#jedi stuff

Minor rant incoming but... sigh. Why is it so hard to find decent Mandalorian fanfic that respects both Din Djarin’s Creed/ Mandalorian Way, and Luke Skywalker’s Jedi way? (Genfic included.) 

There are several excellent blogs that can be helpful for understanding the Jedi Order in a canon context: look up @gffa @david-talks-sw and @jedi-order-apologist for starters. I particularly like this discussion I read on the latter’s blog. (I.e. this is a disclaimer saying there are many, many other bloggers out there who say things better than I can.)

Fanfic writers, you’re putting your own words in Luke’s mouth, your own Fanon Interpretation, when you have him say the “Old Ways” of the Jedi were wrong. Especially if Luke justifies it by saying that it was “his bonds with his friends/ attachments/ etc. that saved him in the end”. That’s a complete misinterpretation of canon - the Original Trilogy and the Prequels, and even the way the Mandalorian show canon explains things (see Chapter 13 and Chapter 16 - even if they rely a bit too much on subtext/ audience knowledge to phrase it). 

Look, I get it. This stuff can be confusing. When I first got into Star Wars, I was heavily into this sort of fanon interpretation too. But it’s just that: fanon. This is why research is important, folks, especially for long-form fic! (I mean this kindly.) 

Jedi are allowed to marry as long as their marriage vows don't put the spouse above everything else, bc you know, the whole being able to put the most number of lives above another one

The whole 'No-Marriage' thing was spread by the Jedi bc they didn't want to be forced to marry politicians to 'Resolve Diplomatic Conflicts'

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