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[quigonejinn]

In order of needing to be done:

- writing more of the smutpit with Kano.
- completing the Qui-Gon saga with Kano
- zipping up music folders for music post
- Calrissian fic for hetgenathon
- fic about how being stretched thin/population decline has affected the Jedi, idea from Imadra.
- expansion of Qui-Gon teenager birthplanet fic
- rewriting Qui-Gon/Anakin and Obi-Wan AU fic
- putting down thoughts about Jedi assignment and politicking to get them -- potential fic from that.
- baby Qui-Gon toddling around and raising hell from neotoma

Comments

Re: *edits so the idea gets proper citing authority*

[quigonejinn.livejournal.com]

Seriously.

I mean, we know that the ability to use the Force shows up pretty early because all of those tiny little Initiates are getting training, and you could always argue that people can't use the Force without training except in super-special circumstances like Anakin, but -- man, I imagine that on swingthrough 2, when the Jedi have let the parents keep the demon-baby for a few more months, they get a very, very, very good response rate. XD

I wonder what the incidence of Force-sensitivity is in the Republic at large. It varies by species, I know, but I'm curious. Given the size of the Republic and the number of Jedi, either the incidence of Force sensitivity is damn tiny or the washout rate is pretty high.

Re: *edits so the idea gets proper citing authority*

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

man, I imagine that on swingthrough 2, when the Jedi have let the parents keep the demon-baby for a few more months, they get a very, very, very good response rate

Word.

Also, it makes me wonder if Qui-Gon's surname is "Jinn" because the people on his homeworld thought he *was* a djinn. If my nephew could mind-whammy people at his age ('all your dumptrucks belong to ME!'), I'd certainly be wondering if he was possessed.

I wonder what the incidence of Force-sensitivity is in the Republic at large

Force-sensitivity strong enough to qualify for Jedi-hood is pretty damned rare. Given the Order is 10,000 individuals, from a thousand worlds (rough estimate of the Republic's size, and really includes all the planets and space stations in a star system), that's 10 individuals per world. If there are 5 billion people on a 'world', then the incidence is about 2 Jedi/billion individuals.

Of course, you do have to wonder about the wash-out rate for candidates -- either ones who the Council rejects out of hand (Anakin) or who don't get apprenticed before the cut-off date (almost Obi-Wan, according the EU) -- and the life expectance of a field Jedi. The demographics of the Order almost certainly skews young compared to Republic society as whole, because to the danger of field operations, and winnowing process that the students go through.