George Lucas made the "balance of the Force" central to Star Wars . It's only implicit in the original trilogy, but it became an essential part of the prequels. Anakin Skywalker, the Chosen One , was destined to bring balance to the Force.

The movies themselves never really explained what true "balance" would look like. The Jedi Council assumed it referred to the destruction of the Sith, but Master Yoda suggested the prophecy could have been misinterpreted. Many viewers have come to believe in a "yin and yang" of the Force, where both light and dark coexist.

George Lucas had a different view, though. He believed that the light side is selfless, and the dark side if selfish; the light works for the good of all, whereas the dark side is essentially parasitic and self-destructive. As

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