jedi-order-apologist answered:

Yeah, pretty much. They want superheroes, not monks, and they want the universe to play by superhero conventions.



And there’s value in stories like that, of course, but that’s not what Star Wars is. Its universe adheres to different rules. In some ways, it’s almost a counter to, possibly even an unintentional deconstruction of sorts of the way superheroes work. Where in a superhero universe, the hero would delve into their anger to fuel their determination and win from the brink of destruction (and therefore this action is supported by the narrative as a positive one), Star Wars explores the consequences of letting your emotions take over like that and showing how damaging that is, how easy it is to lose sight of yourself and your intentions, how the destruction wouldn’t stop where you wanted it to.



The emphasis, then, is on facing temptation and resisting evil in yourself, less so on some external goal (defeating the enemy, saving the day, etc) - that’s important, sure, but more as a representation of that internal conflict, rather than the conflict itself.



And there is exploration of consequences and the burden and responsibilities of power in some superhero stories, but it’s usually prioritized differently than it is in Star Wars. Usually the external conflict is the more important one, with internal conflicts serving mainly to delay the resolution of the external conflict, rather than being the point, as in Star Wars.

