Scott109 said:
Considering the original trilogy states that Force sensitivity is passed down through bloodlines (“the Force is strong in my family…”), I never understood the problem with midichlorians per se, even if Qui-Gon’s explanation of them is rather boring and mundane.The Force being hereditary and The Force being the result if micro organisms are completely different things. The main problems is that there is no mention of midicholorians in the OT.
Well, to be devil’s advocate, midichlorians where invented by Lucas back in the 70’s, and they aren’t the Force in of itself, they are just supposed to help certain people connect to it stronger than others (hence hereditary Force-sensitivity among some characters). Sure, it’s an unnecessary addition to a concept I think most viewers understood from the get-go, but it’s not as illogical as many make it out to be. It’s just a superfluous little detail that Lucas initially chose to only include in the EU.