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What you seem to be overlooking... Legolas Send a noteboard - 09/06/2012 08:50:30 PM
A man who does bad things, does a good thing and brings balance to Force as a whole? It just doesn't make any sense.

is that, at least to my admittedly extremely limited SW lore knowledge, there's no reason why the prophecy of Anakin "bringing balance to the Force" has to be taken as a prophecy of *all* of his actions. Although of course people are naturally inclined to read it differently, prophecies have a way of meaning something else than people are inclined to think: at some point in the future, Anakin will bring balance to the Force. That's all the prophecy says. Anakin's actions prior to that are entirely ignored. So in that view, Yoda and the others were right to consider the "bringing balance to the Force" a good thing - but they failed to realize that prior to that, Anakin would be a main factor in unbalancing it.
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"..the one to bring balance to the force" - 08/06/2012 08:42:49 PM 1572 Views
I was under the impression it was widely accepted that Anakin brought balance to the force... - 08/06/2012 09:36:55 PM 1248 Views
Actually, the most recent book revealed a solid answer to the prophecy. - 08/06/2012 10:48:43 PM 1310 Views
Is that really as canon as the movies? - 09/06/2012 01:29:49 AM 1191 Views
As canon as Han saying the Death Star was too big to be a space station... - 09/06/2012 03:21:12 PM 1076 Views
Re: As canon as Han saying the Death Star was too big to be a space station... - 10/06/2012 06:24:16 AM 1069 Views
The books are entirely canon. - 11/06/2012 06:46:23 AM 1160 Views
Re: The books are entirely canon. - 11/06/2012 04:43:47 PM 1153 Views
I figured he did it by clearing the deck - 08/06/2012 11:33:03 PM 1053 Views
If things are going well, then balance is the last thing you want - 09/06/2012 04:46:37 AM 1040 Views
Are you saying there are plot holes in Star Wars? Never! *NM* - 09/06/2012 06:09:59 AM 704 Views
I still think the bringing balance refers to what happens AFTER ROTJ - 09/06/2012 10:19:01 AM 1112 Views
This will sound offensive, sorry, but that sounds incredibly dumb. - 09/06/2012 03:09:20 PM 1147 Views
I don't see how it's dumb - 09/06/2012 04:26:43 PM 1112 Views
Re: I don't see how it's dumb - 09/06/2012 06:18:17 PM 1026 Views
I don't like your analogy - organisation vs nationality - 09/06/2012 07:06:44 PM 1062 Views
What you seem to be overlooking... - 09/06/2012 08:50:30 PM 1178 Views
Precisely *NM* - 09/06/2012 10:17:18 PM 592 Views
Also... - 10/06/2012 12:18:11 AM 1124 Views
Another thing. - 09/06/2012 03:13:43 PM 994 Views
The concept of evil in SW (like in WOT) is Zoroastrian, not Taoist - 09/06/2012 12:26:20 PM 1069 Views
*Like* *NM* - 09/06/2012 02:13:15 PM 587 Views
I always saw it as... - 16/06/2012 04:40:00 AM 1252 Views

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