# Has there been a Star Wars book or comic where someone grew/farmed midichlorians to inject himself? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 20, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-star-wars-book-or-comic-where-someone-grew-farmed-midichlorians-to-inject-himself/843712 "2019-11-20T16:26:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-star-wars-book-or-comic-where-someone-grew-farmed-midichlorians-to-inject-himself/843712/1 "2019-11-20T16:26:53Z")
Has there been a Star Wars book or comic where someone grew/farmed midichlorians to inject himself with to gain force abilities they otherwise would not have? Or did everybody collectively just decide to ignore the very unpopular concept of midichlorians? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-star-wars-book-or-comic-where-someone-grew-farmed-midichlorians-to-inject-himself/843712/2 "2019-11-20T16:36:45Z")
If there was, it is probably mentioned in [this](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Midi-chlorian/Legends) depressingly large entry. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-star-wars-book-or-comic-where-someone-grew-farmed-midichlorians-to-inject-himself/843712/3 "2019-11-20T16:45:35Z")
I tried it once. I gained the ability to control synthesizers _with my mind…_ ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-star-wars-book-or-comic-where-someone-grew-farmed-midichlorians-to-inject-himself/843712/4 "2019-11-20T17:04:31Z")
Midi-whatevers appear in the presence of the Force®™ they don’t endow it. I’m pretty sure. I do, however, like the notion of a probiotic yogurt supplement Jedis rely on like outer space Popeyes. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-star-wars-book-or-comic-where-someone-grew-farmed-midichlorians-to-inject-himself/843712/5 "2019-11-21T00:38:51Z")
I always assumed that the idea was that each individual organism in the universe has its own connection to the Force, and that it’s the number of organisms that matters, not their total biomass. So someone with a lot of microscopic symbiotes would have a greater total connection to the Force. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-star-wars-book-or-comic-where-someone-grew-farmed-midichlorians-to-inject-himself/843712/6 "2019-11-22T21:48:45Z")
Spoilery for current events, but pretty sure this is what is going on in _The Mandalorian_. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-star-wars-book-or-comic-where-someone-grew-farmed-midichlorians-to-inject-himself/843712/7 "2019-11-23T20:46:10Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Spoilery for current events, but pretty sure this is what is going on in _The Mandalorian_. Very weird coincidence if so, I have not watched it yet. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-star-wars-book-or-comic-where-someone-grew-farmed-midichlorians-to-inject-himself/843712/8 "2019-11-23T21:40:19Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > I do, however, like the notion of a probiotic yogurt supplement Jedis rely on like outer space Popeyes. The yogurt that helps Jedis poop.