im not going to debate it anymore, not out of any frustration
with you guys, but its just one of those topics that i can't hold a straight
face debating on 😄
ill just say that:
i firmly believe that the force exists in all living things. based on speculation of vague quotes, and you guys disagree based on the same vague quotes. we could be at this forever.
You're probably right. More has always been made of the whole midi-chlorians thing than need be. I suppose if Lucas was not going to be clear when he created them, he might have done better to leave them out after all; it wasn't THAT important to give us a scientific marker of demonstrating Anakin's potential.
I agree. Introducing the midi's is a move in the direction of giving an explanation which wasn't needed at all. A Qui-Gon line like: "The Force is unusually strong with this one, stronger than I ever felt with Master Yoda" and a confirmation by OB1 when he meets Anakin would have done the job well without raising new questions. It would be vague and simple and we would all have accepted it. After all, Vader sensed the unusual Force with Luke in the ANh trench...
You can debate what midis are and why, but Lucas will never explain it, he's said so himself. He's said that's why he doesn't like most sci-fi, especially Star Trek, cause they spend most of the time explaining how things work. He talks about it in the commentary to ANH, how your just thrown into a world and almost nothing is explained, like real life, when you use a toaster you don't explain what it is, you just use it. Don't worry about who sand people are or how a hyperdrive works, just sit back and enjoy the ride.
I doubt we'll ever get any more expenation than we did in TPM, it's not needed, this isn't Star Trek.
but he is guilty of "star treking" the films already.
by even mentioning a biological life form which interacts with the force,
ep1 entered the land of rodenberry.
when i saw ep1 for the first time, and saw the midi scene with
anakin and quigon....i thought "this wreeks of star trek".
GL tends to be a hypocrite at times.
Who cares really? It was such a broad explination, we have no clue how they really work or exactly what they are, that's not very scientific, but as scientific as anything gets in star wars. I think people who are obbsessed with details needed that little scene between anakin and quigon, that's why lucas put it in there. Otherwise all you'd know was that a lot of midiclorians are good and not know what they are or even that they're related to force power. I could have done without that scene, but I really don't care that it's there. Doesn't bother me.
Originally posted by snuckleman
I think people who are obbsessed with details needed that little scene between anakin and quigon, that's why lucas put it in there.
i have yet to meet a single person who needed to see that scene.
we are ALL obsessed with details, me, you, everyone else here....thats why we are here, isnt it? so why is it that i have not read a single post saying "hey, the addition of midichloeans explained so much" or "what a cool idea"
anyone like the idea?
anyone?
*crickets*