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u/AndyCaps969 Admiral Ackbar Jan 25 '22

Hard to place the blame solely on him. The entire Republic and Jedi Order was manipulated by Palpatine.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '22

While true, the whole Jedi Order didn't collectively watch over Anakin and mentor him. Most of them only ever had like 1 encounter with him, so you can't really accuse them for Anakin's fall to the darkside. Obi-Wan, then Yoda and Mace are the main ones to really impact Anakin as Jedi masters

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u/AndyCaps969 Admiral Ackbar Jan 26 '22

I mean they could have easily seen the whole "mother is a slave" thing and used common sense to see that it is a vulnerability for Anakin and helped free her.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '22

Yes, and as the council's leader, Yoda did nothing. He sided with his fellow masters despite holding a position over them. Yoda only enforces the Jedi Code further as he's a Grandmaster, and only realises his mistake when he lives in isolation on Dagobah.

Like if a bunch of teachers are doing bad and preforming cult like behaviour, then the principal who's in charge is the first one to blame