re: #247 Mattand

Geez, I never thought about it like that before. I remember the slavery bit in The Phantom Menace and thinking “Wow, that’s cold”, but your explanation really does paint the Jedi as a lot less noble than people view them.

Unless that was Lucas’s intention all along. Not sure I should credit the guy who gave us Jar Jar Binks with that much deep thought.

They weren’t noble at all. They sought out children amenable to their program and took them at an early age, grooming them, trained to subdue emotion, detach their feelings, impose their will upon others and how to kill with ruthless efficiency if necessary. The Jedi were basically depicted as remorseless predators willing to commit all kinds of objectively abusive behavior in the name of their own definition of the greater good.