# Would you give up sex forever if it meant you could be a Jedi? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 11, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-sex-forever-if-it-meant-you-could-be-a-jedi/637452 "2012-10-11T19:55:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-sex-forever-if-it-meant-you-could-be-a-jedi/637452/41 "2012-10-12T23:52:11Z")
No, Jedi go into dangerous situations and die. ---
**Author:** ![FuzzyOgre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@FuzzyOgre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuzzyOgre)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-sex-forever-if-it-meant-you-could-be-a-jedi/637452/42 "2012-10-13T00:43:46Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Well, my entire reason for wanting to BE a Jedi was to impress the chicks. Well, you’ll impress them. They just wont be allowed to impress you back. If you know what I’m sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-sex-forever-if-it-meant-you-could-be-a-jedi/637452/43 "2012-10-13T01:41:18Z")
Depends. If the question were, “Would you give up sex forever if it meant you could have Jedi powers?” the answer would be yes. Force powers would totally be worth giving up sex for. But those powers would not be worth joining an evil, repressive, reactionary religious cult for. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-sex-forever-if-it-meant-you-could-be-a-jedi/637452/44 "2012-10-13T01:46:49Z")
I’d be willing to give up being a Jedi in exchange for sex forever. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-sex-forever-if-it-meant-you-could-be-a-jedi/637452/45 "2012-10-13T01:47:42Z")
I said “Yes.” Because I’m not Jedi Temple/Council material, and would spend most of my time “out in the field,” thousands of light-years away from Jedi HQ. And what happens of Ceti Vegas III, _stays_ on Ceti Vegas III. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-sex-forever-if-it-meant-you-could-be-a-jedi/637452/46 "2012-10-13T05:41:34Z")
I’d still be willing to have sex with a girl who was into this _Star Wars_ shit; as long as she was hot. But if she wanted to continue seeing me, I’d make her give it up forever. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-sex-forever-if-it-meant-you-could-be-a-jedi/637452/47 "2012-10-13T10:19:28Z")
Just to point out, both men and woman have often selected to join organisations that supply power or education or lifetime support in exchange for celibacy - Holy Orders (nuns and monks), the Priesthood, the Knights Templar etc. It isn’t that much of a stretch to imagine making the choice to be a Jedi. Si ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-sex-forever-if-it-meant-you-could-be-a-jedi/637452/48 "2012-10-13T11:43:28Z")
At this point, sure. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-sex-forever-if-it-meant-you-could-be-a-jedi/637452/49 "2012-10-13T12:29:04Z")
> [@Alan\_Smithee](#): > > But those powers would not be worth joining an evil, repressive, reactionary religious cult for. So Tom Cruise is not really the father of Katie Holmes’ baby? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-sex-forever-if-it-meant-you-could-be-a-jedi/637452/50 "2012-10-13T13:05:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Would you give up sex forever if it meant you could be a Jedi? I already have… ---
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-sex-forever-if-it-meant-you-could-be-a-jedi/637452/51 "2012-10-13T21:48:04Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I think if you want to become a jedi, you’ve already de facto given up sex forever. Well, there goes my joke answer. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-sex-forever-if-it-meant-you-could-be-a-jedi/637452/52 "2012-10-14T02:26:09Z")
…if I become a Sith instead, does that mean I don’t have to be celibate, or does it mean I have to give something WORSE up? (Like Vader, for example, ultimately giving up his ability to breathe on his own, or the ability not to poop through a series of tubes.) ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-sex-forever-if-it-meant-you-could-be-a-jedi/637452/53 "2012-10-14T04:21:44Z")
Actually, the galaxy is full of ex-Jedi, all on the make, after leaving the order just after finishing their devotional training and just before taking their final vows to be celibate forever. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-sex-forever-if-it-meant-you-could-be-a-jedi/637452/54 "2012-10-14T06:47:20Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Am I going to be able to shoot lighting bolts out of my fingers? > > 'cause, that would make a difference. That’s a Dark Side power, and I don’t think the Sith have to be celibate. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-sex-forever-if-it-meant-you-could-be-a-jedi/637452/55 "2012-10-14T07:36:49Z")
Since I would only become a Jedi in order to get more sex by increasing my sex appeal, no. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-sex-forever-if-it-meant-you-could-be-a-jedi/637452/56 "2012-10-14T15:36:39Z")
The Jedi, particulary in Clone Wars, come across as boring pedants. I wouldn’t become one even if you didn’t have to give up sex. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-sex-forever-if-it-meant-you-could-be-a-jedi/637452/57 "2012-10-14T18:48:21Z")
You know, if I could telepathically masturbate with a Force “choke”, it would probably feel like someone else is doing it. And if I’m good enough as a Jedi, I would probably make it seem like anyone’s hand I want… So…leaning towards yes ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-sex-forever-if-it-meant-you-could-be-a-jedi/637452/58 "2012-10-15T14:12:13Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I think if you want to become a jedi, you’ve already de facto given up sex forever. Perfect. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-sex-forever-if-it-meant-you-could-be-a-jedi/637452.md?page=2)