(03-04-2013, 10:56 AM)Crackpunch Wrote: They're pretty damn similar in effect. Considering minds are melded in the force meld, I'd say it qualifies.
If you want to stretch that logic, then yes he might have used a suitable term. However, I think it much more likely that a Jedi mind-trick would be what is needed for the Republicans, much more likely than coming to the same conclusion through connecting their minds peacefully. Also implies they are weak-minded