sisterdragonwithfeathers: thisistheendtimes: hrtiu: darthbooks: HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEORGE LUCAS!!! Ok I
sisterdragonwithfeathers: thisistheendtimes: hrtiu: darthbooks: HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEORGE LUCAS!!! Ok I see this argument a lot and my main confusion here is: if love wasn’t the problem and it’s just unhealthy possessiveness that’s problematic, then why do the Jedi forbid marriage? Can’t speak for other people but to me marriage is symbolic of attachment. By refusing that attachment or that possession, the Jedi are symbolically placing their ideals and their teachings above themselves. There’s also the fact that the Jedi are a monastic order. It’s pretty clear that they don’t frown on the concept of marriage, but it’s not something you can do as a Jedi. A married person may be loving in a non-attached way, but as a husband/wife their first priority will (and ought to be) their spouse, rather than their Jedi duties of protecting others. There will always be one person who is more important to them than everybody else.It’s also pretty clear that the Jedi don’t, as an order, frown on their members leaving to live different lives. The problem is never romantic love, it’s failing to choose between that love and your duty. This is one of the reasons I love Obi-Wan’s relationship with Satine so much, it exemplifies what Anakin ought to have done: either forgone romance to stay with the order (as Obi-Wan did), or left to pursue that romance. Neither choice was bad! Anakin’s mistake (one of many) was not choosing. He wanted both, to heck with his Jedi duties if they interfered, but he didn’t want to let either go, and so both suffered. -- source link
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