• rustyfish@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      No. But it has drugs that make you accurately predict the near and far future. And turn you into an immortal worm eventually.

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          6 months ago

          Yeah.

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          But non of it is magic. More like crazy mastery of your own body to a degree that it seems like magic.

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            6 months ago

            The majority of force abilities is basically that. Voice control isn’t mastery of muscle or nerve, it isn’t magic in a sense, but controlling someone’s mind to do what you want for all intents and purposes is.

            Also, where do you think Star Wars got inspiration for most of their force abilities at the start?

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      It definitely has aspects that could be considered magic, but I wouldn’t necessarily compare them to the Force.

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      6 months ago

      Some aspects of it. “The voice” is basically jedi mind tricks. People that are attuned also get visions/senses of foreboding about the future. There’s no telekinetic stuff as far as I know.

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          6 months ago

          This might be controversial, but the new Denis Villeneuve movies are much better than the book. Maybe watch the movies and read the book or trawl the wiki after for more context.

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            They’re definitely better entertainment pound-for-pound. I’d contend that the book gives you a lot more to think about, so it really depends what you’re after. I like them both a lot–I think they complement each other very nicely.

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            I’d compare it to The Lord of the Rings books vs the movies. The Movies are a great abridged series and they know what pacing is, but the books explain so much more and have several extra movies worth of cut content.