The only thing that irritates me is that somehow Padme lost the will to live, but her last words were, "There is good in him." What the hell?! If she believes that, then how does that justify losing the will to live? That's hope! The whole point of her losing the will to live, as I understand it, is because she lost Anakin, who meant everything in the world to her. But if she believes there's still good in him, then what the hell's the point? That's always bothered me. It makes no sense.
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I remember reading Lucas's rationale about Padmes death. He said he couldn't make her die from anything physically happenning to her by Anakin, cause that would be too much. In his view, now he actually killed her, now he is a monster!
So he thought up the losing the will to live part, so technically Anakin didn't have anything to do with killing her except breaking her heart. It is lame, but that is old George's reasoning.
The whole way Anakin was portrayed in ROTS, makes me rethink if he even deserves to be a force ghost in ROTJ, and I actually would be for Lucas just having Yoda & Kenobi smiling at the end of the saga when watching it with the PT movies as Luke sees the ghosts.
How can Luke look at this man, and Kenobi & Yoda smile next to a man who killed loads of children jedis (I won't say Younglings cause I hate that word) and choked his wife! That is a man who does not deserve to be redeemed.
I always envisioned Vader killing Jedi as part of the Clone Wars, as any soldier who is fighting in Iraq today is doing. It is war, and they are just doing their job. Once he killed all the kid jedis, it still bothers me, and I think Lucas didnt' realize how unbelievable that is 10 minutes after he says, "What have I done?" If he killed the Conehead guy cause that was part of The Emperors plan, then I could understand he is just abiding by rules of war.
This is my whole beef with the PT characters, it is bad enough their not likeable to begin with, but now Lucas's writing really makes me root against them. Anakin killing kids & choking his wife, Padme losing the will to live, how am I suppose to feel any drama or tragedy when she is lying there in a casket & he is standing there next to The Emperor on the Star Destroyer?
But just check many PT fans comments and how they feel at the end of ROTS, "I was balling and crying my eyes out, it was so tragic, those two young lovers and how they met their fates." In a sense, I glad I dont' get an emotions til they show the two kids being brought to their foster parents. I just find it very disturbing that these young PT fans can relate to these young lovers and their situations, I am sorry I just can't.