At this very moment, elsewhere in teh internetz, certain people are theorizing something like that happened with Starkiller in TFU. The "contrarily" in the above seems somewhat dubious, depending on how the passage is meant to be read. If one clicks on the link for the source, it turns out to be Jedi Healer. So it stands to reason that examination of a similar passage in another book by one of the same authors might prove useful ( bolding mine ): Putting aside the issue of specific authors and their tendency to introduce supposed dissent in the Jedi ranks where otherwise in canon said dissent does not really exist, there is reason for Rhinann's stated belief that the "two theories" are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Even in the allegedly "contrary" second theory, it is still said that the midichlorians facilitate the Force connection. Notably, on the same wikipedia page quoted above, we see the following ( another Street of Shadows reference ): The TPM novelization also makes it clear that potential in the Force is provided by midichlorian count, as Qui-Gon's dialogue in the film strongly implied: