Originally posted by kamikz
In a vanity fair magazine....
In a Vanity Fair magazine that no one has yet to produce to my knowledge? Where's the exact quote, issue, or even a scan? I ask for it time and time again. If it was already confirmed, then great - but just show me.
And it's not, why should it be? If Anakin has 10000 midichlorians, then he and Padme makes a baby, and the connection gets passed on. Why shouldn't then Luke have equal?
So, every Jedi should have equal potential to their parents then? And the question isn't why shouldn't he, it's why should he. And of course, the question that follows is: "proof?"
Do we know how the force is passed on from parent to child? No,
Then why do you just assume that he must have equal? You posed the question of exactly "why shouldn't Luke have equal?". Well, didn't you just admit that we just do not know, if we don't know then why even assume/ask without any proof to back up the assertion?
And obviously I'm only only operating under the assumption that the article in question has yet to be presented. If it does, then...well, just disregard this whole post, lol.
and Padme has midichlorians in her body as well, everything has, so that would be passed on to Luke as well....
And? This doesn't even mean that they have equal midi-chlorians, nor equal potential. You seem to be operating under the premise that all midi-chlorians are passed on and/or the son/daughter must be the stronger because everyone has midi-chlorians. This is obviously not the case unless you can show viable proof. Even so, there's no proof for that anyways, so it doesn't matter.
As I've stated already, I'm only assuming the quote/article/whatever hasn't been presented yet, so disregard it if it has. If not, then any arguments from a claim that is not backed up is invalid until the exact evidence from the claim is made.
The only quote from Lucas I know that is made in reference to Anakin and Luke is that he stated Luke represented what Anakin could've become. Now, you can take that as "equal potential", however, there's definitely cause to say that he only meant Luke would become the most powerful Jedi ever, not the same potential. Anakin was going to become that, but he couldn't due to the injuries sustained at Mustafar. Either way, though, it's clear Luke's the most powerful Jedi, but potential is a no-no.