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[Star Wars] Do Jedi mind tricks work on droids?

The thought occurred to me, that, since many droids seem to be fully sentient, they might be connected to the Force in the same way any living thing is. Can a Jedi influence their artificial minds, or do their mind tricks only work on biological organisms?

Related question: Can droids be force-sensitive?
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Sentience has nothing to do with connecting to the force. Droids are still mechanical, synthetic creations. They have no connection to the force because it requires living things to move, bind and influence. The force is inside ALL living things, from single celled creatures to the largest life forms prowling space. Only a tiny number of the nearly infinite amount of the galaxy's biodiversity is sentient. Droids cannot be jedi, nor can tricks that fool a person's memory and perception affect them. 

However, DIFFERENT tricks and manipulation can still affect droids. Physical things, like levitation and telekinesis can still throw them around and, if the jedi is skilled enough, perhaps literally rewire a droid's brain from a distance. To a casual observer, it might look exactly like a mind trick.