Samuel Jackson's wrong approach

Jedi can come in many shapes and personalities. Some even eventually turn to the dark side altgether. I dont see the issue

Look, a lifetime of fighting evil and being denied love doesn't tend to make people sweet, cheerful, and friendly as they get older!




“Seventy-seven courses and a regicide, never a wedding like it!

His wrong approach consisted in accepting the role; the Windu character had obviously no other purpose than selling another puppet for merchandise, cast a famous star in it to attract the audiences and have a black token character for political correctness. Storywise it could haven been wiped out altogether and it wouldn´t have made any difference.

But he received good money, that´s for sure.

Mace Windu, lol.

He was supposed to be this bad a$$ jedi. What we got instead was a forgettable non-figure, just standing there for 3 movies . Oh George...

I'm just on my way up to Clavius.

cynical, negative and even sometimes arrogant

Well he nearly wiped out Palpatine, if it weren't for Anakin's surprise hand and/or arm-remover thrust.

According to (what I remember as) canon material, Mace himself is not without his Dark Side temptations. He practices combat styles such as the Vaapaad, which is a fighting style using aggressive techniques. And we all know where aggression leads...

All of which you mentioned was entirely intentional. Mace Windu was known for being very cautious and he was slow to trust people. He never even wanted Anakin to be on the council, but he was outvoted. But he unknowingly allowed himself to become arrogant and believed the Jedi were always right. Palpatine even used this fact to convince Anakin that the Jedi were trying to overthrow the senate. And even though WE know that was a lie, it does somewhat make sense. I think the Jedi in the prequels were kind of like the Roman praetorian guard, who were officially the protectors the senate but were also rumored to be the de facto rulers of the senate.
But the Jedi were pretty arrogant and very biased during the prequel era, that is precisely what allowed the Sith to remain hidden so easily within the senate, which led to their eventual downfall.
But according to Samuel L. Jackson, Mace Windu is cynical and distrustful, but also believes those traits are somewhat necessary, since he is willing to protect the republic and serve justice at all costs. Personally, I like Mace Windu as a character because of those traits, it brings a different view on the Jedi (though I mainly like him because he's elegant, always serious and intimidating).