VAF@CMU-CS-C (12/30/82)
From: Vince Fuller <VAF at CMU-CS-C>
Date: 20 Dec 82 14:08:15 EST (Mon)
From: Rene Steiner <rene.umcp-cs at UDel-Relay>
To: SF-LOVERS at MIT-MC
Re: detection of good and evil in the Force
Ah, but Good CAN be detected - Darth Vader detected Obi-wan on the
Death Star ("I feel a presence in the force, someone I have not
detected since...." not an exact quote, but you get the idea.)
I disagree. What he said was "I feel a tremor in the Force, something
I have not felt since...". He felt the magnitude and character of
Obi-wan's mastery of the force, not its "goodness" or "evilness" (also
when trying to shoot down Luke: "the Force is strong in this one"). It
would seem that powerful users of the Force radiate and aura which
acts sort of as a "signature" for them.
--vaf