Originally Posted by
gbaji
But if there is no threat to something bigger, why bother making the character a Jedi? That's kinda what I was getting after here. The Jedi have all of these powers. This makes them seriously overpowered for just about any minor thing that only matters to a small number of people. Yes. I suppose you could do a story about a Jedi protectig his family farm from some evil cattle rustlers or something, and while that might be interesting, I don't think it'll be interesting enough to enough people to justify the cost of a live action show/film.