Anyone else believe that the “balance” that Anakin was supposed to bring to the force was in fact exactly what he did by killing almost all of the Jedi? Throughout the series they talk about how he was the chosen one, and that he was prophesied to bring balance to the force, but they don’t go in to any further detail, and all of the council believe that means he’s gonna end the Sith or something. How is that balance!? A million Jedi, and no Sith? they clearly don’t know what balance is. Kill off almost all Jedi, and have only a few Sith? That sounds a lot more like balance to me.
I know RoS implies that the “imbalance” is Palpatine, and that Lucas has said that he meant that as killing the Sith. I just don’t think that’s what was created.
I don’t have anything to add, but I’m interested in the conversation, so here I am.
If I remember right one of the books explains it as Jedi: infinity, Sith: 0. However the Jedi were amazing at not interpreting prophecies properly. I do think the Jedi has lost their way so bad by the time of anakin that they were close enough to Sith that removing them technically did bring balance. However I’m not 100% confident in my own theory