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Do Jedi mind tricks work on Ewoks?
Were the Ewoks already planning an offensive or revolt?Did the Ewoks continue to think C-3PO was a god?Why didn't the Ewoks attempt to kill Leia?Can a Jedi 'mind trick' cause the target to do the opposite to what a Jedi wants?Does the Jedi mind trick only work on sentient beings?How often do ewoks eat sentients?Why is C-3PO kept in the dark in Return of the Jedi while R2-D2 is not?Did Luke play any significant role in “Return of the Jedi?”Do any expanded universe works acknowledge the high risk taken by the protagonists at the beginning of “Return of the Jedi?”Why can't Jedi tell who can be mind tricked?
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In Return of the Jedi when the Rebel group of Luke, Han and co. are captured by the Ewoks, Luke tells C-3P0 to act as the 'God' figure the Ewoks believe him to be.
Why doesn't Luke use the Jedi mind trick to secure the group's release? Does this trick even work on Ewoks?
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In Return of the Jedi when the Rebel group of Luke, Han and co. are captured by the Ewoks, Luke tells C-3P0 to act as the 'God' figure the Ewoks believe him to be.
Why doesn't Luke use the Jedi mind trick to secure the group's release? Does this trick even work on Ewoks?
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Mind tricks work on weak minded individuals; Are Ewoks weak minded as a species ?
– Max
May 5 at 20:42
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@Max do they work on all humans?
– Seamusthedog
May 5 at 21:03
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In Return of the Jedi when the Rebel group of Luke, Han and co. are captured by the Ewoks, Luke tells C-3P0 to act as the 'God' figure the Ewoks believe him to be.
Why doesn't Luke use the Jedi mind trick to secure the group's release? Does this trick even work on Ewoks?
star-wars return-of-the-jedi
edited 2 days ago
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In Return of the Jedi when the Rebel group of Luke, Han and co. are captured by the Ewoks, Luke tells C-3P0 to act as the 'God' figure the Ewoks believe him to be.
Why doesn't Luke use the Jedi mind trick to secure the group's release? Does this trick even work on Ewoks?
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421k11530613286
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asked May 5 at 20:08
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Mind tricks work on weak minded individuals; Are Ewoks weak minded as a species ?
– Max
May 5 at 20:42
1
@Max do they work on all humans?
– Seamusthedog
May 5 at 21:03
2
These are not the annoyingly cute spear-wielding teddy bears you're looking for...
– Bob Jarvis
May 6 at 2:52
add a comment |
Mind tricks work on weak minded individuals; Are Ewoks weak minded as a species ?
– Max
May 5 at 20:42
1
@Max do they work on all humans?
– Seamusthedog
May 5 at 21:03
2
These are not the annoyingly cute spear-wielding teddy bears you're looking for...
– Bob Jarvis
May 6 at 2:52
Mind tricks work on weak minded individuals; Are Ewoks weak minded as a species ?
– Max
May 5 at 20:42
Mind tricks work on weak minded individuals; Are Ewoks weak minded as a species ?
– Max
May 5 at 20:42
1
1
@Max do they work on all humans?
– Seamusthedog
May 5 at 21:03
@Max do they work on all humans?
– Seamusthedog
May 5 at 21:03
2
2
These are not the annoyingly cute spear-wielding teddy bears you're looking for...
– Bob Jarvis
May 6 at 2:52
These are not the annoyingly cute spear-wielding teddy bears you're looking for...
– Bob Jarvis
May 6 at 2:52
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Luke seems to be wary of directly interposing himself into the situation (which presumably included trying Jedi mind tricks) to try to influence a group of individuals when he doesn't really know the power-dynamics at play.
“Careful, Chewie,” Han cautioned from across the square. “He must be the head honcho.”
“No,” Threepio corrected, “actually I believe he’s their Medicine Man.”
Luke was about to intervene, then decided to wait. It would be better if this serious little community came to its own conclusions about them, in its own way. The Ewoks seemed curiously grounded for a people so airborne.
Return of the Jedi: Official Novelisation
Instead he opts for a more forthright solution (but one that falls short of outright violence), by playing on their superstitious credulity.
As to the specific question of whether Ewoks can be 'tricked', the Star Wars RPG (Saga Edition) Core rulebook indicates that Ewoks are certainly smart enough to be tricked (they have an above class-3 intellect) and are insufficiently strong-willed to win a defensive roll against an experienced Jedi Master if they want to use their 'affect mind' skill on an individual Ewok.
That being said, it's also made clear that affecting 10+ individuals that you can't directly communicate with is next to impossible, so in this particular circumstance Luke might have been able to scare the Ewoks with a Force affect, but he wouldn't have been able to trick them into releasing him willingly.
answered May 5 at 20:57
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great info as always and is a reason why Luke doesn't try but doesn't say that he can't.
– Seamusthedog
May 5 at 21:08
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For the record, the Star Wars RPG doesn't list a resistance to mind tricks as being a species trait of the Ewoks.
– Valorum
May 5 at 21:13
@Valorum Not sure which you checked, but d6 (West End Games) and d20 (Wizards of the Coast) don't have it. I'm not sure if Ewoks ever appeared in the Fantasy Flight Games version.
– Thunderforge
May 5 at 22:07
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@Thunderforge - I just rummaged through the core rulebooks for the Star Wars RPG and Saga Edition RPG.
– Valorum
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Luke seems to be wary of directly interposing himself into the situation (which presumably included trying Jedi mind tricks) to try to influence a group of individuals when he doesn't really know the power-dynamics at play.
“Careful, Chewie,” Han cautioned from across the square. “He must be the head honcho.”
“No,” Threepio corrected, “actually I believe he’s their Medicine Man.”
Luke was about to intervene, then decided to wait. It would be better if this serious little community came to its own conclusions about them, in its own way. The Ewoks seemed curiously grounded for a people so airborne.
Return of the Jedi: Official Novelisation
Instead he opts for a more forthright solution (but one that falls short of outright violence), by playing on their superstitious credulity.
As to the specific question of whether Ewoks can be 'tricked', the Star Wars RPG (Saga Edition) Core rulebook indicates that Ewoks are certainly smart enough to be tricked (they have an above class-3 intellect) and are insufficiently strong-willed to win a defensive roll against an experienced Jedi Master if they want to use their 'affect mind' skill on an individual Ewok.
That being said, it's also made clear that affecting 10+ individuals that you can't directly communicate with is next to impossible, so in this particular circumstance Luke might have been able to scare the Ewoks with a Force affect, but he wouldn't have been able to trick them into releasing him willingly.
answered May 5 at 20:57
ValorumValorum
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great info as always and is a reason why Luke doesn't try but doesn't say that he can't.
– Seamusthedog
May 5 at 21:08
1
For the record, the Star Wars RPG doesn't list a resistance to mind tricks as being a species trait of the Ewoks.
– Valorum
May 5 at 21:13
@Valorum Not sure which you checked, but d6 (West End Games) and d20 (Wizards of the Coast) don't have it. I'm not sure if Ewoks ever appeared in the Fantasy Flight Games version.
– Thunderforge
May 5 at 22:07
1
@Thunderforge - I just rummaged through the core rulebooks for the Star Wars RPG and Saga Edition RPG.
– Valorum
May 5 at 22:37
add a comment |
Luke seems to be wary of directly interposing himself into the situation (which presumably included trying Jedi mind tricks) to try to influence a group of individuals when he doesn't really know the power-dynamics at play.
“Careful, Chewie,” Han cautioned from across the square. “He must be the head honcho.”
“No,” Threepio corrected, “actually I believe he’s their Medicine Man.”
Luke was about to intervene, then decided to wait. It would be better if this serious little community came to its own conclusions about them, in its own way. The Ewoks seemed curiously grounded for a people so airborne.
Return of the Jedi: Official Novelisation
Instead he opts for a more forthright solution (but one that falls short of outright violence), by playing on their superstitious credulity.
As to the specific question of whether Ewoks can be 'tricked', the Star Wars RPG (Saga Edition) Core rulebook indicates that Ewoks are certainly smart enough to be tricked (they have an above class-3 intellect) and are insufficiently strong-willed to win a defensive roll against an experienced Jedi Master if they want to use their 'affect mind' skill on an individual Ewok.
That being said, it's also made clear that affecting 10+ individuals that you can't directly communicate with is next to impossible, so in this particular circumstance Luke might have been able to scare the Ewoks with a Force affect, but he wouldn't have been able to trick them into releasing him willingly.
answered May 5 at 20:57
ValorumValorum
421k11530613286
great info as always and is a reason why Luke doesn't try but doesn't say that he can't.
– Seamusthedog
May 5 at 21:08
1
For the record, the Star Wars RPG doesn't list a resistance to mind tricks as being a species trait of the Ewoks.
– Valorum
May 5 at 21:13
@Valorum Not sure which you checked, but d6 (West End Games) and d20 (Wizards of the Coast) don't have it. I'm not sure if Ewoks ever appeared in the Fantasy Flight Games version.
– Thunderforge
May 5 at 22:07
1
@Thunderforge - I just rummaged through the core rulebooks for the Star Wars RPG and Saga Edition RPG.
– Valorum
May 5 at 22:37
add a comment |
Luke seems to be wary of directly interposing himself into the situation (which presumably included trying Jedi mind tricks) to try to influence a group of individuals when he doesn't really know the power-dynamics at play.
“Careful, Chewie,” Han cautioned from across the square. “He must be the head honcho.”
“No,” Threepio corrected, “actually I believe he’s their Medicine Man.”
Luke was about to intervene, then decided to wait. It would be better if this serious little community came to its own conclusions about them, in its own way. The Ewoks seemed curiously grounded for a people so airborne.
Return of the Jedi: Official Novelisation
Instead he opts for a more forthright solution (but one that falls short of outright violence), by playing on their superstitious credulity.
As to the specific question of whether Ewoks can be 'tricked', the Star Wars RPG (Saga Edition) Core rulebook indicates that Ewoks are certainly smart enough to be tricked (they have an above class-3 intellect) and are insufficiently strong-willed to win a defensive roll against an experienced Jedi Master if they want to use their 'affect mind' skill on an individual Ewok.
That being said, it's also made clear that affecting 10+ individuals that you can't directly communicate with is next to impossible, so in this particular circumstance Luke might have been able to scare the Ewoks with a Force affect, but he wouldn't have been able to trick them into releasing him willingly.
answered May 5 at 20:57
ValorumValorum
421k11530613286
Luke seems to be wary of directly interposing himself into the situation (which presumably included trying Jedi mind tricks) to try to influence a group of individuals when he doesn't really know the power-dynamics at play.
“Careful, Chewie,” Han cautioned from across the square. “He must be the head honcho.”
“No,” Threepio corrected, “actually I believe he’s their Medicine Man.”
Luke was about to intervene, then decided to wait. It would be better if this serious little community came to its own conclusions about them, in its own way. The Ewoks seemed curiously grounded for a people so airborne.
Return of the Jedi: Official Novelisation
Instead he opts for a more forthright solution (but one that falls short of outright violence), by playing on their superstitious credulity.
As to the specific question of whether Ewoks can be 'tricked', the Star Wars RPG (Saga Edition) Core rulebook indicates that Ewoks are certainly smart enough to be tricked (they have an above class-3 intellect) and are insufficiently strong-willed to win a defensive roll against an experienced Jedi Master if they want to use their 'affect mind' skill on an individual Ewok.
That being said, it's also made clear that affecting 10+ individuals that you can't directly communicate with is next to impossible, so in this particular circumstance Luke might have been able to scare the Ewoks with a Force affect, but he wouldn't have been able to trick them into releasing him willingly.
answered May 5 at 20:57
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answered May 5 at 20:57
ValorumValorum
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great info as always and is a reason why Luke doesn't try but doesn't say that he can't.
– Seamusthedog
May 5 at 21:08
1
For the record, the Star Wars RPG doesn't list a resistance to mind tricks as being a species trait of the Ewoks.
– Valorum
May 5 at 21:13
@Valorum Not sure which you checked, but d6 (West End Games) and d20 (Wizards of the Coast) don't have it. I'm not sure if Ewoks ever appeared in the Fantasy Flight Games version.
– Thunderforge
May 5 at 22:07
1
@Thunderforge - I just rummaged through the core rulebooks for the Star Wars RPG and Saga Edition RPG.
– Valorum
May 5 at 22:37
add a comment |
great info as always and is a reason why Luke doesn't try but doesn't say that he can't.
– Seamusthedog
May 5 at 21:08
1
For the record, the Star Wars RPG doesn't list a resistance to mind tricks as being a species trait of the Ewoks.
– Valorum
May 5 at 21:13
@Valorum Not sure which you checked, but d6 (West End Games) and d20 (Wizards of the Coast) don't have it. I'm not sure if Ewoks ever appeared in the Fantasy Flight Games version.
– Thunderforge
May 5 at 22:07
1
@Thunderforge - I just rummaged through the core rulebooks for the Star Wars RPG and Saga Edition RPG.
– Valorum
May 5 at 22:37
great info as always and is a reason why Luke doesn't try but doesn't say that he can't.
– Seamusthedog
May 5 at 21:08
great info as always and is a reason why Luke doesn't try but doesn't say that he can't.
– Seamusthedog
May 5 at 21:08
1
1
For the record, the Star Wars RPG doesn't list a resistance to mind tricks as being a species trait of the Ewoks.
– Valorum
May 5 at 21:13
For the record, the Star Wars RPG doesn't list a resistance to mind tricks as being a species trait of the Ewoks.
– Valorum
May 5 at 21:13
@Valorum Not sure which you checked, but d6 (West End Games) and d20 (Wizards of the Coast) don't have it. I'm not sure if Ewoks ever appeared in the Fantasy Flight Games version.
– Thunderforge
May 5 at 22:07
@Valorum Not sure which you checked, but d6 (West End Games) and d20 (Wizards of the Coast) don't have it. I'm not sure if Ewoks ever appeared in the Fantasy Flight Games version.
– Thunderforge
May 5 at 22:07
1
1
@Thunderforge - I just rummaged through the core rulebooks for the Star Wars RPG and Saga Edition RPG.
– Valorum
May 5 at 22:37
@Thunderforge - I just rummaged through the core rulebooks for the Star Wars RPG and Saga Edition RPG.
– Valorum
May 5 at 22:37
add a comment |
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Mind tricks work on weak minded individuals; Are Ewoks weak minded as a species ?
– Max
May 5 at 20:42
1
@Max do they work on all humans?
– Seamusthedog
May 5 at 21:03
2
These are not the annoyingly cute spear-wielding teddy bears you're looking for...
– Bob Jarvis
May 6 at 2:52