the grapevine and then just sat back and watched him be weakened.

This is canon. It is detailed in Cloak of Deception.

* I figured it was a count of ''active'' midichlorines. Inactive, they aren't detectable. They're a dormant "junk DNA." Activate them, and that's when the problems start. Worse, they're present in everyone. Some of them are active at birth, some get activated later on through accident or direct intervention. This makes Force Sensitivity a much more common trait than either saber-swinging faction will ''ever'' admit to - the Sith wouldn't bully the sheep with impunity if they could fight back, and the Jedi would fear that the rabble wouldn't have enough sense not to abuse it. When times are good, both factions can cherry pick among recruits they can best control. When times are bad, they make do with what they have. This is how Exile and Luke were able to assemble and train a fair amount of Force users in a relatively short time, and how Revan could get Dark Jedi on every damn street corner during the Jedi Civil War.

* Since Palpatine is from Naboo, this would also explain why TheEmpire is so xenophobic in the [[StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]].

Specifically, he remembered his own actions, and knew how to counter them.

** She could also be a [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} unique mutation]] that allows her to have virgin births.

Anakin's pod was supposed to be incredibly fast, I get that. He catches up from a massive deficit, yet can't seem to get past Sebulba... who had a lead from the beginning of the race. Why? How? Simplest reason is shown right on the screen. Sebulba pisses away most of his time cheating. But it's not just for the whole DastardlyWhiplash plot stupidity: He's racking up points with Jabba. One of the things that I believe was in the novelization, is that Jabba gives a bonus to the most impressive cheater. Sebulba's trying to win, but also rack up some extra cash. This does end up backfiring on him of course, but at least it makes some sense, with Sebulba's greed getting the best of him rather than him just being stupid and Anakin having plot armor.

* BellyOfTheWhale (Tatooine)

* EU says that Darth Plagus, Sidious's master, used midi-chlorians to create Anakin as the ultimate Sith. And I guess it worked. The EU also said that Anakin was created by the force because of Plagueis's experiments, In other word the Force blacklashed at the two Sith Lords by causing their ultimate destruction.

Palpatine wanted an animalistic, combat-savvy, dreadfully deadly apprentice to function as the military commander of the Separatist movement, and that would have been Darth Maul, with some other character assuming the "Count Dooku" role as the Sep's civilian leader and "face." When Maul was killed, Palpatine scrambled to find a new apprentice, and lucked into Count Dooku, who would perfectly play the leader of the Separatist movement. He just needed the appropriately vicious General, the Techno Union obliged by creating Grievous.

** Wait... then ''[[AWrinkleInTime A Wind in the Door]]'' is set in the Star Wars universe? Are you saying Charles Murry and Proginoskes are ''[[CrazyAwesome Jedi]]''?

* [[spoiler:Jossed in StarWarsTheCloneWars-Darth Maul is back with a vengeance, and [[TookALevelInBadass definitely makes up for his previous appearance.]] ]]

* The reason why Jar Jar [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap has improved]] in StarWarsTheCloneWars? He realized that he was extraordinarily clumsy, and decided to use it [[LethalKlutz against his enemies.]]

Given his position of senator in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', he may actually be smarter than he looks. Far from being clumsy, Jar Jar is a massive Troll. He acts like a TooDumbToLive klutz because he knows that [[IdiotHoudini stupid people are less looked down on whenever they cause chaos.]] The guy's true nature is a master of ItAmusedMe, screwing around with his fellow Gungans ForTheLulz. Indeed, he actually had an inkling on who Palpatine was, but played the part of a supposed UnwittingPawn in his grand attempt to troll the galaxy: by letting Palpatine take over via preventing anyone from finding out. His controversial cameo at ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' shows that his massive trolling worked out for him. And guess what? He has MediumAwareness. Jar Jar acts the part of TheScrappy because '''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou he's trolling YOU.]]''' [[TookALevelInBadass His apperance]] [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap in]] StarWarsTheCloneWars is what happens when he's not messing around.

Given his position of senator in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', he may actually be smarter than he looks. Far from being clumsy, Jar Jar is a massive Troll. He acts like a TooDumbToLive klutz because he knows that [[IdiotHoudini stupid people are less looked down on whenever they cause chaos.]] The guy's true nature is a master of ItAmusedMe, screwing around with his fellow Gungans ForTheLulz. Indeed, he actually had an inkling on who Palpatine was, but played the part of a supposed UnwittingPawn in his grand attempt to troll the galaxy: by letting Palpatine take over via preventing anyone from finding out. His controversial cameo at ReturnOfTheJedi shows that his massive trolling worked out for him. And guess what? He has MediumAwareness. Jar Jar acts the part of TheScrappy because '''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou he's trolling YOU.]]''' [[TookALevelInBadass His apperance]] [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap in]] StarWarsTheCloneWars is what happens when he's not messing around.

* EU says that Darth Plagus, Sidious's master, used midi-chlorians to create Anakin as the ultimate Sith. And I guess it worked.

*** All of them he viewed merely as pawns in his plan to convert Anakin to the Sith. He had been plotting to take Anakin as his apprentice since before he killed Darth Plagueis (who had created Anakin to replace Palpatine as ''his'' apprentice)

In addition, some people with autism do not understand that they are making a bad choice someone explains it to them. This is why Jar Jar didn't think twice before [[spoiler: giving Palpatine emergency powers]] in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', although a majority of the people in the Senate didn't know that [[spoiler: Palpatine was really a Sith Lord]]. Later on, people realized Jar Jar's mistake, and were able to advise him on making better choices. This is seen in the comic "Failing Up with Jar Jar Binks", where Jar Jar at first decides to approve a bill involving taxes on trade routes, but the two people who are with him at the time say that voting "Yes" on the bill would be "political suicide", and they advise him on making an amendment, which confuses him, and they have to advise him to vote no. In that same comic, Jar Jar claims that play rather than deal with his responsibilities, and some autistic people prefer a life filled with the freedom to do what they want instead of a life of working, but it takes them a while to realize this is not possible.

* Because if anything explains the problems with ''The Phantom Menace'', it's GeorgeLucas ''not having enough'' influence over the project.

Given his position of senator in AttackOfTheClones, he may actually be smarter than he looks. Far from being clumsy, Jar Jar is a massive Troll. He acts like a TooDumbToLive klutz because he knows that [[IdiotHoudini stupid people are less looked down on whenever they cause chaos.]] The guy's true nature is a master of ItAmusedMe, screwing around with his fellow Gungans ForTheLulz. Indeed, he actually had an inkling on who Palpatine was, but played the part of a supposed UnwittingPawn in his grand attempt to troll the galaxy: by letting Palpatine take over via preventing anyone from finding out. His controversial cameo at ReturnOfTheJedi shows that his massive trolling worked out for him. And guess what? He has MediumAwareness. Jar Jar acts the part of TheScrappy because '''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou he's trolling YOU.]]''' [[TookALevelInBadass His apperance]] [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap in]] StarWarsTheCloneWars is what happens when he's not messing around.

In addition, some people with autism do not understand that they are making a bad choice someone explains it to them. This is why Jar Jar didn't think twice before [[spoiler: giving Palpatine emergency powers]] in AttackOfTheClones, although a majority of the people in the Senate didn't know that [[spoiler: Palpatine was really a Sith Lord]]. Later on, people realized Jar Jar's mistake, and were able to advise him on making better choices. This is seen in the comic "Failing Up with Jar Jar Binks", where Jar Jar at first decides to approve a bill involving taxes on trade routes, but the two people who are with him at the time say that voting "Yes" on the bill would be "political suicide", and they advise him on making an amendment, which confuses him, and they have to advise him to vote no. In that same comic, Jar Jar claims that play rather than deal with his responsibilities, and some autistic people prefer a life filled with the freedom to do what they want instead of a life of working, but it takes them a while to realize this is not possible.

As part of his plan to get Anakin in the Jedi Order. The Jedi seemed quite paranoid about having Anakin, given [[CrapsackWorld his world.]] Qui-Gon's maverick practices and rash nature would have also bothered the Jedi Council. [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Palpatine]], realising that only someone like him would want Anakin to be a Jedi, used his position as Senator of Naboo to give Qui-Gon an influential position. [[MagnificentBastard All part of his plan.]]

First off, Jar Jar Binks acts very childish in this movie, and some people on the autism spectrum act childish. In some parts of the film, he is seen mouthing what other characters are saying: this might represent a Gungan form of echolalia or scripting (when people repeat words they hear, usually from TV shows or movies). Finally, just like most people on the autism spectrum, Jar Jar has some sensitivities: he hates gross things like stepping in poop and being farted on, and is very sensitive to going underwater, as he screams and panics when he is in the Bongo. Boss Nass had never seen a Gungan have the same type of disability as Jar Jar, and he hated how he did not act like a normal Gungan, so he exiled him from Otoh Gunga.

In addition, some people with autism do not understand that they are making a bad choice someone explains it to them. This is why Jar Jar didn't think twice before [[spoiler: giving Palpatine emergency powers]] in AttackOfTheClones, although a majority of the people in the Senate didn't know that [[spoiler: Palpatine was really a Sith Lord]]. Later on, people realized Jar Jar's mistake, and were able to advise him on making better choices. This is seen in the comic "Failing Up with Jar Jar Binks", where Jar Jar at first decides to approve a bill involving taxes on trade routes, but the two people who are with him at the time say that voting "Yes" on the bill would be "political suicide", and they advise him on making an amendment, which confuses him, and they have to advise him to vote no.

And Darth Plagueis is actually Shmi's parent(before you ask, we don't know [[BroadStrokes how much of the Plagueis novel is still canon]]). Forty years ago, Plagueis immaculately conceived Shmi, using her as a vector for powerful Force potential. This is a parallel to the actual immaculate conception, which refers to God engineering the Virgin Mary to be free of Original Sin. Now, while Jedi are against romances, Qui-Gon is repeatedly shown as a maverick, so he could've easily chosen to have an illicit affair behind their back. About twelve years before "The Phantom Menace", he had a MayDecemberRomance with the late-twenties Shmi, who wasn't sold into slavery yet. Qui-Gon left without knowing she was pregnant, which made Shmi bitter. Only Shmi ever found out, and claimed "there was no father" to hide her shame/bitterness at Qui-Gon/protect young Anakin. By extension, this makes Qui-Gon Jinn the paternal grandfather of Luke and Leia, and [[spoiler:the paternal great-grandfather of Kylo Ren.]] Anakin never figured out his paternity, or at the least didn't figure it out until he was Vader(where it no longer mattered). He did, however, inherit his father's rebellious and anti-authoritarian traits, and like him died at the hands of a Sith. If true, this gives a new take on "balancing the force"; he's the son of a Jedi, his mother is a direct result of the Sith, and overthrows both. It also means that HistoryRepeats as [[spoiler:his son and grandson are light and dark, just like his father and "grandfather."]]

And Darth Plagueis is actually Shmi's parent(before you ask, we don't know [[BroadStrokes how much of the Plagueis novel is still canon]]). Forty years ago, Plagueis immaculately conceived Shmi, using her as a vector for powerful Force potential. This is a parallel to the actual immaculate conception, which refers to God engineering the Virgin Mary to be free of Original Sin. Now, while Jedi are against romances, Qui-Gon is repeatedly shown as a maverick, so he could've easily chosen to have an illicit affair behind their back. About twelve years before "The Phantom Menace", he had a MayDecemberRomance with the late-twenties Shmi, who wasn't sold into slavery yet. Qui-Gon left without knowing she was pregnant, which made Shmi bitter. Only Shmi ever found out, and claimed "there was no father" to hide her shame/bitterness at Qui-Gon/protect young Anakin. By extension, this makes Qui-Gon Jinn the paternal grandfather of Luke and Leia, and [[spoiler:the paternal great-grandfather of Kylo Ren.]] Anakin never figured out his paternity, or at the least didn't figure it out until he was Vader(where it no longer mattered). If true, this gives a new take on "balancing the force"; he's the son of a Jedi, his mother is a direct result of the Sith, and overthrows both. It also means that HistoryRepeats as [[spoiler:his son and grandson are light and dark, just like his father and "grandfather"]]

An extension of the "Darth Jar Jar" theory. Darth Maul [[EnsembleDarkhorse is well-regarded]], and comes off as an intimidating presence. In the grand scheme of things, he was an AntiClimaxBoss. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter Why go to all the trouble of hyping Maul, only to take him out in the first movie?]] To subvert expectations. Lucas planned Jar Jar to take his role, [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass who would surprise us by being]] ''far'' deadlier than [[FakeUltimateMook the "terrifying" Darth Maul.]] [[TheDogWasTheMastermind It'd be a legitimate twist if it's this silly Gungan]] who's TheDragon, and a parallel to Yoda while retaining Palpatine's BigBad status. As with the Darth Jar Jar theory, it was cut because of fear that Jar Jar Binks would be a ReplacementScrappy for Darth Maul.

Compare the look of Jar Jar Binks' eyes to that of the Hypnotoad. Both have red and yellow eyes. It suggests that somewhere they had an evolutionary ancestor (which explains the differences between each species of amphibious animals). Plus in the case of Jar Jar, that level of mind control powers would help him be a better Sith (if one believes he is a Sith lord) while having a species related excuse masking the tell tale signs of a sith.

Compare the look of Jar Jar Binks' eyes to that of the Hypnotoad.

[[WMG: Gungans are related to [[WesternAmimation/Futurama THE HYPNOTOAD]].]]

[[WMG: Gungans are related to {{WesternAmimation/Futurama THE HYPNOTOAD}}]]

Every time he goofs off and screws up and somehow ends up winning the fight after all? Master-level Force physical skills blended with ObfuscatingStupidity. His remarkable rise (to general, then Senator)? Notice the hand motions--he was using Force mind control at key moments. As he did when he convinced the Senate to give Palpatine emergency powers--because ''he was Palpatine's ally all along.''