So does the idea of Anakin being the Chosen One still hold any real logic? Instead of any hard reveals that would upset continuity, Skywalker: Family At War goes the safer route of simply speculating about the "What If?
One of the central theories Baver offers is that had Anakin's Jedi Master been different, his influence as the "Chosen One" would've also been vastly different if it still existed at all. As the theory argues, Qui-Gon Jin dying while fighting Darth Maul stripped Anakin of the master who was most like him: willing to challenge the Jedi beliefs, yet still warm and empathetic to the young boy he took under his wing Anakin. Obi-Wan was much stricter and by-the-book, which led Anakin to the sort of insecurity and unresolved emotions that eventually became the dark seeds of Vader anger, fear, etc Emperor Palpatine.
The official Star Wars website ran a preview from the book this week, and it includes a page dedicated to "the Chosen One," detailing how Palpatine discovered and subtly helped drive Anakin towards the dark side of the Force.
It also offers his remarks on the Chosen One prophecy. So certain were they that Anakin would bring balance ot the Force, they failed to consider what that might truly mean. You were the Chosen One! But, Palpatine believes Anakin fulfilled the prophecy. If this view is correct, then both light and dark should be seen as essential parts of life. The Chosen One's role, like Father's, is to ensure neither is dominant in the galaxy as a whole. Other Force traditions have their own definitions of balance.
As an example, Greg Rucka's novel Guardians of the Whills contains a quote ascribed to a group called the "Ascendant of Mau," which seems to have significant bearing upon the issue.
Note this contradicts both the Jedi and Sith Codes , because it suggests balance is to be found neither in serenity nor in passion, but rather in the moment between them. Furthermore, it envisions balance as a transitory state of affairs, something temporary, akin to " the moment between breaths.
Whatever balance may be, this much is certain; the Sith are the greatest cause of imbalance in the Force. It's unclear whether this is true of all Sith cults, or simply the one founded by Darth Bane, which was able to operate in the shadows and build its power over the course of a millennium.
The Jedi believed the Sith extinct, and thus were unaware of the manipulative minds orchestrating events across the galaxy. Little by little, the flow of the Force was redirected according to the Sith design. Palpatine was the culmination of this, the beneficiary of a thousand years' worth of planning. He was able to become Chancellor of the New Republic and then Emperor, dominating the galaxy. Worse still, because Darth Sidious had mastered the technique of Essence Transfer, he could potentially escape death and transfer into a dark side vessel.
He became the imbalance made manifest, and without the Chosen One it is possible his Empire would have endured forever. Interestingly, Lucasfilm has recently hinted there was also another source of imbalance; the Jedi themselves. The High Republic books and comics are set to redefine audiences' understanding of the Force , revealing previous generations of Jedi who had embraced individuality in a way those of the prequel era did not.
Unfortunately, as Master Yoda grew dominant in the Jedi Order, his personal interpretation of the Force naturally overwhelmed all others. Thus the Jedi of the prequel era have a diminished understanding of the Force, and are just a shadow of their former glory. The light had dimmed, just as the darkness grew ascendant. As noted, the Sith reject the will of the Force, attempting to impose their own wills upon it.
Thus the Star Wars saga is best understood as the battle between those two wills, with the Force bringing the Chosen One into play and Palpatine attempting to use Anakin Skywalker as his pawn. It's notable the Force ensured the Chosen One was born outside Republic space, meaning he did not become a Jedi as soon as he was born; when the Force did direct a Jedi to Tatooine, it was Qui-Gon Jinn, one of the few to truly understand the concept of balance and to have studied the prophecies.
Unfortunately, Qui-Gon Jinn was killed in that fateful duel with Darth Maul, leaving Anakin deprived of his mentorship. Anakin was taken to the Jedi, and trained under Obi-Wan Kenobi instead. Palpatine orchestrated the Clone Wars as the ultimate Jedi Trap, culminating in Order 66 , with Anakin Skywalker personally taking charge of the slaughter of the Jedi. Although the Emperor conceived this as his greatest triumph, it is possible Yoda's Jedi had become so diminished they needed to be cleared away in order for a new Jedi Order to rise from the ashes.
If this is the case, ironically Palpatine helped Anakin fulfil the Chosen One's destiny; the will of the Force was triumphant even in the tragedy of Order
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