Tom Bissell -> Andor (Off-Topic)

by ZackDark , Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Thursday, May 22, 2025, 15:00 (5 hours, 27 minutes ago) @ Kermit

I love the way you put that, and Star Wars is better for it. One of the ways George Lucas ruined his creation was by introducing the idea of midi-chlorians. Until then, the Force was relatively democratic, accessible to anyone with discipline and the right mindset. Midi-chlorians introduced genetics into it, and essentially we're back to the divine right of kings. As a committed anti-monarchist, I say screw that noise.

Eh. I chose to infer it works like Dust, from His Dark Materials. You can measure it, but how it attaches to someone is "arbitrary".