People don't seem to understand why Lucas created Midichlorians

Midichlorians were introduced to give Qui Gon an objective, irrefutable evidence that Anakin might be the chosen one (and thus pushing the story forward by having a strong reason to rescue him, bring him before the council, train him etc.). That's literally the only reason why this one line in the movie exists. Consider what would happen otherwise:- Qui Gon has no reason to risk it all for some random kid- even if he persists, his only justification would be "I've got a hunch"- even if he succeeded, his only argument before the council would be "trust me bro"Midichlorians were required purely from the storytelling perspective here. If Lucas didn't create midichlorians, he would have to make Anaking perform some batshit-crazy Force feat, so that Qui Gon/Jedi council would have no other choice than take Anakin and train him, because leaving him as-is would be an even greater risk. And I'm pretty sure everyone would hate that way, way more. via /r/StarWars https://ift.tt/B3a5sKi