Star Wars: The Last Jedi<\/em> follows the journey of Rey as the heroine discovers and learns about the Force, just as her teacher Luke Skywalker and his father Anakin did in the Galactic Rebellion and Clone Wars (more on this later). This raises an obvious question: What is the Force and where does it come from?<\/p>\n The Force is described to Luke in the original Star Wars<\/em> as the source of a Jedi knight\u2019s powers, \u201can energy field created by all living things\u201d that binds us and the galaxy together, and derided by an Imperial officer as \u201csorcerer\u2019s way\u201d and an \u201cancient religion.\u201d Taken together, it led many to conclude that the Force was a mystical, paranormal power.<\/p>\n More than two decades later, another possibility arose. When I first watched Star Wars: The Phantom Menace<\/em><\/a> in 1999, and \u201cmidi-chlorians\u201d were mentioned, I was intrigued.<\/p>\n