where there too many jedi's in the prequels?

I thought there were too many and it raised the question why don't they all go against a threat and it ruined the uniqueness of being a Jedi. The cool thing about being a Jedi in the original trilogy was that it was luke, anikan, obiwan and yoda. Once they have little kids being Jedi's and so many others it ruined the coolness of being a Jedi. Luke had to go through 3 movies in order to train finally be a Jedi.

that was one of my favourite things about the prequels

I can agree it ruined the uniqueness but it also made the more powerful ones like Obi-Wan more unique and more special to see that there were so many and guys like him and Mace Windu and so forth were that much more powerful than the rest.

Also they are peacekeepers primarily, not soldiers.

No, it made perfect sense story wise. Other things made them not as good as the OT.

There needed to be a lot of Jedi in the prequels to make it a big deal that there are Jedi in the originals

No.

There used to be a lot of Sith as well, so i don't see a problem.

rule of 2

@benk111: Rule of two is dumb, ALL Hail THE SITH EMPIRE.

@prospero_locke: agreed, really makes it clear what a big deal the empires emergence was. IMO it's one of the few things the prequels got right.

I see where you're coming from OP, but it didn't take away from the uniqueness of being a Jedi. I'd post a more detailed response but it's late and I'm tired. Lol

Its an Order of Knights and at its height I would hope it would have quite a few members, that being said there are only a few thousand...considering the size of the galaxy that's a pretty small number to protect a galaxy especially without a galactic army for the what? Thousand years between the end of The New Sith Wars and the Clone Wars?

there are too many lanterns but no one's complaining

^ This guy won the thread.

But it doesn't take away anything from being a Jedi.

thats like asking if are we have too many beautiful women in the world