Some questions about Luke and Leia's midichlorian count?
This is not an EU question. It's a question about the movies. George Lucas probably answered this question in one of his interviews, so it doens't involve the EU.
Was Leia's Force potential/midichlorian count the same as Luke's? I'm just curious.
Also, what was Luke's midichlorian count in comparison to Anakin's midichlorian count?
I think Luke has shown himself to be more powerful in force capability and potential, but that could be simply due to the fact that he's been training constantly since he was young. Leia not only started her training later than Luke, she didn't train as hard, nor did she continue training as intensely. She pretty much stopped and kept being a senator/mother, and only trained enough to keep herself formidable.
Yeah, if Luke died or turned to the darkside at the end of ROTJ, the force ghosts of yoda and obi wan would train her to defeat the Sith. If luke could kill the Emperor, then so could Leia.
Given that Kenobi/Yoda concurred that Leia was [also] capable of defeating Vader and the Emperor, her count would've likely been similar to Luke's, if not the same.
The same. Luke is, essentially, what Anakin would have been had he not gone rotten.
Wait. So, Luke, by the time of ROTJ, was more powerful than the ROTJ Vader, or less powerful than him?
Are you also saying that Leia was just as powerful, if not more powerful than Vader?
Where did Lucas state that Luke was as powerful as Anakin would've been had he never been burned? Anakin would've been twice as powerful as Palpatine eventually, had he never gotten burned as Mustafar.
Was Luke during ROTJ twice as powerful as Palpatine during ROTJ?
Hard to say. On one hand, Luke technically beat Vader with his shoddy bladework. On the other hand, Vader almost certainly was not going all-out.
I'm saying that Leia, with an equal amount of Jedi training, likely could have been on par with Luke.
ESB Director's Commentary.
Luke was vastly inferior to Palpatine during RotJ-- he only became more powerful afterward. However, that delves into EU material which is forbidden here.
Do you have a link for the ESB director's commentary where Lucas said that? Please, send me one!
Lucas said that Anakin would've been twice as powerful as Palpatine, and that Luke was just as powerful as Anakin had he never been burned. By that logic, Luke during ROTJ is twice as powerful as Palpatine, but you said that Palpatine was stronger than him. I'm confused. Please elaborate, this information seems a bit contradictory.
Was the OT Luke as powerful as Anakin would've been, twice as powerful as Palpatine?
You might be able to find it online. I own the DVD, so that's how/where I heard the quote.
Luke had the potential to become what Anakin could have been sans the dark side. In the OT, however, he never realized that potential, thus he was inferior to Palpatine.
Mar 26th, 2013 04:01 AM
