Eternal Father
I think one of the things that people commonly and frequently misunderstand about things like the Acolyte is that it's some scathing polemic against the Jedi to cast them as a bad or evil institution, when in reality its just another example of the Jedi of that era being misguided, flawed, but ultimately still objectively good. We see often not only in shows like The Clone Wars or Tales of the Jedi, but in the Prequels themselves how the Jedi Order of the late Republic era are a flawed organization that has strayed from their path to become jaded, cynical, and way too enmeshed in the politicking of the Republic they serve.
Yet even as flawed as the Jedi became, and how far they lost their way, there's no real debate about whether or not the Jedi are the good guys. The Sith are ontologically evil, the Dark Side itself is the epitome of imbalance in the Force, with the Light Side being the natural balanced state of the Force overall. Sith can have empathizing moments for sure, sometimes they're just as much victims of the Dark Side themselves. Vader is sympathetic in many regards, but his actions are still his own at the end of the day.
As others have stated, the Jedi are allowed and encouraged to feel the depths of emotions but never to allow themselves to be controlled by them. Emotions like fear and anger are natural responses to things, but a Jedi's strength is recognizing their own fear and anger and overcoming them all the same. Jedi can and should love others, even Anakin in Attack of the Clones says that the Jedi should love unconditionally. His downfall was jealousy and greed, the inability to let go of what he loved, the manic attachment to Padme whose endpoint resulted in him willingly killing children.
Short story long, the Jedi are very much the good guys.
Yet even as flawed as the Jedi became, and how far they lost their way, there's no real debate about whether or not the Jedi are the good guys. The Sith are ontologically evil, the Dark Side itself is the epitome of imbalance in the Force, with the Light Side being the natural balanced state of the Force overall. Sith can have empathizing moments for sure, sometimes they're just as much victims of the Dark Side themselves. Vader is sympathetic in many regards, but his actions are still his own at the end of the day.
As others have stated, the Jedi are allowed and encouraged to feel the depths of emotions but never to allow themselves to be controlled by them. Emotions like fear and anger are natural responses to things, but a Jedi's strength is recognizing their own fear and anger and overcoming them all the same. Jedi can and should love others, even Anakin in Attack of the Clones says that the Jedi should love unconditionally. His downfall was jealousy and greed, the inability to let go of what he loved, the manic attachment to Padme whose endpoint resulted in him willingly killing children.
Short story long, the Jedi are very much the good guys.