You said I cannot use ton as a measurement of mass , the definition is clear that I canStill not the same thing. Let's use an elephant as an example, a massive animal with an average weight of around 7.5 tons, take that same elephant and put in on the moon it will no longer weigh 7.5 tons but will maintain the exact same mass as it had on Earth.
Surely pulling or pushing a person so suddenly and with so much...uh, force...regardless of whether you're using The Force or your own two hands could result in injury, especially if Yoda threw them across the room and inadvertently into a wall. Besides, using The Force against a giant column that weighs who knows how much confirms for the audience that Yoda is indeed a badass Force user and Master Jedi.Speaking of moving heavy things, in Yoda versus dooku , dooku dramatically severs the base of the giant column to land on Anakin and Ben to distract Yoda so he can escape,
what does Yoda do, use the force to stop the pillar , something with a mass of I'm guessing 5 or 6 tons, when he could have drawn Anakin and Ben away from the danger much quicker and continued chasing Dooku.
So in ANH the Death Star destroys Alderaan, right?
Then Obi Wan feels a disturbance in the force as if "millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced", right?
That beam blows up the world in a split second. How the heck was there time for anybody to actually cry out in terror? There wasn't even enough time for anyone to even think, "WTF".
We like to throw phrases around like, "He/She/They never saw it coming," when an explosion, or building collapse, or whatever, kills someone with little or no warning because it makes us feel better about the way they died. But we don't really know what could possibly go through someone's mind in those final moments; it's possible that there is indeed a nanosecond or two of terror, especially on such a grand scale when millions or even billions are killed. And Obi-Wan isn't actually hearing the inhabitants of Alderaan cry out at the same time, he's expressing his interpretation of what he sensed in that moment through The Force; his interpretation just happened to be very accurate.So in ANH the Death Star destroys Alderaan, right?
Then Obi Wan feels a disturbance in the force as if "millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced", right?
That beam blows up the world in a split second. How the heck was there time for anybody to actually cry out in terror? There wasn't even enough time for anyone to even think, "WTF".
I thought about that but "suddenly silenced" sounds like actual demise. If it was a natural part of assimilation into the force I would think he'd just say "millions of souls cried out in terror before they became one with the force" or something like that.he felt their souls crying in tears as they made crossed over and became one with the force :wacko
I would think he'd more likely say something like, "millions of souls cried out in pain/suffering". "Terror" is the anticipation of malice which suggests there was some actual advance understanding prior to death. It's an actual cognitive interpretation of a sensory stimulus. The split second grants, at best, a perception of adversity - but the actual understanding of terror is a higher brain function, no? I don't think Abraham Lincoln's soul had a chance to feel terror before he was killed because the shot was completely unexpected.But we don't really know what could possibly go through someone's mind in those final moments; it's possible that there is indeed a nanosecond or two of terror, especially on such a grand scale when millions or even billions are killed. And Obi-Wan isn't actually hearing the inhabitants of Alderaan cry out at the same time, he's expressing his interpretation of what he sensed in that moment through The Force; his interpretation just happened to be very accurate.
I don't think Abraham Lincoln's soul had a chance to feel terror before he was killed because the shot was completely unexpected.
I guess a better example might have been JFK.That, along with the fact that the shot didn't kill him outright, he died much later, probably from blood loss, shock, and possibly infection.
I guess a better example might have been JFK.
Why can't we let this die with dignity and grace?
I love how this thread is now on page 25 and one of the first comments was 'Why can't we let this die with dignity and grace?
I love how this thread is now on page 25 and one of the first comments was 'Why can't we let this die with dignity and grace?'
guess the thread had ideas of it's own ;o).
Star Wars: questions you've always wanted answers for
Why can't we let this die with dignity and grace?
not really a question so much as an observation..
Do you think the Episode 3 soundtrack end credits scene was a little ....dis jointed? the repeated a few of the main tracks and I think that's the first time I've ever heard an end credit sequence do that.
I personally would have loved to have had a few more remixes, like we did at the begining of the movie with the Jedi theme remixed into a battle charge.
It would have been a bit more fun if they had dark and light battling it out musically, with light winning out in the end...
not really a question so much as an observation..
Do you think the Episode 3 soundtrack end credits scene was a little ....dis jointed? the repeated a few of the main tracks and I think that's the first time I've ever heard an end credit sequence do that.
I personally would have loved to have had a few more remixes, like we did at the begining of the movie with the Jedi theme remixed into a battle charge.
It would have been a bit more fun if they had dark and light battling it out musically, with light winning out in the end...