I’m not one of those people who thinks we should just accept everything Lucas says in regards to Star Wars, our interpretations are just as valid, but I do want to add this in here:
“The fact that everything must change and that things come and go through his life and that [Anakin] cannot hold onto things, which is a basic Jedi philosophy that he isn’t willing to accept emotionally and the reason that is because he was raised by his mother rather than the Jedi. If he’d have been taken in his first years and started to study to be a Jedi, he wouldn’t have this particular connection as strong as it is and he’d have been trained to love people but not to become attached to them.”
(Also I cut this quote short because it’s extremely long. But if anyone is curious to what he says next I can post it. The point Lucas is getting at is: Attachment=bad. Jedi not acting on attachments=good. Love=/=attachment. Jedi have no issue with love. And Anakin fell because he didn’t listen to Jedi philosophy.)
I actually really like many of the ideas Lucas is presenting in all these behind the scenes interviews about the prequels and whatnot, but its a shame its not conveyed as well in the films.
I agree with this completely. I was talking about Filoni’s interpretation of the prequels. Which most people in the Star Wars fanbase accept. Lucas’ idea about the Jedi teachings being right is good.
I don’t like how Lucas portrayed Anakin’s fall either, but I’d rather have him be an idiot who blindly believe Palpatine’s claim about cheating death then blaming the Jedi. At least it’s still a selfish power hungry motivation and kinda being “seduced by the power of the dark side”, even if he’s idiotically tricked into becoming evil.
I hate the Filoniverse. The worshipping of Ahsoka and Qui-Gon, the hate on the Jedi like Obi-Wan, Yoda and Mace Windu, and how it’s warped the fanbase into believing that the prequels are actually a super brilliant critique on the Jedi Order. I love The Mandalorian and (some of) The Clone Wars, but still.