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Originally Posted by kscherer
You should know by now that the last five Star Wars movies don't give a rip about canon. 
At some point in the "past" the Jedi were these great "warriors" who kept order in the galaxy. I have no idea how or why it happened, but that ended somewhere around Episode 1 very near the beginning of the story. The Jedi were suddenly these sort of bumbling idiots that never seemed to win any more battles other than through sheer luck (and it usually took at least two of them). Since that point (and through all of the officially sanctioned stuff—The Clone Wars, Rebels, and such) the Jedi spend more time getting encircled, outflanked, and generally running away from things. That any "good" force sensitive types spend their time running from the evil bad guys is no longer a surprise, and hasn't been since Obi Wan and Qui Gon force-whistel-walked down the hall away from the droidikas. From that point on, it's all about "run Forrest, run!" |
I always wonder what fans think the real explanation of the rise of Palpatine/Vader would be. If the Jedi were supposed to keep order in the galaxy, then clearly they screwed up somewhere between the birth of Anakin and A New Hope.
The concrete depiction in the prequels wasn't great (for all kinds of reasons, like being unable to really empathize with any character), as has been litigated to death, but the basic plot outline isn't in question, is it?