Most Sith are Humans as opposed to... Sith?

[Stinghen]

Maybe the Sith Genes are just very Recessive to the Human Genes. So the Human phenotype just took over after few Generations.

 

That sort of justification just murders Star Wars, IMO (no offence). What makes SW better than any crap sci-fi is that it doesn't try to shove sciencey stuff to explain the nonsense they introduce. Especially when that nonsense is a problem forced upon the continuity for the sake of making a Sidious empire look-alike.

 

Moreover, that "recessive gene" hypothesis still doesn't explain the fact there were only Red Sith in the time of Sadow and the disappearance of Vitiate and the Sith survivours. The Second Great Schism, which saw the Dark Jedi exiles arrive upon Korriban, took place at 7000 Before the Battle of Yavin. Sadow's war is 5000 BBY, and the period in SWTOR is 3700. If 2000 years were not enough to see a predominance of human-like traits due to recessive genes, it makes no sense to assume only a further 1300 years would do the trick to the extent we see in the game.

[StarMagus]

I'd be the first to say that I don't understand that much about genetics. But the problem is that the descendants of the human Dark Jedi who seized control of the Sith Empire all looked pretty much like Red Sith by the time of the Great Hyperspace War. If the genes were recessive, presumably the opposite would have happened, with more "human" features propagating through the Sith population over the course of the intervening two thousand years.

 

It probably doesn't matter. Sci-Fi tends to ignore basic understanding of genetics. I mean if you look at earth, and take for example that every animal on this planet came from this planet... and the vast majority of animals can't interbreed, then you expand that out into a galaxy and suddenly species from worlds light years away from each other can mate and interbreed?

 

At that point you either have to have...

 

1. All life has a common linage to each other in the distance past, and has forgotten about it. Also for whatever reason the drift has been so small that every feature that makes the species looks different is 100% cosmetic.

 

2. God. ((In this case the writers.))

Edited October 4, 2013 by StarMagus

[StarMagus]

Another question....

 

Would the Jedi train a Sith ((race)). Say for example a Jedi Knight is leading an attack on an Empire Naval Group. After fighting, Troopers bring a family ((2 parents and 1 child)) of Sith who were traveling from point A to point B when they group was attacked. At which point the Jedi Knight realizes the child is force sensitive but the parents aren't. What happens?

 

Assume the Jedi in this case is you traditional Light Side Jedi.

Edited October 4, 2013 by StarMagus

[Xilizhra]

Another question....

 

Would the Jedi train a Sith ((race)). Say for example a Jedi Knight is leading an attack on an Empire Naval Group. After fighting, Troopers bring a family ((2 parents and 1 child)) of Sith who were traveling from point A to point B when they group was attacked. At which point the Jedi Knight realizes the child is force sensitive but the parents aren't. What happens?

 

Assume the Jedi in this case is you traditional Light Side Jedi.

What are the parents like?

[StarMagus]

Um.. Common Sith, ie nothing special about them. They are willing to defect but they don't really have any information about the empire that is vital or worth anything.

 

 

Or if it makes the choice easy, the parents died during the fighting and the child survived.

 

Either way assume the kid is 12-15 which is fine for starting training in this time line.

[Xilizhra]

Um.. Common Sith, ie nothing special about them. They are willing to defect but they don't really have any information about the empire that is vital or worth anything.

 

 

Or if it makes the choice easy, the parents died during the fighting and the child survived.

 

Either way assume the kid is 12-15 which is fine for starting training in this time line.

If they're defectors, take the kid in. No problem. They're Force-sensitive, they're available, go for it.

[StarMagus]

So Story wise the idea of a Sith Jedi isn't impossible.

 

Thanks!

[Xilizhra]

So Story wise the idea of a Sith Jedi isn't impossible.

 

Thanks!

Not impossible, just remarkably unlikely. But the only species the Jedi wouldn't accept are the ones who have no facility with the Force in any way, like the Ssi-ruuk or Yuuzhan Vong. Heck, on Tython, they can accept a Flesh Raider for training.

[Delta_V]

Not impossible, just remarkably unlikely. But the only species the Jedi wouldn't accept are the ones who have no facility with the Force in any way, like the Ssi-ruuk or Yuuzhan Vong. Heck, on Tython, they can accept a Flesh Raider for training.

 

Not to mention: (minor spoilers for the Jedi Knight story)

 

 

 

It is possible to convince Lord Praven, a pureblood Sith you meet on tatooine, to abandon the Sith and join the Jedi. Apparently they accept him because he is part of the group that gets sent to Corellia if you chose the lighside option.