I was referrring to the jedi. A relgious sect/cult that is above the rule of law.
They are not much different from the evil jedi called sith.
Supermen who have superpowers who can interfere with free individuals and free will, and control governments and subvert them with mind tricks.
I would hate to have a reliogious order like the jedi in real life. It would lead to a terrible theocracy.
Of course i blame the prequels and the sequels to star wars for changing the very nature of the story. Luke is the hero because he is hereditary offspring of a tyrant with force powers. Lucas borrowed the idea of a demi god from greek mythology. The heroes were always princes and the sons of kings, and also the sons of gods and goddesses.
Kirk originally as created in Star Trek was an everyman and not a demi god. A common man with the intellect and perseverance to aplly himself.
Luke has the right to lord it over others and rule them because of his birth. Though he never claims said right and works side by side with his fellow rebels if he had been perverted to the darkside he would have been just as bad as vader.
Normal people who work hard and apply themselves can't become JEDI. To be a jedi you have to be born with a high midi chlorian count.
I prefer Luke as the Everyman he was in 1977 Star Wars than what he became. In the end he became a superhero almost cut directly from the cloth of the comics and pulp fiction of the past.
Though a new hope confused people because Lucas always intended Luke to be a demi god. in fact his early treatment ends with the bumbling sidekicks stumbling away drunk from the victory celebration realising they have been adventuring with demi-gods.
He based the Jedi on the Galactic Patrol of EE doc smith Specifically the Gray Lensman who were above the law just like the spectre in mass effect the videogame, and were judge jury and executioner.
I mean Luke is based on the great aryan heroes Kimble Kinnison and Flash Gordon, as well as the southern gentleman warrior John Carter, and based on Arthur, and theseus and perseus.