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12 questions linked to/from Why couldn't the Jedi detect Senator Palpatine as having powers?
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Why couldn't Yoda detect Palpatine's use of Force concealment? [duplicate]
Palpatine was using Force concealment. I think somebody of his calibre of Force would require a substantial amount of Force just to use that.
Since Yoda is the oh-so-hallowed being of wisdom and ...
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Why can't the Jedi detect Palpatine's Force sensitivity? [duplicate]
In Disney canon, the Sith use dark side energy emanating from the Sith shrine beneath the Jedi Temple to cloud the senses of the Jedi, allowing them to hide in plain sight. No particular Force power ...
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Why do Jedi Force Ghosts let bad guys win if they have this superpower?
In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, we saw that
Given that Sith don't seem to have ability to be the one with the Force to counter Jedi Force Ghosts, why do Jedi Force Ghosts let bad guys win? Why don't ...
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During the production and screenwriting of Empire Strikes Back, was it Leia who was planned to be "The Other"?
In Empire Strikes Back, Yoda says to the spirit of Obi-Wan:
Obi-Wan: "that boy is our last hope"
Yoda: "There is another"
And in Return of the Jedi, they reveal that he was talking about Leia. ...
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Why didn't Dooku identify Kenobi in his bounty hunter disguise in The Clone Wars S04E17 "The Box"?
Concerning "The Box", episode 17 of season four of "Star Wars: The Clone Wars": Obi-Wan Kenobi (working undercover, posing as the assassin Rako Hardeen) reached Count Dooku's palace on Serenno, and ...
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What is the full extent of the power of the Jedi mind trick?
We all know the famous scene where we first witness Obi-Wan using the Jedi mind trick on the Stormtrooper at Mos Eisley. I'm curious as to what effect (if any) it was having on the Stormtroopers that ...
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Why didn't Jedi Council perform a Midi-chlorians test in the Senate?
By the end of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Jedi Council knew that there's a Sith in existence (thanks to Yoda's knowledge of Rule of Two). By the end of the Star Wars Episode II: Attack of ...
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Why is Yoda oblivious to all of this?
How does he not pick up that Palpatine is a Sith lord?
How does he not not know Count Dooku is a Sith lord?
How does he not know a huge army of clones are being manufactured for a period of 20 years?
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Why didn't the Jedi sense Dooku is a Sith Lord?
The Jedi could feel on what's happening about them. Like a disturbance in the force. This question is somewhat similar to Why couldn't the Jedi detect Senator Palpatine as having powers?
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Can a Jedi find a Force-sensitive through meditation?
Thanks to a tad of research and some very helpful answers, I now know that Jedi find Force-sensitive younglings through medical reports taken inside the Republic's boundaries. Jedis can also sense a ...
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Does a Force-sensitive person broadcast Force presence signal while asleep?
Can the Force presence of a sleeping Force-sensitive person be detected?
As I understand it, Force presence has to do with midi-chlorian presence in the fabrics of the Force realm. So, the Force ...
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What is necessary to feel another Force sensitive being?
There have been different questions on why the Jedi did not feel that Palpatine was a Sith, e.g. Why couldn't the Jedi detect Senator Palpatine as having powers? and the answer was that Palpatine ...
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