As a viewer who has got a special interest is cults, the non-Buddhist reading of the Jedi is appealing but robs Anakin of his agency. If you wanted a more agency-friendly criticism of organized and esoteric religion, it should be “some people shouldn’t be exposed to certain religious thoughts, because it’ll make a troubled man believe what they’re doing is righteous.” Palpatine exposes an already troubled Anakin to the dark side philosophy and it’s over for Anakin. A historical example of this would be Roch Theriault finding Seventh Day Adventism (after difficulties with Catholicism) and using Adventist philosophies to launch the infamous Ant Hill Kids group.
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The inaccuracies in "How Star Wars Was Saved in the Edit"- Link to post in topic
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