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EndOfDiscOne
01/02/20 10:24:38 AM
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I always thought that he eventually fulfilled the prophecy by killing Palpatine. But that's a lolnope. Is there a fan consensus on this issue?

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nativengine
01/02/20 10:27:46 AM
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Stupid, the prophecy was.

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Doom_Art
01/02/20 10:28:05 AM
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"Bring back the balance, Rey. As I did."

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Xenozoa425
01/02/20 10:35:00 AM
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He did bring balance. But Palpatine tipped the balance when he cheated death, Rey restored the balance again.

It's a 50/50 and depends on how you view balance in the Force. Technically having no Sith or darkside users is still having the Force in balance, because the darkside is considered a perversion of the light.

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BurmesePenguin
01/02/20 10:36:41 AM
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Stupid prequel retcon is retconned out. Nothing of value was lost.
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Doom_Art
01/02/20 10:37:17 AM
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I also like the idea that the force is an irrational force of nature and it is inherently incapable of keeping itself balanced

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KillerSlaw
01/02/20 10:42:18 AM
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Doom_Art posted...
"Bring back the balance, Rey. As I did."

So the whole prophecy was about bringing back balance for less than 30 years?

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Xenozoa425
01/02/20 10:43:45 AM
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KillerSlaw posted...
So the whole prophecy was about bringing back balance for less than 30 years?
Not his fault that Palpatine cheated.

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pikachupwnage
01/02/20 10:46:20 AM
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KillerSlaw posted...
So the whole prophecy was about bringing back balance for less than 30 years?

I mean the idea that he would bring eternal Balance is silly.

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KillerSlaw
01/02/20 10:47:54 AM
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pikachupwnage posted...
I mean the idea that he would bring eternal Balance is silly.

So what's a good timeframe? 5 years? 1 year?

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Doom_Art
01/02/20 10:59:51 AM
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KillerSlaw posted...
So the whole prophecy was about bringing back balance for less than 30 years?
"A prophecy that misread could have been."

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Squall28
01/02/20 11:01:18 AM
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I don't know why the idea that things can get off balance again triggers people so hard.

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lilORANG
01/02/20 11:16:28 AM
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It's less than 30 years. Snoke was around long before the events of the new trilogy, and seemed to know Ben as a youngster, and he was a puppet of Palps, so Palps really didn't go away for long.
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s0nicfan
01/02/20 11:20:32 AM
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There were like hundreds of jedi and 2 sith before order 66 and the daycare murders. He balanced the hell out of the force.

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sLaCkEr408___RJ
01/02/20 11:21:43 AM
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Disney era isn't canon. Think of it as an alternate universe. Like marve comics.
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Doom_Art
01/02/20 11:23:36 AM
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s0nicfan posted...
There were like hundreds of jedi and 2 sith before order 66 and the daycare murders. He balanced the hell out of the force.
"Now there's two jedi and two sith! Tha-That's not balance!"

sLaCkEr408___RJ posted...
Think of it as an alternate universe
That's Legends

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sLaCkEr408___RJ
01/02/20 11:24:53 AM
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Squall28 posted...
I don't know why the idea that things can get off balance again triggers people so hard.
The Chosen One wasn't prophesied to end all conflict. Just to destroy the Sith. Anakin did fulfill this prophesy. For some reason Disney brought the Sith back in the episode ix. Nostalgia pandering methinks

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Jagr_68
01/02/20 11:25:17 AM
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s0nicfan posted...
There were like hundreds of jedi and 2 sith before order 66 and the daycare murders. He balanced the hell out of the force.

Mathematically, you are absolutely not wrong here.

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Doom_Art
01/02/20 11:25:59 AM
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Anakin did destroy the Sith

The Sith weren't brought back in TRoS, that was the point

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HBOSS
01/02/20 11:27:59 AM
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yes and the force moves in mysterious ways. surprise!! force ghosts only appear to crazy hermits.

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Paragon21XX
01/02/20 11:28:02 AM
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Palpatine was originally meant to never come back. It was only at the suggestion of Kathleen Kennedy that he was even added into IX.
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Doom_Art
01/02/20 11:28:48 AM
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Paragon21XX posted...
Kathleen Kennedy
*takes a shot*

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Phewfus
01/02/20 11:31:56 AM
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You would think obiwan would have told Luke at the end of rotj that palpatine was still alive and to stop dancing with teddy bears.
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SpaceBear_
01/02/20 11:32:28 AM
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The fuck is 'balance' supposed to mean in this context?

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Jagr_68
01/02/20 11:33:36 AM
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HBOSS posted...
yes and the force moves in mysterious ways. surprise!! force ghosts only appear to crazy hermits.

Force Ghosts also literally use the Force whether it's lightning or via tangibility projection now >____>

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Doom_Art
01/02/20 11:34:03 AM
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Phewfus posted...
You would think obiwan would have told Luke at the end of rotj that palpatine was still alive and to stop dancing with teddy bears.
Would force ghosts be omniscient to that point though

Particularly when it was established in the PT that Sheev can use the dark side to cloak himself?

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s0nicfan
01/02/20 11:35:06 AM
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SpaceBear_ posted...
The fuck is 'balance' supposed to mean in this context?

The word they meant to use but didn't was "purify". Balance in this specific case meant killing the last of the sith, which isn't balance at all.

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EndOfDiscOne
01/02/20 11:38:35 AM
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CruelBuffalo
01/02/20 11:42:08 AM
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Doom_Art posted...
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Phewfus
01/02/20 11:42:18 AM
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Doom_Art posted...
Would force ghosts be omniscient to that point though

Particularly when it was established in the PT that Sheev can use the dark side to cloak himself?
Considering how powerful force ghosts are now, why not? It's a transcending level beyond the limitations of a mortal Jedi susceptible to darkside influence.

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InfinityMonster
01/02/20 11:43:17 AM
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Yes. Palpatine coming back was just some BS added by JJ right before TRoS was written. KK said it was always the plan, but Colin Trevorrow just said last month there was nothing about him in his script and it was all JJ's stuff when he returned.


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Gheb
01/02/20 11:44:14 AM
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SpaceBear_ posted...
The fuck is 'balance' supposed to mean in this context?
The dark side and the Sith in paritcular are a perversion of the natural state of the Force and throw it out of balance. Balance doesn't mean that you need an equal number of Jedi and Sith, but that the Sith don't exist at all.

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Trelve
01/02/20 11:45:16 AM
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What stops Palpatine from just returning again in another 30 years? Him exploding at the bottom of the Death Star and Rey electrocuting him to pieces isn't that different.
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Doom_Art
01/02/20 11:45:50 AM
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InfinityMonster posted...
Yes. Palpatine coming back was just some BS added by JJ right before TRoS was written. KK said it was always the plan, but Colin Trevorrow just said last month there was nothing about him in his script and it was all JJ's stuff when he returned.
But Kathleen Kennedy tho

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InfinityMonster
01/02/20 11:46:42 AM
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Doom_Art posted...
But Kathleen Kennedy tho
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KillerSlaw
01/02/20 12:45:50 PM
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InfinityMonster posted...
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Kathleen Kennedy is a trigger for Doom_Art. Don't take it too seriously. He thinks anyone that holds her accountable for anything having to do with the new Star Wars is worth ridicule.

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XXmiznatorXX
01/02/20 12:48:02 PM
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Trelve posted...
What stops Palpatine from just returning again in another 30 years? Him exploding at the bottom of the Death Star and Rey electrocuting him to pieces isn't that different.
He told Rey to kill him and she did. So is the Rey that went to Tattooine really Sheev, or Rey??

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KillerSlaw
01/02/20 12:51:34 PM
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XXmiznatorXX posted...
He told Rey to kill him and she did. So is the Rey that went to Tattooine really Sheev, or Rey??

The Rey that went to Tattooine is a Skywalker, that's all that matters.

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s0nicfan
01/02/20 12:56:52 PM
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XXmiznatorXX posted...
He told Rey to kill him and she did. So is the Rey that went to Tattooine really Sheev, or Rey??

Kylo touched her stomach when they kissed, so Rey is now force pregnant with an evil force baby just like Shmi. BAM... I just wrote the next trilogy.

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Murphiroth
01/02/20 1:02:52 PM
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XXmiznatorXX posted...
He told Rey to kill him and she did. So is the Rey that went to Tattooine really Sheev, or Rey??

He told her to strike him down in anger to complete her journey to the Dark Side. She did not, and only defended herself, which is basically the epitome of the Jedi way. She reflects his own lightning back at him, much like Mace did.

This is spelled out by the movie, not sure how you missed it.

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sLaCkEr408___RJ
01/02/20 2:32:27 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
Kylo touched her stomach when they kissed, so Rey is now force pregnant with an evil force baby just like Shmi. BAM... I just wrote the next trilogy.
I think you're on to something
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