People’ll be like: “Plo Koon is the best dad, I wish all Jedi were like him” or “Kit Fisto is everything the Jedi should have been” or “Shaak Ti is the best mom” etc. etc. and follow it up with how much they hate the Council.
Like, buddy, buddy, honey, dude. Has it occurred to you… That you might actually *like* the Council?
Jokes on them; they’re all on the Jedi Council.
And they’re generally known to be friends.
“the jedi kicked out ahsoka for no reason” bro she was literally framed for a terrorist attack against the republic on temple grounds
And then she went on the run with a known separatist agent when she herself claimed "running means you're guilty" two episodes earlier
And like it wasn't even that they declared her guilty, they separated her from the Order so that a legal trial could take place, by the judicial authorities. And clearly once she was declared innocent, their arms were open and welcoming.
Rewatching the Wrong Jedi arc is very painful and I don't do it often, but what I do sometimes is skip all the scenes that are from Ahsoka's pov and watch the other ones, and huh, OH BOY does she look guilty. And what's the alternative here? Sticking by her because 'she's one of them'? The real culprit is Barriss, who is also a young member of their Order who should have been above any suspicion.
The scene where the Council tells her she can come back is super awkward and it feels wrong and they look terrible, but it's because the arc is from Ahsoka's pov. We experienced her distress and her feelings of abandonment and betrayal, of course they feel like massive hypocrites. But watching it from their pov only? She couldn't have looked guiltier if she tried.
(And the 'I know my loved one is innocent and I will defend them NO MATTER THE EVIDENCE' attitude is literally what RotS frames as THE WORST POSSIBLE STANCE TO ADOPT, really.)
I have a question.
People like to say that the Council had these expectations and such for Anakin with him being the Chosen One and all that but I… don’t recall instances of that.
So is this an actual thing or is it just another fanon trend/misconception of canon?
what if we were best friends (and we were all members of the jedi high council)
do you ever just love Obi-Wan Kenobi so much your heart almost explodes out of your ribcage
Obi-Wan: ah yes you’re all very right. Who is our most cunning and insightful master? Master Windu? Master Koon?
Jedi Council: are you for real
Obi-Wan: why you all looking at me for???
Jedi Council: dude ur amazing how do you not know this yet
