zelda-guru-momi:

sickspins-tr-8r:

darth-salem-emperor-of-earth:

commodorecliche:

crazynoodles69:

darthzash:

lord-of-morning:

darthzash:

you ever realize how low-key messed up the Jedi Order is?

I aint saying the Sith are good guys, they do bad shit as well, but let’s look at history on the other side of things.

> Paint Sith as villains when the were originally just a splinter faction with a differing belief system.

> Lead a court ordered genocide against a Sith planet that posed no threat after having been defeated in a war. 

> Fun fact, the Sith were only on that planet becuase the jedi had killed all but 12, stripped them of everything and put them on ships into random deep space

> Essentially the Jedi made the Sith what they are today through stupid decision making

> Abandoned their peace loving code (which was forged because of legislation disbanding their military forces, bringing about a thousand year era of peace) to become commanders and generals in the Clone Wars.

> Lead a violent coup against a leader who was actually elected once it came put that he was from a group they a personal vendetta against, because this is what peace loving space monks do guys.

> Literally train to feel no remorse or pity as opposed to the Sith who are expected to embrace the full spectrum of emotion.

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Not even looking at the Sith though, they’re still just so

No, we don’t kidnap children. We take them because it is the will of the force. oh, and younglings if you ever feel the urge to meet with your family again you need to go talk to the counselor because something is wrong with you and that urge is bad

Beware of any other group of force users (even excluding the sith and evil people). We’re the only ones that can use the force properly. We are literally the only people in the entire galaxy that should have an organized group of force sensitives because everyone but us is wrong

Has a prophecy about the Chosen One bringing balance to the force and thinks that somehow means being blinded by the light. Hint: that’s not a balanced scale (I still fail to see how destroying all trace of the dark side is “balanced” but ok george lucas)

if you’re afraid you might turn evil, so don’t be afraid children, and don’t be afraid of turning evil because you were afraid.

If you don’t get taken as an apprentice that’s ok, younglings. You can become a farmer, but you’re still a Jedi to us. Unless we tell you to leave and send you back to that family we told you to forget about.

politicians are bad and we shouldn’t rely on them. It’s okay because its not like we deal with politics anyway. Anyway, let’s constantly harass the senate and pressure them into doing what we want

don’t get attached to anything. besides your lightsaber. and your master, but not really your master. don’t get attached or you’ll turn evil and probably kill everyone

Just in case some of you are interested…

Jedi Code:

There is no emotion, there is peace.

There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.

There is no passion, there is serenity.

There is no chaos, there is harmony.

There is no death, there is the Force.

Sith Code:

Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.

And a third one also exists which is made by the gray Jedi. (The ones who’ve “gone rouge” but aren’t Sith)

There is no Dark Side, nor a Light Side

There is Only the Force

I will do what I must to keep the balance

The balance is what keeps me together

There is no good without evil, but evil must not be allowed to flourish

There is passion, Yet peace

Serenity, Yet emotion

Chaos, Yet order

I am the wielder of the flame, the protector of balance

I am the holder of the torch, lighting the way

I am the keeper of the flame, soldier of balance

I am a guardian of balance

I am a Gray Jedi

Not to mention the continuous mind-fucking of anyone they need to trick. Jedi legitimately are A-okay with manipulating the free will of others to achieve their means.

@actualanakinskywalker, you might like this. 

In case you’ve been fed too much Jedi propaganda.

Not sure if this has any sort of connection aside from also being a Star Wars IP, but in Star Wars: The Old Republic, Jedi decisions are marked as Good, and Sith choices are marked as Bad.

But there’s one character who starts to understand this arbitrary divide between Sith and Jedi. Ashara Zavros. She’s a Jedi Padawan that gets taken in by the Sith Inquisitor player character. If you’re playing as a light-leaning Sith, she starts to gain an understanding of both sides of the Force. By the time you’re near the end of the game, she tells you that “I feel more at one with the Force than I’ve ever felt. I have peace like the Jedi speak of, and freedom like the Sith.“

Her storyline was the first thing to ever get me to question the need for emotional suppression in order to be a fully good Jedi, or the need to be a raging, hate filled monster to be Sith.

The issue of bringing balance to the force, Anakin did do just that. He did so by destroying both the Jedi and the Sith. Luke is not actually a Jedi, he’s more neutral. He uses both light side and dark side tactics. What he teaches is control without losing your freedom. He teaches how to use the force for good. That is why there is now balance in the force