The Force.... Cont.
Most people misunderstand what "balance" refers to. Most believe it's the balance of the Light and Dark side of the Force, but that's not it. The balance the Jedi believe in is a balance will create peace and harmony once the Sith are destroyed. The Sith believe in sort of an elitist mindset, that anyone who isn't force-sensitive is weak and is only good as a servant. George Lucas once said that the Galaxy is like a body. The Jedi are in a symbiotic relationship with the Galaxy helping the inhabitants, while the Sith are like a cancer taking what they want and giving nothing back.
There's also talk of a prophecy that a man would one day bring balance to the Force. That man is Anakin Skywalker. Although tempted and later consumed by the Dark side of the Force, Anakin (now Darth Vader) redeemed himself in episode VI by killing his former puppet master, Emperor Palpatine. But just like before, the balance for the Jedi is thrown off kilter by Commander Snoke and the Knights of Ren. How will this recent conflict end? Who will be stomped out? The Force only knows.......
The Dark SIde
By Rebekah Bobb
The Dark side of the Force is on the opposite side of the spectrum to the Light (obviously!). Those who use the Dark side draw on the power of the Force using dark emotions sich as anger, fear, agression, and hatred. Force weilding users of the Dark side were mostly called sith and enimies of the Jedi order. Inquisitorious also drew on the Dark side but were not sith.
The Dark side was considered seductive and the Jedi had to maintain vigilance so they would not fall to the Dark side. Those who were raised in the traditions of the Jedi could fall into the corruption of the Dark side. Force users who were in the Dark side for a long period of time begin to loose humanity, morality, empathy, and the ability to love. The Sith were amoral, cruel, selfish, sadistic and violent.
When someone began to transform to the Dark side, their personality began to change. They would even change their name, making their past and former persona and identity distroyed and dead. This is a common practice among members of the Sith, who use the title of Darth.
There are different abilities that Dark side users could call upon that the Light side could not. This ability was to summon Force lightning from their fingertips.
The Jedi Grand Master Yoda, for example, believed that "Once you start down the Dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny."