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"Balance to the Force" is a numbers game. The key is in a comment by Yoda at the end of Ep. 1. TaskmasterJack Send a noteboard - 08/06/2012 11:04:03 PM
From The Phantom Menace
Yoda: [referring to the Sith] Always two there are. No more. No less. A master and an apprentice.

From A New Hope
Obi-wan: A young Jedi named Darth Vader, who was a pupil of mine until he turned to evil, helped the Empire hunt down and destroy the Jedi knights.

Anakin helps eliminate all of the Jedi but two, Yoda and Obiwan Kenobi survive. The Jedi and Sith reach equilibrium sometime between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. Two of each. Darths Sidious and Vader being the two Sith.

Balance isn't necessarily a good thing. Would you rather have a balance of sociopaths and non-sociopaths in a given neighborhood or would you prefer an overwhelming majority of non-sociopaths?
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"..the one to bring balance to the force" dacole - 08/06/2012 08:42:49 PM 1577 Views
I was under the impression it was widely accepted that Anakin brought balance to the force... Legolas - 08/06/2012 09:36:55 PM 1252 Views
Actually, the most recent book revealed a solid answer to the prophecy. Kotagg - 08/06/2012 10:48:43 PM 1317 Views
Is that really as canon as the movies? chandra - 09/06/2012 01:29:49 AM 1196 Views
As canon as Han saying the Death Star was too big to be a space station... TaskmasterJack - 09/06/2012 03:21:12 PM 1082 Views
Re: As canon as Han saying the Death Star was too big to be a space station... dacole - 10/06/2012 06:24:16 AM 1074 Views
The books are entirely canon. Kotagg - 11/06/2012 06:46:23 AM 1164 Views
Re: The books are entirely canon. dacole - 11/06/2012 04:43:47 PM 1157 Views
There are certainly some inconsistencies, but very few outright contradictions. Kotagg - 11/06/2012 07:47:25 PM 1141 Views
"Balance to the Force" is a numbers game. The key is in a comment by Yoda at the end of Ep. 1. TaskmasterJack - 08/06/2012 11:04:03 PM 1167 Views
Re: "Balance to the Force" is a numbers game. The key is in a comment by Yoda at the end of Ep. 1. dacole - 09/06/2012 06:04:39 AM 1121 Views
This. *NM* Rebekah - 09/06/2012 06:06:16 AM 585 Views
But Obi Wan said Anakin was prophecied to destroy the Sith "not join them!" And he did. Eventually. *NM* Cannoli - 11/06/2012 04:38:42 PM 650 Views
Technically, going strictly by the films, that could have been supposition rather than quotation. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 11/06/2012 10:01:16 PM 563 Views
I figured he did it by clearing the deck snoopcester - 08/06/2012 11:33:03 PM 1058 Views
If things are going well, then balance is the last thing you want A Deathwatch Guard - 09/06/2012 04:46:37 AM 1051 Views
Are you saying there are plot holes in Star Wars? Never! *NM* Rebekah - 09/06/2012 06:09:59 AM 706 Views
Re: If things are going well, then balance is the last thing you want dacole - 09/06/2012 06:17:44 AM 1113 Views
I still think the bringing balance refers to what happens AFTER ROTJ ironclad - 09/06/2012 10:19:01 AM 1116 Views
Re: I still think the bringing balance refers to what happens AFTER ROTJ DomA - 09/06/2012 11:42:32 AM 1129 Views
Re: I still think the bringing balance refers to what happens AFTER ROTJ dacole - 11/06/2012 04:49:06 PM 1033 Views
This will sound offensive, sorry, but that sounds incredibly dumb. TaskmasterJack - 09/06/2012 03:09:20 PM 1151 Views
I don't see how it's dumb ironclad - 09/06/2012 04:26:43 PM 1118 Views
Re: I don't see how it's dumb TaskmasterJack - 09/06/2012 06:18:17 PM 1035 Views
I don't like your analogy - organisation vs nationality snoopcester - 09/06/2012 07:06:44 PM 1066 Views
What if I had said Christians instead of Americans? Then you'd have the comparison you favor. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 09/06/2012 08:44:21 PM 573 Views
No I wouldn't, I'm frankly confused as to why you think I would favour that more snoopcester - 09/06/2012 09:03:28 PM 1135 Views
Not ideal maybe, but more an organization of people than a nation of people. TaskmasterJack - 10/06/2012 12:11:51 AM 995 Views
Even at best you are takling of a multitude of organisations snoopcester - 10/06/2012 08:23:28 AM 1061 Views
What you seem to be overlooking... Legolas - 09/06/2012 08:50:30 PM 1182 Views
Precisely *NM* ironclad - 09/06/2012 10:17:18 PM 594 Views
I'm not overlooking it. I just don't view the moment as one of "balance achievement". TaskmasterJack - 10/06/2012 12:09:45 AM 1098 Views
Your other posts don't sound as if you see what I'm getting at here... Legolas - 10/06/2012 12:22:02 AM 1011 Views
No, I do. You probably read my tangent about my disagreement with Lucas about Vader's redemption. TaskmasterJack - 10/06/2012 12:41:36 AM 1168 Views
Also... TaskmasterJack - 10/06/2012 12:18:11 AM 1129 Views
Another thing. TaskmasterJack - 09/06/2012 03:13:43 PM 999 Views
The concept of evil in SW (like in WOT) is Zoroastrian, not Taoist DomA - 09/06/2012 12:26:20 PM 1074 Views
*Like* *NM* Stephen - 09/06/2012 02:13:15 PM 588 Views
Re: The concept of evil in SW (like in WOT) is Zoroastrian, not Taoist dacole - 11/06/2012 05:05:31 PM 1161 Views
The problem with Star Wars is that smart people analyze it, but... it's pretty simplistic beetnemesis - 10/06/2012 03:34:13 AM 1173 Views
Re: The problem with Star Wars is that smart people analyze it, but... it's pretty simplistic dacole - 11/06/2012 05:06:54 PM 1164 Views
I always saw it as... j-whitt987 - 16/06/2012 04:40:00 AM 1254 Views
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