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Post #57851

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die-jarjar-die
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I THINK I FIGURED IT OUT - WHY SO MANY SW FANS DISLIKED THE PT...
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4-Aug-2004, 10:44 AM
well I think GL has shown that some things in the SW saga are true "from a certain point of veiw"

To elaborate on my outlandish (& i too hope GL doesnt go there, it was just one of those random thoughts you have at work & then discuss) concept:

What if Palpatine KNEW the prophecy?

We know Palpy is immensly strong in the Dark side of the Force, so in laymans terms he has Force ability (im not getting into the light versus dark im basically suggesting that having Force powers is enough).

Now if he knows the Prophecy of the one Jedi (I'm assuming we're meant to assume that the Prophecy is that one Jedi will eradicate the Sith once & for all), whats to stop him from bastardising (for want of a better word) this myth by ensuring that the Prophecy is fulfilled, from a certain point of view. I'm not suggesting that Anakin is a clone of Palpatine or anything BUT in our own society the ability is there to produce an embryo outside of the womb & then impregnate the foetus inside the mother-to-be at a later date. Perhaps Anakins "immaculate conception" could have followed a similar line?

In ROTJ Palpatine says on a couple of occasions "Everything is proceeding as I have forseen".

It is this line in particular that I have based my argument around. What if Palpy had forseen the coming of Anakin so many years before TPM & that upon discovery by the Jedi, Anakin would be seen as the Jedi's greatest hope against the Sith.

Instead of growing powerful in the light side of the Force, Anakin would already be tainted with the Dark Side (hence Yoda's apprehension) & his downfall wouldn't be so tragic, but a forgone conclusion.

The Jedi would be destroyed by the very individual that had been sent to save them (a perversion on the Saviour theme, very Sith ) & all of these events would have occured as Palpatine had forseen.

This would then link in well with Palpatine's failure to fully forsee his own fate at the hands of Vader & the link that existed between Father & Son, the sons love & pity for his Father, returning Anakin from the Dark side & allowing Anakin to fulfill the Prophecy & become the Chosen One.

Ok so thats quite out there I didnt mean to suggest that Palpatine would be Father in the clinical sense of the word but in a more abstract sense I guess. Ok feel free to shoot me down but my theory does fit in with the recurring themes & motifs that Lucas likes to use & does incorporate the themes of religion that Lucas also likes to slip in there........................