Slaveholder Watto, Anakin Skywalker's owner, is small, unpleasant to look at and foul-tempered in The Phantom Menace. After falling on hard times, the Toydarian is all of the above and unhygienic in Attack of the Clones, yet he continues to be defiantly rude to his former slave turned Jedi. The physical discordance between former master and former slave is undeniable.
Preparation 8: Practical Jedi or not, your whole life will be a series of encounters with other human beings trying to hold onto their well-being often at the expense of yours. This is not cynical, it is realistic. It is cynical to give in to this power struggle. The Practical Jedi is not better than anyone else. Kinder but not better. Wiser but not smarter. More courageous but not stronger. The Practical Jedi abdicates petty squabbling for position and recognition but holds firm to the truth that the earth only provides so much to each of us. The Practical Jedi takes only what one's share of the available resource is, leaves the rest and when possible advocates for the weak and disenfranchised against the cagey and conniving.
Preparation 8: Practical Jedi or not, your whole life will be a series of encounters with other human beings trying to hold onto their well-being often at the expense of yours. This is not cynical, it is realistic. It is cynical to give in to this power struggle. The Practical Jedi is not better than anyone else. Kinder but not better. Wiser but not smarter. More courageous but not stronger. The Practical Jedi abdicates petty squabbling for position and recognition but holds firm to the truth that the earth only provides so much to each of us. The Practical Jedi takes only what one's share of the available resource is, leaves the rest and when possible advocates for the weak and disenfranchised against the cagey and conniving.