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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pukunui" data-source="post: 9389201" data-attributes="member: 54629">I don’t think he would even need to fake it. “I’m just like you – someone the Jedi think shouldn’t exist” isn’t a lie.On a different note, something this show has got me grappling with again is the conflict between my adult understanding of the Jedi Order and what my child self wanted it to be. As a kid, watching the Star Wars movies, I saw the Jedi as the innocent victims of Sith aggression. They were the "guardians of peace and justice" for 1000 generations. They were the undisputed good guys who were unfairly undone by the indisputably evil Sith.Kid me doesn't like how first Lucas and then Disney sought to portray the Jedi Order as wrong / corrupt / bad in many ways. Adult me understands that the order became institutionalized by becoming the Old Republic's official peacekeepers and that that institutionalization would inevitably lead to politically corrupt practices -- and that this is all makes for more nuanced storytelling. But kid me yearns for a more black-and-white, good vs evil portrayal.Kid me - and maybe even adult me - is especially disappointed with Disney for making it seem like the Jedi Order not only deserved to be taken out by the Sith but seemingly doesn't deserve to exist at all given how they set Luke up to repeat the same mistakes and ultimately fail. I guess they want Rey to be the one who builds a new Jedi Order that is acceptable to modern audiences. (Kid me is upset that Disney not only didn't let any of OT heroes live happily ever after but also burned all their accomplishment to the ground.)So ... I think The Acolyte is refreshing to me because it's set in a time that isn't part of the grander Skywalker saga* but it still troubles kid me because it shows a ponderous, conspiratorial, reputation-conscious Jedi Order that isn't clearly the "good guys". For instance, we have some sort of shadowy group led by Vernestra hiding things from the High Council, and we have well-respected Masters like Sol who have clearly done something bad.TL;DR: I'm feeling conflicted about the Jedi Order. My inner child wants them to be the undisputed good guys he thought they were even as my rational adult mind understands that things are never that black-and-white.*even if it maybe loosely foreshadows Anakin's hinted-at immaculate conception</blockquote>

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