# Why the Jedi frustrate me...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-jedi-frustrate-me/304387>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 18, 2005, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-jedi-frustrate-me/304387 "2005-05-18T12:12:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-jedi-frustrate-me/304387/41 "2005-05-19T00:48:11Z")

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Good catch. The main point is (I guess) is that Lucas isn’t writing a great story, he’s just mixing and matching previous great stories into something fun and watchable. So, just like my Star Trek franchise, I can forgive a slew of nits, knowing that he’s just a hack writer having fun with cosmic ideas.

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**Author:** ![Euthanasiast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Euthanasiast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euthanasiast)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-jedi-frustrate-me/304387/42 "2005-05-19T01:54:36Z")

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> perhaps that is why he has a purple lightsaber, a mix of blue and red.

Actually, his saber is purple because he asked Lucas to make his purple. Lucas hadn’t considered it beforehand.

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**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-jedi-frustrate-me/304387/43 "2005-05-19T02:40:33Z")

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yep, i knew he had asked for a purple one. i thought it was interesting that now it comes out that he uses a dark form of saber fighting.

just a hit of dark side, just a hint of red.

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**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-jedi-frustrate-me/304387/44 "2005-05-19T06:41:12Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> The Force doesn’t work very well against living beings. It was possible for Yoda to block the pillar; it wouldn’t be possible for him to move two Force-users.

It’s not like they were naked. Couldn’t he have force dragged the belts they were wearing?

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**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-jedi-frustrate-me/304387/45 "2005-05-19T07:24:35Z")

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> [@HPL](#):
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> This may have been mentioned before, but I suspect the it has to do with the difference between sith and Jedi. While a Sith would have no problem shooting someone in the back, a jedi can’t do that. It seems like a Jedi has to fight honorably, giving the opponet a chance to fight back(or something like that). Perhaps throwing stuff is not consiered honorable?

I dunno, 2 jedi ganged up on a single Sith Apprentice. (Maul and later Dooku). Doesn’t sound honorable to me.

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