adywan said:
And this is why the prequels failed. Star Wars was a fantasy film. He developed midichlorians in a very early draft when it was more science fiction, but throw them out when it became more about myth and fantasy. The second he resurrected them as a way to try and explain the force, he threw the fantasy element out of the window.

To say that the prequels “failed” because of a piece of technobabble you did not like is a bit shallow in itself isn’t it? I guess shallow people like shallow movies. What the two trilogies do in unison, is present a dualistic view of the force. The OT stresses the importance of the spiritual balance. TPM says no, there’s more to it than that, you don’t have to take it on blind faith, it can be understood from a rational perspective also. A complete understanding includes both the spiritual and the material aspect. Qui-Gon is presented as a more spiritual man within the more pragmatic organization of the late jedi order. He follows the force more than the code and has problems with the council over that.