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He’s saying that because he didn’t think he was capable of killing Mace Windu and is shocked at his actions, but because he believes he’s been tricked.
It’s both.
not a Jedi apologist or a Jedi hater but a secret third thing
George Lucas should get more credit for "saving Anakin Skywalker" in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. — Page 4
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See this is the stuff that can be hard to discuss in good faith if you actually want to believe that. Anakin says that when literally all Palpatine has said is “unlimited power~”
Everything else is understandbly muddled / up for interpretation but this one is pretty straightforward as an almost filler line, emotional reaction. If anything, in the read that he’s been played - he’d still be buying the trick!
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I think on some level he knows that he was maneuvered into the situation and just helped this insane monster tyrant get into power by killing a man. So he feels shock and guilt, and also worry about what he got himself into. But then he feels like it’s a sunk cost and it’s too late to go back, so he keeps going. He does still think Palpatine can figure out the cheating death thing. I don’t know what you mean by good faith, it seems like everyone here is just having a conversation.
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oh ok yeah! 😃 responding more to mocata a page back
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I think TCW messed with Anakin, to me, taking away the rawness of the character and vulnerability, and leaning more into a generic jockey like hero character, and emotionally hindering the character.
That all being said. Personality, in basics, Anakin in TCW I don’t think is written much differently in TCW than how he is during the speeder chase in AOTC and in the for the most part first half of ROTS. So, from both angles, new things and similarities to the movies, I don’t think Anakin is given much that’s better constructed. Moreso, to me, some things are more given more time to them, maybe?