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TheBoost
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The Prequel Radical Redux Ideas Thread
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29-May-2009, 1:56 PM
brash_stryker said:
TheBoost said:

 That's the whole point. The Dark Side twists and corrupts. There is no 'but I did it for such and such a good reason.' The Dark Side is an insidious cancer.

Exactly. Which is why Anakin giving rational reasons for turning to the dark side does not work.

 

 But his perfectly rational reason is almost instantly twisted, so that he kills her. It makes perfect sense. Anakin thinks he can do it, but he's wrong.

Luke couldn't give into his hatred, even if it meant that was the way he could stop Vader and Empy. If he did, his noble intentions would have been twisted and corrupted. Luke cant say "I'm just gonna tap me some Dark Side to take out Palpy, then I'll be good again." It sounds rational but it would fail, that's what Anakin tried.

(are we talking about Anakin's motivation's being incorrect in-universe? If we are we apparently agree. If we're talking about Anakin's motivations being a plot-hole as suggested by the cartoon you posted, those motivations and their consequences seem perfectly consistent to me.)