Sadako said:
The fact that midi-chlorians are a complete throwaway plot device is even worse. The story would not be different in any way if they just replaced every instance of 'midi-chlorians' with 'The Force'.
This is why I don't like midi-chlorians. It's not that they demystify the Force -- they're clearly meant to be conduits to the Force, not the creators of the Force or the Force itself -- but because they're completely, hopelessly, redundant.