Re: questionable conception

James Nicoll wrote:
> In article <1208801575@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Wayne Throop <throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>>>>>> Apparently, he doesn't know who's conception was immaculate.
>>
>>>>> A****in Skywalker's?
>>
>>>> No, Shmi Skywalker.  She was born without the original defect 
>>>> that
>>>> normally suppresses midichlorian development in fetuses at much
>>>> lower levels.
>>
>>> djheydt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Dorothy J Heydt)
>>> Is that what they wound up saying?  I never saw Eipisodes II or 
>>> III.
>>
>> No, not really.  A****in's midichlorian count remains unexplained, 
>> and
>> in fact is rarely mentioned again, and Shmi just goes off and gets
>> killed to provide enough angst/anger/whatnot to start A****in on his
>> path
>> to the Dark Side.  But hey, it's a theory.
>
> Another explanation is that the Jedi who knocked her up then
> erased her memories so that his little transgression would never be
> detected

One of the few instances where the finger wave wasn't done with a 
finger.