Vaderisnothayden said:
rcb said:
whether you like george or not, he knows SW best.

No, I think the special editions and the prequels prove that that is emphatically not the case.

Or perhaps "If you're willing to kill a bunch of kids rather that let totally natural things like death happen, you really need to work on letting go."

Love didn't drive Anakin to kill those kids. Possessivness, greed, fear, and anger did. You know... the Dark Side.

Yeah, love did make him to kill those kids. Love for Padme made him join the dark side to save her and that led to him killing the kids. Message of the film: Love makes you kill kiddies. Screwed up film.

If he did it for love he would have been willing to go away with Padme when she asked, or at least no Force-choke her out at the smallest provacation. But he gave into fear (of losing her) which led to anger and suffering. He started down the path of the darkside and dominate his destiny it did. Love didn't matter to him once he gave into the darkside, only power.

Love didn't lead to any of those things. Greed and possesiveness and desire for control did. Do you turn on "Cops" and see some wife-beater and say "Love leads to wifebeating, what a screwed up message."