Star Wars Already Proved Midi-Chlorians Aren't the Source of the Force
The Star Wars prequel trilogy introduced the concept of midi-chlorians to the franchise, and while this was a controversial move, a Legends-era comic proves that these microscopic lifeforms were not the true source of the Force. Many viewers took issue with a seemingly scientific explanation for the Force when it’s typically perceived as a mystical phenomenon. The Star Wars Expanded Universe continuity (which became the Legends alternate timeline in 2014) proves that this isn’t quite the case when midi-chlorians are injected into a non-Force user, leaving his connection to the energy field unchanged.
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace has Qui-Gon Jinn test the blood of a young Anakin Skywalker for midi-chlorians as a means of gauging his potential strength in the Force. Later, he explains them to Skywalker, describing them as having a symbiotic relationship with the beings they reside in, and that one can connect to the Force by “listening” to them. The Force was described in spiritual terms throughout the original Star Wars trilogy, but midi-chlorians seemed to contradict this, making the Force seem too mundane for many viewers.
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“The Eyes of Revolution,” a story by Warren Fu in Star Wars: Visionaries, puts the midi-chlorians’ relationship with the Force to the test, as the preserved corpse of the Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas is used to give a dying General Grievous a blood transfusion. Despite Sifo-Dyas and Grievous being different species, the blood transfusion helps the Kaleesh survive his near-fatal injuries, allowing him to be reconstructed as a cyborg who, while undeniably deadly, isn’t any stronger in the Force than he was before his
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