# Question about midichlorians and Vader
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-midichlorians-and-vader/310527
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [June 30, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-midichlorians-and-vader/310527 "2005-06-30T15:17:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2005, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-midichlorians-and-vader/310527/41 "2005-07-01T09:54:52Z")
> [@BayleDomon](#):
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> The idea of midichlorians seems to be, at least in part, based off of mitochondria.
Mitochondria x Chloroplast = Midichlorian?
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### Author:  [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2005, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-midichlorians-and-vader/310527/42 "2005-07-01T10:40:41Z")
> [@EleventyOne](#):
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> This is something of a tangent, but did anyone else, after the lava fight, have a strong desire to start quoting Monty Python?
Now I’m having a mental image of Darth Vader pretending to ride, swishy hand movements and all, with a Stormtrooper after him banging a coconut.
What about Vader finding out that Hoth is full of _French_ Rebels that enjoy bombarding his troops with those snow lizards they had there? Now that would have broken the morale of the Imperial troops.
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