Darth Venal said:

TheBoost:

It's not technobabble becase knowledge or non-knowledge of the midichlorians has no bearing on the plot or character actions. Anakin never breaks into a lab and takes a syringe full of midichlorians to become more badass, and R2 never reverse the polarity of the midichlorians in order to save the day.

...and it readily becomes apparent that it's not biology or science [but] only serves a plot point so they could do a "force-test" on Anakin's blood.

Boost, I think Rocco is right, you gave a great description of precisely what technobabble is, not the opposite. And I think The Phantom Menace states pretty darn emphatically that Anakin's midichlorian count is the highest they've ever seen, precisely the reason he doesn't need to break into a lab and give himself more.

And considering that they take a blood sample from Anakin, which is then analysed for midichlorian levels in the cells, and I think you also proved that it is biology or science (whatever that means).

In either case, midiclorians serve absolutely no purpose to the plot and can easily be removed from all three films without it affecting the story at all.