"The Jedi accepting command of the army of the Republic led to the death of the Order. Which is...I'm not saying that as a moral judgment. That it was what was deserved, or something like that. Because, for one thing, it wasn't just the generals who were killed." He shakes his head, again.
"I mean, the entire war was designed by the Sith, to lead to that point. While giving a convenient narrative for why genocide was 'necessary', I think. Obi-wan knew enough already to see the results of the trap, but I told him...how. I told him that the troopers that he knows and trusts, probably even loves, have something in their heads that will take away their free will, the moment Palpatine commands it."
Very quietly, he adds, "If one of the troopers were to come here, if that was...active, or could be activated - anyone with magic could read as a Jedi to them."
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"The Jedi accepting command of the army of the Republic led to the death of the Order. Which is...I'm not saying that as a moral judgment. That it was what was deserved, or something like that. Because, for one thing, it wasn't just the generals who were killed." He shakes his head, again.
"I mean, the entire war was designed by the Sith, to lead to that point. While giving a convenient narrative for why genocide was 'necessary', I think. Obi-wan knew enough already to see the results of the trap, but I told him...how. I told him that the troopers that he knows and trusts, probably even loves, have something in their heads that will take away their free will, the moment Palpatine commands it."
Very quietly, he adds, "If one of the troopers were to come here, if that was...active, or could be activated - anyone with magic could read as a Jedi to them."