darklordoftech said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

^If an organization's in charge instead of parents/other guardians, it smacks too much of brainwashing.

That, plus if any of the Jedi-raised babies grow up to want to be a Dark Jedi, they'll have all the training that they need to become one.

I don't think we'll have to worry about seeing Luke train 8 year old Jedi. Pretty much everyone has disregarded all the prequel stuff where 5 year olds learn how to use lightsabers, even in the EU (or at least the EU before the prequels completely seeped into the OT). I remember a video game called Jedi Academy where a group of 20 or so young adults were flying to Luke's temple to start their training, and there wasn't a single 5 year old among them. I remember laughing at the Phantom Menace when Sam Jackson said, "he [Anakin] is too old" for the training. It's like Lucas wanted to parallel Anakin and Luke, but didn't realize that you can't parallel a 20 year old and an 8 year old; and also, the idea that an 8 year old is above the age limit for Jedi training is absurd since in the OT Yoda made clear that Jedi training is about discipline and maturity, and I doubt an 8 year old is too mature.