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<blockquote data-quote="John Crichton" data-source="post: 1463213" data-attributes="member: 4779">Yeah, Welverin certainly sees where I'm going with this.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;I'm going from the angle of general irony and darkness, where one of the most powerful Jedi (Qui-gon) thinks that this Chosen One and prophecy are a boon and it actually turns out to have a sick double meaning.&nbsp; Yes, Anakin does bring balance: in numbers and power by evening out the Jedi and the Sith.&nbsp; And then he does it again by bringing peace (another view of balance) to the Force by eliminating the last of the current Sith.&nbsp; In either case it is fleeting and the balance only happens for a short period of time.&nbsp;The beauty of it is (as mentioned), Palpatine.&nbsp; He is the great manipulator.&nbsp; Does he twist the prophecy?&nbsp; Does he even know about it?&nbsp; He certainly has a great influence over the events.&nbsp; Was this prophecy actually a Jedi prophecy or did it come from so far in the past that it pre-dates the Jedi and would even come from one who dabbled in the dark side (like Luke) but is still a master?&nbsp;Even before it was brought up in the comics and EU, I've always wondered if Palpatine saw his own death.&nbsp; He was very powerful and could see many things.&nbsp; The Dark Side (as it always does) did betray him in the end in the form of his pupil.&nbsp; That is a wonderful twist that is already there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Crichton, post: 1463213, member: 4779"] Yeah, Welverin certainly sees where I'm going with this. :) I'm going from the angle of general irony and darkness, where one of the most powerful Jedi (Qui-gon) thinks that this Chosen One and prophecy are a boon and it actually turns out to have a sick double meaning. Yes, Anakin does bring balance: in numbers and power by evening out the Jedi and the Sith. And then he does it again by bringing peace (another view of balance) to the Force by eliminating the last of the current Sith. In either case it is fleeting and the balance only happens for a short period of time. The beauty of it is (as mentioned), Palpatine. He is the great manipulator. Does he twist the prophecy? Does he even know about it? He certainly has a great influence over the events. Was this prophecy actually a Jedi prophecy or did it come from so far in the past that it pre-dates the Jedi and would even come from one who dabbled in the dark side (like Luke) but is still a master? Even before it was brought up in the comics and EU, I've always wondered if Palpatine saw his own death. He was very powerful and could see many things. The Dark Side (as it always does) did betray him in the end in the form of his pupil. That is a wonderful twist that is already there. [/QUOTE]

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