Tom Bissell -> Andor (Off-Topic)

by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Friday, May 23, 2025, 07:41 (11 hours, 31 minutes ago) @ ZackDark

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".

Not familiar. Midi-chlorians just confused everything. Non-Skywalkers can still use it, but it seems to choose you, not the other way around. I liked it when it was a practice, like Zen Buddhism, that you could pick up.