LogFAQs > #903924962

To be fair, that's because the Jedi ideology is based more on Eastern philosophy and religion. The Jedi are basically Buddhist monks, and transcending your meat/mortality is a pretty common theme in those sorts of mindsets.

Especially when you realize that the emphasis on personal identity and self-actualization is very much a Western concept. Giving up your sense of self and individual awareness is a much less threatening or dehumanizing premise when you grow up in a culture that already doesn't value those things.


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