Was Anakin The Chosen one?
By usaction
@usaction (649)
United States
February 21, 2007 12:41am CST
What do you think?
Was the prophecy misread, and that instead of Anakin, it was Luke? OR...
Was it Anakin? Here's a dark thought. The Chosen One was to restore the Balance to the Force. But Yoda, Mace, nor any of the others knew what that meant. Before that time, there were several centuries of peace, with the Jedi "at the helm." So, could he have been to restore the balance from the light, to the dark? Sort of a Yin-Yang, where it needs to go one way, then the other, to keep the balance?
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@GnosticGoddess (5626)
• United States
25 Feb 07
That was what I took fromt he movies. The elders had misread the prophecy thinking that Anakin would be good and distroy the sith even but to restore balance (since it was in the good sides favor) he had to be dark/bad. And they didn't realize this until it happened. One could say the were seeing what they wanted to see.
@GnosticGoddess (5626)
• United States
27 Feb 07
Oh I agree that his tragic life and his dreams made him turn. I thought it was incrediable sad and even though I knew that he would be Darth Vader I still was hoping somehow he wouldn't turn - silly huh? But he still did turn into something the people and the other Jedi's viewed as bad and was essentially bad for the people in the end. I haven't read any of the books but that's what I took from all the movies. I thought they did a really good job at making us fall in love with the villan LOL.
@easter120 (22)
• United States
7 Mar 07
It all depends on your point of view.
"You'll find that a great many of the truths that we cling to depend on our point of view."
Did Anakin bring balance to the Force, by bringing the number of Jedi down to a number comparable to the Sith? Yes.
Did he bring balance to the Force, by balancing the Light side with the Dark? No. First, for the Jedi to believe in a prophesy that would bring balance to the Force, that implies that there was some understanding on their part that there was an imbalance - that there was something lacking in the Jedi's practice and use of the Force, their belief system. Perhaps, they were too blind to see that, which may have contributed to their downfall. Second, if you follow the continuing story, it is actually Luke who learns the Dark Side of the Force and combines the two sides, thereby bringing balance to the Force. See the "Dark Empire" graphic novel (okay, comic book) series.
@usaction (649)
• United States
8 Mar 07
Good thoughts there.
But, if you read the Hand Of Thrawn books, it seems that with Luke dabbling in the Dark Side, that indirectly caused ripples, causing Cali' to loose her Force abilities, killed Gali', and several other tradgedies he's gone thru in the EU.
Maybe, it is thru the union of Luke (son of Anakin, and hero of the New Republic) and Mara (The Emperor's Hand) that the Force is brought into balance?
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@usaction (649)
• United States
27 Feb 07
That's also another way of looking at it, too. Thanks for the thoughts.
While in the movie, and novels, from almost the begining, he wanted to overthrow Palpatine so that he could rule it all, by the time it comes to saving Luke, he gets his redemption!
@CinderInMySoul (4717)
• United States
21 Feb 07
Like Yoda said...they "misread" the prophecy.
but you make a good point. if the Chosen One was meant to restore the balance, then the severe cuts to the number of Jedi compared to the number of Sith was balanced out..so in that view Anakin WAS the Chosen One.
lol i bet Lucas never considered that!
@usaction (649)
• United States
21 Feb 07
thanks for your thoughts. I got some of this inspiration, by reading some of the Star Wars novels, and then, sort of thought, "Well, hey!"
The Jedi are bound by ideals and concepts. Anakin is bound by people: Obi-Wan, Padame, and Palpatine, and of course, him mom. This is a concept beyond the understanding of most of the Jedi, who will unconditionally lay down their life for the greater good. Anakin, as in Episode 2, shows he's more loyal to his friend, Obi-Wan...with some prompting from Padame.
@jreider014 (82)
• United States
28 Feb 07
What my take on the movie was he did. He was the one who through the emperor off and killed him. He destroyed the last of the Sith.
