The one good thing about the Star Wars prequels

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Midi-chlorians.
At least Lucas was smart enough to have a scientific reason for how the force works and where it comes from than just "hurr durr space magics" that was poorly thought out in the original trilogy. The only reason why fanboys cried about it was because it went against a lot of poor written fan fiction tht Lucas had no intent on incorporating into his universe.


 
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Scientific?

So it's more believable for bacteria to have magic powers instead of people?


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Scientific?

So it's more believable for bacteria to have magic powers instead of people?
More believable than space hocus pocus.


 
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You're not even canon.
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I actuallly kind of like it that way.

Clone wars era-Yoda and the Jedi were, how to say it, scientific. Rigid. Too rigid maybe. And looking at the movies in this sense means that Yoda, is a progression in character.

When we see him in the older movies, he's worn down. He's old, and thinking about his life, and where it lead. The consequences of his actions. And maybe he feels that the rigid structure the Jedi once had, was what landed them in the spot they exist in today.

Nearly extinct.

In his age, his views have softened. He's like a real person. I know old guys around me that were fighters in their youth. Tough sons of bitches is the statement. But in age, they've calmed down. Mellowed out. Take a look at life in a different way.

And so, maybe Yoda is being the representation of who he represents. Age. Wisdom. Reflection. Because in his youth, he was aggressive. And maybe, blind. And he made mistakes.

He taught Luke the way he did because Yoda had the advantage of age. And giving luke a spiritual grasp on things over a science gave him more faith. More faith than a countable, visible number.

Maybe I'm overlooking things.

But that's what I like to think.


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Scientific?

So it's more believable for bacteria to have magic powers instead of people?
More believable than space hocus pocus.

It's still space hocus pocus though, just that it's used by intelligent organelles.


 
 
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Tenuous science is better than magic.


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Tenuous science is better than magic.
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Tenuous science is better than magic.
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Scientific?

So it's more believable for bacteria to have magic powers instead of people?
Well God, you could make it happen >_>


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>Star Wars
>scientific
>hard sci-fi

Pick one.

Star Wars was, at its core, a medieval knight's tale set in space. It was never meant to bear a resemblance to the Scientific inquiry, and Lucas' pathetic attempts to steer the franchise towards that aspect was part of the many reasons why the prequels failed critically and artistically. It should've stuck to its fantasy space opera roots.

"HURR REMEMBER HOW THE FORCE WAS THAT MAGICAL ETHEREAL ENTITY THAT BOUND THE UNIVERSE TOGETHER? LEL JK, ITS ACTUALLY SPACE BACTERIA."


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Another good thing is the excellent dialogue.


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'Sufficiently advanced technology is indistiguishable from magic'-Arthur C. Clarke.

Also. The Battles of Coruscant, Utapau and Geonosis and the Order 66 scene were amazing, as well as evrything about Darth Maul.


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I would have been more okay with it if the whole 'Clone Wars' thing had been more creative. What about transplanting midichlorians into people or clones? It could make Jedi cloning and creation a very dangerous reality.

The now-non-canon Jedi Outcast game toyed around with similar ideas with Reborn and Shadowtroopers.
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'Sufficiently advanced technology is indistiguishable from magic'-Arthur C. Clarke.

Also. The Battles of Coruscant, Utapau and Geonosis and the Order 66 scene were amazing, as well as evrything about Darth Maul.
Order 66 was, the rest were kinda.. video gamey


 
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This is not the greatest sig in the world, no. This is just a tribute.
But Star Wars isn't sci-fi so the space magic explanation was perfectly feasible.
Besides, all that explanation did was show why certain people are force sensitive, it didn't explain how the midi-chlorians worked, and really doesn't bring anything worthwhile from it's inclusion.  There's nothing good about it nor is there really anything bad. It's just kinda there...


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But Star Wars isn't sci-fi so the space magic explanation was perfectly feasible.
Besides, all that explanation did was show why certain people are force sensitive, it didn't explain how the midi-chlorians worked, and really doesn't bring anything worthwhile from it's inclusion.  There's nothing good about it nor is there really anything bad. It's just kinda there...
Yeah but people who claim to be SW fans keep crying about it.


 
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i don't agree with your premise that it's the one good thing about the prequels

but yeah, i agree that midichlorians are a good explanation of the force


 
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"HURR REMEMBER HOW THE FORCE WAS THAT MAGICAL ETHEREAL ENTITY THAT BOUND THE UNIVERSE TOGETHER? LEL JK, ITS ACTUALLY SPACE BACTERIA."
why can't it be both


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It wasn't until the Lost Episodes that I became okay with Midichlorians.


 
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maybe i'm like, super biased because i saw the prequels before the original trilogy

which is probably why i'm just not a star wars fan at all