The Prophesy of Balance

I don’t think anyone has really explored this yet but what do we think the actually prophesy is? I know Mace Windu referred to “The Prophesy on the One who will bring balance to the Force” but what does the “bringing of balance” actually refer to?

What if the Prophesy actually foretells the destruction of the Jedi Knights and Sith. Or even more interestingly what if it actually details the rise of Palpatine & Vader and the Empire, the role of Luke Skywalker and everything. I would not expect it to actually contain their names, that would be too much of a giveaway but if the events are foretold then this could explain why the Jedi Council were so unwilling to act at first.

I've thought about this for a long time. And I always wished they would have gone into detail about the prophecy in TPM or at least throw a little bit of information our way. It seems as though the to bring balance there would have to be an uprise of some dark forces, the jedi were basically ruling the Galaxy, they were in their prime. For a true balance to occur the jedi would need to take a bit of a fall and the dark forces would need to rise. This is a great insight Ratcat.

I like this Jedi!

Indeed, how can you have balance when the power of good and evil are so disproportionate?

I am not sos ure good and evil should be in balance. I think Lucas is clearly moving towards balance in the sense that where there is evil, there is unbalance. When evil rises it disrupts everything. Somehow the balance must be restored. And I wonder if you HAVE to take a fall to the dark side to balance it.

On a side track, I hated Lucas bringing the "prophecy-thing". SW didn't need that. And I thing Luke does most of the work. He is the first to turn back from using the dark side to obtain victory. Vader follows him out of love for his son. And Luke is a prime example of a righteous Jedi, he does not lie, is honest, straightforward and consciously chooses the light side. Very different from OB1 in many respects.
I'd love the idea if somehow Luke would turn out to be the chosen one. Everyone thinks Anakin's the one, he falls, everyone looses faith and forget about the prophecy. And then Luke comes forward, does te Chosen One-thing, without anyone realising it. Great drama, but it probably won't happen.
So that balance thing will bother us for two more movies, methinks.

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A while back on theforce.net they had an excerpt from a Japanese interview with GL and he said that the balance is when everything in the Galaxy is fine and at peace, but is unbalanced when something or someone takes away this peace and prosperity. So I think that basically the Sith must be destroyed for the galaxy to be in balance. Anakin does this by destroying himself (Darth Vader) and then the Emperor.
I know this has been mentioned many times, but as GL was the one who said it on the interview I'm guessing it's the official explanation of the Balance.

Exactly DD. Thanks for that piece of info. I read it, but couldn't remember when and how. It's like I said really.

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But don't the Jedi make for an inbalance be there war or peace. They are more powerful than the average person and ould have no equels if the sith did not exist?

I don't really get what you're trying to say. The Jedi represent goodness and according to Lucas's philosophy evil disturbs the balance (of goodness). They will allow for the balance to be disturbed by being a little self-centred, unfocused on the Force maybe or by lacking in striving for goodness in the Republic. I wonder how Lucas is going to tell us why the Jedi are to be purged or why the SIth defeat them in the way they do.

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Well, either way, I think we'll get a bit more of the explanation in the Jedi archives sceen...if it happens that is.

I think it will. The purge must be made clear, of why the Dark Side seems stronger. How otherwise will Yoda justify his saying that the Dark Side is NOT stronger.

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DD is right. If George said it, its canon.

Amen

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That's not actually true.

If George films it then it's cannon, everything else is subject to change.

Here is an exact quote by Lucas:

"If good and evil are mixed things become blurred - there is nothing between good and evil, everything is grey. In each of us we have balanced these emotions, and in the Star Wars saga the most important point is balance, balance between everything. It is dangerous to lose this. In The Phantom Menace one of the Jedi Council already knows the balance of The Force is starting to slip, and will slip further. It is obvious to this person that The Sith are going to destroy this balance. On the other hand a prediction which is referred to states someone will replace the balance in the future. At the right time a balance may again be created, but presently it is being eroded by dark forces. All of this shall be explained in Episode 2, so I can't say any more!"
George Lucas - CUT interview 09/07/99?

Hey yodaman. How are you these days? How studying?

Thanks for the quote and... I see you're back in spoiler mode. What's that all about?

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Cool Yodaman, I hope this truly carries throught to the film.

I'm not in spoiler mode. I just had that sig from when I first came here and never actually changed it. Good to see you guys.

Interesting theory....but how does yodaman see you guys ? Does he have x-ray vision?? 😂

Well no Gundy, then he'd just see the inside of his monitor. He obviously astral projects himself!!! 😂

He has powers you cannot possibly imagine, Gundy. You better behave yourself this time.

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