doubleofive said:

I'm just spitballing here, but for most of the trillions of people's lifetimes, the Jedi are just 10,000 guys who hang out with famous people. The Jedi were getting insular, because their ability to use the Force was diminishing. Or their ability was diminishing because they were getting insular.

I suppose I can buy this.

But one of the only things I liked about the PT (that went out the window after TPM) was when the Jedi just showed up the bad guys said "We will not survive this." That's how amazing they were.

I'm re-reading the original Star Wars novel. Ben kind of has that vibe in the book as well.

This is another reason that I never bought the whole "You can't kill me to save the universe because then you'll be just like ME! Bwahahahahaha!" nonsense from Empire and Jedi.

Back on topic, it wasn't a new thing this week, but those cloudscapes in last weeks Rebels, and the wide shot of the Old Republic tank were so Ralph McQuarie it made me giggle like an eight year old. I loved it.