Serous misunderstanding of the prophecy?

An interesting and most valid point Tevesh. I do not know the status of the jedi once the next film begins so it is hard for me to specualte as you have done. Still your ideas are fascinating to say the least.

i do remember seening an interview, or reading an interview where lucas says that by the end of the third episode, the infant empire has been established. as for the status of the jedi, that is speculation, but in my opinion valid and quite probably speculation

So the Empire will be established in the next episode? I know some people who will be glad to see that!

yes, he said so

Cool. Do you think Palpatine will destroy the Jedi Temple or will he convert it for his own private uses as suggested elsewhere?

TieBombers have to practice somewhere ... 😉

So you think he will have it destroyed....interesting.

why not?

I thought he might keep it as a souveneir and renovate it for his personal residence or something.

hopefully it will be explained in EpIII

True they will have to show us what happens with the temple b/c that is Jedi HQ. What happens with all the children and the padawans not to mention the archives.

killed 🙂

Yeh I kind of already figured that but it woiuld be such a shame that Palpatine had to kill children.

well, some thing are explained in the Devaronian Story, but that's all EU 🙁

yep. in EU all luke had to go by was that holocron right? i'm sure palpatine will have it destroyed......or, what if he just destroys all of the information of the jedi and converts it into his imperial palace?

That's just what I was thinking!

we're on the same level GS, seein eye to eye

Originally posted by GordonSkywalker
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.

You cannot destroy the dark side. You can only destroy the dark side users. It is the people who make the dark side what it is.

This is true enough. The essence is in removing the users and so preventing them from disrupting the balance via the Dark Side.

I was referring to Emperor Palpatine. He was the "dark side (user) which engulfed the faraway galaxy." I apologise if I did not make this clear in my earlier post.