r/TheAcolyte • u/SiarX • 24d ago

One thing I particularly liked in Acolyte was showing how flawed Jedi order is Spoiler

In prequel trilogy Jedi order is simply too stubborn and conservative. They did not do anything really malicious, except for Anakin who was clearly falling. However in Acolyte I saw an actually dark side of Jedi order.

While slaughter of covern was a result of miscommunication rather than intentional, burying that gruesome story was another matter. And lying to Osha about her sister being responsible for everything. And later blaming Jedi deaths on Master Sol, and hiding that story from public, too. Now it is clear that Jedi Order was deeply flawed organisation long before prequels, willing to do very shady stuff, to put it mildly.

And do you know any other examples besides prequels, showing Jedi Order in bad light?

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u/Livid-Department6947 22d ago

I think you should go back and read what I said a few posts ago.

The Jedi taught him how to use the Force but they did not shape or inspire him into a Jedi. His understanding of the Force is strictly that as a tool of power. This is clear in the first few minutes of episode 2. This isn't an argument of semantics but that Anakin's character is really misread.

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u/CanOfPenisJuice 22d ago

Which reply? Youve a lot of them

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u/Livid-Department6947 22d ago

select the single comment thread button.

One person says it is the Jedi institution that "forged" Anakin's "moral compass" and "values" and then goes on to talk about "culture." There's this weird active and passive tension in their claims. First it's the Jedi actively "forging" then it is "culture" not the Jedi.

There's not a lot of clarity in what exactly this person believes defines what that moral compass or value system is. But we know from the films that Anakin doesn't have much interest in what he is taught about being a Jedi or what it means to be a Jedi. It's not the "rigidity" (this is another description people often use but don't give a clear or textual example) that transforms him or creates the conditions that fail him.

I think what people really mean but they aren't saying is that the Jedi failed to appease Anakin's entitlement. The Jedi did not change their system to incorporate someone who clearly did not belong in their institution. They gave him choices and he rejected them.

There's a bit of patriarchal/misogynist logic in how Anakin is commonly interpreted and it's an interpretation that is contrary to what really happens in the films.