This is not ironic

  • ItsPequod [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Entirely agreed with most of your points, it's the basic interpretation I was going for, which is that Jedi kinda ruin the stakes in most of the stories they become involved in. They're the Superman of Star Wars: all problems can theoretically be solved by them showing up, and the only way to counter their power creep is with their distaff counterpart with Evil Enhanced Powers. I guess I'm not a huge fan of the combat oriented culture the Jedi have developed as the series has released, I like them more Monk-like than I dunno, Sword Wizard

    Like another poster mentioned Corran Horn and he's a Jedi and he's one of my favorite characters, admittedly partly because he straight up rejects his heritage for a while and just keeps on being a pilot. He's a good character even as a Jedi because he has this weird Genetic deviation in his force powers which make him weak with telekinesis but strong with Illusion and mind powers, as well as energy absorbtion I guess? So he can't just solve his problems by waving his hands at them, he has to be really clever with his limitations.

    I'd like to stress I didn't say Jedi aren't cool, just that they're oversaturated