QUOTE (Storm Shadow @ Jun 9 2005, 07:21 PM)
no, Anakin served his purpose in the end.
I like my friends hypothesis; Plagueis created Anakin, Palpatine killed Plagueis and kept an eye on Anakin from birth but still kept the Sith order alive during this period. Anakins destiny from day one was to destroy the Jedi from within and bring darkness to the galaxy, but the Sith created the false prophecy of "one who will bring balance to the Force" to fool the Jedi (hence Yoda's "a prophecy that misread could have been" statement in ROTS).
What Palpatine DIDNT anticipate was Anakin being able to feel compassion and love for someone other than himself (his mom, Padme, Luke); he was supposed to be a creation of the dark side, but the Force has a will of its own. Funny how Palpatine could see everything beforehand, but was unable to prevent himself from being destroyed by his own creation. The irony of the story is that Anakins intended purpose was to indeed bring balance to the dark side of the Force, but Palpatine's plan backfires on him and HE is the one who ultimately destroys the Sith order.
"Anakin's intended purpose was to indeed bring balance to the dark side of the force". Doesn't make sense. Shouldn't this read Anakin's intended purpose was to swing the balance of the force from the light side to the dark side?
This aside, I have to say your support of your friend's hypothesis is dodgy because you are using the expanded universe to support his/your theory, when I was drawing attention to what happened in the FILM!
In addition, Lucas has stated for many years that the expanded universe is not canon, it is their solely for the fans entertainment, and is not part of his vision. The only medium he considers canon are the films. He says this because quite a few of the Star War novels are undermined by the films, one such book being the novelisation of ROTJ. In the book, Obi-Wan is Owen Lars half-brother, but in Attack of the Clones, Anakin is Owen's stepbrother.
Therefore, if you allow Lucas to have his "vision" and consider (like Lucas) Revenge of the Sith to be canon, you will see that Plagueis was not Anakin's creator, it is the force, and nothing to do with a Sith or a Jedi. Thus, I say again, it makes no SENSE that a supposed child of prophecy, would not kill his supposed enemy and fulfil his destiny, at the first and more logical opportunity.