So magfan, do you put any stock in the idea of midichlorians post-ROTS? I know the idea of midichlorian and the virgin birth was despised by most and still may be, but the conversation with Palpatine and Anakin is interesting at the opera. It makes you think that possibly she was the vessel to bring for the savior for the light side or the dark side. A christ/anti-christ. If Plagueis could control life and there manipulate midichlorians...could he have created Anakin through the virgin Shmi, and had him be a slave, With Sidious understanding this let his mother be killed and pushed Anakin along a path to have him become a dark and powerful savior, more power than grievous or dooku. It's interesting.