Mara Jade Skywalker

Master Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Posts: 1850

This whole argument is what created the Sith.
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Knight Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 117 Location: Ossus

Isn't this thread suppose to be about Mara?

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Knight Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 117 Location: Ossus

I see. I dig the Bladerunner avatar.

[quote="Reepicheep"]Mara would have been awesome in FotJ. Just imagine her in a room alone with Hamner and Daala. There would be blood.[/quote]

Mara (to Hamner): You helped us back when I was pregnant by giving Luke and I a head's-up to Fey'lya's plans, and now you're just giving in to Daala? When in the nine Corellian hells did you become such a push-over?

Hamner: Don't you see, Mara? I'm doing the Jedi a favor.

Mara (scoffs): Yeah? From where I'm standing, you're just being a sell out.

At least, that's how I see that scene going down.

Sort of off topic and random, but along the lines of a Mara/Hamner confrontation. The old Jedi Order was big on non-attachment. Along that line of thinking, would a Jedi even hesitate to strike down Hamner if he posed a threat to the Jedi Order? Wouldn't non-attachment mean you don't care if he lives or dies because you have no attachment to him. Your only goal is selflessness and the good of the whole. Of course that sounds a bit like Jacen and his "ends justify the means."

Where is the line between selfless non-attachment caring more about the greater good and ends justify the means outlooks? In LOTF, Jacen became a Sith because he believed the ends justified the means. Mara went after Jacen like an assassin because she thought the end justified the means. Back in KOTOR, the Jedi refused to enter the war with the Mandalorians because they felt their involvement would make things worse. Another case of the ends justifies the means. By ignoring those who needed help, they though the could avoid further turmoil and bloodshed in the end.
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I get the sense that Jedi generally don't believe the ends justify the means. I'm not sure how that plays into the 'no attachment' rule. It's a good question.
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