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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 9760194" data-attributes="member: 6877472">Midi-chlorians.&nbsp; The explanation from The Phantom Menace is off the cuff and leads people think that the M-C's are the source of Force abilities.&nbsp; The more in-depth explanation explains the presence of M-C's are a symptom, not a cause.&nbsp; I had a big argument with a friend over this because most people who go to see a movie don't also go out of their way to acclimate themselves to all the secondary media.The sequel trilogy suffers in a big way from this sort of thing, where lots of essential information are placed in coffee table books, but another example from the prequel trilogy would be General Grievous- why is he a big deal?&nbsp; Or, as a casual friend asked me, &quot;why does the robot guy cough?&quot;, because Revenge of the Sith doesn't even explain that he's a cyborg!Another one.&nbsp; Grand Admiral Thrawn.&nbsp; Unless you've read the Timothy Zahn novels, you might miss out on what made him such a great character in the first place.&nbsp; Then Disney decided to bring the character into modern media while firmly placing &quot;Expanded Universe&quot; material as no longer primary canon.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 9760194, member: 6877472"] Midi-chlorians. The explanation from The Phantom Menace is off the cuff and leads people think that the M-C's are the source of Force abilities. The more in-depth explanation explains the presence of M-C's are a symptom, not a cause. I had a big argument with a friend over this because most people who go to see a movie don't also go out of their way to acclimate themselves to all the secondary media. The sequel trilogy suffers in a big way from this sort of thing, where lots of essential information are placed in coffee table books, but another example from the prequel trilogy would be General Grievous- why is he a big deal? Or, as a casual friend asked me, "why does the robot guy cough?", because Revenge of the Sith doesn't even explain that he's a cyborg! Another one. Grand Admiral Thrawn. Unless you've read the Timothy Zahn novels, you might miss out on what made him such a great character in the first place. Then Disney decided to bring the character into modern media while firmly placing "Expanded Universe" material as no longer primary canon. [/QUOTE]

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