Freindly reminder that Midi-Chlorians are still canon

Deleted · December 23, 2015, 01:01:55 AM

give me a good shitstorm

December 23, 2015, 01:02:57 AM

I never understood why people hated midichlorians so much. It makes sense that some people are more force-sensitive than others.

🍁 Aria 🔮 · December 23, 2015, 01:09:16 AM

Quote from: SecondClass on December 23, 2015, 01:02:57 AM

I never understood why people hated midichlorians so much. It makes sense that some people are more force-sensitive than others.

The force is supposed to be fantastical space magic, and assigning pseudo-science draws unnecessary attention to something you're just supposed to glaze over.

December 23, 2015, 01:10:28 AM

Quote from: Prime Megaten on December 23, 2015, 01:09:16 AM

Quote from: SecondClass on December 23, 2015, 01:02:57 AM
I never understood why people hated midichlorians so much. It makes sense that some people are more force-sensitive than others.
The force is supposed to be fantastical space magic, and assigning pseudo-science draws unnecessary attention to something you're just supposed to glaze over.

Well, yeah, but people like Han Solo could never use the force, even if he trained under Obi-Wan. People like Luke had it come naturally to them, and so did everyone in Luke's bloodline. There has to be some explanation there, and midichlorians fit the bill.

🍁 Aria 🔮 · December 23, 2015, 01:12:27 AM

Quote from: SecondClass on December 23, 2015, 01:10:28 AM

Quote from: Prime Megaten on December 23, 2015, 01:09:16 AM
Quote from: SecondClass on December 23, 2015, 01:02:57 AM
I never understood why people hated midichlorians so much. It makes sense that some people are more force-sensitive than others.
The force is supposed to be fantastical space magic, and assigning pseudo-science draws unnecessary attention to something you're just supposed to glaze over.
Well, yeah, but people like Han Solo could never use the force, even if he trained under Obi-Wan. People like Luke had it come naturally to them, and so did everyone in Luke's bloodline. There has to be some explanation there, and midichlorians fit the bill.

You can explain that without pseudo-science. Literal space magic, why isn't everybody a wizard in fantasy?

I don't really care that much about midi-chloride anyway, but I'm just doing my best to explain the outrage.

Verbatim · December 23, 2015, 01:14:42 AM

I started with TPM, so I never felt the "mystery" of the Force.

I can tell that midichlorians wouldn't have bothered me, though. It's just a dumb complaint, like Jar Jar.

Mattie G Indahouse · December 23, 2015, 04:12:31 AM

I see nothing wrong with it at all. Like what SecondClass said it explains why there are people that can use it and why there are ones that can't. For people like When it comes to people like Yoda and Anakin the higher your count is the stronger your powers are.

Mattie G Indahouse · December 23, 2015, 04:17:32 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on December 23, 2015, 01:14:42 AM

I started with TPM, so I never felt the "mystery" of the Force.

Was there anything mysterious about it to begin with? The only powers we seen being used in the OG trilogy was Obi-Wan' scream, him mind tricking those troopers, Vader chocking people, Luke guiding those missiles , Yoda lifting up Lukes ship and Palpatine's force lighting. There's nothing special or mysterious at all about those type of powers since they seem like things that would be used in any type of fantasy thing. The only mysterious thing about the force are the ghosts and when it comes to the powers like I said they seem like things that you came arose before.

mojo · December 23, 2015, 09:21:18 AM

wizard

Turkey · December 23, 2015, 09:45:31 AM

It's the fans that ruined midichlorians. In TPM they're just an observable indicator of force sensitivity, and nothing more. It's also more significant when you take into account how wayward the Jedi order was at that point. In RotS Palpatine takes it a bit further but he was probably lying, anyway.