Anakins sudden fall to the Dark Side makes sense in context
OK so Anakin makes the choice to side with the Emperor by chopping off Mace Windus arm and then he's christened Darth Vader and now all of a sudden he's killing kids... What?!?!? Yes this abrupt fall into evil is a major gripe for those that aren't fans of the Prequels.
BUT
If you figure that series of moments into the larger series....
Yoda says in ESB that "once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny". When Luke faces the Emperor in a battle of wills the Emperor makes mention that all Luke has to do is strike him down and his journey to the dark side will be COMPLETE... Also he stops just short of that defining moment by not killing Vader.
These statements if looked at literally make the swift fall of Anakin Skywalker make a lot more sense; what these characters are saying and now what has been show in that the Dark Sides hold is strong and immediate; once you cross that line your mind will depend into evil fully; there doesnt seem to be any gradual shift. Once youre Dark Side thats pretty much it.
Anyways, that is just something that I noticed; for all the inconsistencies in lining up the two trilogies this is one that actually makes more sense in the context of the entire saga.
I think the "seeds to darkness" began earlier than what you've mentioned.
The moment Qui Gon decided to seperate Annakin from his mother at such a young age, both knowing fully well the life of slavery that awaited her....I think that's what ultimately led to his downfall to the dark side.
Pretty stupid reasoning to separate a young child from his only parent & expect the child to embrace the side that was responsible for it.
Don't forget he massacred the Sand People long before being influenced by Palpatine.
It really does make sense, I don't get what all the PT haters b*tch about. Anakin was established as a psychopathic, mass murdering, creep in AotC. Him betraying the Jedi and butchering children in RotS fits right in with that.
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Yes and then..why didn't they come back later with resources from the republic and buy her freedom?
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"All slaves have a transmitter placed inside their body somewhere. Any attempt to escape--"
"--and they blow you up!"
That's about all the explanation that was given.
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Shmi: All slaves have transmitters placed in their body somewhere
Anakin: I've been working a scanner to try and locate them, but no luck
Shmi: Any attempt to escape...
Anakin: ...and they blow you up...POOF!
It may have been a while see I've seen TPM but I remember the scene
Why not? Even if the people on Tatooine do not take Republic credits and there is no way for them to exchange those credits for a different currency..we saw they are more than willing to accept technology as payment. A ship or something.
Now add in the fact this is the mother of an emotionally disturbed young jedi who they feel is the chosen one and who they decided to train despite more or less all the jedi masters saying it was a bad idea.
Notice that 10 yr. old Anakin was kinda annoying, but he wasn't this whiny evil little shitbag he turned into. Perhaps having momma in his life could have helped him, instead they just forgot about for her for a decade and then he slaughtered an entire village after a mental breakdown due to her death. Shockingly not the only time he'd slaughter kids.
None of the jedi even ask him wtf happened on Tatooine, despite Yoda sensing some deep shit was going down.
The jedi and their shitty treatment of him also played a part in his fall. "Oh, you had premonitions of someone you care about dying? Shut the f*ck up and learn to let it go chump". Or "Oh we put you on the council, but you get upset we don't make you a master? Shut the f*ck up and go spy on your only friend that we don't trust and sense the darkside around and btw we kinda don't even trust you around him either, now go".
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Last edited by Surtur on Jan 30th, 2017 at 12:47 PM
Yeah, there definitely was a scene where they talk about your heading getting blown off if you try to escape.
Wait a minute, Anakin was actually SUPER excited when describing it. Hmm, maybe the kid was just born dark.
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