Hard to swallow pills: the jedi need their new padawans to be very young/Anakin is deemed “too old” for jedi training because the younger they are/the earlier they are taken from their families, the easier it is to brainwash them and have them never question their orders.
Point in case, Ahsoka and Anakin didn’t “not care at all for clone lives”, they simply were raised by adults that taught them that fighting and dying was all they were made for. Anyone forced into a religion full of absolute truths know how insidious these teachings can be.
I’m not saying all jedi raised in the order was innocent. They’re complicit in the clones’ enslavement, and they should think for themselves. Still, their brainwashing should be accounted for.
Obi-Wan, was 35 years old when he stumbled upon the clone army and decided (along with the council) to use those human men in their war. Mace was 50. Yoda was 874.
Ahsoka was a baby/toddler when she was taken by the Jedi, and 14 during the clone wars, and all the adults around her were a-okay with using the clones.
The clones, also victim of brainwashing themselves, would also affirm to everyone around them that they were proud to serve under the Jedi.
The adults from the Jedi order (especially the older members of the council) should be held accountable to a much higher degree than Ahsoka.
She was a teenager. The order stole her from her family and culture; they had her trained to fight and kill, they manipulated her and they abandoned her when she needed them the most.
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