Via Huffingtonpost.com:

The director’s plans for Episodes VII through IX would have involved everyone’s favorites, the midi-chlorians.

If fans had to point to one aspect of George Lucas’ “Star Wars” prequels that made them scratch their heads, it would probably be the introduction of “midi-chlorians,” microscopic organisms that live within our cells and explain to us the will of the Force. And apparently, Lucas wanted the story to double down on midi-chlorians after “Return of the Jedi.”

According to a companion book for the AMC series “James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction” that contains transcripts of various interviews, Lucas wanted Episodes VII-IX of “Star Wars” to be all about the “microbiotic world.”

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