Read this article and had to share it. I love me some Star Wars, know Han shot first and can quote A New Hope as well as the next guy. But this analysis of the prequels is way deeper — and more troubling — than I thought.
“Surely, the Sith were evil. However, despite an alleged moral dichotomy, so were the Jedi. Our recognition of their error makes it difficult to regard them as heroes and thus care about their plight. In the end, the teachings of the Jedi led directly to Anakin’s fall and the galaxy’s plunge into darkness. Perhaps that’s a large part of the reason we don’t care for their story that much.”
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