First of all, it's been a long time since I last posted a blog. So, please forgive me if this one is less logical than my preceding statements. Due to the length with which it took to finally write this up, and the fact that this theory is based more on conjecture than any of the others, it may make sense only to me. If this is so, I do apologize.

Next, please note that a lot of my theory is based on the tenet that the original Yuuzhan Vong home world was sentient and benevolent, as well as nearly omnipotent. Obviously, if that basic support of this idea is removed, the entire thing falls apart, so please be kind, okay?

As I'm sure some of you will point out, there is no way to be sure of the disposition of a long forgotten world. But, based upon the idea of Zonama Sekot--the supposed offspring of that ancient planet--I am making this supposition of its general benevolence towards its children, as well as the possession of awesome power.

Additionally, there is the viewpoint of the Yuuzhan Vong themselves. They seem to feel that their planet was sacred and sentient. But, because of the punishment inflicted upon the Yuuzhan Vong, their planet became an enemy, something to be feared. Why would a planet act this way towards its life forms? It appears that the logical reasoning would be that the planet was a parent trying to discipline its progeny. If a child is unruly, one of the most effective methods of punishment is to remove a privilege.

As was shown in latter books of the New Jedi Order, the Yuuzhan Vong are not completely cut off from the Force. (That idea would be ludicrous in any event, as life in the Star Wars Universe requires access to the Unifying Force.) Likely, the home world would have been aware of the fact that a complete stripping of the Force would have meant the complete destruction of their children. Since it appears that most humanoid life forms make use of a specific part of the Force (like the human eye can only detect tiny fraction of the entire light spectrum), it would make sense to simply block that.

How was this administered? It is likely that a viral agent was used to modify the Yuuzhan Vong DNA, most likely a retrovirus, which basically utilizes RNA that can permanently modify the DNA of an organism, given enough time. This idea is further strengthened by the idea set forth in my previous blog, that of the "extra" piece of DNA.

Yet, with the given idea that the homeworld of the Yuuzhan Vong was not only sentient, but benevolent and quite powerful, it seems to me unlikely that such a virus would be designed to harm not only the beings at fault, (the Yuuzhan Vong themselves) but also the innocent creatures utilized by the Yuuzhan Vong. It is unwise for any sentient being to willfully harm innocents. We as humans recognize this fact, but because we are neither omniscient nor omnipotent, there is more often than not collateral damage. Why would the planet strip innocent, non-sentient lifeforms of the Living Force? That doesn't seem logical nor just to me. If so, right after the stripping occurred, then the non-sentient lifeforms would be present in the Living Force, but the Yuuzhan Vong would not.

However, since the Yuuzhan Vong like to "play" with their DNA, then there would be a blending of the two, and a diluting of the Force-sensitivity. For some organisms, such as lambents (which appear to be plantlike,) and yammosks, which I believe are propagated by cloning, the effect on their DNA would be less than the effect on something more obviously modified, such as amphistaffs and coralskippers. Too, it would be important where the source DNA came from, both the initial cell and the DNA to "improve" it. I find it unlikely that Yuuzhan Vong would use their own ovums to perform such experiments, but it is very possible that their own DNA was used to affect other organisms and to form special bonds for easier control of those organisms.

Too, a lot of the organisms that the Yuuzhan Vong use are not made from the descendants of actual beings, but are replicated using the DNA blueprint and available proteins, nucleic acids and the like. Some of that DNA, though wouldn't have to be replicated from scratch, because the basic cellular functions of any living being behaves in a very similar manner, so the modifications in all would be slight. Perhaps it would be simple additions/deletions to already existing Yuuzhan Vong DNA. If Yuuzhan Vong were originally the only ones with that extra something, we have to remember that with their constant manipulation/rearrangement of their genetic code that crossovers would occur. This would therefore spread the virus to initially infected beings, also rendering them invisible to the Living Force.

That leads to the issue of Onimi. How did he become Force sensitive?