>>111538087>Funnily enough, in retrospect, the Jedi's instance on making someone a cold instrument of the light side may be the reason why he was so stunted.That's the whole point. Anakin wasn't raised as a Jedi and came into the order at a time when he'd already experienced life and formed attachments. They understood this was dangerous, but they were also at a loss on just how to deal with this. A big part of why he fell was because he didn't have anyone that could help him handle his emotions, he was stuck with a bunch of monks who just kept telling him to ignore them. Look at how Obi-Wan treats him in AOTC, Anakin brings up that he's having nightmares about his mom and Obi-Wan just responds with "eh dreams pass in time" which completely ignores the problem. They also repeatedly told him about how anger, fear, etc are all bad but never helped him learn how to manage them, which is especially bad because those are all natural emotions that can't be avoided.
The Jedi solution to someone like Anakin was just to hope he eventually learns to behave the way they do because centuries of raising Jedi with detachment as a primary value left them completely unequipped to handle a Jedi that couldn't let go of his attachments.
