#edy rants

*sentence about Obi-Wan drinking black caf*

someone: “but Obi-Wan prefers tea!! he’s addicted to it!!!”

that’s popular fanon.

*sentence where Obi-Wan is being assertive*

someone: “b-but Obi-Wan can’t take care of himself! he’s my precious little meow meow and needs someone to take care of him!”

he’s a grown-ass man who raised a whole child.

*sentence about Cody being clueless to social cues and self-care*

someone: “but Cody is supposed to be doting and taking care of Obi-Wan! he’s supposed to know more about life and emotions than a thirty-five year old man who raised a child!!”

i’m not talking about the love. i’m talking about leaving the Order because of that love.

you’re giving up your entire community, culture, family, and beliefs because you found one thing that you want more than all of it? That’s attachment. That’s selfishness. holding one thing above all else.

the problem with Anakin wasn’t his love for Padmé. it’s the fact that he held her above all other things. he was willing to give up everything in order to save her. he was willing to destroy the only structured community he had ever been a part of in order to keep her alive.

and she still died.

had Anakin loved Padmé in a normal way, had he been able to incorporate his love for her with his life as a Jedi, had he been able to love her and also love and protect the people of the Galaxy, things might have turned out very differently.

Anakin was right when he said that in the Jedi Code, “love is encouraged,” but the way he interpreted that love is what was wrong.

Jedi don’t love one thing over everything else. that is not their way. they love unconditionally and equally. it may not be the same kind of love for each thing, but none of that love is more or less than any other.

actual good star wars arguments are like “what’s the sexiest starship?”