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The Chosen One

The prophecy of the Chosen One is to bring balance to the force, but what does that really mean? Some people assume it means the same amount of Jedi and Sith, and thus think that Vader did indeed bring balance by helping kill the Jedi. But that's not it. The force was not balanced in the time of the Galactic Empire. Pain and suffering were abundant, and almost no one but the cruel were happy. Is that truly balance or just darkness everywhere? A quote from the Revenge of the Sith novel from Matthew Stover says this, "The Sith did not create darkness, they simply used that which was already there." So the Jedi did drive back the darkness by creating light, but the Sith just harnessed the dark power that was already abundant, threatening to take over the light. That is what the Chosen One was born to do. He was born to bring back the Jedi, the Lightmakers, in a time of utter darkness and despair. That is what bringing balance to the force really means.