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Originally Posted by Huttman  In defining the concepts of light (presumably good) and dark (presumably bad), would not the very nature of the Force have to be good in order for all of existance not to crash in on itself - refering back to the house divided quote. Also, perhaps the lack of emotion might have been one of the Jedi's slow downfalls. I remember a discussion before that touched on a Jedi's not marrying, so maybe a balanced emotion with family and spouse is healthy and should not be banned. Regardless, I think the Jedi order got way too complacent over the centuries and evil was ripe for another chance at domination. Interesting stuff here, the story concepts here just keep getting bigger and bigger... |
The Force seems to be a natural element of the Star Wars universe. Nature as we know is not good, nor is it evil. it exists in a measure of balance. Day and Night, Light and Dark, Fire and Water, Earth and Air, heck even Yin and Yang. None can exist without the others, without major disruptions occuring (catastrophic disruptions certainly)
Jedi seem to believe that this means that they must deny their emotions and maintain a personal balace - one of emotional neutrality. Whilst as we know the Sith embrace their emotions and see the Force as a weapon for their use, rather like one could use fire as a weapon.
Life = Change and Chaos. Order = Stagnation and Death. hence the necessity for a balance within the force. When tipped one way or the other it results in a strenthening of either Jedi or Sith.
Luckily for the galaxy at large, the Jedi with their far more pacifistic tendencies tend to be better for society to function with a measure of peace and justice.
The Sith when they take control seem to revel in the chaos that they unleash when they are in power - yet they usually seem to have larger goals than simple galactic domination. (not that galactic domination is simple, but that this is merely a by-product of their true goals - however obscure).
Yet i believe that without these Sith insurgencies and periods as dominant forces in the galaxy, the labouring beast that is the Republic would wither and die.
As to the Jedi contributing to both their own downfall and the fall of the Republic there can be no doubt. Mace Windu is the character that most perfectly encaptures the Jedi complacency and arrogance. "I...do not believe the Sith could have returned without our knowing."
The Force's imbalance toward the Dark and the Sith, could easily have subverted many jedi without even their knowing it... the less powerful the more easily, and the more powerful too. (the weaker ones being more susceptible and the stronger being more bombarded by the shift in the Force's alignment), all conspiring to make them both easier to manipulate and ultimately destroy.