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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 1649 Views
I was under the impression it was widely accepted that Anakin brought balance to the force... - 08/06/2012 09:36:55 PM 1293 Views
Actually, the most recent book revealed a solid answer to the prophecy. - 08/06/2012 10:48:43 PM 1361 Views
Is that really as canon as the movies? - 09/06/2012 01:29:49 AM 1240 Views
As canon as Han saying the Death Star was too big to be a space station... - 09/06/2012 03:21:12 PM 1128 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 1115 Views
The books are entirely canon. - 11/06/2012 06:46:23 AM 1202 Views
Re: The books are entirely canon. - 11/06/2012 04:43:47 PM 1205 Views
I figured he did it by clearing the deck - 08/06/2012 11:33:03 PM 1102 Views
If things are going well, then balance is the last thing you want - 09/06/2012 04:46:37 AM 1111 Views
Are you saying there are plot holes in Star Wars? Never! *NM* - 09/06/2012 06:09:59 AM 729 Views
I still think the bringing balance refers to what happens AFTER ROTJ - 09/06/2012 10:19:01 AM 1162 Views
This will sound offensive, sorry, but that sounds incredibly dumb. - 09/06/2012 03:09:20 PM 1203 Views
I don't see how it's dumb - 09/06/2012 04:26:43 PM 1188 Views
Re: I don't see how it's dumb - 09/06/2012 06:18:17 PM 1094 Views
I don't like your analogy - organisation vs nationality - 09/06/2012 07:06:44 PM 1106 Views
What you seem to be overlooking... - 09/06/2012 08:50:30 PM 1232 Views
Precisely *NM* - 09/06/2012 10:17:18 PM 611 Views
Also... - 10/06/2012 12:18:11 AM 1170 Views
Another thing. - 09/06/2012 03:13:43 PM 1045 Views
The concept of evil in SW (like in WOT) is Zoroastrian, not Taoist - 09/06/2012 12:26:20 PM 1127 Views
*Like* *NM* - 09/06/2012 02:13:15 PM 629 Views
I always saw it as... - 16/06/2012 04:40:00 AM 1294 Views

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