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“There are no Jedi here anymore. Only dreamers like this fool.” So says Baze Malbus about Jedha and Chirrut Imwe. But is it really that simple? Can you describe the things Chirrut does in Rogue One as the product of heightened senses, like Daredevil from Marvel Comics?
Sure, they give us those quick shots of Chirrut picking up on the noise of a trooper crunching sand under his boot, or tightening her finger on a blaster trigger. But can he smell the blaster bolts coming at him as they fry the air they’re punching through? How does he avoid all the blaster fire on Scarif? It seems highly unlikely that it’s just Daredevil-like skill, and more like Force sensitivity and manipulation.
Though, as we’ve learned from Clone Wars and Rebels, you can be a Force user for good and not be a Jedi, as Ahsoka Tano showed us…