#light side

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Star Wars - Light & Dark Side

By  Elizabeth Owens

Available as prints & more via Society6 - Light Side / Dark Side

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Hi! I want to ask you something since you know so much. I think I might've misunderstood some parts of Anakin bringing balance to the Force. I've always heard people say "there were too many jedi", that's why balance was needed and that's why they had to die too. I just believed that tbh. However, I saw someone say that the "Jedi act in harmony with the Force" which would mean the imbalance existed because of the Sith. Have I been fed empire approved sith propaganda all this time?

Hi! Here's why the idea that "too many Jedi = imbalance" doesn't work for me--during the time of the Empire, there were two Jedi (Obi-Wan and Yoda) and two Sith (Sidious and Vader). Are we saying that the time of the Empire was good and balanced? Because I'm pretty sure that's not the message of Star Wars! I just don't think the message of Star Wars would be "and then balance was brought to the Force through the murder of a bunch of toddlers asking for help". I'm pretty sure that "equal amounts of Jedi and Sith (like during the Empire) was BAD" is much more accurate to the tone of the movies. Further, to get into the whole "what is the balance of the Force?" thing, you have to start with the foundations of how the Force works, that the light side is good (compassion, love, selflessness) and the dark side (anger, hate, fear, greed, selfishness) is bad. That the way George Lucas describes the Force: “The core of the Force–I mean, you got the dark side, the light side, one is selfless, one is selfish, and you wanna keep them in balance. What happens when you go to the dark side is it goes out of balance and you get really selfish and you forget about everybody … because when you get selfish you get stuff, or you want stuff, and when you want stuff and you get stuff then you are afraid somebody is going to take it away from you, whether it’s a person or a thing or a particular pleasure or experience. [….] “Only way to overcome the dark side is through discipline. The dark side is pleasure, biological and temporary and easy to achieve. The light side is joy, everlasting and difficult to achieve. A great challenge. Must overcome laziness, give up quick pleasures, and overcome fear which leads to hate." --George Lucas, The Clone Wars writers' meeting That is 100% in line with Yoda and the other Jedi explaining how the Force works, which means the Jedi are correct about it and that's a huge sign that they're reliable narrators about the Force lore we learn from them! The Jedi are acting harmony with the Force, indeed. There's often the idea that balance means equal amounts of something, but I instead of think of it as balance as in stability.  The light side, which is love and compassion, can we ever really strive to have too much kindness and care for others in the world?  If there were more goodness in the world, would that make it unstable?  In contrast, if there's a lot hate, greed, and selfishness in the world, that does lead to instability, it leads to people hurting each other and making the world a worse place to live. So, why is there imbalance while the Jedi are around?  Well, the Force doesn't belong to just the Jedi, does it?  Over and over, the Jedi tell us that the Force is in everything, everyone and every living thing in the galaxy contributes to the Force.  Look at when the dark side is growing--on the cusp of the war!  Where there are so many people in the galaxy, trillions and trillions of everyday people being angry and afraid and hateful (both legitimately and not), that the Force is slowly being darkened.  There's so much anger at the state of the galaxy, so many people aren't helping each other anymore ("Mom, you said that the biggest problem in the universe is no one helps each other." --Anakin, The Phantom Menace) that the Force is darkening and the Jedi are only one out of every six billion people.  One Jedi cannot be enough light to counterbalance 6 billion people! Balance in the Force isn't really even about the Jedi, per se.  It's about everyone.  It's about people rising up against the darkness and saying they'll help each other.  It's about the Sith finally being gone from the galaxy, but the Jedi return to it.  Vader and Sidious both die, but Luke remains as a Jedi, this is a better, more balanced state than before, a triumphant ending to the OT. The Sith aren't the entire source of the darkness in the Force, I wouldn't say, but instead that the galaxy had become incredibly dysfunctional--that's a huge part of how the Senate had become more interested in its own greed than it was in helping the people they represented, it was a huge part of how the people were angry at being neglected, it was a huge part about how the Sith were stirring up and catalyzing that sentiment, and the Jedi were doing everything they could to help defend and save innocent people, they were the only ones (along with a handful of politicians like Bail and Padme) who were trying to help people and create good in the galaxy, but for every one of them, there were a dozen or more powerful senators who were selfish and greedy, for every war the Jedi managed to end, two more were popping up in another part of the galaxy. It was only once the people were willing to stand up and fight for themselves (as the galactic public wasn't willing to stand up for themselves ("The rift in the galaxy is not [the Jedi's] fault.  If more worlds would stand up for themselves against the Separatists, this war would have been over long ago." --Obi-Wan, The Clone Wars) instead of making the clones fight for them or turning a blind eye when the Jedi babies were murdered in their home, that the darkness could finally start to ebb again. The Jedi and the Sith play pivotal roles in the light vs the dark, but ultimately it's bigger than any one person or even any one group of people.  The Jedi are reliable narrators of how the Force works, they act in harmony with it to the best of their abilities, but balance isn't really about only them, it's about everyone. And balance isn't equal amounts of light and dark--that gets you the Empire.  Balance is when everyone works together and cares about each other and loves each other and is compassionate to each other--the light side is the balance!

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The “Dark side/Light side” Squad

Dark side- Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn

Light side- Cancer, Aquarius, Leo

Dark side af- Gemini, Scorpio, Aries

Light side af- Libra, Pisces, Sagittarius

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To answer power with power, the Jedi way is not.

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Why Rey is a Palpatine

SPOILER WARNING! Some of these reflections are based on possible spoilers I have read and are also a good shot at speculation. 

I think there are many elements that make this theory interesting, not only for the storyline but for the future of the Sequel Trilogy, and why it should end with episode IX, so here it goes : After searching the internet for two years, reading and analyzing very different types of theories, speculations and reddit stuff, I am coming to the conclusion that Rey comes from the Palpatine line. She would then be his grand-daughter and her parents are going to come from the dark side, I place my bet on stormtroopers. 

1) On a storyboard level, you have to look macro at the whole three trilogies. They is going to be a mirror effect.

The PT was about a light Skywalker falling to the Dark Side because of love, and because of the manipulations of a Palpatine.

The ST is about a dark Skywalker being redeemed to the Light thanks to the love of a Palpatine. (by love, i mean not necessarily romantic)

Together in the PT : they introduce mayhem to the galaxy

Together in the ST : they restore peace in the galaxy (final episode)

Why do I think this? It was Lucas’s first idea that the ST should be a mirror of the PT, so maybe the kept the general idea. It also ties the three trilogies together in an interesting fashion. 

2) We then have mirroring effects and parallels of ST with the PT/ Kylo and Rey. Let’s pay attention to symbolism. 

Kylo Ren/Ben Solo, the Skywalker of the trilogy. Comes from the Light, falls to the Dark Side. He is first introduced with a very Darth Vaderesque look. He starts where Vader finishes : brutal, murderous, and he wears a mask that also distorts his voice. This is the reverse of Anakin which we see first as an innocent child, who is a slave, but is Light. 

Rey, the Palpatine of the trilogy, comes from Darkness but starts as a reverse of Sheev : an innocent and beautiful person. She is the Light. She wears a whitish costume when she is first introduced. 

Anakin Skywalker and Sheev Palpatine are both the strongest force wielders in the PT. Kylo Ren and Rey are the strongest RAW powah™ in the ST. (Even Luke is scared shitless.)

They are set as equals, incarnations of two opposite principles (ying/yang)

3)  They will meet in the middle. 

In order to restore peace, they necessarily need to meet in the middle, as they are set as opponents in the beginning. This is why I think they share so much : loneliness, a feeling of longing, a feeling a abandonment, a sense that they are looking for their own destiny. Both need each other in order to find themselves but the other will also trigger their own opposite side: 

Rey could go further down the dark side giving in to anger, her sense of abandonment but also passion. Passion can be a very destructive feeling. We already see her with anger in TFA when she beats Kylo. That will be full fledged in TLJ. Hate/Passion go together...

Kylo can go towards his light side giving in to his compassion for her. Kylo is said to be the incarnation of both principles, and his light side bubbles up all the time. He has a soft spot for Rey, and offers to teach her. 

This leads me to better understand how and why they have to become grayish. 

4) Rey in spanish means KING (come on, is that totally casual?) It’s more understandable if we see she is the heir to the throne of the Empire. (Princess rey *cough* prince Kylo *cough*)

If indeed Rey turns out to be a Palpatine, I am pretty sure that the trilogy will end on their union, whatever that is (romantic, or not), and restore peace in the galaxy, going beyond Light and Darkness. This is why Reylo is so important in the end. It doesn’t matter if it’s romantic or not. It’s their union and their symbolic importance for the galaxy that matters. 

Episode 7 : Ennemies

Episode 8 : They meet in the middle. Darkness rises and light to meet it.

Episode 9 : Friends (lovers, friends, whatever, but unified for the greater good!) Consolidation of Grey. 

(If they do take the trilogy on a romantic level it’s going to be a heck of a soap opera!!)

And Finally 

5) Sheev Palpatine thought Jakku was a special place. He even built a laboratory there in the Aftermath series. And, of course, who shows up specifically on THIS planet? 

What do you think? 

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Me: I added red dye and blue dye to 2 bowls of churro mix so we could duel then eat lightsaber churros.

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light side vs dark side

light side: gemini, cancer, libra, capricorn, aquarius, pisces

dark side: aries, taurus, leo, virgo, scorpio, sagittarius

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The Force... it’s calling to you. Just let it in.

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Finished Master Shaak Ti!

Upwards of 200 photoshop layers went into this one...phew....

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You haven’t seen the last of the Inquisitors...

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by  Yaşar VURDEM

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