I always liked the idea that Qui Gon Jinn was rogue in his belief of midichlorians. That's my headcanon, anyway. He thought he was on to something with those and so he got really into this weird pseudoscience and pursued it. I like to imagine Yoda and all the Jedi on the Council were all like, "look at that idiot and his goddamn midichlorians... such a waste of a good mind...."
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