Tom Bissell -> Andor (Off-Topic)

by Coaxkez, Friday, May 23, 2025, 08:16 (10 hours, 55 minutes ago) @ Kermit
edited by Coaxkez, Friday, May 23, 2025, 08:20

For whatever it's worth, Disney has been soft retconning midi-chlorians for a while now. They do still exist and are still portrayed as the intermediary through which sentient life is able to tap into the Force, but there has been a shift toward portraying the Force as something that anyone can train to use even when their "M-count" is very low. They just have to work harder at it. It's like how, in real life, anyone can learn how to run a marathon, but some people have a better aptitude for it.

There is a character in one of the D+ shows who becomes a Padawan in spite of having literally zero Force aptitude whatsoever, not even being able to move a cup, but eventually this character is able to use the Force after mastering self-discipline and the quieting of the mind.

Is that ideal? No. I get that midi-chlorians confuse the issue by virtue of their mere existence, but hey, at least Disney is doing something about that.