In their commentary episode of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Johnamarie and Maria discuss Kylo Ren’s character and whether he’s redeemable, Luke’s character and his progression throughout the movie, Rey and Kylo’s connection through the Force, DJ’s approach to not joining either side, and the balance that exists in the galaxy. They also bring up several Star Wars Rebels and Star Wars: The Clone Wars connections.
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For me, to understand “balance” we need to be critical on the Jedi Order, and contrast them with the final teachings of Depa Billaba, and Kanan’s life.
The Jedi Order thought that by isolating themselves from the Dark Side, by applying isolationist dogmas such as “non-attachment”, they can maintain ‘balance’. In essence, they are afraid to confront the Dark Side by being ‘human’ (apologies for non-human species).
That’s not how one achieve balance.
Also, the existence of the “third pole” of the Force (The Bendu, which was a personification of the Force of Nature, along with the Loth Wolves) gives another solution to “balance”: Be good, don’t isolate yourself so you can control the Dark Side, and be aligned to Nature.
I hope I”m making sense, it’s almost 2am when I type this, while listening to the podcast :-)