The biggest problem with the MF's travel to Bespin is that they HAD NO HYPERDRIVE. That's why they needed to go to Bespin. The Hyperdrive Motivator was cooked. We don't know what "1.5 above lightspeed" is. Hell, Solo doesn't even know what a parsec is (and the fannish attempts to explain the remark are laughable). Star Wars is a "Space Fantasy" - that's the description Lucas always used, right from the beginning. Hyperdrive is precisely "speed of plot". All tech in Star Wars is magic - no science involved As far as midichlorians go, I would say they're not a discrete entity, but rather a measurement of Force power, like Volts or Roentgens.