To chime in again, I can understand the argument that the Jedi can be both correct about Anakin and the Force while being simultaneously flawed in their methods.
But for me, one of the big issues is that because of their flaws, whether perceived or legitimate, some people will say that the purge was justified and that the Jedi deserved it. (With an attitude not of sorrow or pity or even disappointment, but more like contempt.)
Mind you, I’m not talking about the idea that their mistakes could have created a domino effect that lead to their own demise - but rather the notion that they actually deserved to die such gruesome deaths, that it meant as a good thing to be celebrated, and that Lucas intended this idea.
Now, do we have the Jedi reform to overcome these flaws? Fair enough. I understand. But executed and mass murdered? Huh? I can’t agree with that.
Now with all that being said, I wouldn’t say the ‘Jedi deserved to die’ camp in particular is strong enough to make this take an unpopular opinion. This is just where my mind went and it’s probably not where anyone was going with this discussion though. I just thought it would be worth it to address.
I don’t think that the Jedi deserved the Purge. But I believe that they needed to be reformed, because I am of the opinion that some of their dogmas were wrong. As I said in another post, I think that the Jedi were good people with good intentions, and I believe that Anakin had serious psychological problems that needed to be fixed. However, I also believe that he can’t be 100% blamed for what happened, and I think that the Jedi made some mistakes with him. Therefore, I think that the downfall of the Jedi was kind of everyone’s fault. It was equally fault of Anakin, Palpatine, and the Jedi themselves. The same goes for Anakin’s fall to the Dark Side. In my opinion, it is way too simplistic to believe that the Jedi did nothing wrong and it was all Anakin and Palpatine’s fault, just as it is way too simplistic to believe that Anakin did nothing wrong and it was all fault of the Jedi Order.