Star Wars: 10 Worst Things The Jedi Ever Did
Aren't the Jedi supposed to be the good guys?
Ever since the very first Star Wars movie in 1977, the franchise has hammered home that the Jedi are noble warriors who use the light side of the Force for good. Their blue and green lightsabers represent their purity and goodness, contrasting with the evil red blades of the wicked Sith, who use the dark side of the Force for their own selfish purposes.
However, the Jedi and Sith binary isn't always that simple. Despite trying to bring about peace, using the light side of the Force, and being presented to the audiences as "the good guys," the Jedi have done some pretty sketchy things over the course of the saga.
As Anakin Skywalker so memorably (and meme-ably) says in Revenge of the Sith: "From my point of view, the Jedi are evil." Maybe he has a point. Whether it's shamefully outdated traditions, using the ends to justify some horrible means, or forgetting about the great responsibility that comes with their great power, the ten entries on this list might let you see things from Anakin's point of view.
Here are the 10 worst things the Jedi ever did...
10. Lying To Luke
Darth Vader being Luke's father remains the greatest plot twist in Star Wars. Upon hearing it, jaws fell to the floor. The stakes changed for the rest of the series, and nobody saw it coming.
Nobody, that is, except for, Obi-Wan, who knew the truth about Vader's identity all along. There are three live-action movies about it, as well as a spinoff cartoon film and TV series.
Why, then, would Obi-Wan and Yoda, who consist of basically the entire Jedi Order at this point, not tell Luke who Darth Vader really is? Obi-Wan justifies this in Return of the Jedi by saying that, since Anakin Skywalker's humanity died with Vader, he told Luke the truth "from a certain point of view," but that doesn't explain why he lied Luke.
Had Obi-Wan and Yoda told Luke this crucial information from the beginning, Luke would have known more of what he needed going in to fight Vader, and might have come out of the fight with both hands intact.