Here’s a question for everyone for a discussion.

One of the … many issues … I had with the movie has to do with Rey meeting Snoke for the first time. The issue I have is Snoke essentially reinforced the idea about “Balance.”

Rian was trying to change the narrative that basically, the Force balance itself out and there is no unbalance. Strong Light. Strong Dark. One side gets stronger … then the other side gets stronger. The issue with that is it invalidates the previous movies. (mainly the prequels that outright talks about balance and whatnot)

I was Ok with Luke’s “Rational” on the whole thing since he became disalutioned and turned is back on his original beliefs. (Like his father Anakin did with the Jedi order … oh father like son.) However, at the end of the movie (and reinforced with The Rise of Skywalker) Luke reverts back and owns up on his “wrong” view. He was wrong like Anakin’s believe in Revenge of the Sith was wrong that the Jedi were evil.

However, we have Snoke that agreed with Luke that essentially … the Force is balanced and Good Rises to meet with Dark. I hated that. It invalidates the prequel movies. It invalidates the rule of two. It even invalidates A New Hope that “there used to be a bunch of Jedi Knights that brought peace.” Since we only see 1 bad guy (emperor) and a turned coat Jedi (Darth Vader/Anakin).

I know an argument could be made that “Well, Snoke meant in total power, not individuals. Could be one strong bad guy and a bunch of weak strong guys.” But that argument doesn’t really work since Snoke was explicit that Kylo would meet his equal … which he strangly thought it could have been Luke. Which in itself is … odd. Somehow Luke, a Jedi Master, had to work his way up to Kylo? WTF?

Anyway, long story short, would the idea of removing this part of the speech help keep things more cohesive with the entire trilogy? It’s ok if Luke keeps with his “belief of the Force and Balance” since he became disenchanted but later admits he was wrong.