>>26482457If you want to see Duron's story, it's in Star Wars Tales. He gets a RELATIVELY worth death.
Jolee's issue is really very much one of the very first casualties of Sexless Monk Syndrome. This era is the birth of that.
It's not actually "sexless", either. You're allowed to fuck. You're just not allowed to get into a committed relationship. Near as I can figure, the reason is this: if you are committed to a religious order, you are supposed to married to that order, prioritize it over anything else. Family distracts from that obligation. Marriage distracts from that obligation. Any other allegiance distracts from that obligation. To be a Jedi means you have to be willing to fight and die for the Jedi Order, regardless of any other considerations. It requires the deepest commitment. It is a very hard life. And it is so for a reason: the door is open, at any time. You can always choose to leave. Leaving may not be easy, because you'll have to chart a new life for yourself, but you can always leave if you so choose. The Jedi Order is for those with the commitment to stay in. With the commitment to serve the Force and defend the Republic.
Funny thing about the Jedi code: the original text for "There is no emotion, there is peace" was "Emotion, yet peace". Puts the whole code in a different sort of context, doesn't it? The Code does not deny the existence of X when it says "there is no X". It denies the POWER of X in a Jedi's life. Nomi Sunrider was not a Jedi when she was married, her husband was. If he hadn't been distracted by his family, he might been more alert to the lurking death behind him. Or maybe not. Maybe it was the will of the Force. Who knows?
The important thing about love and the Force is that you have to be ready to lose that love. If you can't handle that loss, you go down. Hard. Jolee was able to deal with it. Anakin was not.
