Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
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Christensen himself has recently addressed this unusual depiction , and he ’s made it clear this was intentional . " I was getting to run a version of this character that I had n’t before , " he note , " and that wasthe all - knowing , all - powerful Jedi master who could wield both sides of the force — Christ Within and obscure . " The logical implication is that equalizer in the Force expect both light and morose . What ’s more , it seems as though Anakin Skywalker has accomplished his portion after death ; he is now the agentive role of balance .
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Anakin Skywalker Didn’t Manage To Stop Palpatine Returning
The core problem , though , is that this makesPalpatine ’s return inStar Wars : The raise of Skywalkereven stranger . This already ride uncomfortably with the idea Anakin Skywalker is theChosen One , intend to bring balance to the Force by destroying the Sith . For Palpatine to return seemed to negate the Chosen One prophecy , and thus to subvert Anakin ’s luck . Some countered by arguing that counterweight is a fugitive and ephemereal thing , and that it can only ever be impermanent ; thus Anakin restored the balance , but it was the responsibility of the next generation to keep it .
If Anakin Skywalker is indeed an federal agent of balance now he has become aForce Ghost , thenhe is responsible for maintaining the proportion of the Forceas well as reinstate it . Palpatine ’s return thus becomes even more problematic , because he should really have been working against it . Comics bring out sinceStar Wars : The Rise of Skywalkerhave made this problem even worse , confirm Darth Vader knew about Palpatine ’s experiments at Exegol . The piece just do n’t go together at all well .
Shadow Of The Sith Hints Anakin’s Force Ghost Was Trapped Somehow
Adam Christopher ’s novelShadow of the Sithattempts to resolve this repugnance , or at least hint at a potential explanation . Set before Luke Skywalker ’s ego - imposed deportation and the emergence of the First Order , this tells a tale in which Luke sense a wickedness rising across the beetleweed and seeks it out . He heads to the satellite Tython , aplanet rich in the Force , and meditates at a powerful vergence . that allows him a vision of expatriate . Sith spirit that protect Exegol attack him , and he is only able to drive them back with the assistance of Anakin Skywalker ’s Force Ghost . The experience distinctly sap Anakin , andit is potential he was left vulnerable to the Sith .
Tython made its live - action debut inThe Mandalorianseason 2 , where it was visited by Din Djarin and Grogu .
George Mann’sStar Wars : Dark Legendscontains a short story that hints the Sith screw how to capture Force Ghosts . It ’s potential Anakin ’s saving of Luke left him so weakened that he could be imprisoned by the Sith , restrained on Exegol . This would explain why Anakin ceased working against Palpatine , and why he never appeared to Kylo Ren to tell his grandson he was pursuing the wrong course .
Anakin Worked Through Rey To Bring Back The Balance
It is , however , possible thatAnakin was working through Rey to shoot down Palpatine all along . Force Ghosts are outside time , with knowledge of the future as well as the past , and Anakin could well have chosen Rey as his instrument . Rey sensed Anakin ’s sure-enough lightsaber anticipate to her inStar Wars : The Force Awakens , after all , and this could actually have been Anakin himself manifesting through the Force .
Whatever the explanation may be , Anakin definitely sided with Rey in the end . As seen inStar Wars : The Rise of Skywalker , when Rey finally suffer before Palpatine on Exegol , she was encouraged by the vox of Jedi past times . One of the Jedi part that talk to her was Anakin Skywalker himself ; " " Rey , " Anakin Skywalker called out . " Bring back the balance , Rey , as I did . "
This is an inexplicit reference that Palpatine ’s return had once again topple the balance of the Force toward the dark side , but that this could be corrected . It ’s potential Anakin ’s words were a part of his continuing mission to restore equaliser , in that he was no longer act directly , but was now simply manipulating events to ensure balance return . Such an interpretation is admittedly unwieldy and a little out of theatrical role for such an action - oriented hero , but it at least makes sense ofStar Wars : The Rise of Skywalker .
