gffa:gffa:gffa:THIS FASCINATES ME–what caught my attention is the way that Dave talked about
gffa:gffa:gffa: THIS FASCINATES ME–what caught my attention is the way that Dave talked about how he wanted to show something different from the norm of what we usually saw–that the norm was the Jedi finding kids from terrible situations.Which then later ties into how Ahsoka was in danger from being a Force-sensitive child, that a bounty hunter had come to impersonate a Jedi (whom the village had never seen one before, so they didn’t know what a Jedi was like!) because there were people in the galaxy who would want such a child with that kind of potential for nefarious reasons.And that’s something we also see in the 2017 Darth Maul comic, that a Jedi Padawan is kidnapped and ransomed off at auction because there are a lot of people in the galaxy would who want such a child for absolutely nothing good. It’s really interesting (and horrifying) to think about Force-sensitive children in a galaxy that knows what their potential could be–whether they’ve been trained, partially trained, or even before the Jedi ever go near them, they’re in need of protection just from their inherent existence. It makes a lot of sense that Jedi would work so hard to keep those records secret and an internal matter, why it apparently actually is pretty dangerous to leave such a child out there in the galaxy??? Because a bounty hunter will come along and snatch them up to sell them even if they have absolutely zero training, just because they have the potential to use the Force!Not even just that the Sith would come along to snatch someone like Anakin up, but any person with money who wanted a Force-sensitive toy to keep as a pet in a literal cage or someone who would try to torture him into being their pet assassin or do horrible experiments on him just because. That they would snatch baby Ahsoka up because maybe they could hurt her or other terrible things that we couldn’t even imagine! In addition to the above and previously mentioned stuff, including:- Pirates have been shown to directly seek out Jedi stuff just because it’s Jedi- Trandoshans kidnap Jedi to hunt them for sport- Force-sensitive children are stolen by Palpatine for his various plots- This must be at least a bigger problem because the Jedi are already keeping the list of the known Force-sensitives in the strongest vault they have, you don’t do that unless that knowledge can be used for ill purposesWe also have a moment from Choose Your Destiny: An Obi-Wan & Anakin Adventure, where Anakin has been captured by a Hutt:It sounds like there’s a market specifically for Jedi slaves, which isn’t surprising since that’s pretty much what happened with Eldra as well, but it further reinforces that the galaxy did not treat Force-sensitives kindly and they were in danger just because of how they were born. Some more examples, pirates get their hands on a Force-sensitive child and immediately put him in a cage to extort money from him, Star Wars #26:Obi-Wan Kenobi #1, when Obi-Wan goes to help his friend that’s trying to get off the planet, the woman realizes she has two Jedi younglings in her possession and they’re worth a lot:Like, the second a lot of people find out a child is Force-sensitive, they immediately start plotting on how to use them or sell them or hunt them, which is still really horrifying to think about. -- source link
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