all living beings can use the Force, and do use the Force, but some people seem to be born with more or less aptitude for being aware of and controlling it. It CAN be taught, but throughout the story as we see it the only teachers almost always take already gifted students
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @FartCaptor
so it really is basically midichlorians? like their aptitude is based on some random biological aspect
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Replying to @saintwalker98 @FartCaptor
It's unclear but probably yes midichlorians. To a Force user it manifests as "they seem strong with the Force" though, which means midichlorians could be a false measure
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @saintwalker98
Midichlorians are just so incredibly unnecessary. Like, the Jedi are already shown to be intensively trained from childhood. Why did they ever feel the need to have more explanation than that?
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Replying to @FartCaptor @saintwalker98
Probably bc Lucas was flirting with the Sith manipulation thing from the start (contrary to a viral thread I RTed earlier, the canon status of that remains ambiguous intentionally)
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Weren't the midichlorians first introduced in one of the EU novels?
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Replying to @EVA_01_Shogouki @BootlegGirl and
No they're a George Lucas thing
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Replying to @EVA_01_Shogouki @BootlegGirl and
One of the big surprises when George Lucas' notes for his sequel trilogy leaked is that the midichlorians really weren't just a throwaway line to make things more science fictiony They were his whole big plan for his grand finale, to reveal all life is one big organism
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
Did he ever have a script or rough draft that was released and readable by the public?
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No IIRC he gave up on actually doing it pretty early into the process
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