10 Sad Facts About Star Wars You Just Need To Accept

7. The Force Is No Longer Mystical

Back in the original Star Wars, the Force seemed resoundingly badass; mysterious and unknowable, it was simply an indeterminate power that some lucky few could tap for good or ill. It allowed Luke to stray from the path most traveled and 'feel' his way to victory: a nice analogy for using the power within to push to greater heights. But then Lucas reduced the whole thing to absurdity by explaining the Force away in the prequels, as he did with so much else. Now, the Force is a quantifiable substance, measured by the presence of sentient Midi-chlorians in the body. Seriously?! Great. Now The Force is basically cross between an interstellar STI and an aggressively advanced form of Space Scientology, stopped just short of Yoda whipping out an M-meter and giving little Ani a "free Jedi test". This potentially leaves J.J. Abrams with some 'splaining to do. Because if the Force is stupid, the whole thing is.