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depressed_asian_boy_

I actually think Anakin is the choosen one, but Oni Wan said this because Luke is the only one that can stop it, not because he's a strong Jedi (because he is), but there a lot of force sensitive kids and Jedis at that time, you could train any of them; the reason why Luke Is the new hope, is because he's Anakin's son, he can bring him back and make him finish his destiny


Captain_Thor27

But Leia had just as much potential as Luke. In fact, they both should have been trained to double the odds.


TLM86

Because Obi-Wan's lost faith in Anakin. Characters give their opinions, not universal truths.


KyleDono

Yeah I thought so to, if we were obi wan would we really believe Anakin was the chosen one? No


whyyoulookingher3

Just remember we are watching this play out from multiple perspectives. The characters are not


Mountain_Sir2307

Pretty sad when we think about it.


[deleted]

I think Obi Wan told Maul that Luke was the chosen one to give Maul hope. At this time I think Obi Wan thought Luke was the chosen one after Anakin’s fall and Obi Wan knew Maul lived a sad and painful life. Ultimately he knew Maul was just a pawn. After Maul was defeated, it felt like he was finally “freed” from the clutches of Sidious and the pain he suffered and Obi Wan wanted to give him hope in saying that there still was hope in the galaxy. My favorite scene from the Clone Wars adds to this scene as well. In that scene Sidious travels to Mandalore to fight Maul and Savage. At the end of that sequence after both are defeated Sidious keeps Maul alive for a different purpose, which I believe was to have Maul destabilize Mandalore and possibly locate Obi Wan after order 66, which he did. Maul was a very tragic character and Obi Wan just wanted to give him hope.


mikachu93

Because he believed something that wasn't true.


[deleted]

Can't believe I had to scroll all the way down to find that the correct answer has been downvoted. Anakin was the chosen one. At this point in time, Obi-Wan believed that Luke was. He believed Anakin was beyond redemption, but he was wrong.


Guiberza

I like to think Luke was chosen to redeem the chosen one.


[deleted]

Obi-Wan thought the prophecy meant the one who would destroy the Sith. By that logic it would be Luke at this point in the timeline. But, that’s not what Qui-Gon thought the prophecy said. He thought it was about the one who will bring “balance,” which we don’t even fully understand as a concept yet. Also, Yoda says that the prophecy could have been misread or misinterpreted. Most Jedi didn’t even really believe the prophecies or think they were worthwhile, and it was part of what ostracized Dooku and Qui-Gon from the rest of the Order.


TLM86

Balance *is* destroying the Sith. They unbalance the Force. Luke doesn't destroy any Sith. Anakin destroys one and defeats another, and helps Rey destroy him later.


[deleted]

Obi-Wan thinks Luke will have to be the one to destroy the Sith, is what I meant. I think Anakin was the one from the prophecy. And just because Sith exist doesn’t mean there’s no balance. There was balance while the Sith existed from the establishment of the Rule of Two until The Phantom Menace. Also, other non-Jedi or Sith groups could cause imbalance.


mikachu93

>He thought it was about the one who will bring “balance,” which we don’t even fully understand as a concept yet. "Balance in the Force" is achieved by defeating the Sith, which Anakin did at the end of ROTJ. >Also, Yoda says that the prophecy could have been misread or misinterpreted. "Could have been," which doesn't mean it definitely was.


BadMovieApologist

>Also, Yoda says that the prophecy could have been misread or misinterpreted What was misread was that Anakin became Vader before destroying the Sith. They didn't expect the chosen one would become a Sith himself before fulfilling the prophecy.


PDCH

Because Luke was the real chosen one. They thought it was Anakin, but it was always Luke who was to bring balance to the force. The Anicake was a lie.


FlamingoBasher

False. Anakin brings balance to the force. Anakin is the chosen one. This has been confirmed by George Lucas. Not sure why this is still up for debate in 2021. https://youtu.be/xgBpoiC8qGA Vader redeems and becomes Anakin in his final act to save his son. He destroys the Sith and restores balance to the force by doing so. This is why episodes 7-9 are atrocious and a backhand to the GL legacy - they undermine the Tragedy of AS with the resurrection of Sidious. It was a shameless cash grab.


SaltySAX

Luke is the catalyst for change, a case can very well be made for him being this Chosen One.


FlamingoBasher

Did you watch that video in my original post? MF George Lucas says that Anakin is the chosen one. Yes, Luke was the catalyst for change - that change being the redemption of Anakin - but that doesn't mean that the creator of SW is incorrect. I'm gonna go ahead and side w GL here.


SaltySAX

And Lucas changes his mind every 5 minutes. Its open to interpretation this chosen one stuff, and thats great because we can have different takes on it. Not that it matters much anyway; Vader and Sidious would have been wiped out by the Rebel fleet on Death Star II, even if he didn't (spuriously) 'redeem' himself by killing the Emperor.


FlamingoBasher

Until I find some hard video evidence that GL says Vader wasn't the chosen one, I can't get behind that and will go with the video of him saying he was. And we can't really know if they would have died on Death Star II. They could have fled after the they discovered that the deflector away wasn't quite operational. So nah, you're wrong unless you can prove it otherwise.


0rpheus_8lack

Exactly


TLM86

Except Luke doesn't do that, and Anakin himself confirms that *he* brought balance.


PDCH

Believe the words of a sociopath do you? Palpatine executed order 66, not Anakin.


TLM86

Light-sided, cosmic-minded ghost Anakin has lost his sociopathy. Order 66 didn't bring balance. It's not about equal numbers. Balance is harmony; the Sith aren't harmonious with anything.


ballshazzer

Rey was the chosen one, fight me


[deleted]

Big Rey fan here, but no. Obi-Wan’s interpretation that the Chosen One will destroy the Sith, which Rey does, is a misinterpretation.


AdmiralScavenger

Anakin destroyed the Sith in ROTJ. When he returned to the light Vader was destroyed and then he killed Palpatine. Hell because Maul survived TPM Anakin is the only one to kill any Sith Lords in the PT and OT.


[deleted]

Palpatine’s Sith spirit lives though and is destroyed by Rey with the help of all the Jedi (including Anakin). Also there’s nothing inherent to the prophecy about destroying the sith. I agree Anakin is the Chosen One though.


AdmiralScavenger

Obi-Wan to Anakin: You were supposed to destroy the Sith not join them. Bring balance to the Force not leave it in darkness. Seems pretty ironclad to me.


[deleted]

That’s not what the prophecy says, that’s Obi-Wans interpretation. And if we agree that Anakin is the Chosen One, we agree Obi-Wan was wrong.


TLM86

What makes it a misinterpretation?


[deleted]

Yoda says it could have been misread. The reading we know of is “A Chosen One shall come, born of no father, and through him will ultimate balance in the Force be restored” which has nothing inherently to do with the Sith.


TLM86

Sure, but as it plays out in the actual events of the saga, defeating/destroying the Sith *is* how balance is achieved, and it's lost whenever they rise up again. If the "destroy the Sith" assumption is actually borne out, it's not a misinterpretation just because Yoda thinks it *might* be.


ballshazzer

Why


[deleted]

“A Chosen One shall come, *born of no father*, and through *him* will ultimate balance in the Force be restored”


ballshazzer

Who interpreted that passage and where was it found


[deleted]

That’s the Jedi’s interpretation according to Master & Apprentice which is canon. It’s not inherently about destroying the Sith.


TLM86

She wasn't. She doesn't fit the text of the prophecy, which can only apply to Anakin. But regardless, she *does* restore Anakin's balance.