And this to me very much sums up the prequels. The people in it, be they Jedi, Gungans or Anakins do not wish change - they want stability and harmony. But as Greek Philosophers like to tell us: There is nothing permanent except change - so of course change comes, and alters everything.
The Sith on the other hand are all about change and destruction (which you could argue is change as well, but in a rather violent form). The Jedi's seek to preserve, the Sith alter and tear things down. A rather strange example perhaps, but Palpatine uses a rather large amount of students. darth Maul, Darth Christopher Lee etc. When one isn't working any more, he substitutes them with someone who does. When laws and forms of government doesn't work his way, he changes that to.
Now I know the Sith, or at least Palpatine, talk about power and this being a Sith thing. And yes, power is a Sith thing, but it is also a Jedi thing - it is how they choose to use that power which separates them. the Jedi use it for preservation (of the Republic, of lives etc.) whereas the Sith use it to alter the world to change them.
So when Anakin in "Jedi" kills the Emperor he combines the two - he uses his power to change the situation (bye, bye Palpy), but his change brings about peace/harmony/stability for the galaxy. And in that way he brings balance to the Force.
And now I have an image of Anakin as a yin/yang kind of guy. ;)
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"I don't want things to change," Anakin says.
And this to me very much sums up the prequels. The people in it, be they Jedi, Gungans or Anakins do not wish change - they want stability and harmony. But as Greek Philosophers like to tell us: There is nothing permanent except change - so of course change comes, and alters everything.
The Sith on the other hand are all about change and destruction (which you could argue is change as well, but in a rather violent form). The Jedi's seek to preserve, the Sith alter and tear things down. A rather strange example perhaps, but Palpatine uses a rather large amount of students. darth Maul, Darth Christopher Lee etc. When one isn't working any more, he substitutes them with someone who does. When laws and forms of government doesn't work his way, he changes that to.
Now I know the Sith, or at least Palpatine, talk about power and this being a Sith thing. And yes, power is a Sith thing, but it is also a Jedi thing - it is how they choose to use that power which separates them. the Jedi use it for preservation (of the Republic, of lives etc.) whereas the Sith use it to alter the world to change them.
So when Anakin in "Jedi" kills the Emperor he combines the two - he uses his power to change the situation (bye, bye Palpy), but his change brings about peace/harmony/stability for the galaxy. And in that way he brings balance to the Force.
And now I have an image of Anakin as a yin/yang kind of guy. ;)