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[Star Wars] Why didn’t the Jedi do more to end slavery in the galaxy?

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. But firstly I want to be fair to the Jedi and make a few concessions first

- I understand they cannot be everywhere at the same time
- I understand they are not all powerful despite their considerable abilities 
- I understand that even at the height of the order they probably didn’t have a ton of qualified manpower to fight a prolonged conflict 

That being said these are the reasons I still don’t find the aforementioned reasons excusable:

- The Jedi were absolutely aware slavery was still rampant, Anakins mothers enslavement was a known fact by at the very least the Jedi council, Obi-Wan and a few senators. Why was no effort made to free her?

- Slavery was especially rampant in Hutt space in the outer rim so a prolonged war would not be desirable. But aren’t the Jedi skilled communicators and negotiators? Why could they not come to a new arrangement or implement embargoes to put pressure on them to stop?

- Slavery had to be in existence in the galaxy for hundreds of thousands of years. Why did the Jedi not have a task force dedicated to eradicating slavery or rescuing slaves when and where they could?

- Why didn’t slavers face more pressure from the republic in the form or regular Jedi inspection of planets to see if illegal activities were afoot?



The Jedi clearly have tremendous power, with such fantastic power they share more responsibility for the injustice in the galaxy.

Surely the Jedi would realize that an injustice like slavery if allowed to perpetuate is a threat to justice everywhere. Why do they seem to turn a blind eye especially in the case of Shmi and slavery on Tatooine?
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The Jedi were very few in number and slavery was a very widespread problem. Most slaves were held outside of the Republic and galactic center making it difficult to approach with any legal authority as a Jedi. Numerous cultures kept slaves as a traditional and cultural purpose making it even harder to overcome their practices. And finally the Jedi focused on imminent dangers to life and the Republic which slavery for all it's awfulness wasn't that threatening to them. The Jedi did often free slaves and stop slavers but without institutions to support the freed slaves as soon as the Jedi left another slavery would turn up and undo everything the Jedi had done.