Well...I could argue it! Midichlorians sets up nicely for the reveal in ROTS and that famously "Faustian" scene at the opera. Poo and farting either make you laugh or they don't. Lucas didn't invent them; people have been laughing at scatalogical humour since time immemoriam. What's so pathetic is that there was such a backlash from certain people (I won't even grace their number by calling them a demographic) about such things. I mean, really, how much time can one person have on their hands?