Ya know, the Jedi Order had it coming. 1,000 years of so-called peace and not fighting any Sith made them complacent and sloppy. Until the Clone Wars, the only fighting they ever did was mostly restricted to one planet or against dark or grey Jedi who left the Order in order to pursue knowledge that was deemed "dark" or some other type of bullshit excuse. Never mind the fact they took young children and sometimes infants away from their parents and brainwashed them to not form attachments to prevent them from "falling to the dark side". Bet that was made up by those asexual or do reproduce but don't care for the young type of alien species that made up most of the Jedi Order. During the time of the Old Republic, the Jedi were a lot stronger and looked for other ways to use the Force. They were able to maintain a balance of the Light and Dark Side by using a form of the Force called Alter. With Alter, a Jedi could possibly use the same powers and abilities without falling to the dark