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Just wondering... It doesn't really sound to me as if Yoda were saying that the Sith have existed in twosomes throughout known history. The phrasing *could* mean that, but he could just be saying in wonderment that he's only sensing the existence of two Sith at the time: "Only two there are" when there should have been hundreds!
Given the temptations of the Cool Side, there should probably be much more Sith candidates than there are Jedi candidates. And the Jedi are an exclusive club, quite willing to turn down promising students, and hardly making an effort of protecting all those strong in the Force from becoming evil.
So one would assume that the natural "balance" of the Force would heavily favor the hordes of bumbling amateurs who quickly succumb to the Cool Side. The Jedi would be the ones outnumbered, not the Sith. To have the numbers of the Sith drop to mere two would be a serious imbalance indeed...
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As far as I understand it, though, the Sith are generally considered to be extinct. So people aren't out there looking for them to join up. And according to their own rules, they keep it to a twosome. According to some of the books, the Sith believe that the Force exists in finite amounts. Therefore, the more people you have using it, the less powerful each user can be. This is one reason they keep it to two people. One to be the master, and one to carry it on. They're essentially waiting for the time when the Jedi have depleated their strength to the point that the Sith can reassert themselves.
The Jedi don't really seem to understand this prophecy at all. Because, you're all right...the Boring Side is extremely dominant right now. Bringing balance would almost certainly mean bad things for the Jedi. However, the Jedi also believe in serving the will of the Force, so maybe they're determined to do that even if it means bad things will happen.
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I could see them appearing as new borns (in other words...if Padme gives birth during the film)... but if they're old enough to talk and generally annoy me...it'll ruin the whole thing.
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LOL...yah...I didn't figure you needed a dictionary or anything... I just meant, as opposed to being several weeks or months old. I think the oldest we should see them is fresh from the oven.
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In eps 1 and 2 Yoda makes many comments about the Jedi Order's losing its abilities with the force.
"Blind we are if creation of this clone army we could not see"
"Victory! Victory you say? Master Obi-Wan, not victory. The shroud of the dark side has fallen, begun the clone war has"
Perhaps the presence of the Sith as AndrewR suggested is the inbalance. Darth Maul made reference to "Revenge" and then in ROTJ Palpatine explained that he designed all the events from the Invasion of Naboo to the Battle of Endor.
I think that by destroying the Emperor Anakin returned the power of sight to the Jedi.
On the matter of the twins, I wouldnt mind seeing Obi-Wan deliver Luke to his uncle. Leia on the other hand remembers Padme, she said she remembered her as a sad woman perhaps Padme takes up residence on Alderaan with her.
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I'm not saying he wasn't behind the invasion of Naboo.
But I think you're looking too much into that ROTJ quote. I think it's pretty clear Palpatine is speaking ONLY of the trap, since he doesn't go on about Naboo, but rather talks about how he let the Bothans escape ...
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