The whole notion of "Force Sensitivity" got muddled the more the EU and then the Disney Canon went on. My own two cents would be that Force Sensitivity is something that you can be born with or that you can attain through training. It's essentially like having a genetic predisposition towards some talent or skill, but with the Force there's also a spiritual aspect to it as well. Most Jedi and all Sith are born Force Sensitive, and are raised to hone their natural talents. I'd also say Jedi and Sith believe that the only people who who should use the Force are those born to it, for different reasons.Woodclaw wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 8:55 pmMy personal reasoning is that Chirrut is Force-sensitive, but he was never a Jedi. Somewhere I read a pretty good theory that the monks of Jeddha were something of a spin-off of the old Jedi Order, tasked with guarding one major source of kyber crystals, and in time they developed their own Force tradition.Ares wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 5:35 pm To the surprise of absolutely no one, I LOVE Chirrut Imwe. The Expanded Universe material had long had martial arts styles that could make someone lethal to the point of not needing blasters, with some styles like Teras Kasi potentially making one a match for a Jedi. So seeing someone kung fu fight a squad of Stormtroopers into submission was a truly fun moment. The fact that he's so good at dodging that he can make Stormtroopers hit each other precisely (he gets one Trooper to blast the guy guarding Jyn and Cassian, the bolt firing BETWEEN them to hit the guy behind them) and can knock guys in full armor out with kicks says something about his skill.
I recall some members of the movie production claiming Chirrut wasn't actually Force Sensitive, which seemed weird to me. He clearly had some abilities with the Force, so perhaps they meant that he wasn't born Force Sensitive but developed Force abilities with training? He does clearly impossible things, such as being able to detect that Jyn is wearing a kyber crystal pendant, snipe a TIE Fighter out of the air, be aware of things like Cassian's desire to kill, and of course his leap of faith at the end.
The expanded material also went into that nifty bo-staff-blaster thing he uses to snipe down the TIE Fighter. Apparently it's a human version of a Bowcaster, having hitting power comparable to Chewbacca's weapon, but in order to compensate for the recoil of such a blast they had to make the weapon much longer and fire single shots. The result is that Chirrut is both a close combat specialist and a high powered single shot sniper.
I also love the banter Chirrut has, especially between him and Baze.
Someone Chirrut would be someone who wasn't born Force Sensitive, but he developed it through years of hard word and training, mostly on his own thanks to the Empire's purge of potentially dangerous Force Groups.
I also don't think they were a married couple either, as I'm pretty sure Baze would have given Chirrut a final kiss or referred to him as something stronger than "my friend". I wouldn't have had a problem with it if that was clear, but to me it came off as a strong, brotherly platonic friendship.That last exchange, which I love to no end BTW, also made a ton of people question if Chirrut and Baze were actually married. Personally I don't think they were, but if that was the case major kudos to the production team for adding a homosexual couple without slapping the audience in face.Ares wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 5:35 pm *Chirrut walks out of the downed spacecraft*
Baze: "Where are you going!?"
Chirrut: "To find Jyn!"
Baze: *sarcastically* "Good luck!"
Chirrut: "I don't need luck! I've got you!"
*Baze pauses for a moment, then grumpily follows after Chirrut*
I like that last exchange especially. You'd think with Chirrut's previous statements he would have said "I don't need luck, I have the Force." Instead he shows that he has at least as much faith in his friend as he does in an all powerful mystical energy field that binds the universe together. That's some deep friendship there.