I came off too strongly to make my point but let me clarify. I didn't walk away from ESB thinking there was anything wrong with The Force at all. What I meant was that the moment Vader became Luke's father his role as the "everyman" fell by the wayside. It was only in reflection years after RotJ I realized how much the original concept evolved. I just point to ESB's ending as a turning point.I never got that feeling from ESB, ( born in 72 so I was FULLY immersed with my 3 Bros), I figured Luke was particularly strong in the force like his father but there wasn't any "chosen one" stuff in ESB. I saw it like inherited athletic ability or potential. The Skywalkers weren't presented as some lineage of savior's born from the magical will of the Force. Just force users that were particularly special since the force was a legendary concept at the time and most people during the OT had never seen a Jedi or the force being manipulated. To me the things that made Luke heroic were the personal choices he made, not the will of the (lightside) force guiding his moral decisions, conversely, Darth Vader is villainous because of his choices and not because of an external will of the (darkside) force guiding his choices. The potential for greatness or a tragic fall lies in the person not with the Force.
In 1977 I was 11 when I saw Star Wars and in the years between that and ESB we imagined anybody could be a Jedi. It's really in RotJ and PT that SW started to invest more into "the Chosen one" themes over themes about The Force being a universal power uniting all living things. Midichlorians was simply an awful culmination.
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