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Star Wars and its consequences...
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this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2023
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I think they had to retcon the dark side philosophically because of the whole balance thing. In the original trilogy it seemed more like the dark side was just fear and anger and hate. In the prequels they added stuff like passion and ambition, which are good emotions in moderation.
A generous reading of the prequels is that the jedi were wrong, and their fossilized view of the force is what made them blind to the Sith operating right in front of their faces.
Yeah, the Jedi council is pretty dogmatic and set in its ways. Also, more than a little stupid because none of them ever stopped to ask "why the fuck would we want to bring balance to the Force? We have a huge temple on the Capital World and the Sith are in hiding somewhere on the Rim."
One of the things I liked about The Last Jedi is that Yoda sort of says "Yeah, we fucked up bad, the best thing to do is let Rey take the wheel and start over with the benefit of our guidance but without our dogmatism and institutional trauma."
Also Luke admitting he never actually read all the Jedi books. I thought that was a really funny moment.