[C Of K]

Some people like them and some don't. Either way is understandable. However, I did know that jedi had different levels of power before Episode 1 came out. Midi-chlorians did draw together George Lucas' explanation of different power levels, but I never thought he had to explain it so deeply. He didn't in the original trilogy.

Back then they got away with famous quotes like "I was amazed at how strong the force was with him." --Ben Kenobi RotJ

That quote denotes a difference in power between individual jedi. Personally, putting a number to it, like "Over Twenty Thousand!" sort of killed the magic for me. It was something I never wanted to wonder about