Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic
No, Midichlorians are what allows life to exist in the first place. The Jedi communicate with the force through them in the same way they hear sounds with their ears.
No, Qui-Gon specifically said that midichlorians speak to Jedi and "tell" them the will of the force. They aren't just organs or appendages. They're supposed to be intelligent.
Why can't they be both? It's not like the Force wasn't hereditary in the classic trilogy. I figure with the Midichlorians, we have a solid basis to say it's about all life, not just the Skywalkers.
No, Midichlorians are what allows life to exist in the first place. The Jedi communicate with the force through them in the same way they hear sounds with their ears.
No, Qui-Gon specifically said that midichlorians speak to Jedi and "tell" them the will of the force. They aren't just organs or appendages. They're supposed to be intelligent.
Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic
Are living beings "luminous," like Yoda said, or do they simply carry varrying amounts of hereditary bacteria?
Are living beings "luminous," like Yoda said, or do they simply carry varrying amounts of hereditary bacteria?
Why can't they be both? It's not like the Force wasn't hereditary in the classic trilogy. I figure with the Midichlorians, we have a solid basis to say it's about all life, not just the Skywalkers.
In the original trilogy, strength with the force was only vaguely hereditary. Only in the prequels does the source of such powers become so physically limited. I believe it was better when the force was presented as permeating everything and existing everywhere, including the mind's of Jedi. Requiring arbitrary counts of bacteria to give the minds of living beings a connection to the force makes the Star Wars universe a lot smaller and less interesting at best. At worst, it makes the force into an annoyingly indistinct plot element that is difficult to accept on the surface.