C3PX said:Janskeet said:In ROTS, he turns from being a pretty typical human being into a sick, twisted, sadistic, madman within a couple of days, perhaps even hours.
Days? Hours? Try within a couple of seconds, perhaps even minutes.
Now I agree with DarkFather and Confused Matthew. Anakin was a pretty twisted individual from AOTC onward. He was depicted as a creepy obsessive stalker type in his expressions of love for Pandabear, and when he killed a whole villiage of Tuskens, it only confirmed our suspictions that this guy not only needed some professional help, but he also needed to be locked up.
However his transition from that strange twisted freak whom everyone strangely seemed to love so much and seemed happy to accept despite of his severe issues, to the guy who goes around killing halflings and choking his wife to death was painfully abrupt. There is nothing there to indicate the passage of hours or days. In the course of a few minutes, "Palpatine, he is the Sith Lord. We've got to stop him." to "To take that Shaft!" to "What have I done?" to "I pledge myself to you." to "Alright, if it must be done, then it must be done. So, where are these small kids you need me to murder?"
The character develpement of Anakin in the prequels is just really amaturish and nonsensical. Episodes 1 & 2 could've easily been combined into one film. In fact, I don't think there was anything really worth seeing in episodes 1 & 2. What was said in the movies easily could've been summed up in the opening scroll an that would've given Lucas a lot more time to develop Anakin's character. We didn't need to see most of episode 1 spent on Tatoonie (spelling? I can never spell that damn planet right!) with Jar Jar stepping in poodo, Anakin building C3P0, the pod race, the midichlorians, the prophesy etc. In episode 2 we didn't need to see this inept clone mystery unfold at a 2nd grade level. We didn't need to see Anakin and Padme fall in love so obtusely. One thing I would like to mention about the clones. Does anyone beleive that Lucas originally intended storm troopers to be clones in the OT? I doubt it. Why did they have different voices in ANH? Will Lucas be changing that too in his next editions? Was explaining the orgin of the storm troopers even necessary? Was the midicholorians and the prophecy necessary either? I don't think so.
The problem is somewhere down the line Lucas decided that star wars were b-movies. I never thought of the OT as B-movies. The prequels certainly are, and as B-movies I think they're acceptable. But as real movies leading up to the OT they are not.