I think you are partly right. But I don't think the balance was in numbers so to speak, both Jedi and Sith are extremes. The real balance is embodied in Luke, Anakin goes to both extremes and meets luke halfway. Anakin I believe brings balance in the form Luke, by destroying both Jedi and Sith and ultimately open the way for a new breed of Jedi who see the Force as a whole, not a good light side and an evil dark side. The force is niether good noir evil, the Jedi and Sith made that distinction, each one believing the other is evil, these are people who are evil not the Force.
Both factions are largely dehumanized, one are selfish and care more about themselves and indivuals than for the greater good, the other are selfless, they don't care about themselves they only care for others and are detached from most of the basic human emotions, take Obi-Wan, he is more than willing to sacrifice people in order to perform his "duty" and for the great good. I think the point is that anything taken to Extremes is bad, even if they are well intended like the Jedi.
Anikin is the prophesied ender of the Sith - which he does. The Jedis just got the time frame wrong. He ends the sith - it just takes many more years and his own son about to be killed by the emperor to do it. (Of course, that begs the question: surely the Sith trained others?)
Disregarding the EU books after episode 6. I don't think they would have trained anybody else to use the Force. The reason they are 2 , a master and apprentice is becuase they are self destructive and training others to use the force would be dangerous for them, Vader is plotting since Episode 3 to kill Palpatine. With all but 2 Jedi living and commanding an Army , why would they need to train others? Its not like their plan was to destroy the Jedi and start Sith franchises.
This assumes that during the 25 years between end of ep3 and end of ep6 you still consider Vader to be Palpatine's apprentice. A Jedi is a padawan (apprentice) and then is graduated to a full Jedi Knight. But, Obi-Wan would still call Yoda "Master Yoda" and Vader still says "What is thy bidding, Master?"
Yes Vader continues to be Palpatines apprentice so to speak. The Sith follow different customs than the Jedi. They too have several different levels, but only ONE of them is Master, In order for a Sith to become the master he must destroy his Master or take his place after he just dies from whatever reason. Also the way the Jedi use "Master" to refer to other Jedi can be confusing but the way I see it, it can be used in different meanings. A padawan calls the Jedi who trains him "Master" even if his trainer does not have the rank of Jedi Master, and it is used obviously when a Jedi has attained the rank of Master, e.g. Master Yoda, Master Kenobi, etc. If you have say 2 Jedi Masters who are peers (one did not train the other) and they are speaking privately they address each others as peers usually (without the title) also if the conditions are more informal.. It's simply a title and it's their custom to address others with it out of respect.
This assumes that during the 25 years between end of ep3 and end of ep6 you still consider Vader to be Palpatine's apprentice. A Jedi is a padawan (apprentice) and then is graduated to a full Jedi Knight. But, Obi-Wan would still call Yoda "Master Yoda" and Vader still says "What is thy bidding, Master?"
Yes Vader continues to be Palpatines apprentice so to speak. The Sith follow different customs than the Jedi. They too have several different levels, but only ONE of them is Master, In order for a Sith to become the master he must destroy his Master or take his place after he just dies from whatever reason.
Also the way the Jedi use "Master" to refer to other Jedi can be confusing but the way I see it, it can be used in different meanings. A padawan calls the Jedi who trains him "Master" even if his trainer does not have the rank of Jedi Master, and it is used obviously when a Jedi has attained the rank of Master, e.g. Master Yoda, Master Kenobi, etc. If you have say 2 Jedi Masters who are peers (one did not train the other) and they are speaking privately they address each others as peers usually (without the title) also if the conditions are more informal.. It's simply a title and it's their custom to address others with it out of respect.
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I think you are partly right. But I don't think the balance was in numbers so to speak, both Jedi and Sith are extremes. The real balance is embodied in Luke, Anakin goes to both extremes and meets luke halfway. Anakin I believe brings balance in the form Luke, by destroying both Jedi and Sith and ultimately open the way for a new breed of Jedi who see the Force as a whole, not a good light side and an evil dark side. The force is niether good noir evil, the Jedi and Sith made that distinction, each one believing the other is evil, these are people who are evil not the Force. Both factions are largely dehumanized, one are selfish and care more about themselves and indivuals than for the greater good, the other are selfless, they don't care about themselves they only care for others and are detached from most of the basic human emotions, take Obi-Wan, he is more than willing to sacrifice people in order to perform his "duty" and for the great good. I think the point is that anything taken to Extremes is bad, even if they are well intended like the Jedi.
Anikin is the prophesied ender of the Sith - which he does. The Jedis just got the time frame wrong. He ends the sith - it just takes many more years and his own son about to be killed by the emperor to do it. (Of course, that begs the question: surely the Sith trained others?)
Disregarding the EU books after episode 6. I don't think they would have trained anybody else to use the Force. The reason they are 2 , a master and apprentice is becuase they are self destructive and training others to use the force would be dangerous for them, Vader is plotting since Episode 3 to kill Palpatine. With all but 2 Jedi living and commanding an Army , why would they need to train others? Its not like their plan was to destroy the Jedi and start Sith franchises.
This assumes that during the 25 years between end of ep3 and end of ep6 you still consider Vader to be Palpatine's apprentice. A Jedi is a padawan (apprentice) and then is graduated to a full Jedi Knight. But, Obi-Wan would still call Yoda "Master Yoda" and Vader still says "What is thy bidding, Master?"
Yes Vader continues to be Palpatines apprentice so to speak. The Sith follow different customs than the Jedi. They too have several different levels, but only ONE of them is Master, In order for a Sith to become the master he must destroy his Master or take his place after he just dies from whatever reason. Also the way the Jedi use "Master" to refer to other Jedi can be confusing but the way I see it, it can be used in different meanings. A padawan calls the Jedi who trains him "Master" even if his trainer does not have the rank of Jedi Master, and it is used obviously when a Jedi has attained the rank of Master, e.g. Master Yoda, Master Kenobi, etc. If you have say 2 Jedi Masters who are peers (one did not train the other) and they are speaking privately they address each others as peers usually (without the title) also if the conditions are more informal.. It's simply a title and it's their custom to address others with it out of respect.
This assumes that during the 25 years between end of ep3 and end of ep6 you still consider Vader to be Palpatine's apprentice. A Jedi is a padawan (apprentice) and then is graduated to a full Jedi Knight. But, Obi-Wan would still call Yoda "Master Yoda" and Vader still says "What is thy bidding, Master?" Yes Vader continues to be Palpatines apprentice so to speak. The Sith follow different customs than the Jedi. They too have several different levels, but only ONE of them is Master, In order for a Sith to become the master he must destroy his Master or take his place after he just dies from whatever reason. Also the way the Jedi use "Master" to refer to other Jedi can be confusing but the way I see it, it can be used in different meanings. A padawan calls the Jedi who trains him "Master" even if his trainer does not have the rank of Jedi Master, and it is used obviously when a Jedi has attained the rank of Master, e.g. Master Yoda, Master Kenobi, etc. If you have say 2 Jedi Masters who are peers (one did not train the other) and they are speaking privately they address each others as peers usually (without the title) also if the conditions are more informal.. It's simply a title and it's their custom to address others with it out of respect.
I was asking myself the same thing. Kazaa? Bittorrent? sure I can buy that either one is the most popular. But WinMX? When did this happen?