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   From: anybody@anywhere-anytime.com   
      
   In article <1180735370.923758.6740@q66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,   
   SFTVratings  wrote:   
      
   > I'm sitting here watching Episode II - where Senator Padme' is almost   
   > killed by an assassin.  And what does Jedi Master Obi-wan do?  He   
   > jumps through a window, grabs the assassin droid, and proceeds to   
   > almost get killed when the droid blows-up, and he falls to his death.   
   >   
   > But of course Anakin Skywalker saves Obi-wan from his own stupidity,   
   > by just barely arriving in time, and catching him Obi-wan with his   
   > floating car.   
   >   
   > Then Anakin jumps out. And he falls and falls and falls.   
   >   
   > So.   
   >   
   > Is Jedi synonymous with stupidty?  It would appear so.... these two   
   > men taking foolish risks with their lives.  Only pure chance saved   
   > them from death; else they'd be mere bloody splat-marks on the ground.   
   >   
   > I thought Jedi were more intelligent than to take foolish risks.   
      
   Anakin did use the Force to help predict when was the best time to jump   
   to intercept Zam's flyer.   
      
   Obi-Wan correctly guessed (or sensed) that the droid was being watched   
   from near by and was trying to hitch a quick ride back to the person   
   behind the attempt.   
      
   Foolish? Possibly, but they were also educated "guesses" or instinct   
   that paid off in the end. It's that "gut instinct" which often   
   separates "the best" from all the others at whatever they're doing.   
   :-)   
      
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