Summary

One famed here and now in aStar WarsLegends novel explains cardinal flaws of the prequel - era Jedi Order and how its successor avoided such pitfalls . The Jedi Order is – infamously – portrayed as a well - intentioned yet highly flawed organization in the prequels , with the Jedi having become complacent , too restrictive , and losing touch with theGalactic Republic ’s citizenry . TheStar WarsLegends continuity does not have Luke Skywalker reconstruct the erstwhile Jedi Order following the events ofReturn of the Jedi , however . Instead , he establishes a raw looping of the Jedi – and a importantly reformed one at that .

The modernStar Warscanon ’s continuation trilogy andThe Book of Boba Fettestablish that Luke repeated many of the mistakes of the prequel - era Jedi Order when lead his new generation of Jedi .

Luke Skywalker ’s character arc in theStar Warsoriginal trilogy has him walking a truncated and irregular path toward Jedi Knighthood . Not only did Luke live an ordinary life as a moisture James Leonard Farmer before beginning his Jedi training , but he also refuse to eschew attachment to his Quaker and family . This , at long last , work in his favor , as his choice to hold up the advice of his mentors – the old sentry go Jedi Obi - Wan Kenobi and Yoda – allowed him to deliver Darth Vader and baulk the temptation of the dark side , place him to build a young and regenerate Jedi Order .

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The Prequel Jedi Embodied Mon Mothma’s Lesson

The 1995 novelAmbush at Corelliaby Roger MacBride Allen includes an exchange of dialogue between Luke Skywalker – by this dot the Grandmaster of the New Jedi Order – and Mon Mothma – the formerNew RepublicChief of State and founding member of theRebel Alliance . Although the book was compose and release twelvemonth before the prequels , its words fascinatingly convey the old Jedi Order ’s failings in the movies , which Mothma would retroactively be cognizant of . The substitution goes as be :

“ In the years to come , as the Jedi grow from a handful of students into an society of thousands of Knights , will they put themselves up as an elite priesthood or as a stripe of supporter ? Are they to be bring down off from the multitude by privilege and mystique , answerable to themselves alone ? Or will they pretend in the military service of the people , be intimatelyboundto the hoi polloi ? Will they bepartof the citizenry , the people , or outside them ? ”

Luke had never consider the question in quite that agency before . “ It ’s obvious what answer you need , ” he tell , “ but I imagine it ’s the result I would choose no matter what . It seems to me that an parliamentary procedure of Jedi that isolated itself from the population would be a very dangerous thing indeed . It would be very easy to bury the ways of average folk if you never live the things they did . ”

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“ Precisely , ” Mon Mothma said . “ I trust , and believe powerfully , that the Republic demand Jedi that get their script unclean , that are part of the Republic ’s daily liveliness . Jedi that live in ivory towers might be more severe than no Jedi at all . You need to take care no further than our very recent account to see that it has been the Dark Jedi that have sought isolation . To be a Jedi of the Light , a Jedi must be one with the people . There must be a Jedi on every planet , a Jedi in every city - not a few planets full of Jedi and nothing else . There must be Jedi doing what ordinary common people do , Jedi who are ordinary family . There must be Jedi doc and evaluator and soldier and pilots - and pol . ”

Daisy Ridley’s Jedi Order Seems Unlikely To Learn From This Mistake

unluckily , even while in the best position to produce a reformed Jedi Order in canon , Rey ’s generation of Jedi will seemingly keep back the same flaws as the prequel - geological era JediOrder . Daisy Ridley herself has strongly implied that Rey ’s Jedi still prohibit attachment like the foregone generation , which may imply that she will not allow the Jedi to develop as Luke did in Legends . Time will say , of course , but for now , it seems as though the only adaptation of the Jedi to really grow beyond the prequel earned run average is the New Jedi Order from theStar WarsLegends continuity .

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Star Wars is a multimedia franchise that started in 1977 by creator George Lucas. After the release of Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope (originally just titled Star Wars), the franchise quickly exploded, spawning multiple sequels, prequels, TV shows, video games, comics, and much more. After Disney acquired the rights to the franchise, they quickly expanded the universe on Disney+, starting with The Mandalorian.

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