twooffour said:

WhatsMyName said:

My take on it, is that Anakin wasn't one his mind till after the end of TPM.

He was trying to find ways to overwhelm the Jedi, Invasion of Naboo making it legal. Which this is what i think how he originally intended to be the beginning of the end for the Jedi.

Once Anakin showed up and saw his potential, whether he's heard of the "Prophecy" or not, he knew he'd be a powerful tool for him. I don't think he had a specific plan to turn him. I do think it was his goal.

I don't see anything to back up your Naboo theory. He wanted to invade or control the planet. Next? Nothing in the movies tells anything about it. Apparently, it SOMEHOW contirbutes to the Separatist movement (TF got pissed off and so on), and it gets Palpatine into chancellor position (could've waited a few years for reelection if he could manipulate votes, eh?). What you said is pretty much pulled out of the thin air rip.

well, of course i'm pulling this out of thin air. this is just my take on it. He wanted to overwhelm the Jedi, so taking over Naboo and the Jedi not being able to do anything about it just seemed like an excellent ploy to me.

Everything i'm saying is just my opinion on what lead up to Palpatine turning Anakin. Not saying that, that's how it is.