Originally posted by: Jumpman
CO,
The only evidence we have of Anakin not being able to go back to get his mother is the Jedi way. As he tells Padme on the cruiser, "Attachment is forbidden. Possession is forbidden."
That's the whole problem with him. Had Anakin been taken when he was a baby, he wouldn't be attached to his Mother, just as Obi-Wan and Mace aren't. They don't know them. Anakin was raised by his mother. She was the only thing he knew. She's the one who guided him to be this selfless individual at nine in Episode I. That doesn't just turn off just because you're going to be studying the Jedi Way. This is why Yoda didn't want this...."He's way too old."
As for his turn, the Darkside does play a part but I'll even admit that it's way too subtle in that sequence we he kneels before Palpatine. It's implied.
CO,
The only evidence we have of Anakin not being able to go back to get his mother is the Jedi way. As he tells Padme on the cruiser, "Attachment is forbidden. Possession is forbidden."
That's the whole problem with him. Had Anakin been taken when he was a baby, he wouldn't be attached to his Mother, just as Obi-Wan and Mace aren't. They don't know them. Anakin was raised by his mother. She was the only thing he knew. She's the one who guided him to be this selfless individual at nine in Episode I. That doesn't just turn off just because you're going to be studying the Jedi Way. This is why Yoda didn't want this...."He's way too old."
As for his turn, the Darkside does play a part but I'll even admit that it's way too subtle in that sequence we he kneels before Palpatine. It's implied.
I agree with you about taking him as a baby, and that is one of the things that actually made sense from the PT, if you are not attached to anyone, it is easier to fight for the cause, rather than fight for an individual.
But falling in love with Padme, has nothing to do with leaving his mother at 10 years old, it is just a natural occurence in life. He could have been taken as a baby, and still fell in love with Padme, and that comes down to the persons actions. And to me it is cop out by Lucas to say if Anakin was taken as a baby, he would have never fell in love with Padme, and never been Darth Vader.
Is Lucas saying not one jedi in 1000 years ever fell in love? There had to be one of them who maybe fell in love and strayed, just like Count Dooku was a jedi and he became a sith out of power or disgust from the jedi order, it does happen, but that is Count Dookus personality, not because of Jedi.
The one thing I hate about the PT, is makes Anakin like one of those people on Oprah Winfrey show, it is someone elses reason why I did it. I did this cause I had a bad upbringing, I did this cause one of my parents died early in life, etc. Lucas constantly gives an out to Anakin, and to me that undermines the strongness of Lukes character in the OT. Maybe Luke was just a stronger willed person than Anakin, nothing more nothing less. No two people are the same, and I think by constantly giving excuses to Anakin, what Luke eventually does in the context of 1-6, is really secondary now.