Originally posted by Beniboybling
Right, you seem to be ignoring the fact however that the Separatists =/= Sith, Dooku is a Sith yes, but then again they only discovered that halfway through the Battle of Geonosis, and by that point they were already committed to a political conflict. Not only that, but said relevation coincided with the knowledge that the Republic had been infiltrated by a Sith Lord, something they decide to overlook.So lets not pretend this is a black and white conflict between good and evil, it is not.
Next you talk about serving the Republic as if the Separatists were not made up almost exclusively of former Republic senators who wanted to put a stop to the corruption. Don't the Jedi have any loyalty to them, to the people they represent? And doesn't their oath to the Republic represent more than blind obedience? Doesn't it have something more to do with, I don't know, the ideals being moved further and further away from? Like Obi-Wan says his allegiance is to democracy first and foremost, something ironically the Separatists demonstrated superior ability in, and certainly practiced. Honestly you are beginning to sound like Anakin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPCXHnH23Cc&t=0m34s
Who even a child could see speaks out of ignorance and bigotry.
This isn't like any conflict the Jedi have been involved in before, this is a schism, a practical civil war were both sides have claim to "right".
Finally you talk of apathy, which is doubly ironic as that is not only exactly the path they took, by going along with the whole conflict and largely ignoring and so failing to act on the Sith threat until it was far too late, but it's the opposite of what I suggested. Being that by extracting themselves from the politics, the Jedi Order could actively resolve the real issues. You know like:
[list=1][*]Ending the war which they knew was aiding the Sith/dark side, something Heroes on Both Sides demonstrates could have easily been accomplished.[*]Hunting down the Sith and putting a stop to the Sith, which when they finally get off their asses and attempt to results in them cornering and almost capturing Darth Sidious in pretty short order.[/list=1]If they have focused on these two objectives, they could have stopped the Grand Plan in its tracks, rather than apathetically allowing themselves to play the parts the Sith intended, despite being in possession of so many of the facts.
i agree with a lot of what is stated here.
separatists were former republic senators yet yoda in his infinite wisdom had ZERO jedi representing them