Let's make one thing clear: Palpatine isn't a sympathetic character. When Obi-Wan said, "Chancellor Palpatine is evil!" he was right. But what the hell did Palpatine think he was doing? As history and ...

What does it mean to bring balance to the Force? The Jedi seem to think the Chosen One's purpose is to destroy the Sith, but wouldn't that create even more imbalance? Throughout Star Wars, we see the ...

Many modern viewers tend to view the light and dark side as “yin and yang,” implying that balance means light and dark coexisting in equal measure. This wasn’t really the idea Lucas was getting at in ...