Originally posted by Dark-Kenshin
So I've skimmed through this thread somewhat. Again, I don't find Ant's timeline argument persuasive (clearly goes beyond the intent of the author), but the more I see people defend the "Plagueis/Palpatine meditation" argument, I find it even less persuasive.Supposing Anakin was created as a result of Plagueis and Palpatine's meditation, what difference does it make exactly? At the end of the day, Anakin didn't bring balance to the force by "ragdolling", "stomping" or "slaughterhousing" anybody. Rather, he was simply present at a pivotal moment and made the "right" decision at said moment; the force created a guy who got crippled due to his own stupidity and ultimately and slowly threw an unsuspecting old man down a trash chute. That's how the force was balanced. Had absolutely nothing to do with power levels. So why should we honestly believe the unbalancing was truly any different? Hell, Anakin didn't even have anything to do with Plagueis death (which wasn't the result of power levels either), so all I'm seeing is a lot of baseless conjecture.
This "Plagueis/Palpatine meditation" argument is just not compelling, relies on a lot of speculation and disregard of the narrative. It's even less persuasive than the "Revan is the heart of the force!" argument. Useless and unquantifiable for these hypothetical "who will win" scenarios.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jKpGddmArs&t=0m02s