tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post563421610135785274..comments2023-11-17T11:08:31.857-06:00Comments on Michael May: The Balance of the Force (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Anakin's Journey)Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-52355331977086052342015-11-10T09:01:27.468-06:002015-11-10T09:01:27.468-06:00Snell,
A) There were more than two Jedi left afte...Snell,<br /><br />A) There were more than two Jedi left after Order 66. Obi-Wan and Yoda were the most notable, but scores of others went underground. The Kanan character currently on Star Wars Rebels was one of them. <br /><br />B) You bring up a great point here. One I never really thought more about. The Jedi cutting off their own nose to spite their face by not reproducing. Amazing. Great point. The Jedi Council had to go.<br /><br />PaxPaxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04883124901219059661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-79386909065037173152015-11-09T22:20:56.922-06:002015-11-09T22:20:56.922-06:00Two thoughts--
A) Anakin did bring balance to the...Two thoughts--<br /><br />A) Anakin <i><b>did</b></i> bring balance to the Force. After Episode III, there were two Sith and two Jedi left alive. That's balance. Obi-Wan and the Council just blindly misinterpreted the prophecy to mean "good will win" or whatever. But of course not. They've gone from a system with dozens (hundreds?) of Jedi and no Sith "for generations" to complete balance.<br /><br />B) Another sign of Jedi incompetence: they know the Force is conveyed by physical means (midichlorians). We're told (at least in the original trilogy) that the Force runs strong in families. And yet, the Council forbids the Jedi to form attachments (and apparently to wed, and have offspring). In other words, their own credo was cutting them off from creating the most powerful practitioners of the Force. So instead of the children of Yoda and Mace, et. al., inheriting their parents' midichlorians and becoming powerful Jedi, the Council was forced to go recruiting randomly among the populace, a population from which the strongest Force practitioners were removed from the breeding stock. No wonder they were finding it harder and harder to control the Force, as those most able were never even being born. (This can also be seen as a reason why the Force allowed Anakin to be created, in order to reintroduce a strong source of midichlorians into the wild, as it were).snellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181997862745538999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-1507882244106608512015-11-09T21:38:58.653-06:002015-11-09T21:38:58.653-06:00Didn't I?Didn't I?Michael Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-23271285417176464692015-11-09T21:24:02.671-06:002015-11-09T21:24:02.671-06:00Rumors can still be spoilers. Please post warning...Rumors can still be spoilers. Please post warnings.Mr Xnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-78946451848385571302015-11-09T17:17:13.843-06:002015-11-09T17:17:13.843-06:00I think this is brilliant, well-thought, and while...I think this is brilliant, well-thought, and while it feels a bit like it could be passed off as just "fan-theory" (and thus ignored in the upcoming films), it also feels 100% correct. It is a shame that Lucas dropped the ball so badly when it comes to telling this story in the prequels. <br /><br />I'm curious if you've ever seen this video on youtube "What if "Star Wars: Episode I Was Good?" by Belated Media (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgICnbC2-_Y). I haven't watched it in a looong while but I remember it having some great ideas on how to make the prequels better as a whole. I don't know how much of those fixes would have completely tromped over the theories you posit here for Lucas's message, but I Think if the two were married, the movies could have been really smart, really important, and really great. Derek Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01555485192723965604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-25883765034556832292015-11-09T10:49:23.392-06:002015-11-09T10:49:23.392-06:00Thanks, man. Our conversation about what Luke does...Thanks, man. Our conversation about what Luke does in <i>Jedi</i> plus these ideas about what he may have been doing prior to <i>Force</i>... it's making me emotional just thinking about it. He's so unbelievably heroic and self-sacrificial. <br /><br />Hope we're right. :)Michael Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-849498438820825082015-11-09T09:43:32.217-06:002015-11-09T09:43:32.217-06:00Love this, Michael. Well done. Your thoughts ech...Love this, Michael. Well done. Your thoughts echo mine. Especially as you carry forward to Luke and how he uses the Force.<br /><br />There were a few expanded universe books that dealt with the radical idea that the Force wasn't "light" and "dark". That it was inherently neutral. What made the Force "light" or "dark" was the intent with which it was being manipulated. I like the idea that one must know both sides of the Force and straddle both sides to fully understand and use it to its fullest extent. Locking away certain aspects of yourself to avoid the "dark" is more harmful than good. <br /><br />Your speculation about Luke is 100% dead on what I was thinking as well. I'm mostly avoiding spoilers but the rampant "Luke is missing" speculation is hard to avoid. Luke is "my guy" so I immediately want to reject him being the villain, so my supposition was similar to yours. Self-imposed Yoda-like exile so he couldn't be used as a tool by either side. Maybe he felt he needed to finish his training (on Dagobah!) and had a vision that if he returned he could become the downfall of his friends? I don't know. Just speculation. But that's my current thinking.<br /><br />Loved this article. Can't wait to maybe discuss this further on Revenge of the Sith in a few weeks.<br /><br />Pax<br /><br />Paxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04883124901219059661noreply@blogger.com