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Like the Leia getting force powers out of nowhere in space. Sheesh.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

when he was thrust into the mold by them

The problem with that chain of reasoning is that Obi Wan and Yoda in the OT didn't know at the time that they were partly responsible. That story hadn't been written, yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Never thought of it like that. I always thought the prequels were designed with that in mind but didn’t care on the basis that the jedi were Mary-Sue-ish (for a lack of a better way of explaining).