10 Reasons The Jedi Were Messed Up

[ER]

He nails it!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1vm14itYz8

[ER]

If you wanna "go to eleven" I'd say their fashion sense was slightly off. Sith were way better dressed.

[Svengoolie 3]

The Jedi were OK with slavery.  XXXX them.  And how can they support slavery AND democracy?  America figured that xxxx out in less then 100 years.

[AoTFan]

The Jedi were OK with slavery.  XXXX them.  And how can they support slavery AND democracy?  America figured that xxxx out in less then 100 years.

Actually, I once argued about that with a hardcore Star Wars nerd.  He was all, "The Jedi weren't ALL for slavery.  Many on the Jedi Council argued AGAINST using the Clone Troopers as disposable army men..." And then began to rant about how people make these assessments without doing their research.  So, I asked, "Okay, where in the movies does any Jedi express this sentiment." And he says, "Oh, well, you have to read the books where it clearly says..." And then I tuned him out.

[Svengoolie 3]

Well,  qui gon was OK with leaving annikin's mother in slavery when tat little blue prick renegged on the deal.  I'd have grabbed him by the throat and told him he was keeping the deal.

[Flangepart]

Well,  qui gon was OK with leaving annikin's mother in slavery when tat little blue prick renegged on the deal.  I'd have grabbed him by the throat and told him he was keeping the deal.

E-yeah...the ethical standards of the universe are like putting all the worlds ethical tomes in a giant blender, and hitting 'puree.'

[ER]

All good considerations for showing why the Jedi were not strictly giggles and butterflies, but before I get too riled up about slavery "a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away" I remind myself that slavery still goes on in our planet now, openly and legally in parts of the Islamic world, and illegally and less visibly in the sex trafficking industry across eastern Europe and Asia (and probably everywhere else). Forget the Falleen and the Hutts and whatever the heck Watto was, a Todarian or something like that, 21st-century human beings suck enough as it is.

[BoyScoutKevin]

Watto is considered to be a Toydarian. A male Toydarian. No idea what the female of the species is suppose to look like.

[Bushma]

Sounds like a Sith sympathizer to me.

[AoTFan]

One of the things that's always REALLY bugged me about the prequels from a storyline perspective is this whole "Jedi aren't allowed to love, have attachments/love brought Anakin down" BS.  I mean, I'd get it if they were supposed to be like chaste battle monks or something, but the prequels never really specify that.  Plus George Luca even said in an interview that the Jedi can have sex just can form attachments (so, love bad, meaningless sex good?  That sounds real Jedish.) 

I could be wrong by my theory is that if Lucas had written the prequels about the same time he'd written the other films, they backstory would have come out vastly different.  The whole "attachments are bad" just seem like the rantings of a bitter, cynical divorced millionaire. 

And don't even get me started on how in TPM Yoda's basically, "The boy is worried about his mother, that's bad..." So, you're saying that if Anakin had come to them all, "Hey, this kid doesn't give a s**t about his mom; he's perfect Jedi material!"