buddy-x-wing said:
to be honest, I'd rather Ady got rid of all traces of 'Sith Eyes' in the prequals, it was a cheap and lazy plot device to try and make Anakin's TURN more convincing. The acting wasn't quite there, neither was the dialogue and his motivation wasn't entirely convincing "LIGHTBULB" I Know lets give him crazy glowing eyes so that the audience knows he's officially bad!
I think it's a fair and valid argument to say that the whole sith eye concept is lazy....but as an alternate perspective; film is a visually oriented medium after all, and lazy or not I do think it works in its intention....which is to make Anakin look more convincingly evil and provide a visual cue at his dark state.
Conversely.....and I know this won't make me any friends.....Luke's 'near turn' has always felt really flat to me. I won't deny that him charging vader in anger a few moments prior is one of the most dramatic moments in the movies, especially with John Williams haunting music in the background....but the implication of it has always left me scratching my head.
Anakin at least had an established reason for wanting to become the emperor's apprentice....but luke has no such motivation. It's never felt believable to me that he was really that close to falling to the darkside. There are subplots which could have been established to give him more motivation.....but none of them were ever introduced. Giving him sith eyes might be a copout......but I don't think it's a horrible idea.