I also entirely disagree with the […]
Thank you, sade!
I must confess, I haven’t watched Rebels (or any other animated series). But that sounds interesting, thanks for the tip!
Let me try to explain myself: Of course, the idea that Balance is some sort of “greyness” is just an exaggerated, artificial metaphor that can only appear in a fairy tale (which is what Star Wars is to me). Of course, there is no such thing as good and bad either—there are only the subjective definitions of what is good or bad, right or wrong for the person interpreting a situation, action, or object (this is what sociology calls the “interpretative paradigm”).
This is debatable in the real world, but it’s certainly not the position that Star Wars actually takes. Good and evil are objectively real in Star Wars, or at the very least evil is. For Force users at least, it exercises a supernatural influence over behavior and causes physical corruption.
“Grayness” is less of a fairy tale viewpoint and more the moral relativism that you’re talking about. It’s what people try to add to Star Wars when they don’t like the idea of objective morality, because they feel it’s more realistic. I will agree with you that it’s exaggerated, artificial, and incoherent, but that’s all the more reason not to pursue it.