Originally posted by: zombie84
It wasnt that Luke was destined for greatness because his father was filled with midichlorians. His father was a great warrior, in the physical and mental sense, and those are things inherited by children oftentimes--and they're not related to the Force. Luke wanted to be a Jedi because he wanted to be like his father--he believed he could do it. Thats all the Force was. Luke was able to use the Force because he believed he could. Han couldn't because he was a cynic and didn't believe in it--but Luke was innocent and pure in heart and believed in himself and in this power and thats why he is able to wield the Force. This even continued into ESB--"i don't believe it," "that is why you fail." The whole thing about Luke's father at that time had nothing to do with the Force, it was merely a character arc of Luke wanting to connect with the father figure he never knew--he was physically and mentally fit after training and was a natural warrior and thats as far as heredetary went because the Force had nothing to do with genetics or any kind of physical link.
It wasnt that Luke was destined for greatness because his father was filled with midichlorians. His father was a great warrior, in the physical and mental sense, and those are things inherited by children oftentimes--and they're not related to the Force. Luke wanted to be a Jedi because he wanted to be like his father--he believed he could do it. Thats all the Force was. Luke was able to use the Force because he believed he could. Han couldn't because he was a cynic and didn't believe in it--but Luke was innocent and pure in heart and believed in himself and in this power and thats why he is able to wield the Force. This even continued into ESB--"i don't believe it," "that is why you fail." The whole thing about Luke's father at that time had nothing to do with the Force, it was merely a character arc of Luke wanting to connect with the father figure he never knew--he was physically and mentally fit after training and was a natural warrior and thats as far as heredetary went because the Force had nothing to do with genetics or any kind of physical link.
That's what I was trying to say. You nailed it Zombie. Like I said before, I can't believe Lucas took such a special and complex and beatiful thing and made it into a hereditary blood type in the preqeuls.