Attachment vs love, Jedi morals and choice in Star Wars
The amount of people who are presumably āfansā of SW, but a) donāt know SW definition of āattachmentā b) donāt know SW definition of ābalanceā ā is astounding. They donāt care about actually learning what SW themes are (Read some Lucas quotes, damn it! Itās not some hidden knowledge.), but quick to jump on pro-Jedi fans to slaughter their views and āprove youāre wrong, the Jedi are actually badā. The āAcolyteā series really doesnāt help! Just ā why??? Why do people donāt learn material before engaging in conversations! Even when said material is given freely ā read and learn, if you donāt know about Lucasās definition of āattachmentā and ābalanceā! But nooooo, we wonāt learn! Wonāt even try! Thereāre whole archives of Lucasās quotes and analyses of SW, right here, on Tumblr ā why not have a look?
And with all this lack of studying we have stupidity like āLukeās attachment saved everyoneā or āJedi were flawed with their moralityā or āJedi didnāt give therapy to Anakinā. Iāll explain once again (Iām far from the first to say it):
1.Luke save everyone with LOVE, and Anakin damned everyone with ATTACHMENT.
2. Jedi morality is right in SW world. They may make mistakes as individuals, but their morals are correct in GFFA. They donāt go enslaving planets and killing babies like Sith, who ARE bad guys.
3. Jedi philosophy is actually therapy exactly for Anakinās case. Too bad he didnāt want to respond to this therapy ā because one of main ideas of SW (as made up by Lucas, everyone agrees he knows better) is CHOICE. Both Anakin and Luke made their respective CHOICES. They knew what was bad and what was good. And both made their own CHOICES. (Any anyway, Prequel SW are movies for KIDS from late 1990s ā early 2000s. No one showed therapy as we understand in now in 2020s, in such movies back in those days.)
So, if youāre in good faith and you just lack info, go @david-talks-sw, @smhalltheurlsaretaken ā youāll find everything about Jedi, attachment, etc. If in bad faith ā still go read, this may challenge your views.
