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muddyknees2000 said:
I think we're arguing slightly different points here. Where as you're arguing IN-world, I'm coming from a basic film mechanics OUT-of-world standpoint.
I've been trying to articulate why I thought everyone was missing the point earlier, but you've saved me the trouble as this sums it up perfectly.
Regardless of internal reasons, he is in the role of a bad guy/betrayer from a pure story perspective and with regard to our protagonists (the only characters that are relevant to a viewer). Doesn't matter if he had a choice in the matter. He still flipflops between roles, which is precisely the point muddyknees has been making. An overarching theme of the movies is transformation, for good or ill.
To have one character in the Prequels who could possibly demonstrate this compellingly, with the gravitas that only Christopher Lee could command, and then to squander it by making him a regular bad guy? Ludicrous.