Serous misunderstanding of the prophecy?

Ok.... one thing i don't get.....

In the story... the sith were wiped out... long ago...
so... all there was left... was the jedi... pretty much...

And there is a prophecy that says that one day one will come that will bring ballance to the force... and they believe its anakin.....

Wouldnt that imply that that would mean the return of the sith?? Increase of Jedi using the Darkside? And a ballance of the force... would be approximate power.. and or influence??...... brought to equlibrium between the two?

Any thoughts??

No, this is a common misunderstanding. The Light Side creates balance, the Dark Side destroys it. The imbalance is the return of the Sitrh, only their destruction removes it.

Confusing? Yes, I know. This is GL's world.

It's all his mythological input. I don't have a problem with it but it would have been nice if he had sadi these things in the FILM. It IS for kids, after all.

one of the best lines in the movie:
"You refer to the prophecy of the one who will bring balance in the force. You believe it's this ... ... boy?"

ahh.. ok... i was looking at it too much from the yin yang perspective......

the yin yangversion of good vs evil.... but that's way off....

yeah, i have talked to a lot of people who interpereted it as vader killing off all the jedi except for yoda and obi wan. which leave 2 light and 2 dark.
yoda and obiwan

palpatine and vader

but i always thought of bringing balance as destroying the dark

My brother-in-law always thought the balance mentioned in the film was to bring back the sith as they were mostly extinct. I think the balance is actually the destruction of the dark side which engulfed the faraway galaxy by the time of A New Hope. I agree with Tevesh on this point. The balance is not necessarily one of equal sides.

Obviously, the Jedi would not WANT Anakin to bring Balance if it was about restoring the Sith.

of course, we don't know if the jedi know what exactly is meant by "bringing balance to the force". they might, but as you mentioned before Ush, they didn't show that the jedi know what it means.

I think from the tone of the film it is very obvious that the Jedi know it is a good thing- from what QGJ and Mace both say.

Yes but it would only come to pass after a long era of galactic darkness.

That is because things went horribly wrong, of course...

I think the essence of it is that just because the Chosen One COULD bring Balance, it was not a certain thing (as GL described about the Greater part of the Force, it is about discovering your destiny and then either accepting it or rejecting it). I think Palpatine was very sure he had neutralised the threat of the Chosen One by converting him (and in his hubris, did not kill Anakin as he most likely should of), and as it turned out Anakin DID choose to accept his destiny, long after people like Obi-Wan were sure it was too late.

equilibrium huh......sounds like chem to me...*shudders*

Anakin Skywalker may or may not have been The Chosen One, as so far there has been no evidence to support this interpretation of the ancient prophecy. Episode 3 might reveal more information on this but for now there remains doubt as to whether he really was the one to bring balance back or not.

GL confirmed Anakin is the Chosen One a long time back.

Must have missed that one. 🙄

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