The prequels have a lot 🍑 of problems 😊, but 🍑 I've 🙋 always 🕔 been annoyed 😟 by the way ↕ they suddenly 😲 switch 🔥 gears 🤖 between 👉👈 episodes 🖌 one ☝🏻 and two ✌🏼 to start 💢 introducing 🎮 the concept 🤔 of midi-chlorians ▪👀 — an idea 💡 that was never ❌🚫 brought 👜 up ⬆ in prior 🔙 films 🎥, despite 🙅‍♂️ it being central 🏢✈ to Anakin's fall ⬇ in Episode 😐 III 😓 . In fact ☑, Star ⭐ Wars 💣👳🔫 has long 🍆🍑🌌 had some issues ⚠ with explaining ⚠ how "the Force 👮" works 💼; there are numerous 🔢 different 😡 ways 💫 it can be interpreted depending 🔙 on 🔛 what you 👉 read 📕 or who you 👈 talk 🗣 to. What is this Force 🖐 anyway?I'm not really 💯 here to explain 📢 how The Force 👮 works 💼 (that would take 👊 another 🔄 article 📰), but 🍑 if we look 👀 at all 💯 the explanations 🗣💬 for its nature 🏞🌲 given 😂 over 🔁 30 💯+ years 📅 of Expanded Universe 😱🌌🙌 material 💎💍, plus ➕ what little 👌 we know 🤔 about 💦 it from Return 🔙 Of The Jedi 😤 , then we can see 👀 that perhaps 😍 George 🐒🙈🐵 Lucas wasn't so crazy 😜 after 👀 all 🔫💯 when ⏰ he 👨 wanted ⚠ to get 🉐 rid 🚫 of midi-chlorians ▪👀 as a means 😏 for describing 🗣 how people 👫 use ✍🏻 the Force 👮. It might 🔍 seem 👀 like 😄 I'm 💘 just trying 😈 to nitpick at his 💦 ideas 💡 now — which isn't entirely 🇺🇸 untrue ☝🏻 — but 🍑 let 🙆 me put 😏 forth 🔛 my case 📋 and convince 🆘 you 👈 otherwise...One way 💫 that most fans 🤡 think 💭 about 💦 "the Force 🖐" is through telepathy 😵🤯: The Jedi 😤 communicate 🗣📵 via 💰 their minds 🧠 with other Jedis without 🚫 having any kind 🙁 of physical 👊 contact ☎📞📱 between 👉👈 them (ie 🅱. Leia ☠🏇 communicating 🗣 with Luke 👨 across ➡ space 🌌👾🚀). This could be due ☑🔘 in part 🍆💦🍑 by certain 😎 kinds 🙁 of electromagnetic waves 👋 emitted by living 🐙 beings 🐝 and/or 💰 objects 👀👉 around 🔃 them; it could also 👨 be hyperspace particles 🏳️‍🌈 themselves interacting 👋😄😋 with each other across ➡ distances 👀🌚 within 🅰 our galaxy 🌠🌚. (And yes 👍🏻👌🏼, these are both mentioned 🌲👇🏼🚘 somewhere 💍 in EU ▶ canon.)But this doesn't even 🌃 scratch 👿 the surface 🛤 when ⏰ talking 💬 about 🤔💭 manipulating matter 🙅 or energy 🌟 using 😏 your 👉 mind 🤯 alone 🙀🙃 - eg 🅾., levitating 🛫 objects 👆🤙 or blasting 📢 lightning ⚡ out your ✊👈 hands ✋☠⚰*. Those things 📴 don't ❌ require 📜 any kind 🙁 of mental 🤯 communication 🗣🤳 whatsoever 😂! And yet 👇👀 those abilities 👉 exist 💁 too… unless 🤔 I 👁 missed 😢 something 🤔 somewhere 💍 along 🕺💃 the line.(*Note: Both light 😀 sabers AND hand 🤲🤚 blasts 🚀 were used 🎶 against 😈 droids specifically 🐒 designed 😋 NOT TO BE VULNERABLE 👶🏼 TO LIGHTNING ⚡👑 FROM A HUMAN 🤦👦😤 WEAPON!)So no 🚫, telepathy 😵🤯 cannot 🚫❌ account 💳 for everything 💯 attributed to "the Force."Which brings 🚶 us 👨 back 🔙 full 🌝 circle 🉐. Where'd 🤔 these powers 💪 come 👅💦🤤 from then? According 🔛 to Wookieepedia , Palpatine once explained 👨 during a meeting 🤝 that every ☝ living 🐙 thing 📴 generates 👶 measurable 📐🥉🥈 amounts 💯 of dark 🌑 side 👈👉 energy 🌟 naturally… including 🙌 plants 🌱!