Palpatine craved unlimited power. Anakin Skywalker sought galactic order. Ben Solo's motives are murkier but seem to be a combination of the former with an additional desire for perfect isolation. Throughout the prequels, a very imperfect Jedi Order seems in aggregate to cling to a false stability as to their place in the galaxy.
Precept 9: The practical Jedi wants peace. The practical Jedi is the twig in the river, going where the river goes. One does not begrudge or side step conflict, but approaches each conflict with the beneficent goal of resolving the final conflict through peaceable means.
Precept 9: The practical Jedi wants peace. The practical Jedi is the twig in the river, going where the river goes. One does not begrudge or side step conflict, but approaches each conflict with the beneficent goal of resolving the final conflict through peaceable means.