I’ve not read either the Qui-Gonn or Maul Age Of Republic comics yet, cause Christmas nonsense so...
Part 1
That all sounds so true. People really don’t understand the Jedi’s purpose at all. And them being seen as warriors is definitely a problem (which reminds me of the Anakin and Obi-Wan comic). Certainly there are benefits to them being part of the republic, as negotiators for one, but the perception of them being warriors is ultimately the most harmful part.
You’re so right, no matter what they did, they would have been screwed. Watching the Clone Wars often made me sad, because no matter what good the Jedi did, or how many people they helped, those same people would likely be screwed over by the Empire as soon as they were gone.
Part 2 I agree there too, the problem was that the government was so corrupt. This is laid out several times, notably of course in Episode I and other episodes of the clone wars. Palpatine used that to his advantage and the Jedi couldn’t really do anything about. It’s clear that some Jedi did distrust politicians, but they couldn’t do anything about their situation.
Another issue with the public perception of the Jedi is how few of them there were. Few people would have ever seen a Jedi or understood anything about the force (even with outreach centres and stuff). On top of that during the Clone Wars you have an ex Jedi leading the separatists, which would have further increased that mistrust (because if one Jedi could go bad, what’s to stop the rest from doing the same?)
I think I mentioned before that I think putting the Jedi as generals was a mistake. Before the Clone Wars how many Jedi actually had real combat experience that would have qualified them for such a role? My guess is not many and yet they were all given the roles of generals, when they should have been better integrated into the military (if at all).
Part 3 I agree there, the Jedi had no real public relations (outreach centres could only go so far) but I guess they probably didn’t think they needed them. Then the war came and, all of a sudden they get all this bad press against them and they didn’t have the skills to combat it (and their primary focus was on the war itself and helping people, rather than dealing with their own image).
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I’ve not read either the Qui-Gonn or Maul Age Of Republic comics yet, cause Christmas nonsense so...
Part 1
That all sounds so true. People really don’t understand the Jedi’s purpose at all. And them being seen as warriors is definitely a problem (which reminds me of the Anakin and Obi-Wan comic). Certainly there are benefits to them being part of the republic, as negotiators for one, but the perception of them being warriors is ultimately the most harmful part.
You’re so right, no matter what they did, they would have been screwed. Watching the Clone Wars often made me sad, because no matter what good the Jedi did, or how many people they helped, those same people would likely be screwed over by the Empire as soon as they were gone.
Part 2
I agree there too, the problem was that the government was so corrupt. This is laid out several times, notably of course in Episode I and other episodes of the clone wars. Palpatine used that to his advantage and the Jedi couldn’t really do anything about. It’s clear that some Jedi did distrust politicians, but they couldn’t do anything about their situation.
Another issue with the public perception of the Jedi is how few of them there were. Few people would have ever seen a Jedi or understood anything about the force (even with outreach centres and stuff). On top of that during the Clone Wars you have an ex Jedi leading the separatists, which would have further increased that mistrust (because if one Jedi could go bad, what’s to stop the rest from doing the same?)
I think I mentioned before that I think putting the Jedi as generals was a mistake. Before the Clone Wars how many Jedi actually had real combat experience that would have qualified them for such a role? My guess is not many and yet they were all given the roles of generals, when they should have been better integrated into the military (if at all).
Part 3
I agree there, the Jedi had no real public relations (outreach centres could only go so far) but I guess they probably didn’t think they needed them. Then the war came and, all of a sudden they get all this bad press against them and they didn’t have the skills to combat it (and their primary focus was on the war itself and helping people, rather than dealing with their own image).
Damn that description totally nails it!