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DID WE ORDER A CLONE ARMY?

06 Mace Windu
confronts
Palpatine (Ian
McDiarmid),
and the fate of
the Jedi is
sealed.
07 “Pass on what
you have
learned,” Yoda
06 reminds Luke
Skywalker.

His analysis proved For a group that Mace exhibited a a Sith Lord revealed yet another fl aw
pointedly accurate, with comparable disposition in the Jedi Master’s mentality. Mace
Palpatine’s scheming draws upon a living when Anakin revealed assembled three other Jedi to confront
enabling his rise to the Force that connects Palpatine’s status as a Palpatine when he believed the man
Chancellorship and then Sith Lord, Darth Sidious. to be an average person who may not
an Imperial throne. The all things, the Jedi Rather than take his relinquish his power, but he declined
concept that Palpatine demonstrated a fellow Jedi’s word, Anakin’s offer to help and never called
had successfully targeted Mace confessed that he for more back up after discovering his
the Jedi with those same startling failure to lacked trust in Anakin opponent’s true nature. Underestimating
tactics never occurred connect with the and only promised a cunning Sith Lord, who possessed
to Obi-Wan. We can to change his views if unknown Force skills, spelled certain
all relate to a feeling of personal needs of the intelligence about doom for Master Windu’s small band
misguided invincibility, complex beings. Palpatine’s identity rang of Jedi. You can almost picture the
a state where we think true. Far from a virtuous crotchety Luke fervently nodding
that we are immune to problems that bargain, Mace’s admission once again his head in agreement.
often consume our peers. Obi-Wan’s aided the Chancellor in his plot to turn
statement belied a much deeper rift, Anakin to the dark side, as Palpatine
as the sentiment elevated the Jedi to the Jedi Council’s distrust of him meant The Last Jedi?
later convinced his new apprentice that
an untouchable pedestal in relation to
the representatives with whom they young Skywalker was the only Jedi in
were supposed to work in upholding their ranks unaware of their conspiracy As we’ve seen, the prequel trilogy is

the Republic. How can the Jedi fi ght for against the Republic. filled with evidence aligning with Luke
justice when they do not even value The Mace-Anakin exchange Skywalker’s disillusioned assessment of
‘colleagues’ as equals? concerning Palpatine’s secret identity as the Jedi’s legacy. It’s easy to understand
why Luke felt so strongly about rejecting
Rey’s pleas to reignite the Jedi Order. But
did he take his views too far?
Interestingly, it was Yoda himself
who reached out to Luke on Ahch-To to
put things into perspective. The Jedi’s

faults were significant, but the best way
to remedy a wrong is to learn from that
failure and pass on knowledge learned,
not attempt to erase the deeds altogether.
Yoda’s words clearly struck home. Luke,
once again allowing the Force to fl ow
through him, finally made a stand

against the First Order. His vow to fallen

student Kylo Ren filled a galaxy with
07
hope—“I will not be the last Jedi.”

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