Well I do think the Jedi in the PT have too rigid a definition of the Force. Whether George did that on purpose, doesn’t matter, as I’m glad to see the ST expand it into so much more than just midichlorian counts.
I think it was a little more than that to George, and to me too. The Force is just The Force. Jediism is a 1,000 generations worth of knowledge about and understanding of The Force.