Is “the balance” linked to “its time for the Jedi to end?”
Here are some thoughts on Star Wars: The Last Jedi…
This article comes fromDen of Geek UK.
Although it was brief, this promo video gave us plenty to chew on.
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But what if these two lines are actually linked?
Im going to spell out my theory now, as simply as I can.
instructs Mark Hamills Luke Skywalker.
Darkness, says Rey.
hovering over a dusty Jedi Order logo.
The balance, Rey intones.
Its so much bigger, says Luke.
Then were shown a long shot of Rey training with a lightsaber.
Is he not to destroy the Sith and bring balance to the Force?
The prequel trilogy introduced us to a lot of new concepts.
One idea from the prequels that was bigger than any of those was the existence of a prophecy.
A prophecy that spoke of a Chosen One that would destroy the Sith and bring balance to the Force.
A popular theory is that Hayden Christensens Anakin Skywalker was the Chosen One.
He just had a funny way of showing it, for rather a long time.
Clearly, something aint right.
Did the prophecy have an expiration date on it or something?
(The Chosen One will bring balance to the Force… for a few years!
isnt quite as impressive, is it?)
Or was it just wrong?
Or was it never about Anakin at all?
Either way, it seems that Yoda was right: the prophecy was misread in some way.
Wheres the balance in that?
At some point afterReturn of the Jedi,Luke decided to train a new generation of Jedi.
He just walked away from everything.
Luke mustve been devastated by this.
But then it was all snatched away from him, and the dark side rose again.
Required reading?
Han mentions a rumor: People that knew him best think he went looking for the first Jedi temple.
But what did Luke find there?
Is that bookshelf-looking thing fromThe Last Jedis trailer something that Luke found on his travels?
Does it contain ancient Jedi knowledge?
What if he read something that made him realize that hes been doing it wrong all these years?
What if he realized the Jedi Order isnt what the galaxy, or the Force, truly needs?
Hes been hanging out at an abandoned Jedi temple for ages.
He thinks that the Force is much bigger than a seesaw balancing good and evil.
Hes decided that its time for the Jedi to end.
Ive got a feeling a possibly useless feeling, admittedly that all of these things are linked.
But why would he decide that?
What could he have learned that would make that seem like the logical answer?
This would make a certain amount of sense.
Escalation is what Gordon calls it, but I think its more of a cycle.
By having Jedi (or Batman), you encourage Sith (or the Joker) to rise up.
Each time the Jedi rise, the Sith emerge as a counterbalance.
And the opposite can be true, too.
Perhaps Luke is right, and the only true solution is to take the Jedi out of the equation.
But if there are going to be no Jedi and no Sith, what could we have instead?
What would become of the Force?
What would become ofStar Wars?
But shes neither Jedi nor Sith.
Then, inRogue One,we had Donnie Yen as Chirrut Imwe.
He wasnt a Jedi either, but his faith in the Force was palpable.
The idea was that the whole story was being recounted from a book entitledThe Journal of the Whills.
The concept of the Whills eventually morphed into the idea of the Force.
Perhaps, in this current canon,The Journal of the Whillsis an ancient text about the Force.
Weve had Maz and Chirrut in the movies, and characters like the Bendu onStar Wars Rebels.
Hes a genuinely neutral character, in tune with the Force above all else.
Balanced, you could say.
It seems like Bendu and Luke have learned similar lessons from the Force.
Maybe this all-powerful mystical energy does not wish to be used in a war between good and evil.
Its a much bigger world than that…
Final thoughts
Okay, Ive probably rambled enough now.
Im sorry if that wasnt quite as clear on paper as it all sounded in my head.
Essentially, I think that the prophecy from the prequels is going to become a big talking point again.
Maybe hes the Chosen One.
And despite what the Force itself might want.
