The Force...
An energy that occurs naturally in the galaxy, it springs from all forms of life. It has two "sides," a good side and a Dark Side, although this is a great oversimplification of the Force’s existence. It has many sides, including a living element and a unifying element, and it binds all things together in a great web of existence.
The Jedi Knights discovered that the Force was accessible to all living beings through the presence of midi-chlorians in their cells. The more midi-chlorians that inhabited a being’s cells, the more the being was able to contact the Force. However, a high concentration of midi-chlorians did not guarantee a being control of the Force. Only through intense study and dedicated training could a being become proficient in harnessing the power of The Force.
The Jedi Council discovered that younger beings had an easier time of learning the techniques required to touch and control the Force, and eventually developed a system that actively sought out and identified beings with high midi-chlorian counts at their birth. With, or sometimes without, the permission of the parents, the Jedi took children no more than one year old away for training. Children and older beings, who had already established a set pattern of mental and physical usage, often were unable to complete the necessary training, and were deemed too wasteful of Jedi resources.
The Jedi Knights have historically been the most powerful users of The Force, having trained with and learned the three basic techniques:
*control (the manipulation of one's internal Force strength),
*sense (detection of the Force in the external world),
and
*alter (manipulation of matter with the Force).
These techniques, used by themselves or in combination, allow the Jedi to perform many different activities with the Force.
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The Force has two opposing energies which balance and offset each other in the natural world, a Dark Side and a Light side. While the Dark Side is easy to harness, it demands life-energy from its servants. The Light Side, however, takes much more training and persistence to harness, but it does not demand as much life-energy from its followers.
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