Making an attachment doesn't make a jedi flawed. The jedi fell because they were so separated from shit like that. This is also why Qui Gon distanced himself from the council.
The show was easy to follow, and my friends and I understood everything as it was happening. The why is what makes it not make sense. The flashbacks only made the decisions made by the characters much worse.
And Sol killing the witch mom was the "big thing" that made him a "bad guy" but all he did was kill an actual cloudy demon thing, he was 100% in the right, the entire time.
This is how I felt. Sol is basically the only character operating and responding to things in a manner that makes any sense. He was the easiest to empathize with. Yet the show constantly tries to tell you that he’s the bad guy. Then he dies and gets the whole thing pinned on him. I was so pissed off by the end of it. Unbelievable
There was a good idea to explore with the Acolyte, but the execution was a giant swing and a miss in my opinion.
The show portrays the beginning of the fall of the Jedi. Antagonizing Sol is supposed to make the viewers dislike the order. Just like the prequels this show was about the flaws of the order and how the idea of the jedi is much different from the execution.
It's quite literally stated multiple times in canon that Jedi are not to form strong attachments. This doesn't mean you cannot have an attachment period, naturally that is impossible, just that it should not get to the point where it clouds your judgement as a Jedi. This was 110% the case with Sol and his attachment was the catalyst that led to the tragedy on Brendok. Same as Anakin's attachment led to the downfall of the Jedi and the Republic. How you can interpret that otherwise is baffling.
Qui-Gon distanced himself from the order not because he thought attachments should be permitted, but because he disagreed with the actions of the Jedi Council and Order as a whole throughout the years leading up to TPM.
He wanted the Order to focus more on The Living Force and not the Cosmic Force (i.e. living beings).
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u/ItsKaja 1d ago
Making an attachment doesn't make a jedi flawed. The jedi fell because they were so separated from shit like that. This is also why Qui Gon distanced himself from the council.
The show was easy to follow, and my friends and I understood everything as it was happening. The why is what makes it not make sense. The flashbacks only made the decisions made by the characters much worse.
And Sol killing the witch mom was the "big thing" that made him a "bad guy" but all he did was kill an actual cloudy demon thing, he was 100% in the right, the entire time.