25 Years Later, a Sneaky Star Wars Easter Egg Could Explain One Controversial Force Trick

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Does the Force control your actions? Is there a will of the Force? Well, depends on how you ask. In A New Hope, Obi-Wan tells Luke that the Force will “obey your commands,” but that it “partially” controls your actions. How that works remained fairly vague until 1999 when Qui-Gon Jinn told young Anakin Skywalker about how the Force speaks to everyone “continually” through microscopic symbionts called “midichlorians.” This controversial explanation of the Force has sparked Star Wars fan debates for 25 years, but in The Acolyte, there may be some sideways evidence that makes this idea a little more explicable.