Yeah I know the source, I read it cover to cover and am in the process of reading the one for Empire. Unless you have some damn good proof that both Lucas and Rinzler actively lied (to what end?) beyond "I don't like this idea on the face of it! *kicks toys out of pram*" then there's really nothing to your claim but hot air and hyperbole.
So anyway, once more for the chronically slow on the uptake: 1) midi-chlorians do *not* control the force, or are they they source of it. 2) *Every* living thing in the galaxy has them in their cells. 3) *Everyone* has the force. 4) The only variance is their degree of conscious control, just like any other talent. Sometimes it's an innate, but that's not a bar to anyone that perseveres and works at clearing their minds to connect with the force.
For those that still labour on the notion that just about anyone could be a Jedi, some basic maths: 10,000 Jedi out of a galaxy of over a million inhabited worlds is a vanishingly small percentage of the population. To do what even the average Jedi youngling can do would most likely take most other beings a lifetime of commitment and meditation to achieve. But they could still do it.
The Jedi are not the only ones that can use the force, they're just the most naturally gifted, the ones found and trained in infancy because they displayed a far above average natural affinity. Most likely because that's what produced the more consistently positive results and while certainly understandable from a practical standpoint (if you're going to invest a lifetime's worth of training in someone, best to be sure they have a strong potential right from the off) it is also quite probably the seed of their own downfall. They stopped listening to the force to tell them who would be the better candidates and started relying too much on midi-chlorian counts and standardised perception tests to pick the best candidate. Rigid thinking, moving to control rather than in sympathy with. In other words: the dark side.
So anyway, once more for the chronically slow on the uptake: 1) midi-chlorians do *not* control the force, or are they they source of it. 2) *Every* living thing in the galaxy has them in their cells. 3) *Everyone* has the force. 4) The only variance is their degree of conscious control, just like any other talent. Sometimes it's an innate, but that's not a bar to anyone that perseveres and works at clearing their minds to connect with the force.
For those that still labour on the notion that just about anyone could be a Jedi, some basic maths: 10,000 Jedi out of a galaxy of over a million inhabited worlds is a vanishingly small percentage of the population. To do what even the average Jedi youngling can do would most likely take most other beings a lifetime of commitment and meditation to achieve. But they could still do it.
The Jedi are not the only ones that can use the force, they're just the most naturally gifted, the ones found and trained in infancy because they displayed a far above average natural affinity. Most likely because that's what produced the more consistently positive results and while certainly understandable from a practical standpoint (if you're going to invest a lifetime's worth of training in someone, best to be sure they have a strong potential right from the off) it is also quite probably the seed of their own downfall. They stopped listening to the force to tell them who would be the better candidates and started relying too much on midi-chlorian counts and standardised perception tests to pick the best candidate. Rigid thinking, moving to control rather than in sympathy with. In other words: the dark side.
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