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Post #1661164

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JadedSkywalker
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What do you think of The Prequel Trilogy? A general discussion.
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2-Sep-2025, 12:41 PM

The Deleted scenes in Attack of the Clones humanize Anakin, when he meets Padme’s family. But of course those scenes were cut.

I wonder if there was more material with the Lars family than what ended up in the film.

The Tatooine scenes are strong in my opinion, that whole part of Anakin going to find his mother and him at her funeral.

I feel like the Tatooine and Naboo scenes were strong. The scenes on Kamino much less so, and the least engaging material in the entire film is on Geonosis.

Sith is very rushed and Anakin does not really have all that much to do except fall to the dark side. You have this happy expectant father and the fear of losing his wife. Then he tries to kill her which never made any sense to me but, I get Lucas saying Anakin lost his humanity in selfishness. His bargain with Sidious was like the literary act of selling his Soul.

He even goes to literal hell planet to kill the separatists and where he gets sliced and diced by Obi-Wan. His eyes turn red. Suggesting Anakin became a demon.

The one consistent thing in the three films is Anakin’s fear of loss. In part one he is afraid to leave the safety and comfort of his mother and he leaves her behind. His dreams lead him to her in episode II, only for his fears to be realized when the Sand People torture her to death. He promises himself, he will be strong enough to stop his friends and loved ones from dying. Then in Episode III, his fear of losing Padme and his unborn child is his complete unraveling.