Once and for all: Is everything predetermined?

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2003-10-18 11:15pm

Did the Force predetermine the future? Prophecy, glimpses of the future.. I would say yes, the future was already predetermined by the Force.

When people got glimpses of the future, what they would always see WAS the future but they just interperted it from because all they saw was a fragment.

But since they could see the future at all, must mean the Force was already projecting its will.

So how then does the Force deal with outside threats? Are there multiple "life energies" in the Universe like the Force? Are they conscious? Some of the EU says no, but I suspect in a way it is. It's guiding the Galaxy to a particular end. It's like God, it lets its inhabitants play around but puts in key characters to guide the galaxy towards where it wants it to go.

PainRack · Post by **PainRack** » 2003-10-19 01:32am

Always in motion is the future.

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2003-10-19 11:59am

[Oracle]We've already made the choice, we're here to understand why we've made it.[/Oracle]

Crazedwraith · Post by **Crazedwraith** » 2003-10-19 01:02pm

PainRack wrote:Always in motion is the future.

Yet they whole-heartly beleive a prophecy?

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-10-19 01:12pm

Crazedwraith wrote:
PainRack wrote:Always in motion is the future.
Yet they whole-heartly beleive a prophecy?

Yes, because prophecies can be easily molded to fit many different occasions.

Smiling Bandit · Post by **Smiling Bandit** » 2003-10-20 09:41am

I think George Lucas tries to imply in the series that the Jedi had a choice. They could have gone down a different path, and averted the whole galactic War/Empire bit. Anakin was the key, and they rejected him time and time again. Anakin, for his part, did not have to go to the Dark Side. And later on, Luke did not have to forego the Dark Side.

Anakin/Vader brought balance to the force, by basiucally seeing to the elimination of all the Jedi and Sith, so the galaxy could start over again.