Originally posted by: Wesyeed
Personally, I remember the real obi-wan's words about him being amazed by how strongly the force was with Anakin, not by how many mutant cells he had in his system. This implies a natural gift to me that is also a hereditary trait more in the sense of a spiritual bonding families have (My spirit is of my parent's spirit etc.) but not limited to being just that.

Well, as I said earlier, I always saw the force as something far more expansive than any kind of life forms or midichlorians. It was the embodiment of all things in the Star Wars universe. It connected, controlled, and obeyed all things. The reason Anakin and other Jedi have the force "with them" so strongly is because something larger than them is actually at work in the universe. The mysterious relationship that the force has with destiny is what gave Anakin his strength and it was that same fate that blessed his physical descendants. Wielding the force is the power of wizards who have the right spiritual fate and the right mindset, an ability so rare that many people don't even believe it exists. When Luke destroyed the Death Star, he was the right person at the right time, just as anyone could potentially be. It’s called destiny.

If midichlorians had merely been a correlation, that people strong with the force tend to have a lot of them, as a way to physically test for the condition, then I would have been fine with that. But Jedi are just mutants with too much bacteria? George went a lot farther than he needed to and now the force is much, much smaller. Maybe Go-Mer is aesthetically pleased by that, but I’m not.