Nothing Marks The Distinction Between Science Fiction And Fantasy Like Midichlorians In Star Wars

Talking about their hasty retreat from the planet Tattoine are Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson), Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd, and Jedi Apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor), as droid R2-D2 listens in Star Wars:Episode I The Phantom Menace. Why are most Star Wars fans so vehemently opposed to the idea of midichlorians? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. The more time the narrative spends on those holes, they don't close, they actually widen. If X-Men spent air-time explaining why Storm could magically move the air molecules around to form storms, the more you'd think about how utterly impossible it is or how she must really be the most powerful mutant on Earth because the ability to move air molecules means that she can move any molecule, which means she could probably rearrange matter. But we don't do that.