"Chagoth;c-1357958" wrote:
"Fauztin;c-1357848" wrote:
The Force exists in all living things. Most definitely capable of holding light or dark side affinity.
Droids have a defined intelligence but no soul and life energy. The imperial probe droid’s association to an “evil faction” is what aligns it as a dark side character. The same could NOT be said for innocent imperial citizens however, that do not act on national directives or a product of the empire, merely an asset or notable collateral that doesn’t sway one way or the other.
Just my 2 cents on the early posts about wampa’s light/dark identification.
*another possibility is that this is the SPECIFIC Wampa that attacked Luke - not a nameless toon that mascots the species. That individual Wampa could have been particularly closer to the dark side based on location and the presence of galactic conflict (or force-sensitive hotspots from Hoth itself). It’s possible that other wampas could have been good-hearted and nurturing in spirit. The Force is a complicated web.
Correct me if I'm wrong but haven't we seen the Dark Side of the Force corrupt non-sentient living things before?
And if you have a problem with Wampa, you should have a problem with Probe Droid as well. I always got the sense that they were more probe than droid. Not really sentient. Just really basic in the droid world. Kinda like a dog.
I could be wrong.
Yes, we have. I can think of some instances where Korriban corrupted all the wildlife and made them feral (ish), separate from non-sentient species that were naturally drawn to the dark side like the Hssiss (spelling?)
And I can get that about the probe droid. Very simple programming, unlike Astro mechs or service droids like C3-P0. No “free-will,” so automatically dark side only by association to the faction of the empire.
@SpadeFreeman , as for droids gaining force sensitivity, i’m Gonna draw the line. I understand going without a memory wipe approaches a state of rampancy where they can do as they wish with erratic behavior, but I don’t think that’s crossing a threshold of being “alive.”
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