star wars - Was E.T. a Jedi?

I came to this thought that E.T. was in fact a Jedi (or at least Force-sensitive) and the more I think about it, the more it seems possible. This would explain many things.

First, we already know that E.T came from the Star Wars Galaxy.

So, if he was a Jedi, he would show some force powers:

So, the only thing left is to determine if all others member of E.T.'s species (Children of the Green Planet) possess those powers. I hope we could find this information in "E.T.: The Book of the Green Planet" (a book from E.T. franchise which is the sequel to movie's novelization).

Answer

I think it is fairly clear that E.T. is from the species of the Star Wars galaxy, probably having come on a generational ship, since the journey would be very long indeed. Since the Force pervades the galaxy and everything in it, and can be used for purposes of manipulating it, I think it's reasonable to assume that E.T.'s "magic" did use the force at some level, even if it wasn't as directly as a Jedi would have (there is precedence for this, I believe the Force-witches of Agamar, as well as several of the cultures Jacen went and studied with).

However, I don't think E.T. was a Jedi, at least as we know them in the Star Wars time frame.

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  First, though perhaps not most compellingly, we didn't see E.T.'s lightsaber, and a lightsaber is almost a part of the Jedi, they are almost naked without it.

  
  


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  Second, consider whether there were Jedi on the ship the Brodo Agosians/Children of the Green Planet sent. If not, then one of them over the generations would likely have discovered the Force and started using it, probably passing down the knowledge, if not the genes for it. But since he or she would not have been trained in the force, the culture around it would probably not have been the same. This could easily lead to the level and manner in which E.T. used it.

  
  

  If there were a Jedi on the generational ship, then either the training could have died out due to a lack of trainees (recall Jedi are not supposed to have children, and an original Jedi would likely have adhered to this) and then they'd be in the Jedi-less situation described above, or the training could simply have evolved over the years as a natural progression. After all, there wouldn't have been a Jedi council to keep it on track, and the situation on a generational ship would not need to serve the same purpose as in the galaxy at large.

  
  
  

So I think that yes, E.T. was on some level using the Force, but no, he was not a Jedi knight, at least as we know them from the Star Wars era.