10 Dumbest Things In The Star Wars: Prequel Trilogy

You had a bad feeling this one was coming, right?

The Force was seen as a wondrous and spiritual energy that could be harnessed by only a few during the original trilogy, with those Force-sensitive beings taking the time to learn how to control the energy that binds the galaxy together.

And while further information about the mysterious energy was to be expected in a collection of flicks set at the time of the Jedi Order being very much present in the galaxy far, far away, few were prepared for the soulless, daft, and unnecessary introduction of the concept of midi-chlorians.

It didn't matter that microscopic life forms within the cells of all living things had seemingly been present in the Star Wars universe since as far back as 1977 - George Lucas actually referencing them decades before Episode I - the way they were discussed in The Phantom Menace in particular made the idea of the Force feel pointlessly colder all of a sudden.

Had Lucas offered an explanation similar to the one he did all those years ago, noting how certain beings are born with a stronger awareness of the Force due to having more midi-chorians in the cells, viewers likely wouldn't have found their arrival so jarring.

Instead, the act of being able to quantify just how much Force potential a human has by taking a blood sample, and Qui-Gon Jinn's attempts to explain how organic hosts form a symbiotic relationship with the life forms to young Anakin, added an unwanted scientific layer to the magical idea of the Force.