20 Most Ridiculous Moments In Star Wars

3. Midi-chlorians (The Phantom Menace)

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The Moment: Qui-Gon explains to Anakin the existence of tiny life-forms living in everyone called Midi-chlorians, which dictate the "will of the Force".

Why It's So Ridiculous: Aside from the fact that Anakin literally stops the movie to get a giant exposition dump, there was simply no need for George Lucas to so blatantly de-mystify the nature of the Force and give it a pseudo-scientific explanation nobody asked for.

Wasn't the Force way cooler when it was just some ambiguous space magic? Fans responded to Lucas' absurd over-explanation almost universally negatively, and with damn good reason, because it's been a laughing stock ever since.

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