NwahsNirom Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Hey, I am probably late to this party, but I'm finishing my last of the eight class stories. I am on the Inquisitor. I'm on Belsavis, and he's talking to the Rakata about the machine they used to take bodies to use as templates to create new species of aliens. The Inquisitor says the line, quote: ""You can't modify force sensitivity biologically" Wow. My thought is... do they not know about medichlorians in this time-era? Or is it just a statement that you can't use the Force to like awaken the medichlorians in a being, or give a being more medichlorians in any way... fascinating stuff. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adormitul Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I do not think they know about it its considered some spiritual crap that you are either born with or you are not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codedrago Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I'm pretty sure they don;t know about them, either that or any mention of them makes Sith and Jedi alike act like everyone else towards the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jauvtus Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 The SWTOR takes place 3700 BBY, yes? Well, the Jee'dai Order was founded on Tython around 35000 BBY and they knew about midichlorians back then. So I think it's safe to assume "our" timeline knows about them, too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediAkemi Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Generally speaking, radically altering an individual's midichlorian count is considered impossible. While the leaders of the Jedi (and possibly the Sith) may already know techniques for determining Force Sensitivity by checking midichlorian counts, the chances are that they haven't found a safe way to artificial improve them, which (if memory serves) is what the Inquisitor was getting at. To the best of my recollection, no-one in-game even mentions midichlorians anyway. In the old continuity, the nobles of Vjun tried to artificially enhance their midichlorian counts around fifty years or so before the Empire, and it went horribly wrong... or horribly right depending on your perspective. They managed to improve their connections to the Force, but they were all driven mad in the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeyerMDM Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I think the whole idea of medichlorians was more or less... forgotten, to put it lightly, outside of lore. Not a lot of people seem to like that idea of the force just being a bunch of freaking microbes that can manipulate matter and energy. I personally ditch that idea entirely for my headcanon, preferring to think the term "medichlorian" is just a unit of measure for force sensitivity in an individual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jauvtus Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I think the whole idea of medichlorians was more or less... forgotten, to put it lightly, outside of lore. Not a lot of people seem to like that idea of the force just being a bunch of freaking microbes that can manipulate matter and energy. I personally ditch that idea entirely for my headcanon, preferring to think the term "medichlorian" is just a unit of measure for force sensitivity in an individual. But thats mistaken! The Force exist regardless, the midichlorians are microbes that live inside every living thing and they can make the individual sense the Force if their numbers are high enough. They are not the Force itself, they dont create the Force, they are just a channel which through the user can manipulate the Force. For some reason, they can contact the Force directly, while we cannot, thats why we need them. Probably because the Force created them to be a link (which sounds best bet, since the homeworld of the midichlorians is hidden by the Force itself). Also it's important to know that while Force sensitivity has a minimal cell count (around 4-5000), but someone with a count of 7000 can be stronger in the Force than someone with 10000, it depends on the being itself, the numbers arent upper limits. So yes, maybe the midichlorians bring in some science and numbers but I really cant see the problem with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruhun Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Fans of the series have for the most part been ok with pretending midichlorians don't exist. The force is spiritual semi sentient energy, and sensitivity can be hereditary but midichlorians as an explanation? Meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhyltran Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Fans of the series have for the most part been ok with pretending midichlorians don't exist. The force is spiritual semi sentient energy, and sensitivity can be hereditary but midichlorians as an explanation? Meh. It is true, however, that most people hate midichlorians because they have the mistaken belief that midichlorians "are" the force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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