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 Greetings! I have chosen a difficult topic for my first foray into blogdom. I have never done this before so please bear with me.
I will begin by saying that I don't buy the "fact" that Anakin Skywalker is the Chosen One. I know, I know, that directly contradicts GL which is taboo. However, I will explain my tilting at windmills.
From what little information we can glean from movies and books, the prophecy states simply that there will be a person to come along and bring balance to the Force by destroying the Sith. In my mind, that is impossible. By definition, to balance something means roughly to equalize or to make even. Destroying the Sith would only erase one side of the equation. What balance is then created? And what good is destroying the Sith if the Dark Side still remains? The Sith are only followers of an ideal, remember. I believe that the Dark Side is meant to be used, very rarely, and only in extreme circumstances. I know that this has been discussed, but I believe that there is only the Force and the intent in which it is used. And who is it that brings this to the Jedi Order?
LUKE SKYWALKER
It is he who advances this ideal, so to speak. Anakin by destroying the Sith is doing nothing to balance anything, (if he actually does destroy the Sith, but that's another topic for another time) therefore discounting the main part of the prophecy. Luke has actually attained that balance that was prophesied. Let the comments, begin.
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confusedone
I have the fear of being afraid and I'm on strike against strikes
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date Posted: Aug 25, 2006 8:59 PM
Welcome! I'm confusedone. Interesting topic. I like the idea of new beliefs, but I stick with Anakin bring the Chosen One. It was just a powerful moment when HE, ANAKIN, killed the emporer. That, in my opinion, is when he fulfilled the prophecy. However, I can see your arguement of Luke being the Chosen One. Hey, whatever suits your needs. Good first entry and welcome! 
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cowboy_11c
Musings from the Shadowlands
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date Posted: Aug 25, 2006 9:11 PM
But my point remains. How does killing the Emperor bring balance. Again, I think of it as a scale. Taking everything off one side of it simply tips it one way or the other. Think of it this way. How many times have the Jedi been brought to the brink of extinction only to come back just as strong. The same with the Sith (or Dark Jedi, but again, another topic). Thank you for the comment and the welcome!!
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cowboy_11c
Musings from the Shadowlands
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date Posted: Aug 25, 2006 9:38 PM
Thanks, likewise. Hey I read your entry and I had those same thoughts. How can there be a prophesy about destroying something that's dead. That is one main reason I came up with my theory.
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Jedi Master Mina
Another Galaxy, another time
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date Posted: Aug 25, 2006 10:32 PM
Howdy Cowboy and welcome to blogsville. Now, how can the Queen disagree with you when you talk about LUKE. I've always thought of LUKE as the Chosen One, 'cause in the beginning, George said Luke was the Chosen One. Than along comes the PT movies and now "Anakin" is the Chosen One....I see the point, but in my book, Luke will always be the Chosen One. Actually, father and son brought balance to the Force. One could not do it without the other, from a certain point of view. Good points and welcome. 
LUKEBLOGLUKEBLOGLUKEBLOGLUKEBLOGLUKEBLOG.
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Lord Harald
The Council of Evil
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date Posted: Aug 26, 2006 5:44 AM
I can't see how eradicating the Sith would bring balance to the force. If you take everything else for example:
Dark-Light, Good-Bad, Up-Down, etc.
My english is not perfect so this will be difficult to explain, but the Jedi and Sith are two weights on a scale. In order two maintain balance, they have be equal. So if the Jedi or the Sith becomes extinct, the force would not be in balance. So throughout Galactic history, when a Sith threaten the Jedi, he becomes destroyed, then, a couple of centuries later (give or take), a new Sith emerge. The force creates balance. In my opinion the "prophecy" is no more than a bedtime story to justify whatever the Jedi do.
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Clone Commander Cody Unit 2224
I wasn't a hero. I worked for a company of hereos.
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date Posted: Aug 26, 2006 7:28 AM
Welcome to the community , but shouldn't anakin be the chosen one. He did kill the most crazed evil man in the galaxy. The other things of luke were EU, which should be fiction. Or should it.
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confusedone
I have the fear of being afraid and I'm on strike against strikes
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date Posted: Aug 26, 2006 9:57 AM
The other things of Luke were EU, whick should be fiction.
I think I know what you mean, but I hate to break it to you, all of Star Wars is fiction. If your saying that the movies are canon and EU isn't then I agreee with you.
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Japanese Fett
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date Posted: Aug 26, 2006 10:31 AM
Hi, and welcome to the blogs! I'm Japanese Fett! I'll be lloking forward to more of your blogs! BTW, your first blog was very interesting, but bringing balance to the force is what I think is to get rid of the ultimate evil of the galaxy, not literally have something in the equation. 
Sayonara, & MTFBWY
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JediMelindaWolf
Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try.
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date Posted: Aug 26, 2006 11:06 AM
It is so wonderful to have someone who totally agrees with me about this subject, cowboy! Obviously, Anakin was not the one to bring balance to the Force (let's not be so naive as to think only Obi-wan and Yoda survived the Jedi purge). I have said on more than one occasion that even Yoda considered the possibility that the Jedi Council had misread the prophecy, that the JC was too quick to conclude Anakin, despite his extremely high midichlorian count, was the Chosen One.
What GL has said about the saga is that it is about Anakin - his rise, fall and redemption. I don't ever recall GL saying that, indeed, Anakin was the Chosen One.
The Chosen One was Luke.
Great blog!
MTFBWY
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darth maul517
Darth Jedi Maul Secura
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date Posted: Aug 26, 2006 11:36 AM
I dont think there is a chosen one at all.there will never be a balance in the force.
great blog
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jedimasterninks
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date Posted: Aug 26, 2006 11:44 AM
Welcome to ze blogs!
I still think that Anakin was the chosen one. I do believe that it is implied that the 'Chosen One' will be the first jedi to come along with such a high midichlorian count. Otherwise, would Qui-Gon not have been so sure?
And I think by balence it means that there will be one side. In this case, it is obviously the light. The Galaxy is not a scale either, I think that might be taking the 'balence' thing a bit too far. And if the scale is true than how would Luke be the chosen one anyways? There would be no leading proof to that, either if you were looking at it like a scale.
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usetheforce19
MasterMonkey13
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date Posted: Aug 26, 2006 12:20 PM
Hmmmm, hard to tell the answer is, I must disagree with you and say that Anakin is the CHOSEN ONE of Star Wars, but Luke is the HERO of Star Wars. And, by the way, WELCOME!
May the Force be with us all! God bless!
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viagoangel2
Were Anakin and Padme' really one?
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date Posted: Aug 26, 2006 8:02 PM
Luke has actually attained that balance that was prophesied.
 My halo is ringing!! Whoa, what a twist on things here. Ahem....First, Welcome to Blogsville! I see you met the Queen *bowing* OK, while I agree that Luke did play a HUGE part in the circle completion....GL has referred to Anakin as the *Chosen One*, it is in the 2nd disc of the ROTS DVD. The whole *chosen One* trailer shows it. Anyway, I would have to side with ~Golden Boy~ on this one.
(cont.)
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viagoangel2
Were Anakin and Padme' really one?
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date Posted: Aug 26, 2006 8:09 PM
The prophecy was miread/miscontrude as it was stated in the novel of ROTS. Obi-wan says to Padme' " The prophecy never said he HAD to be a JEDI. " By the end of ROTJ, Vader the Sith lord was no more and Anakin emerged no longer the Jedi Knight but his TRUE SELF, * The Chosen One* . It has always been MPOV that at the end Luke was Anakin's final test....Trial if you will. This time, he passed and earned himself the rank of Master as we this is true at the end on Endor....his silhouette appears seated amongst his Masters.......Nice Entry and look forward to more ....~Angel~
Sorry Master Mina, I love Luke.....but am Obsessed with the monumental man ANAKIN
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cowboy_11c
Musings from the Shadowlands
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date Posted: Aug 29, 2006 10:47 AM
The slate was then wiped clean until the next time the Force needs cleansing.
That is exactly my point. If the Force were in true balance, it wouldn't need constant cleansing. In this respect, I view the Force as a kind of self correcting vacuum, so to speak. Look at how many times the Jedi or the Sith have been wiped out, and they both always reappear. It's my opinion that htis is the Force correcting itself.
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