Akwat Kbrana said:
Really? You envisioned the Old Republic-era Jedi as a bunch of self-absorbed, hypocritical pricks? Out of touch with reality, cultish child indoctrination, tabula raza fallacies abound, legalism incarnate...you thought of all that from Obi-Wan's glowing recollection of the guardians of peace and justice of a golden age long now passed?

Hey, more power to ya; I'm not saying you couldn't have, only that that's setting the bar remarkably low. I always envisioned the Jedi as selfless, compassionate characters who wore their humanity on their shoulders and genuinely cared about helping people, not the disingenuous Pharisees we ended up with in the PT.

[still somewhat offtopic, but I wanted to quickly respond to this] What's funny is that although I agree with you, I was under the impression that it was purposeful- the Jedi used to be better, but had become the way they are portrayed in the prequel trilogy, leading to their downfall. *shrug*