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As long as there's a direct comparison to the OT and the PT, there's always going to be some sort of unhappiness in the dogmatic, literalist fans. Stand alones, I enjoy them for what they are, and forgive the inconsistencies when viewed as a whole. But, yeah, they don't go together as seamless as I would have liked.

And the Force isn't the midichlorians. The midichlorians are the bridge between the Force and the Jedi.

From The Empire Strikes Back







Again, the Jedi must have foreseen such a huge event, such as the fall of the Republic and the disappearance of the Jedi, coming. One could easily imagine that a vision so great would be considered a Prophecy and known by the Jedi Council.

I think Lucas introduced the Prophecy to explained why things had happaned as completely as they had. One could ask "Why did the Force not protect the Jedi from the Emporer's rise?" and so on and so forth. Also, it introduces the Force as something that has a will. And Star Wars was always "mythic fantasy" archetype stuff, even if Lucas didn't intend it to be so fully that way.

As for the "more good guys" being bad, there is tons of speculation on that point already in this forum. The Jedi could be seen as stifling, and actually hindering the Force. Or losing themselves from the Force with all their occupation of the Republic and deciding who is called "Master" and whatnot. It's not that they are bad, but that they are symbolic of good intentions getting hindered by dogmatic rules that have nothing to do with the "Living Force". The Jedi, if left alone, could have let the Republic continue as it had unimpeded, which was probably a bad thing in the long run.



Just wanted to add this quote from Episode IV and the popular view of the Force within that galaxy "far, far away", which leads to the question, "Why would the Force allow the Emporer to gain power and allow the Jedi to be eradicated as thoroughly as they had?"

The Jedi having to fall was part of the prophecy. Yoda even comments on the mis-reading of the prophecy, and the sharper audience caught on to the fact that the overwhelming presence of the Jedi was part of the "imbalance" being referred to. Yoda commenting on the "overconfidence" of the Jedi and their council, which Qui-Gon would not be a part of, were indications of the wrong direction the Jedi's were headed and the need to dislodge the Jedi from their lofty and out-of-tune positions. The Force handed them someone that would lead to their downfall because they were so out of touch.

Of course, Yoda did a lot of belly-aching with Luke in the OT, too. What was that about?