Yes. As Yoda explained to Luke, a Jedi only uses the force for defense, never for attack.
Yoda doesn't throw stuff at Dooku, he just blocks what Dooku slings at him. Dooku shoots lightning at Yoda. The first time, Yoda deflects it back at Dooku in a defensive manor hoping to end the conflict quickly. Dooku deflects the deflection. Dooku shoots lightening at Yoda again. The second time, Yoda just cancels it out, knowing that sending it back won't do any good, which implies that if he did send it back again, it would be for malicious purposes. True, Yoda does use the Force to flip around and attack Dooku, but he is doing so in defense of himself, as well as Obi and Anakin. In ROTJ, Luke uses the Force to choke the Gamorian guards, but he doesn't kill them and is only doing it to avoid having to kill them in his attempt to save his friends. He could just whip out his saber and waste the first few guars that approach him, but that would be senseless killing. Even though he's sort-of attacking, he's still acting in defense. Vader, The Emperor, and Dooku seam inclined to kill just for the heck of it . not caring about those that get killed .. even each other. There is the difference. T. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Arnold - ASP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 11:39 AM Subject: RE: I saw Star Wars > > Where do the Sith get the cool lightning bolts from their fingers? > > > > If they are using the same FORCE, then why can't the good > > guys do the same? > > As I explained, the Light Side of the Force are powers used for good, > such as healing, speed increase (the speed run in EpI), movement (Yoda > bouncing about), telekenesis (lifting stuff) > > Dark Side uses destructive/negative - choke (Darth, pretty much all the > time), lightning, telekensis (erm, hang on <g>), stuff like that... > > Now, if you watch the Yoda/Dooku fight, Dooku throws the lightning > (Dark), Yoda reflects it (defensive, thus Light), Dooku throws more > (Dark), Yoda absorbs it (again defensive, Light) > > Philip Arnold ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
