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A seemingly important quote from Tashu, the shady former advisor to the emperor, when asked what the remaining officers should do.
"No Sith remains. And the lone Jedi that exists--the son of Anakin Skywalker--possesses an untouchable soul. At least for now. We must instead move towards the dark side. Palpatine felt that the universe beyond the edges of our map was where his power came from. Over the many years he, with our aid, sent men and women beyond known space. They built labs and communication stations on distant moons, asteroids, out there in the wilds. We must follow them. Retreat from the Galaxy. Go out beyond the veil of stars. We must seek the source of the dark side like a man looking for a wellspring of water."
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[–]Alcoholic_117 25 points 18 hours ago
This is the single most important bit of info we have found.
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[–]ReverendY[S] 28 points 18 hours ago
Yeah, I was keeping special tabs on everything that guy said, but this is the most significant.
Other than that, he's kind of a broken record of "let's all EMBRACE THE DARK SIDE GUYS" and "you know how we'll solve this problem? DARK SIDE." Specifically has no powers, though
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[–]Xeta1 8 points 18 hours ago
Ick, even the mention of moving toward the dark side in the beginning there was enough for me. This dude wanting to be a dark side warrior seems weird. But he's probably some crazy Palpatine cultist (right?), so it might make some sense.
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[–]ReverendY[S] 13 points 18 hours ago
I think they mentioned he was a historian or something, but he was close to Palpatine.
I sort of just imagined him as one of those creepy old dudes hanging out with Palpatine in ROTJ? Guys that are probably aware that ol' Sheev is a evil space wizard, but willing to go along with it, even if they couldn't practice themselves.
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[–]darklordoftech 3 points 5 hours ago
I've always loved those "creepy old dudes." On theforce.net they're known as the "Peculiar Hat Crew".
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[–]Xeta1 2 points 18 hours ago
Right, just weird evil space kooks. This is still all really great though.
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[–]Nokturn_ 31 points 13 hours ago
universe beyond the edges of our map
HOLY. *beep*
This guy totally called it! That video is 2 years old. Incredible.
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[–]karpodiem 4 points 11 hours ago
wow. My mind is blown - a grand unified theory
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[–]thomashush 6 points 7 hours ago*
However, this guy is using the concept of "Balance" in the Force being an equal representation of the Jedi and the Sith. Which, until we are told differently in the new canon, is directly contrary what was established by Lucas; That the Darkside was a "Cancer" on the Force that threw it out of Balance and that the Force is naturally in Balance.
The energy of The Force flows through the Galaxy like a river, in a huge cycle. The final episodes of Clone Wars supports this, talking of the flow of energy between life and death, and the Living Force and the Cosmic Force. If you think of this flow of energy like a river, the Jedi and those who are in harmony with The Will of the Force strive to flow with it. They don't take, they receive.
However, the Sith are not in harmony with The Will of the Force. They strive to Impose their own Will on The Force. The analogy being where a Jedi would be embraced by the River and flow with it, the Sith would be the ones who dig a giant hole, build a dam and try to divert as much water as possible into their own lake so no one else can have any.
So now you have "The River" aka The Force, weaker because of this. And water that's being siphoned off into Lake Sith will start to stagnate and corrupt and putrefy. The Force is now out of Balance. The only way to return it to Balance is to remove Lake Sith and return it to the Flow.
I think the majority of the people who use the Jedi/Sith equality meaning "Balance" are people who just think the Bad Guys are 'cooler' than the good guys. Or those who want to have the boom-boom-flashy-flashy powers (like Force Lightning -- which is literally corrupted life energy used as a weapon that just-so-happens to LOOK like lightning) without having the pay the price of being corrupted by it.
If the new canon decides to retcon this and go with the Jedi/Sith Equality angle then I hope they explain it better - because, in my opinion, that concept is by far the weaker of the two. I've never seen the depth that people supposedly see in the idea that the Darkside and Lightside have to co-exist. I think it just helps them feel better about wanting to be Evil.
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[–]EndlessRebirth 2 points an hour ago
I think the majority of the people who use the Jedi/Sith equality meaning "Balance" are people who just think the Bad Guys are 'cooler' than the good guys.
I've never seen the depth that people supposedly see in the idea that the Darkside and Lightside have to co-exist.
The Clone Wars explored the same concept of eternal Jedi/Sith coexistence resulting in "balance" during Season 3 Episode 15, 16 and 17. It basically said facilitating that peace, through coexistence, was the age-old purpose of The Chosen One.
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[–]AllEyezOnMoney 2 points 4 hours ago
WE ALL NEED TO DIRECT THIS VIDEO AND BOOK EXCERPT TO KRISTIAN HARLOFF AND THE GUYS ON JEDI COUNCIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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[–]whiteonyx981 2 points 11 hours ago
Did he edit the title? Otherwise he also predicted "The Force Awakens" as a title.
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[–]atigerinafricaa 3 points 7 hours ago
That would seriously be a great plot. I really like it, and it seems translatable to screen. Regardless of what the plot turns out to be, that was a great watch and there are some very cool ideas in there.
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[–]Nokturn_ 2 points 7 hours ago
Agreed. When I first watched that video, I tried not to get myself hyped up, because I figured there was no way in hell that the theoretical plot could possibly be in TFA. But with the idea actually turning up in Aftermath... my mind is running wild. I'm hyped as *beep*.
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[–]hectorlizard 9 points 15 hours ago
BEYOND
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[–]CaptainNinjaX 9 points 10 hours ago
This correlates with J.J. referencing the Nazi's retreating to Argentina to avoid charges of war crimes. Perhaps, the remnants of the Empire reorganize "beyond" the Outer Rim in Uncharted Territory and later become the First Order. This raises many questions: Does this mean that Snoke is a member of the Acolytes of the Beyond? How does the Knights of Ren factor into this? Are members of the First Order force users?