I have always viewed Star Wars as an interesting way to explain Taoism, in that there is no such thing as good or bad (as we like to put our own subjective perspective on thing that just "are"), but there are opposing forces that work with and against each other to create balance in the universe.
I agree, it's just interesting to me that even the "balance" force seeks to wipe out the extremes in the name of balance. In Star Wars it doesn't seem like balance is very pacifist.