rex-sidereus:swnews:Star Wars Prequel Appreciation Week{Favorite Side Character } → Mace Windu.#mace

rex-sidereus:swnews:Star Wars Prequel Appreciation Week{Favorite Side Character } → Mace Windu.#mace #star wars#i blame tumblr user rex-sidereus for awakening my mace’s feelings #like -look#i think no one sitting at the jedi council by the end of rots can be completely innocent#and mace certainly plays a big part in the collusion between the jedi’s institutions and the republic’s policies and war machine#but on a personal level he is a fascinating character#because he illustrates how far the jedi’s philosophy can be navigated -especially regarding its relationship with emotions#without being corrupted or leading to the self-serving path of the dark side #like#at the core of the jedi’s system is the belief that emotions are to be rejected because they can interfere#with one’s capacity for moral judgment#but while mace’s is one of the characters with the stronger ethical compass#he also allows himself to experience emotions in a way few other jedi do#it’s in the way he fights and talks and in his final decision to go confront the chancellor himself#and it’s probably the most striking counter-argument against the idea that anakin turned to the dark side#only because of the jedi’s fucked up rejection of emotions#mace is there to remind us that even within a philosophy of serenity and self-control#justice can be sustained by rightful anger and come with pleasure when it is cast upon those who have deserved it#that emotions are not incompatible with extreme self-discipline and an (almost too rigid) higher moral sense#(too bad the jedi didn’t follow this path more often#too bad anakin was not strong enough to take it) ( via @lagren0uille )mace windu: self-control does not mean lack of emotion or of a strong ethical stance.#i love mace so much#i want more mace #i hate how his death became a bargaining chip in anakin’s moral choice #he took down palpatine one on one #do not forget the idea of the jedi that died with him #or the republic he died for #do not forget mace #star wars #anakin durned to the dark side because the boy was a fucking fascist with major codependency issues #do not take accountability from anakin skywalker for the love of all that’s good #like we can a lot about what jedi did wrong and we should #but lets talk about what the jedi did right and so much of it is in mace #anger can be justice and reason can be compassion (via rex-sidereus) -- source link

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