Originally posted by: zombie84
Personally i felt that the emotional angle of Anakin's turn-- an obsession to save a loved one from death which results in him selling his soul to protect Padme, only to have this very act kill her and thus leave him transformed into a monster--is the most brilliant stroke that Lucas came up with since he made Vader and Father Skywalker the same person in 1978. I have to say that I, personally, find it a bit of a stretch. I suppose my opinion is tainted by it's presentation, however. Divorced from the way it was played out in the movies and considered purely as the idea itself it does have merit.
My own idea is that Anakin joined with the Emperor to bring order to the galaxy and honestly believed that what he was doing was right. I think that the saving Padme route still leaves you with the moment when Anakin realises it was just a trick. I think it also feeds directly from the selfish brat character that Luca$h seemed to think was such a great direction to take the character of Luke's dad. Would ANH's Ben Kenobi have been friends with such a person? I think not!
Originally posted by: zombie84
that the jedi were chumps
Awesome! Personally i felt that the emotional angle of Anakin's turn-- an obsession to save a loved one from death which results in him selling his soul to protect Padme, only to have this very act kill her and thus leave him transformed into a monster--is the most brilliant stroke that Lucas came up with since he made Vader and Father Skywalker the same person in 1978. I have to say that I, personally, find it a bit of a stretch. I suppose my opinion is tainted by it's presentation, however. Divorced from the way it was played out in the movies and considered purely as the idea itself it does have merit.
My own idea is that Anakin joined with the Emperor to bring order to the galaxy and honestly believed that what he was doing was right. I think that the saving Padme route still leaves you with the moment when Anakin realises it was just a trick. I think it also feeds directly from the selfish brat character that Luca$h seemed to think was such a great direction to take the character of Luke's dad. Would ANH's Ben Kenobi have been friends with such a person? I think not!
Originally posted by: zombie84
that the jedi were chumps
So true...And so utterly disappointing...