Originally posted by: Jumpman
Tiptup,
"Training to become a Jedi is not an easy challenge. And even if you succeed, it's a hard life. Take that line by Qui-Gon, add the fact that Anakin was raised by his mother exclusively for nine years but can't see her because of the Jedi way, on top of the fact that he's been labeled the Chosen One and he knows it(literally) and feels it and end it with his superiors constantly keeping a watchful eye on him and holding him back.
I think you can possibly see why Anakin is a little different, 10 years later...and why he goes back and forth between doing his duty and training as a Jedi and he desires toward Padme in Episode II. He's a good kid in Episode II. He's just dealing with some angst when it comes to the Jedi Way.
"Must be difficult having sworn your life to the Jedi. Not be able to visit the places you like or do the things you like."
"Or be with the people that I love."
Tiptup,
"Training to become a Jedi is not an easy challenge. And even if you succeed, it's a hard life. Take that line by Qui-Gon, add the fact that Anakin was raised by his mother exclusively for nine years but can't see her because of the Jedi way, on top of the fact that he's been labeled the Chosen One and he knows it(literally) and feels it and end it with his superiors constantly keeping a watchful eye on him and holding him back.
I think you can possibly see why Anakin is a little different, 10 years later...and why he goes back and forth between doing his duty and training as a Jedi and he desires toward Padme in Episode II. He's a good kid in Episode II. He's just dealing with some angst when it comes to the Jedi Way.
"Must be difficult having sworn your life to the Jedi. Not be able to visit the places you like or do the things you like."
"Or be with the people that I love."
This is exactly why Lucas should have started with 20 year old Anakin in TPM, and have 4-5 flashbacks scenes of 10 year old Anakin similar to Batman Begins. The only thing needed to show about 10 year old Anakin was that he was innocent, and wasn't this bad kid, but Lucas didn't need to waste a whole movie because of it. TPM has so much wasted opportunities because 10 year old Anakin, and the reason as Lucas explains is that he is too young to really do anything. He can't fall in love with Padme yet, he can't really talk to Palpatine like he does as a confused boy in ROTS, and he can't develop a friendship with Kenobi cause Kenobi isn't in that much of the movie.
TPM should have been about Anakin & Kenobi and how they try to steer Padme from the attack on Naboo, and have literaly the same plot, minus QuiGon, and through the movie Lucas uses 4-5 flashbacks of Kenobi finding Anakin on Tatooine, using those same plot points (finding him in a junkyard, meeting his mom, the podrace, and leaving his mom), it all could have been there in Episiode I, but it would have given a good 2 hours of showing how much Anakin & ObiWan are friends, and wouldn't have been cool to see Anakin kill Darth Maul? That would show that this jedi is special to kill a sith lord.
Then AOTC could show that the killing of Maul could have went to Anakins head as now you see he was this wet behind the ears jedi in TPM, and a couple years later, the power he possesses has gone to his head, as he wants more. Then Lucas would have two movies where he doesn't have to develop the Anakin/Kenobi friendship like he finally does in ROTS.
Jumpman, it drives me nuts how good TPM could have been, but it is almost like an EU book where there is a couple of key plot points you need to know, but overall it is so detached from even Episode II. And don't get me started on how I would just get rid of Jar Jar altogether, and have C3PO & R2 tag along the whole time to have that consistency for 6 movies.