One thing I've learned from the new Star Wars movies and from playing SW: Knights of the Old Republic (and excellent, excellent Xbox game) is that the Jedi have suck and apparently have been sucking for quite some time. They never quite rise to the level of "cool" that I thought they would or should from watching the first trilogy. Shame. They could've been awesome, but instead they're just kind of . . . meh.
Childhood dreams shattered!
Throughout our history there are those ghosts
Compelled to illustrate our dreams and hopes
Victors hang in pictures, losers from ropes.
Regardless they all swing in the same boat.