While on the red carpet for the premiere of Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation, J.J. Abrams answered a number of questions regarding Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Josh Horowitz from MTV News conducted a funny little Q&A with the director and in the process found out a certain piece of Star Wars canon will not appear in the new film.
I’m talking about those pesky midi-chlorians, folks.
In the quick interview, Horowitz rattled off a bunch of “yes or no” questions and when the possible appearance of these microscopic life forms were brought up, Abrams gave a resounding “no” as his response. As a bit of a refresher, midi-chlorians were introduced in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace to give a scientific explanation as to where The Force comes from. In the original trilogy, no real rhyme or reason was applied to the power which is a great example of how best it is, sometimes, to ultimately leave these things up to the imagination.
Abrams’ answer falls in line with his mission to only focus on the story canon of the original Star Wars trilogy. We’ll find out what else lies in store in just a little over four months as Star Wars: The Force Awakens will hit theaters on December 18th.
(Via MTV News, H/T Yahoo! Movies)
