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Originally Posted by Wastedyouth
This is a wild statement.
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Not untrue though. In the end the Jedi didn't see it coming because of their arrogance. There was a deleted scene in attack of the Clones where Yoda, Mace and Obi talked about this very thing.
The Jedi had become complacent. They did nothing while corruption grew in the republic. They arrogantly scoffed initially at the return of the Sith. "Sniff, we would have known if the Sith had returned".
Then they allowed themselves to get played. Instead of serving the Force, they served a corrupt republic, and allowed themselves to become generals and commanders in a war being fought between a corrupt and crumbling republic and the separatists. What would have happened if the Jedi had refused to fight?
Instead they walked right into a Jedi killing box and drew the dotted line on their necks and laid on the chopping block.
Yoda even touched on this during his fight with Sidious. The Jedi hadn't evolved. Like France they prepared to fight the last war while the Sith evolved. They learned every aspect of the Force. They studied politics, they created a nasty evolutionary bump with the rule of two. They took advantage of Jedi Complacent.
So why did the 1000 year Sith Empire only last 30 years. Because the Sith became complacent, and arrogant and in a lot of ways lazy. And the Jedi evolved and changed.