A Jedi Question

[ShiningIce]

Ok, If Jedi arent supposed to fall in love then what about Ulic Qel Droma and Nomi Sunrider?? What about Crado and his MATE??? Hmmm I smell a mystery

 

[MadKalnod]

As far as I am aware, this "A Jedi shall not know love" thing is new to Episode Two. The only explanation I can offer is that this is an example of what Dave said about Yoda's prejudices influencing Jedi Council policy. This edict against Jedi forming romantic relationships may be because Love makes you do irrational things, a weakness that Jedi cannot afford to have. How many movies have you seen where the Hero has the Villain on the ropes, and stops mere inches away from finishing the job because his True Love is threatened? I'm betting that happened all too often in 4000 years of Jedi adventures. I would presume that Crado's mate Sylvar going to the Dark Side in order to avenge him, and Quinlan Vos skirting the Dark Side's edge to rescue Aayla Secura, in addition to similar incidents we have not yet seen, would be seen as rationale for such a stricture.

In the two Tales of the Jedi instances you mention, I do not recall the Jedi Council as being so centralized and authoritarian 4000 years BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin)as seen in later times. The Jedi Elders on Ossus were nearly as large and averse to consensus as the Galactic Senate, so individual Jedi masters were given much more leeway back then.

There is also the matter of characters like Corran Horn in the X-Wing novels and Kyle Katarn in Dark Forces, who are children of Jedi. This would seem to indicate that the prohibition isn't enforced as strictly as Episode II would have us believe. Then again, these men are young enough that they may have been conceived during the Purge as a way to preserve the Jedi legacy in secret.

 

[Dave2112]

I think that the edict of Episode II has a meaning deeper than what's on the surface, and isn't meant literally. Probably just gonna have to watch the movie.

I never agreed with Jedi not knowing love. The Force is controlled by emotions, and leaving love, the most powerful, out of the equation limits one's power and scope.

It may also be referring to the time when a Jedi is Padawan, so as to keep them focused. During this time, a Padawn learner is succeptible to distraction and needs a serious commitment. There's always time for ass later, eh?😎

 

[tcrewme]

Another big problem with not knowing love!!!

If the Jedi don't love or get "physical" with anyone then the genes(midiclorins) won't be passed on to the the future.
If Anakin doesn't get it on...then no Luke/Leia...
It is an essential flaw and why there are only 10,000 Jedi when EPII timeline comes along.
The Jedi you mention was from an earlier time frame and can be explained that Yoda law wasn't around then...
Anyway...

 

[Dave2112]

There's another thing we're overlooking here. The line from the trailer doesn't mean it's a strict Jedi dictum. It's a tag line for the film, possibly reffering to Anakin and Padme's situation. As when Obi-Wan tells Anakin "She's a politician, they're not to be trusted."

There is most likely a reason they don't want these two to "get it on", rather then it being a strict law.😎

 

[boom789]

Well my theory is that the "Not knowing love" rule in Episode 2 is just a rule of the "Old Jedi Order." After all, following the Battle of Endor when Luke Skywalker started his Jedi Academy, he got married with Mara Jade. Luke then started the "New Jedi Order."

Then again...Anakin Skywalker had a heck of a lot of midiclorins, but he had no father and his mother wasn't a Jedi....

(Sigh)Being a Jedi is hard...

 

[Dave2112]

No Shit. 😎

 

[ShiningIce]

HA!!! Try being a Sith