If Darth Vader hadn’t killed all the Jedi, there’s NO WAY Luke would have become a Jedi Master. Not for lack of talent, and definitely not because of the Dark Side, but dude, Luke Skywalker trying to comply with the “no emotional connections” policy?
The Council would be like “Luke, stop making friends, it is the Path to Corruption”
and Luke would be like “What? It’s only Han”
“What about these other 356,739,000 people you made friends with?”
“They’re really nice! If you got to know them-”
“And you and your sister need to stop saving each other. Only we can authorize rescues. Connection Is Bad.”
and so Luke Skywalker fled the Order in the dead of night, never to be seen again, except by his 356,739,000 friends, many of whom are in the Jedi Order anywayLuke walks out telling that he’ll start his own order… And then he does?
Absolutely!
He emphasizes the Order members attaching to each other and to their loved ones. No kids taken from their families. It’s the opposite of every boarding school ever.
(”Padawans? Kid, no one’s going to send you their kids if you call them that. Apprentices – everyone knows what an apprentice is”)
It’s probably not canon anymore, but I love this from the book The Jedi Path:
