The Debate Thread

Well as far as Ahsoka getting no mention in ROTS and that being the reason she has to go, last time I watched ROTS, Grievous thought he was fighting Obi-Wan for the first time onboard his flag ship.
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Vey true, DS.
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Where sky and water meet,
Where the waves grow sweet,
Doubt not, Reepicheep,
To find all you seek,
There is the utter east.

Okay, maybe not Sith per se, but (former) shadowy figures in general. Luke had the former Emperor's Hand, Kol had an Imperial agent and now Ben, potentially, has a Sith.
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Where sky and water meet,
Where the waves grow sweet,
Doubt not, Reepicheep,
To find all you seek,
There is the utter east.

Bloodline matters to a degree. I'm thinking genetic here. Certain traits and habits are passed through genes (I'm talking more than just the picking your nose gene), but I think it's more a case of the environment. Having Vader as your granddaddy has to play on your mind somewhat, and it must affect your decisions. As well, you have a lot to live up to, being part of the Skywalker clan, as well as the Solo clan. But if you mean to say that heritage doesn't matter, and thus they're all born with a clean slate, then no. I don't think anyone's born with a clean slate. Take the Solo kids, even as they were born so much was placed on their shoulders. Luke, and others I'm sure, had desired for them to carry on the Jedi Legacy. Palpatine had designs on Anakin - using him as his body.

Sorry to take away from that particular discussion. I have a question about something else. It's a small one, so it won't take away from this one for long. It's about the use of BBY and ABY in universe. I think it was the EU Review that did a segment on this, with a listener saying it makes more sense for it to be BBE and ABE (Before Battle of Endor and After Battle of Endor), and said, after that battle, there's no real reason to use the Yavin system, because after Endor it became less significant. However, I just realised the 0 BBY/ABY is exactly 1,000 after the Ruusan Reformation. Effectively 1,000 ARR. Perhaps they chose to have the dates begin there so that people, who would be used to thinking of a certain year, say, 1002 ARR as '02, they'd still think that year, and it'd be correct in the ABY system, rather than having to remember to take away five years from the date they're used to with the ABE system. What do you think?
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Seems sensible.

As for genetics, we do know that when Force users have kids, their kids tend to have the Force as well, so there has to be something in the genes.
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I'm not saying that it Cade having shadowy figures in his background makes it less likely for him to fall, it's just that it's a shock for the galaxy to see a Skywalker fall like Cade does. At this point, I don't see why the galaxy would be so shocked. Neutral

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Where sky and water meet,
Where the waves grow sweet,
Doubt not, Reepicheep,
To find all you seek,
There is the utter east.

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Yeah it was one or the other, couldn't remember which.
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