TTOR

Star Wars is meant for kids and young adults, but if there is a lesson in it for the "grown-ups" and the moral powers-that-be it is this: Anakin's grievances are real and his mistreatment by the Council is very real. Many times he and those who care about him attempt to address these grievances through the proper channels, but Qui-Gon is killed, Anakin is rebuffed, and Obi-Wan always has something a bit more important to do that takes him far away. Only one authority figure ever listens to Anakin, tells Anakin constantly how much he admires and respects him, and promises to give Anakin everything he wants. Even still Anakin does not fall for his tricks right away. Palpatine has some twenty years to groom Anakin and yet his reaction upon learning his true identity is to immediately turn him over. But Sidious knows that once again Anakin will get no respect or consideration for this. In the end, for the thousandth time, the Jedi refuse to listen to him, and he finally declares for the Dark Side. No doubt all our Very Respectable Conservatives are fully aware of the existence of our own Palpatines out there in the politics of the West. In fact, fortunately, our enemies - both the Left-Liberals of the decaying Republic, and the power-hungry amoral radicals - are far less intelligent and charismatic. And yet our Jedi are even more scornful and dismissive of their Anakins. If you continue to insist on being Yoda, Windu, and the rest of the big-headed old men, you WILL lose. And you will have nobody to blame but yourselves. To carry on the childish conceit, we need Qui-Gon Jinn. We need someone to buy demoralized, angry boys out of slavery, not to berate them and tell them they serve the Dark Side. Tell them that enough, and they will.