I just saw Revenge of the Sith again
I just saw Revenge of the Sith again
Fuck, I forgot how sad that movie is.
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It's crazy to think Anakin could have had everything he ever wanted. He would have been granted the rank of master in due time, he could have lived happily ever after with the woman he loved. But instead he was groomed and manipulated by some creepy old fuck. It's really sad.
I mean, not like it was his fault only, I blame the council who decided that "hmm, what if we force this young and insecure young man to spy on someone he deeply admires?" is the right course of action.
In general the Jedi are a cult forcing their members to get rid of emotions (which backfires like all the time) and I'm not sure there were any good sides in the prequels.
Definitely as you get older you realize the Jedi were not perfect. They had grown complacent, and clung to ideals over common sense. Obi wan was the only one who saw anakin's struggle and said hey buddy I understand, but soon.
The council was too preoccupied with themselves to take the second and explain why. "Your power is great, but we're nervous of who is pushing you into this role. Give it time to allow us all to build trust and we're positive you will quickly become master". The fact that they didn't see that shows how blind they were
It was so incredibly sad, Natalie Portman died of sadness. I always thought that sort of thing was reserved for people who lost their spouse of fifty years, and kind of really only worked because they were super old anyway.
I dunno why Anakin didn't just bail on the whole Jedi thing after they told him he couldn't be with Padme. It's not like his Force powers were dependant on an active membership or something; he could've just quit, married his smoking hot Senator wife without having to hide it, and remained her personal bodyguard without all the control and manipulation from the Jedi.
Pretty fuckin' stupid too how he sided with Palpatine when he was Force lightning-ing Mace Windu and Mace was merely defending himself with his lightsaber, though I can kind of understand how he'd reached a breaking point. But then, he's just like "In for a penny, in for a pound, I guess I'm completely evil now" and goes to kill a bunch of children, many of whom he probably not only knew but likely participated to some extent in their training... that's even lazier storytelling than "Somehow, Palpatine returned."
Oh yeah, gotta give a shout out to "You can't win, I have the high ground!" coming from the guy who defeated Darth Maul while he had the high ground. Fuckin' brilliant.
One of my favourite things is how the prequel trilogy very justifiably got shat all over in the years following its release, until comparatively recently when the Internet just collectively decided that it was actually really good and people only claimed to dislike it because they thought it was cool to hate.
It's almost like characters can be complex and flawed and not make perfect decisions forever 🙄
Also, do you chastise partners in abusive relationships for not "just bailing"? Like, we have irl examples of how relationships like this work. And you're saying " whY dIDn'T hE JusT lEaVe?/??/?" like it's insightful?
I read in a Star Wars book that Palpatine killed Padme with the force or something to kill any human emotion left in Anakin. The scene where he yells Nooooooooooooooo you can see him grinning. Maybe this is one of those now non-canon things.