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[–] 3050530? 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

They only said that because the screenwriter thought it sounded cool. He didn't put one more yotta of thought into it, and it's painful for me to take it as seriously as the things in IV and V.

Lucas himself describes the culmination of the prophecy as Vader throwing the Emperor down a mineshaft, which actually makes less sense, because at that point there are more Jedi than there are Sith. With a prophecy to "bring balance to the force," he would've succeeded after killing the Jedi, and that would be the logical end of the prophecy.

Like I said, this shit is so poorly written that you break the fourth wall just by giving it the smallest amount of scrutiny. The only way to patch it up is to invent fan theories and cherry-picked nonsense from various expanded universe stuff.

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[–] Chiefpacman ago  (edited ago)

Fair enough, but 'bringing balance to the force' is a vague prophecy. The Matrix took the same path, hard to poke holes in a prophecy that's hard to pinpoint to begin with.

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[–] FinalRemix 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Luke wasn't strictly light-side, either. He used force choke at Jabba's palace, he used intimidation and threats to get his way, and force-kicked a guy while over the sarlacc pit.

There's also the magic cave o' reflection scene:
"What's in there?"
"Only what you take with you... Your weapons: you will not need them."
Luke takes his weapons in anyway. He's ready for a fight, even though he was told (albeit indirectly) that taking anger in with him would bring anger out.