Talking About 'Star Wars': In Star Wars could the “Chosen One” apply to all Skywalkers?

In Star Wars could the “Chosen One” apply to all Skywalkers?

No. The “Chosen One” that the old Jedi prophecy from The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith refers to was, is, and always will be Anakin Skywalker.

The messianic figure who we met as a young slave on Tatooine, saw grow up into a conflicted Jedi Knight, then turned to the Dark Side and became Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith was the realization of the Jedi Prophecy: "A Chosen One shall come, born of no father, and through him will ultimate balance in the Force be restored."

That’s per the creator of the Star Wars Saga, writer-director George Lucas. In many interviews and - most importantly - the behind-the-scenes materials (featurettes, audio commentary tracks, making-of documentaries) in the DVDs and Blu-rays, Lucas does not veer away from this through-line: Anakin, even after becoming Darth Vader, was still officially the Chosen One and not Luke.

Obviously, the prophecy refers to the Chosen One’s destruction of the Sith Order; the Dark Side of the Force itself, like the Light Side, cannot be destroyed. Also, the balance restoration achieved by the redeemed Anakin proved to be temporary. Other Dark Side users, including Snoke and Kylo Ren, arose between the collapse of the Empire and the emergence of the First Order, and without the continued presence of a Jedi Order, the imbalance returned.