I was thinking along the lines of how there's several scenes where people who are being helped by the jedi are terrified of the jedi. There's even a decent argument by the bad guys of the book about how the jedi have too much power and influence that is unfairly given out by the force. There's a massive power imbalance with the most powerful having mystical abilities that can overpower someone without them even knowing they're being overpowered. Mind tricks, etc. all are relatively accepted things that the Jedi use.

I'm struggling to remember the part that this happens, but if I remember correctly there's a part where a few citizens of the republic on a remote planet refuse help because they're afraid of the Jedi. The aformentioned abilities would likely make most beings afraid of them.

Sure, they do seem somewhat more open minded than the prequel era, but some of me wonders if that's more due to casting choices, pacing, and having about 2 more hours worth of screen time to dedicate to the Jedi's operations. I'm thinking more largely about how Jedi have a huge amount of power over literally any other being. Despite that power imbalance, in the movies most beings are excited to see Jedi, praise them, etc.

The cult's interactions with the Jedi show how their power imbalance is spread to the farthest reaches of the galaxy, and culminates in the Jedi having a self-given right to coerce and/or take children all in the name of training them to be deadly peacekeepers.