Star Wars: The Acolyte reopens the debate: Do the Jedi kidnap children?

A meme with three images from Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. In panel 1, Cal Kestis says “Having a lightsaber isn’t what makes you a Jedi.” In panel 2, Nightsister Merrin responds “Then what does?” In panel 3, Cal, in closeup, says “Being kidnapped as a kid and inducted into a cult.”

When the first trailer for Lucasfilm’s latest Star Wars series, The Acolyte, dropped back in March, the group email for my Star Wars: Edge of the Empire role-playing game immediately blew up. The tongue-in-cheek question […]