Gaffer Tape said:
At work today, I began to have a thought. In fact, I might have mentioned this here in the past, but I just don't remember, so I decided I might as well start a topic about it, just to be on the safe side. Alright, here goes:

Everybody here hates midichlorians. That pretty much goes without saying. I've heard interviews (and commentary) where George explains that part of the reason he used the concept in Phantom Menace (besides a desire to make the Force scientific...sadly, we can't get around that) was so that there would be an objective assessment that would cause the Jedi Council to take Anakin seriously and to help prove his Chosen One status. I'm perfectly fine with that idea and that concept. I just feel he could have done it in a way that didn't seem to trivialize the Force. Okay, so it's established that midichlorians live in your blood, and the more you have, the more in tune with the Force you are. I think it would have had the same function in the story without being so difficult for us to swallow had the concept been reversed. Rather than midichlorians being microscopic being that channel the Force, let them be microscopic beings that are attracted to the Force. Timothy Zahn did something similar with the ysalimiri: creatures who repel the Force. Anyway, the more in tune with the Force a person is, the more midichlorians he/she would attract. Therefore, midichlorians could still be used to gauge Force potential but be a result of the Force rather than the source of it.

Any other opinions? And, once again, sorry if I've posted this before, but I guess even if I have, there are newer users who might get a kick out of this...

I have no problems with Midichlorians. So no, not everyone here has a problem with them.