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Ok, lets say you all are right about Anakin, but here is my problem. I can not see Anakin as Darth Vader. I mean when you first watched the original trilogy what did you picture the former Vader was as a Jedi???
Was it him being whiny, complaining why life isn't fair? At least Little Anakin from episode 1 didn't allow the fact that he and his mother were slaves bother him. So why is the fact that he can't love and be a Jedi at the same time getting to him? Anakin did not heed Qui-Gon's advice but still, he needed to choose what life he wanted and he had that chance. It's not like the Council said "once you become a jedi you can't walk away". Many jedi left the order, Dooku was one of them.
The first two prequel movies were dominated by Queen Padme. It showed little anakin's story in the middle and then he just tagged along for the rest of the film. Episode 2 is focused on Padme, again! instead of learning more about Anakin and his training. Suddenly episode 3 has to rap everything up and it's done poorly, even film wise. Notice every scene after the battle of coruscant never lasts more then 2 minutes. It's cut, cut, cut here and there until we get to the duel which was more exhausting then entertaining.
I veiw Jacen's fall different then Anakin's. Jacen, unlike Anakin, had a very hard life. Constantly on the move, being watched by others instead of his parents. There was always danger and a threat and not long the Yuuzon Vong came. He was tortured to the point that it effected his mind. I understand why Jacen fell but I don't get how Anakin does. It's not clear enough and was very poorly written. (in my opinion).
Anakin lived in an era where there was releative peace, until Jacen. It's like Tahiri Veila said to Jaina and Jag in Outcast. Jacen could of broken at any of those events in his life. |
Actually, yes. I did see Anakin as a former Jedi. Obi-Wan even stated that he was a pupil of his, until he turned to evil. Sure, 'former pupil' could always mean something else entirely, but to my mind there was never any doubt that he was a Jedi.
I disagree, too, with the belief that Anakin was not bothered by his slave life. In the dinner scene, in Episode I, he states he had a dream of becoming a Jedi and returning to free all the slaves. He even reveals that he's attempted to make a locator to find his slave chip. This same scene shows he wanted to be a Jedi quite a bit, so I don't think he'd walk away.
What else was there? Ah, yes. Of course, this is a matter of opinion, though it is my opinion that, of the PT, only Revenge of the Sith can be truly called Anakin's film. The first is the set up, where Anakin is a main character in name only. He is, to my mind, only used as a plot device to move things along. This is fine, because when you view it as a Saga, TPM is to be seen as only the set up, the prelude. The second, AOTC, sees Padme as the plot device, with Anakin coming more to prominence, but still, not his story. Instead, it's a story of the machinations of Sidious and Dooku, and the tale of the Clone Wars. I won't state my case for Episode III. It would be too long winded.
Too, I feel Anakin did indeed have a hard life. He was a slave, which can hardly be fun, to being seperated from his mother at a young age. He was taken away to be a Jedi, but was rejected. He was only accepted under special circumstances. He was then accepted into an Order that distrusted him, didn't want him, yet one that still placed a great burden on his shoulders - that of being the Chosen One. Later, he lost his mother, and fell for a woman he wasn't allowed to have. Then, he fought for three years in a largely pointless war. So, it sounds to me, he hasn't had such a grand ride, after all  .
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