5 Ways The Jedi BETRAYED Anakin and Justified His Actions

We take a look at whether the Jedi were responsible for pushing Anakin Skywalker towards the dark side.

Follow our Host
ALLEN XIE
INSTAGRAM AXIEFILMS

[GTSFANDM]

To be fair, Qui-gonn probably WOULD have gone back for Anakin's mother after the events on Naboo and there was time to focus on that, but Maul killed him.

[justryan]

You'd think someone who is claimed to be "The Chosen One" would get better treatment.

[thenut]

You forgot how they basically told him "get over it" when he saw visions of his mother and Padme dying.

[witchinspired]

That’s why I love Qui-Gon. He was a true Jedi. He was so unconventional and I love it.

[PokémonCoordinatorMary]

*The Jedi Council when they accuse Ahsoka of a crime she didn't commit:* I've connected the two dots.
*Anakin Skywalker:* you didn't connect shit.
*The Jedi Council:* I've connected them.

[NipsnTips]

My severed head will be the villain of the next trilogy

[DavidRichardson]

In plenty of ways, Anakin is a classic tragic hero. He had all of this power and capability to do almost whatever he wanted, he had to experience perhaps the one thing he could not change, he is subsequently terrified of what else he actually can't change, and he fell for an understandable - even relatable - reason when offered a potentially possible (albeit at least near-improbable) way out.

[thephantom]

You know what's ironic? If Ahsoka had chosen to stay and recieved her promotion to Jedi Knight, then Anakin would have been promoted to Jedi Master for successfully training a Padawan to Knighthood along with his many heroic deeds during the Clone Wars and his mastery of Djem So. Ahsoka's choice to leave played a far larger role in Anakin's fall than originally believed.

[anakinskywalker]

Finally! Somebody sees that the Jedi are bullies, especially when they have the high ground.

[Steve]

Also don’t forget when Obi-Wan faked his death and didn’t tell Anakin. Anakin was heart broken only to find out it was all a lie.

[elite]

Anakin: saves the entire republic
Jedi council: fine, you’re promoted to knight.

Anakin: saves the republic several times
Jedi council: no, you can’t be master

Anakin: fully trains Asoka
Jedi council: no, you can’t be master

Anakin: gets appointed to the council
Rest of the council: no, you can’t be master

Anakin: falls to the dark side and kills most of the Jedi
Remaining Jedi: he was never a true Jedi, we saw it coming all along, it’s all because he had a crush on a senator

[joaosoares-rrmj]

"they needed him more than he needed them" hell, this is so true...

[waterwater]

Anakin: is the chosen one
The Jedi order: alright guys lets treat him like total shit and lie to his face

[jonseon]

I'll never get over how Anakin was denied the rank of master even though he pretty much carried the Republic through the Clone Wars, but the traitor Krell was a master.

[TDrA]

In my head, I usually think of the movies as “Star Wars: The Tragedy of Anakin Skywalker”

[lonwof]

Honestly, them not freeing Anakin's mother actually made me kind of depressed. There were so many other ways to solve that situation. They could have just freed her and left her. The jedi are a lot more corrupt and callous than the original trilogy left us to believe. But even there you can kind of see the roots of the callousness. Their fear of the dark side made them to cowardly to honor their feelings.

[legendaryoutcast]

"From my point of view the Younglings are evil!" - generation tech 2020

[wahn]

Telling a young child, "I sense much fear in you." after he's been separated from his home and family. And despite their power, not lifting a finger to save his mother from slavery. Awful. Makes me want to become a Sith lord and destroy them. But that's just me.

[peterlai]

The Jedi had truly become blind to their own corruption and injustice. Therefore The Force had to bring balance to itself - it’s all the natural way the Force intended it to be perhaps.

[alejandromiguelarbolado]

"The broken, the beaten, and the damned"

Me for no reason: *pauses the video* *takes a deep breath* SO CARRYYY