How did Anakin bring balance to the Force

This may just be me, but I've never heard anyone speak anything of Anakin actually bringing balance to the force. It is commonly agreed that he was the fulfilment of the prophecy. If this is correct, than no matter what path Anakin took, he would carry out the prophecy. What I'm analyzing in the situation is that Anakin wiped out the Jedi in ROTS, and then killed the Sith in ROTJ. Would this be the fulfilment of bringing balance to the force? Share what you think.

 

The answer to the question is explained in ROTS. So it would be an official spoiler. It's "officially" explained by LFL because the book is now out. I'd check in the spoiler forum.

 

How did Anakin bring balance to the Force

He threw Darth Sidious down a reactor shaft.

 

He killed Palpatine.

He wiped ou the sith by doing it.

 

And at the same time redeemed himself.

 

I know he destroyed the sith, but then the lack of evil brings inbalance to the force because there is no dark to balance the light.

 

The presence of evil is why the Force is out of balance in the first place. Anakin is the one who conquers the Dark Side and destroys the last of the Sith. It's not a matter of equal numbers of Jedi and Sith. I like to think of it more as balance or harmony as opposed to chaos, which is created by the Sith.

 

Well, "balance" doesn't necessarily have to be a good thing...

I think it's a nice, morbid touch that he "brings balance to the Force" by facilitating the near-total extermination of the Jedi, so that there's just a couple of Jedi and a couple of Sith left in the galaxy. Seems pretty balanced.
Heh, not quite what the Jedi Council expected, eh?

 

"there's just a couple of Jedi and a couple of Sith left in the galaxy."

Again, it's not about numbers. If it was then Anakin throws off the balance again when he kills Palpatine, and Lucas has said that's how he restores it. Balance vs. Chaos. Light vs. Dark.

 

great ideas guys. i think i understand that balance is equal to stability instead of physical numbers. thanks.

 

Did anyone ever consider that the 'balance' Lucas refers to is within oneself, meaning the force is brought into balance because Anaking was able to use both the dark and the light to fullfill his destiny, just as Luke does? Before, Jedi only use light, Sith only use dark. Both Anakin and Luke are the only one to use both, and they save the galaxy.

 

By saving Luke from certain death and by tossing Uncle Palpy down the shaft!!! That's how.

 

Master_Andres, I'll admit I thought this was an pretty straightfoward question with an obvious answer...
but I don't know whether to thank you for getting me thinking or ask for a headache aspirin!

How come on the Light Side of the Force, there's a "Liivng Force" and a "Unifying Force"?

Did that have something to do with the need to bring balance to the Force?

If so, does that affect the meaning of "bring balance to the Force"?

HELP!!

 

In reply to the starting post: I thought that by becoming Darth Vader and turning to the dark side, he is balancing the force. There was more light side, so by helping the sith, he balanced by bringing more dark in. Whats going on?

 

da_muzzy, think about it... if that's logic, then didn't the dark side balance itself out?

Always two there are... no more no less... a master and an apprentice

So it's necessary to clear up WHAT "bringing balance to the Force" means before you can answer HOW did Anakin "bring balance to the Force".

I'm backlogged on my reading so, I'm hoping someone with some in depth on the SW universe can clear that up for me.

Is it clearing the secularism (if there are actually two schools - Living /Unifying) on the Light Side?

 

I had always looked at is as Anakin eliminating most of the light side and having an equal balance between both light and dark. The balance is ended when Vader kills Palpatine and subsequently dies since there is once again an unequal balance.

 

my idea is in a previous thread on the force and how the force reflects the populace also. by the end of the movie most people are tired of the empire and would like a return to the old ways and so palpatine is losing his connection to the force much as he gained power when the republic was falling and turning to evil

 

Anakin killed the Sith Order thats how, He Killed Darth Vader & Darth Sidious. with the help of his son Luke.

 

he made it to where their were only
2 jedi and 2 sith
then he killed obi-won and luke took his place
then yoda dies
then he kills darth sidious
then he dies
one jedi left

 

luke

 

Anakin brought Balance to the Force by killing off the Sith.


First he killed Darth Vader (Himself); then he moved on to kill Darth Sidious, therefore, since there can be only two Sith at a time, He killed them off.


Leaving the Jedi to win the day. fullfilling the prophecy. The End.

 

He brings balance to the force by death. His death early in life would have left Sidious exposed and alone and his sacrifice at the end of RotJ eliminates the two remaining Sith - himself and Sidious. Christianity metaphors are being discussed in a nearby thread - saving the world ( or Galaxy in this case ) by self sacrifice is the most obvious one that I can think of.

 

Hello, my first post and I am very enthusiastic (I dont know why i waited so long to register). Anyway, remember in TPM when Windu replies to Qui Gon "You refer to the one who will bring balance to the Force?" Well, although the Force is not synonymous with the Jedi, it seems as if the Chosen One will be of assistance to the light side. I belive the inbalance is the result of the "clouding" caused by Sidious as he grows more and more powerful and closer to his "Revelation" to wipe out the Jedi. His presence in the Force (although he cannot be pinpointed) has resulted in the Jedis' decreasing connection with the Force. The Chosen One must balance the Force by destroying this dark presence. Anakin, the vergence in the Force, brought balance once he destroyed Sidious. The will of the Force disregards the Jedi as a whole; thus the extiction of the Jedi Order. I do believe that once Vader/Anakin tossed Palps down the hole, he balanced the Force, cased closed. His turning back to the light side was a 'happy ending,' so he would not go down in history as purely evil. Anyway, please respond as I am anxious to discuss the meaning of Star Wars till the end of time.


21 Days and Counting!!!!!!!!

 

In my opinion, by killing the Sith while still having at least one Jedi in the galaxy (Luke), is bringing balance to the Force.