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Re: Another one of those 'what's wrong with TPM' posts
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Thu, 1 Jun 2000 21:04:13 GMT
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I think the midichlorians still do have a 'mysterious' quality to them.
Remember in Episode I when Qui-Gon asked Shmi about Anakin's father, and she
replied "There was no father...I carried him..." etc.  Which means either the
midichlorians "magically" implanted a child in Shmi using the Force, or George
Lucas didn't want to have another character in which he would have to worry
about, so he used the midichlorians as a surrogate parent.  Thats my opinion
anyway.

Adam

In lugnet.starwars, Bryan Hodges writes:
> (reference to a seperate post): As for the midichlorians removing from the
> mystacism of the Force, I disagree.  The introduction of the midichlorians
> doesn't offer an explanation of the Force, rather an explanation of how the
> Jedi access the Force.  While it does offer a more scientific way of measuring
> one's Force ability (forcability?) it does not in any way make the Force
> measurable.  Midichlorians do not detract from the "spirituality" of the
> story, rather they allow another way to say that one is "strong in the Force."
> 
> -Bryan
> 



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  Re: Another one of those 'what's wrong with TPM' posts
 
While it is entirely possible that C3PO did indicate in one of the books that he'd never had his memory wiped, you've got to remember that Lucas is not bound by the books. Anyone that writes a Star Wars book is simply writing a modification to (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)

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