NooB learning skinning here.
Does anyone know how to make a decent jedi robe? Everthing I've found so far totally enevelopes the character.

Perhaps ask this in one of the editing forums.

As far as making good robes and such, the problem with that is weighting the meshes so they look like they sway and flow correctly like clothing. It's so much easier to just make simple clothes like tunic and trousers.

But some good capes/robes etc. have been done, and are out there... I mean hoods/cloaks/Jedi garb in general has usually been one of the primary requests for character modellers. :)