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E1-2 was cool. I am glad Jared said that the cheese factor, that some call it, can be contributed by age of the early viewers. You notice all the people complaining about 1&2 are around 30 making them kids or young adults when they watched the first series; over and over again. The only complaint that I have about the first two movies is, yes, JarJar and his voice, that’s it. I think this character was not only necessary for the plot of the next film(E2) but the fact they didn’t have a cute cuddly character. After all, the movies are still all about the younglings.

About the ghost blue glowing stuff: I am not for sure but it seemed like Yoda was talking about Qui-Gon teaching them how to do the ’showing’. Meaning Q- has found out how to do it and he will teach them how to do it so they can communicate to each other, either through Q-G or by themselves, I don’t know which, but it seemed to me like it was about the spiritual video conference then when you die you can communicate through the force. But I do think it was about the learning and growing stronger in the force.

I think you guys are ‘reading’ into the balance way to much. Ani- brought balance to the force right after he killed Mace. Realizing the true meaning of the prophecy he says, “What have I done” and Palp, most likely knowing the prophecy he says, “this is your destiny”. His destiny was to balance the force, or make it even. I do agree with what Jared was talking about with the Jedi being cocky, but that would not have happened if the Jedi hadn’t been on the “higher ground” for so long. So bringing balance was not a good or bad thing, the good for the Jedi was the fact that they were humbled and no learned the fact that they could be wrong, like Master Yoda said, “I have failed”. And the good for the Dark side was the fact they are now on the same level as the Jedi.
Another thing that I didn’t like about what you guys were talking about above is the ’swaying’ of the balance. The quote is, “he will bring balance to the force”, not he will bring a somewhat balance to the force that will bring the pendulum closer to the center while swaying back and forth. Think of it mathematically and pure strength. After Mace was killed by Ani-, the point that I believe was the defining “balance point”, because he made it two on two. And if you take it a little farther, strengthwise Palp- was stronger then Yoda, Obi- was stronger then Darth-. BALANCE. Making it perfectly balanced. So balanced that neither side could could be defeated. I think you guys are wrapped up in the politics of things and who controls what, so I am just saying that the force does not include power, or the power to rule the galaxy. The force is the force nothing more. So if the empire is ruling the galaxy the f’ing podium is not swaying in there direction. Politics swayed the people but it will never sway the force. Ha Ha! And if you want to take it further, I did not think it was cheesy when Darth found out Padme died, it showed that he was getting stronger because of his hatred, that hatred that for himself made him “stronger then any-other”; and if you think about it, he has to be stronger since his children brought more good to the force. Maybe I should do a graph of the force throughout the movie to convey what I am trying to say.