Posted: 2003-03-06 04:36pm
It implies that he was too independent. He probably had some ideas about what the Jedi should be that others weren't happy about.
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I mean show to the family not to the jedis. I think it is the same as in Harry Potter. The force sensitivity can pop up (as a mutation), run in a family and fade away. "The force is very strong in your family"-Yoda. Doesn' it mean hereditary?neoolong wrote:Except a source that I have quoted shows that they can detect them as infants.vakundok wrote:Personally I think Lucas made a mistake with the full separation of the jedis from family life.
I think a less than one year old child canot show any sign of being force-sensitive. So it seems that jedis regularly pop up somewhere in the Republic and take away a child saying that the baby is force sensitive. I can imagine only a very few mothers allowing that. I think most mothers would attack the jedi immediately. Besides since the force sensitivity seems to be hereditary the jedis cut their own recruitment not allowing strong emotions and family.
And force sensitivity is not just hereditary. If it was then you would just have to keep track of families that have a history of producing force-sensitive children. It may be biological, that doesn't mean hereditary.
The Psi Corp hunted the free psi individuals and forced them to join. Taking away a baby from the family because he or she can become a danger in the unseen future (since not even the jedis can see the future exactly) is an extremely evil thing. Judgement far before a possible crime.The Psi Corp served an important purpose. It was highly corrupt due to the part it played in the story. However, its function was necessary.The Jedi Order seems to be more and more similar to the Psi Corp. And it is not good. They (the jedis) were previously thought to be the good guys but now they seem to be merciless, emotionless and not so good.
And the Jedi are still the "good guys," they are only less one-dimensional now. Yoda explicitly stated they were getting arrogant. They are not some archetype of the typical good guy. They weren't even that way in the OT when you learn Vader was a Jedi and later when we see how Luke is willing to act as a Jedi.
It seems you are trying to show what is wrong with the Jedi Order in terms of what you want them to be, not what is actually wrong with how they act given their options.
That doesn't explain why they cut him loose. They know what kind of power a Jedi Knight has at his disposal, and they basically set him free to use that power at his own discretion. That seems extremely negligent to me. They obviously have unjustified faith in their training system, but even in such a setting, just letting Dooku go do whatever he pleases seems more than a little naive.neoolong wrote:It implies that he was too independent. He probably had some ideas about what the Jedi should be that others weren't happy about.
I think they did not believe that a previous jedi could change so dramatically.Ted C wrote:That doesn't explain why they cut him loose. They know what kind of power a Jedi Knight has at his disposal, and they basically set him free to use that power at his own discretion. That seems extremely negligent to me. They obviously have unjustified faith in their training system, but even in such a setting, just letting Dooku go do whatever he pleases seems more than a little naive.neoolong wrote:It implies that he was too independent. He probably had some ideas about what the Jedi should be that others weren't happy about.
Ultimately, it appears that being a member of the Jedi Order is a case of the apprentice becoming a legal ward of the Order. Once the ward achieves majority, leaving the order or staying is a personal decision. For a human, nearly two decades of conditioning and training would make it almost impossible to even consider leaving the order. That same conditioning is, even by senior Jedi, blithely considered to be near-absolute protection against the incredibly rare ex-Jedi turning into a bad seed.Ted C wrote:That doesn't explain why they cut him loose. They know what kind of power a Jedi Knight has at his disposal, and they basically set him free to use that power at his own discretion. That seems extremely negligent to me. They obviously have unjustified faith in their training system, but even in such a setting, just letting Dooku go do whatever he pleases seems more than a little naive.neoolong wrote:It implies that he was too independent. He probably had some ideas about what the Jedi should be that others weren't happy about.
You forgot about the probability of dying during the jedi trial ... Excuse me but it sounds stupid to me, so I asked my mother. She said she could imagine only a very few mother extremely deep in misery doing this. And not even slaves were in misery.Patrick Ogaard wrote:Having her child become one of the famous and noble Jedi knights, protectors of the weak, arbiters of justice, bringers of peace, smiters of evil, and all around Good Folks (tm) should be the ultimate dream of mothers throughout the galaxy.
Parallel? Do you mean "will enter" and "is taken away to join" are parallel or even similar?A nice parallel would be the stereotypical Catholic mother's dream that one of her boys will enter the priesthood.
What about the family?Another thing to consider is that the chance of any particular person in the Old Republic being born sufficiently powerful in the Force to be a candidate for Jedi training has to be so remote as to be effectively nonexistent. It has to be something like billions, even trillions, to one. Thus, public anxiety about losing a child to the Jedi Order should be on a par with worrying that the child will be eaten by a giant space slug with really tasteless tattoos.
I remember reading about that (Dooku's "Count" title) in the SW Insider yesterday, the Q&A section IIRC.Ted C wrote:
Thank you. Not much, but it does appear to confirm that his title is inherited.
Since he was presumably take for training as an infant, we can only assume that the Jedi Order keeps records of where they pick up their assorted infant charges.
Unfortunately, there's no explanation of the circumstances under which he left the Jedi Order.
Perhaps the Sith got to them first.vakundok wrote:Side note: 10000 jedis who have to be replaced after 60 years of active duty (slightly above the age of 80) require 167 jedis per year.
Side question: How Palpatine and Maul were not located by the jedis?
Well, at the time, 19 others had previously left the Jedi Order, and from what we can tell, none of them abused there power afterwards.Ted C wrote: That doesn't explain why they cut him loose. They know what kind of power a Jedi Knight has at his disposal, and they basically set him free to use that power at his own discretion. That seems extremely negligent to me. They obviously have unjustified faith in their training system, but even in such a setting, just letting Dooku go do whatever he pleases seems more than a little naive.
Never said it was a good thing. But the situation with the telepaths in B5 is a bit different. Even without training they can use their powers.vakundok wrote:]The Psi Corp hunted the free psi individuals and forced them to join. Taking away a baby from the family because he or she can become a danger in the unseen future (since not even the jedis can see the future exactly) is an extremely evil thing. Judgement far before a possible crime.
Well very little is known about Palp...but one can assume he may have never shown any significant powers until he was immersed by a Sith teacher...or perhaps because of said teacher could do a similar trick to what he does to the Jedi and mask his powers.Darth Yoshi wrote:Perhaps the Sith got to them first.vakundok wrote:Side note: 10000 jedis who have to be replaced after 60 years of active duty (slightly above the age of 80) require 167 jedis per year.
Side question: How Palpatine and Maul were not located by the jedis?
Not your son or daughter will be a jedi. (Only genetically.) Family ties are cut completely. You will most likely never see your baby again. (Your BABY not a young girl or boy who you send to an university.) You loose your baby and maybe twenty years later will be a new jedi who will not remember or recognize you.irishmick79 wrote:The parents are definitely allowed to decide for themselves what the proper course of action for their child is, as demonstrated by the case of Anakin, and Qui Gon's efforts to secure permission from Shmi before departing with Anakin.
Why would a parent be willing to give up custody of their child to the Jedi Order? Well, I would know that my son or daughter, when properly trained, would have a direct channel to the two most powerful bodie in the galaxy, the OldRepublic and the Jedi Order. The Jedi tradition has probably been well taught to galactic denziens, and any child would have a huge opportunity to become a galactic legend, when they otherwise might not have that kind of opportunity. With my child as a Jedi, I know that they would have an opportunity to become a major galactic power broker. What parent wouldn't consider that kind of possibility for their children?
Anakin also used some of his talent at the age of 9 without any training. "He can see things ..." Luke was only able to do that after some training. So, Anakin could become dangereous to local society on his own since he was talented and really wanted to do something against slavery. The free psis were better trained but did not want to do against the society. They only wanted to live in peace.neoolong wrote:Never said it was a good thing. But the situation with the telepaths in B5 is a bit different. Even without training they can use their powers.vakundok wrote:]The Psi Corp hunted the free psi individuals and forced them to join. Taking away a baby from the family because he or she can become a danger in the unseen future (since not even the jedis can see the future exactly) is an extremely evil thing. Judgement far before a possible crime.
I was just using it as an example.
The arrogance was quite new according to Yoda, but the training method (starting in the age of under one year) had to be a quite old practice, otherwise the council would not be shocked by Anakin's age.neoolong wrote:Jedi arrogance. They probably assumed they would be allowed to take the kids. I never said the Jedi Order worked really well. Arrogance was part of the reason it fell.
Please read the whole post next time. The arrogance refers to them expecting to be able to take children as they choose. They have probably not had many occurrances with having been refused.vakundok wrote:The arrogance was quite new according to Yoda, but the training method (starting in the age of under one year) had to be a quite old practice, otherwise the council would not be shocked by Anakin's age.neoolong wrote:Jedi arrogance. They probably assumed they would be allowed to take the kids. I never said the Jedi Order worked really well. Arrogance was part of the reason it fell.
Provide evidence that the trials are often fatal.vakundok wrote:You forgot about the probability of dying during the jedi trial ...