and yet grown adults missed the entire point of the entire thing. these "politiks" were meant to show how the jedi get their sense of direction -- to show where the Order gets it Moral Compass -- to show WHO (or WHAT) do they follow?
in the very first scene, the Legendary Jedi Knights of Old are going on a secret mission for the Chancellor Himself, (wtf?). they are government lapdogs(?). they do, whatever the politicians tell them(!?). they take their orders
directly from the chancellor himself(!?)... and about three scenes later, the chancellor is replaced... so now what?
so now: the Jedi are going on secret missions for Sheev. so now: they do, whatever Sheev tells them. they take their orders directly from "Sheev himself". this illustrates the Entire Problem with the JEdi Order -- this illustrates exactly WHY (and how) the republic fell into darkness: it sets up the entire trilogy.
((insert: qui-gon's story arc))
the Jedi Order had forsaken the Will of the Force. instead, they were sworn to uphold the "will of the chancellor". regardless of WHO sits in that chair. Valoorum? Palpatine? who cares? it doesn't matter. the Jedi Order are
sworn to a system of government. they NO LONGER uphold the will of the force. they uphold ONLY the will of the Senate.
when qui-gon preached "follow the will of the force" in the council chamber, Mace Windu physically rolled his eyes. the Jedi Order didn't care about qui-gon's "will of the force" mantra. they were too busy following the will of
'the Palpatine'. THEY HAD NO CHOICE. as illustrated in all those "politics" scenes in TPM which nobody wants to watch: the Jedi Order was SWORN to uphold the "Will of the Senate" -- they had NO AUTHORITY to simply "follow the will of the Force" anymore (LOL) even if they WANTED to (LOL) -- they surrendered their Moral Authority to the State,
a thousand generations ago.
the fall of the Jedi Order is all about "separation of church and state". I'm not sure how you can tell this story without showing, at least, HOW the 'state' works LOL -- without illustrating the Jedi Order's subservient relationship to the Senate and its Chancellor. (regardless of WHO that chancellor actually IS -- the institution called "Jedi Order" does NOT care).
the Jedi Order had Mad Loyalty for Valorum. and when Valorum was replaced by Sheev, they had Mad Loyalty for Sheev. (that's the whole point).
so your six year old got it half-right. she recognized that Sheev was the "bad man". but it beggars the question : WHY was a Religious-Order-of-Warrior-Monks taking orders from "the Man", in the first place? ((why do they have
NO moral authority over their OWN actions?)). when, and why, did they forsake their OWN "God", and swear fealty to a system of Government instead?
indeed : the Valorrum scenes in TPM show us : they had NO
personal LOYALTY to Valorrum (the man) -- they are sworn to follow "the chancellor" (regardless if its Valorrum or Sheev) -- the institution called "Jedi Order"
does not care,
who they follow. (that's the whole point).
this is NOT because they were trying to "out dumb" each other LOL.
it's because the "Union of Church and State" has left them NO CHOICE.
they swore an oath, a thousand generations ago, to follow the Senate
WHEREVER it leads -- even if it leads into Darkness.
they were SWORN to follow Sheev's Rule (just as they followed Valorum's) -- even if Sheev was PROVEN in TPM to be a full fledged sith lord on day#1 (legally speaking, it doesn't matter) -- they very MOMENT they take up arms against Sheev... they are ALL charged with Treason.
why? because: Politics. LOL
(because:Valorrum).
because: it's established, in the
very first scene of the very first episode : the "Jedi Order" are going on "secret missions" for a "Chancellor" ((and the ADULTS in the audience did NOT question this..? at all..?))
LOL.
it's because the "Union of Church and State" has left them NO CHOICE. 
