Why did Qui-Gon take Anakin's blood?

Image: Lucasfilm Ltd. To backtrack a bit, the idea of midi-chlorians was first introduced in The Phantom Menace when Qui-Gon Jinn takes a blood sample from Anakin Skywalker in order to ascertain the young Jedi-to-be's midi-chlorian count.
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Why is Anakin Midichlorian count so high?

Qui-Gon theorized that Anakin was conceived by midi-chlorians—microscopic organisms that help Jedi connect to the Force. This would explain Anakin's unusually high midi-chlorian count.
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What did Qui-Gon Jinn see in Anakin?

On Mortis, Anakin encounters a vision of Qui-Gon Jinn, who says he believes Anakin is the Chosen One who will bring balance to the Force. Qui-Gon directs Anakin to go to a place nearby that is strong in the dark side of the Force, a place where he will confront the Son of Mortis.
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Is Qui-Gon Jinn Anakin's father?

In Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, we see Shmi Skywalker suggest to Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn that her son, Anakin Skywalker, had no father. Not just no father because the father wasn't in the picture – no – absolutely no father whatsoever. "There was no father," she said.
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Would Anakin have been good if Qui-Gon trained him?

Anakin would have grown to understand his destiny far better had he been trained by Qui-Gon instead of by the Jedi.
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Who did Palpatine fear?

This information comes to light form the comic series Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith by Charles Soule and Giuseppe Camuncoli, in particular issue #7. Palpatine admits to Darth Vader that the Jedi he actually feared most was none other than Jocasta Nu.
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Who could have saved Anakin?

Star Wars Admits Qui-Gon Could Have Saved Anakin From the Dark Side. Though Obi-Wan loved Anakin like a brother in Star Wars, the flexible compassion of Qui-Gon may have kept Anakin from the Dark Side.
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How did Anakin's mom get pregnant?

In The Phantom Menace, when Qui-Gon Jinn meets tiny Anakin Skywalker and his mother, he goes on about how the Force is like, crazy strong with Anakin or whatever, and then asks his mother about Anakin's dad. Shmi Skywalker is pretty clear in her answer: There isn't a father. She was impregnated by the Force.
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Who is Palpatine's son?

In the Jedi Prince series of young-reader novels (1992–1993) by Paul and Hollace Davids, set about a year after Return of the Jedi, a three-eyed mutant named Triclops is revealed to be Palpatine's illegitimate son; he had a son named Ken, the titular "Jedi Prince".
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Who is Luke Skywalkers son?

The Legends story of Luke's son, Ben Skywalker, as told by Star Wars Explained.
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Did Yoda know Anakin would turn?

Yoda didn't specifically know how this would go down, or to what degree Anakin would cause it to happen, but he was playing a much longer game by Revenge of the Sith, and that's at least, in part, explained by Yoda's Force connection with Qui-Gon's spirit.
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Is Obi-Wan a virgin?

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Obi Wan died a virgin. Qui Gon died because the multitude of STD's he'd contracted slowed his reflexes down.
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Why did Palpatine feared Qui-Gon?

And it was Qui-Gon who championed Anakin to be trained, even if he couldn't follow that up. The biggest piece of evidence Palpatine was terrified of Qui-Gon? He had Darth Maul off him to take out the threat before it could develop.
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Which Jedi has the highest midichlorian?

The highest known midi-chlorian count—over 20,000 per cell—belonged to the Jedi Anakin Skywalker, who was believed to have been conceived by the midi-chlorians.
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What is Baby Yoda's midichlorian count?

From simple google searches you can find that Yoda's midi count was 18,000 per cell, Obi-wan's was 15,000, Palpatine's is said to be higher that Yoda's around 18,500-19,000, and the highest known was Anakin Skywalker's at 20,000 midis per cell.
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Who did Palpatine sleep with?

In the canon comic Darth Vader No. 25, it is revealed that Palpatine somehow used the Force to manipulate midichlorions to impregnate Shmi Skywalker.
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Who is the bald lady next to Palpatine?

An Umbaran female, Sly Moore had pale skin and white eyes, and her head was bald. She was always at Palpatine's side—even when he addressed the galaxy from atop his podium in the Senate Chamber—but kept silent in most situations and zealously guarded her master's secrets.
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Who is Omega cloned from?

Omega was an unmodified, yet enhanced human female clone created from the genetic template of the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett who lived in the years following the Clone Wars.
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Is Owen Lars Shmis son?

For other uses, see Lars (disambiguation). Owen Lars was a human male from the desert planet Tatooine who worked as a moisture farmer. He was the son of Aika and Cliegg Lars, and he became the stepbrother of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker when Cliegg married Anakin's mother, Shmi Skywalker.
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Who is the strongest Jedi?

Of course, Yoda is the most powerful Jedi of them all. He was the head of the Jedi Order in the prequels, the mystic recluse in the originals, and he even made a token appearance in one of the sequels.
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How did Anakin get his scar?

With that, Ventress retreated further into the building, with an enraged Anakin Skywalker in hot pursuit. Ambushing the Jedi, Ventress managed to slash Skywalker across the face, leaving him with a scar on his jaw.
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Was training Anakin a mistake?

The Jedi's hesitation to train Anakin Skywalker was deemed a mistake on their part, but The Mandalorian subtly justifies this decision. The Mandalorian secretly explains why Yoda and the Jedi High Council were skeptical of training Anakin Skywalker.
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Did Qui Gon Jinn know about Anakin?

It took some time, but Star Wars has officially explained why Qui-Gon Jinn was the only Jedi who could have saved Anakin Skywalker - because only Qui-Gon learned the truth about the Dark Side that Obi-Wan, Mace Windu, and even Yoda never realized.
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How did Qui Gon Jinn know Anakin was the Chosen One?

Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn met Anakin while he was a slave on the desert planet Tatooine. Qui-Gon got to know Anakin and his mother, Shmi. He discovered that Anakin had no father and had the highest midi-chlorian count ever recorded. This convinced Qui-Gon that Anakin was the Chosen One.
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