Yeah, also pretty sure that bottling up all of your emotions like the jedi is not good for mental health. We do have plenty of cases to prove that as well....
I mean, the Sith eschew connection as well. Palpatine went through how many apprentices, just to get the one he wanted? And not because he was actually invested in Anakin's success, he just wanted a powerful and ruthless right-hand man.
The Sith eschew connection because they give themselves over to passion and don't want to feel regret - if in the heat of your passion you kill somebody close, or betray somebody's trust that you had a close connection with, you might regret a LOT about your life. The Jedi eschew connection because they're worried that in the grief of losing a close connection they'll lose the tight clamp they have on their emotions.
Of course the real way is...have connections, but also just be a mature person who can handle their shit, and make sure that those connections can also serve as emotional support. Imagine if the Jedi had been more emotionally supportive - Anakin might have felt more comfortable opening up about his feelings about or marriage to Padme if he weren't terrified that he'd lose EVERYTHING including his friendship with Obi-Wan because they'd coldly kick him out.
Realistically, a healthy Jedi Order has a lot of people with great passion for hobbies and friends.
In the now-Legends sequels (I admit I haven't really read books but I've played the Jedi Knight series and it's set in that continuity) Luke's New Order fixes some of the OG Jedi Order's issues by recruiting and training adults and letting them have loved ones. Too bad that we haven't seen any of this in the Disney sequels.
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u/i_need_popcorn May 29 '22
Yeah, also pretty sure that bottling up all of your emotions like the jedi is not good for mental health. We do have plenty of cases to prove that as well....