Why can't Jedi's marry?

Question

This is before Episode 4

Answer 1

Because they aren't supposed to feel emotion.

If you feel love, it can lead to jealousy, which can lead to anger, which leads to hate - which leads to the dark side.

Yoda explained it in Ep. 5 I believe.

And if you think about it - it's true. After Skywalker and Padme got married he turned to the dark side. Even in real life it's kinda true - once you fall in love, your jealous side can rear it's ugly head.

Answer 2

The Jedi code (as taken from Wiki) is listed as:

"There is no emotion; there is peace.
There is no ignorance; there is knowledge.
There is no passion; there is serenity.
There is no death; there is the Force."

So judging by that, one could surmise that Jedi are not to feel emotion, nor passion. This creates an impossibility for romance.

A Jedi would find it difficult to study, prepare, train, protect, etc... if they were continually worrying for their loved ones. In addition, becoming intimate would open a door to vengeance if anything malevolent occured to said loved ones.

Answer 3

The same old religious bull****: prohibit a person's sexuality and you control the person - religions always try to control love and sex to maintain power. So you could say that the Jedi's are really serving evil.

Before the extremely crappy prequels, there was no such rule in the story (Star Wars is ripped off from the Lensman saga btw) but they decided to go all mystical because it's fashionable.

Answer 4

Technically they are not suppose to care about anything that can jeopardize their relationship with the force. So, they are taken from their families when they are young, trained to keep to themselves, not to have any friends, and not marry. Stupid rule really, glad Luke's Generation got rind of that philosophy since he did get married in the books.

Answer 5

Cause they are too busy playing with their light stick.