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Obese Jedi 
by Zoidberg
, posted August 23rd, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Now that I have your attention with a title such as that I will now lose your attention. Midi-chlorians. Now that half of you have stopped reading I will continue with the main topic of the article. Will fat Jedi be stronger in the force than slim Jedi?


As some of you may know, Vader lost some of his connection to the force when he lost some body parts in Mustafar, making him weaker than Palpatine. That is because each cell contains midi-chlorians, increasing force sensitivity. By using the logic in reverse, a morbidly obese Vader would have more cells in his body, resulting in a higher midi-chlorian count. I could explain the Hutt Jedi, Beldorian.

Will being overweight be a benefit for us in Star Wars: The Old Republic? By being larger we will be slower, but would the force sensitivity cancel that out? Would it be the excuse Bioware gives us so we don't have to think about it? (By "we" it is likely just "me") Will it be possible for us to even make overweight characters? I'm mostly bringing this up because I made an overweight, male, Sullustan entertainer during my SWG trial. It didn't get me better tips, even when I danced without a shirt on.
 
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Comment by Spongy made on October 3rd, 2009 at 12:14am
I experimented w/ a musician on a different server from my main. I was a white furred wookie w/ a big ol' belly. pretty much left it running when i was asleep. I can only remember a couple times i got tips, but that's probably because i was always AFK lol.

I loved that about SWG. you could really make your char look however you wanted. So many other MMOs every1 looks like a cookie cutter copy. I mean City of Heroes probably has one of the most customizable systems but even they dont allow you to add a belly. :(
 
Comment by TaboriHK made on August 25th, 2009 at 12:03pm
The short answer is no, weight will have no effect. The long answer is no, and the concept of midichlorians is stupid.
 
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Comment by Zoidberg made on August 25th, 2009 at 12:50pm
I bet your right, but Lucas made midi-chlorians part of lore so I got to work with it now.
 
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Comment by sado made on August 25th, 2009 at 5:40pm
Work with it zoid!
 
Comment by Sorn made on August 25th, 2009 at 6:01am
Fat cells don't have Midi-Chlorians. GG
 
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Comment by Zoidberg made on August 25th, 2009 at 8:54am
Acording to Wookieepedia, they are located within the cells of all living things. I was just thinking that fat cells are cells, and therefore should have midi-chlorians. Some people think it is only in blood, but blood was just used to test it because it is fairly easy to get to. Anyways, this article is just a fun way to try and find a way to get more force powers.
 
Comment by DarthSanry made on August 25th, 2009 at 1:52am
If the amount of cells one has would equate to the amount of midi-chlorians one would have, and since the topic begins with Darth Vader, how does young Annikin Skywalker have the highest amount Qui-Gon has ever heard of? Even after he references Yoda as being a very high amount as well?

So... Not really sure if this was a serious topic, or you were just bored and thought of seeing a fat jedi. =]

Which by the way I don't ever recall seeing any overweight jedis in ANY of the SW movies? lol
 
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Comment by Zoidberg made on August 25th, 2009 at 11:35am
I'm going off of what I understand with math, a subject I am terrible in.
I will use smaller numbers to try and make it easier on me.

100 midi per cell X 1000 cells= 100000 Force Power
100 midi per cell X 2000 cells= 200000 Force Power

Both are powerful, but the XL character has double that of his slim counterpart.

To answer this:
"So… Not really sure if this was a serious topic, or you were just bored and thought of seeing a fat jedi. =]"

I was bored and throwing the labels on the dissection video and came across Han. One thing led to another and I made a fun post with serious lore behind it to lead to bizarre results.
 
Comment by Feo made on August 24th, 2009 at 11:25pm
lmao.
 
Comment by Feo made on August 24th, 2009 at 9:10pm
Perhaps our knowledge of midi-chlorians is primitive...

Maybe the force works like electricity and the count of midi-chlorians is just the equivalent of voltage. If Ohm's Law (i=v/r) and the physics of power (p=w/t) work the same way with the force, then a fat Jedi would in theory be less than or equal to an average weight Jedi.

The fatter you become, the less efficient you become. A fat Jedi's body would create greater travel distances, greater resistances, require more energy, and take more time. This would ultimately nullify the increased midi-chlorian count...
 
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Comment by Zoidberg made on August 24th, 2009 at 9:12pm
If it works like that then we should cut the arms and legs off of all the Jedi to make them more powerful, or put them all on forced hunger strikes.
 
Comment by Feo made on August 24th, 2009 at 9:53pm
Those options wouldn't work. Just like in life, the body is best when kept in a healthy state.

Midi-chlroians aren't persistent. Our cells are constantly dieing and being reproduced. Not only do we need to eat to sustain our cells and keep them in a healthy and efficient midi-chlorian infused state; but, chopping off perfectly good limbs would also be cutting off precious midi-chlorian producing/infused cells that were otherwise in optimal condition. A healthy person chopping off their limbs would serve no other purpose than to lower their overall power.
 
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Comment by Zoidberg made on August 24th, 2009 at 10:11pm
Ok, the last extreme option I can think of to increase force powers in a way that is out of the box.... Graft on extra body parts so you have more healthy tissue.