besides, it’s not that the counts are too random but rather close to each with some variations. or else some cells had none, others many. and that would indeed be chaotic. but variations in counts per cell are natural and might still work if not too far away from other cells counts.

Leland has said game mechanics are not supposed to constrain content creators, so I suppose that is the case here. It was one of the reasons I interpreted the severance as a mere blinding rather than the more permanent depoplation.

In any case, I don’t see what that has to do with what I said.

You had me worried there for a moment. Alright, midi depopulation is a novel concept, but it works. And keeping the mystical component in while you were at it is admirable.

I approve.

Midis are counted per cell, but never is it said that each cell has the same amount of Midis, also that new cells would have as many midis as older ones had. so in general a being’s midichlorian count is not countable with one cell examined but you need lots of cells and calculate from all of their individual counts the general midichloriancount per cell. so if a cell has many or few midis, all is possible, some beyond 20000 others below 500 maybe. the general count based on lots of cells, then divided to a per cell average number is important.

there was some source once I recall that even said that midis occured naturally but unpredictable. so there is no law that the same number always appears in every cell. and blinding midis is synonymous with killing them off, since they as symbiotic lifeform need their connections.

Your second point is a good one and I admit I ducked it entirely. I couldn’t work out in my head a good explanation for “20,000 per cell” without getting into logical tangles like cell replacement. It started to get too mystical and not sciencey enough for this section.

Particularly bad included in a section devoted to a natural scientist like Plagueis, who according to these notes, were doing research on precisely this, and should have been able to give us a definite answer on whether midis are grown along with regular cells, or if not, how that makes any sense.

Instead he rationalizes a Force Power as killing midis off once, yet without them just regenerating along with new tissue.

Sever Force as midi death? Have you forgotten that Meetra “Exile” Surik and Kreia were both cut off from the Force, only to have it reawaken later through some mysterious vergence in the Force, per the KotOR Campaign Guide?

Or for that matter, how Ulic Qel-Droma could still see the ghost of Arca Jeth in Redemption?

Or how Odan-Urr tells Nomi Sunrider that the severance *can* be permanent, *if* the user wishes it, per Tales of the Jedi?

They all suggest a sort of blinding of the midis, not irreversible cell death.

*sigh* When is the retcon coming?