Fuck, I forgot how sad that movie is.
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It’s crazy to think Anakin could have had everything he ever wanted. He would have been granted the rank of master in due time, he could have lived happily ever after with the woman he loved. But instead he was groomed and manipulated by some creepy old fuck. It’s really sad.
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It was so incredibly sad, Natalie Portman died of sadness. I always thought that sort of thing was reserved for people who lost their spouse of fifty years, and kind of really only worked because they were super old anyway.
I dunno why Anakin didn’t just bail on the whole Jedi thing after they told him he couldn’t be with Padme. It’s not like his Force powers were dependant on an active membership or something; he could’ve just quit, married his smoking hot Senator wife without having to hide it, and remained her personal bodyguard without all the control and manipulation from the Jedi.
Pretty fuckin’ stupid too how he sided with Palpatine when he was Force lightning-ing Mace Windu and Mace was merely defending himself with his lightsaber, though I can kind of understand how he’d reached a breaking point. But then, he’s just like “In for a penny, in for a pound, I guess I’m completely evil now” and goes to kill a bunch of children, many of whom he probably not only knew but likely participated to some extent in their training… that’s even lazier storytelling than “Somehow, Palpatine returned.”
Oh yeah, gotta give a shout out to “You can’t win, I have the high ground!” coming from the guy who defeated Darth Maul while he had the high ground. Fuckin’ brilliant.
One of my favourite things is how the prequel trilogy very justifiably got shat all over in the years following its release, until comparatively recently when the Internet just collectively decided that it was actually really good and people only claimed to dislike it because they thought it was cool to hate.
… the kids who grew up with the prequels became the majority on the internet. The original hate was from those who grew up with the original Trilogy.
It’s almost like characters can be complex and flawed and not make perfect decisions forever 🙄
Also, do you chastise partners in abusive relationships for not “just bailing”? Like, we have irl examples of how relationships like this work. And you’re saying " whY dIDn’T hE JusT lEaVe?/??/?" like it’s insightful?
I guess a “troubled person” would just thoughtlessly kill a bunch of kids he spent quite some time with on a whim.
I kinda think this story would’ve been better if it had been left an untold mystery. Way too much “this has to happen like this so that the original trilogy can happen as it did”.
Still better than 7-9 though.
Still better than 7-9 though.
I don’t know why you’re comparing Seven of Nine to an entire movie trilogy. I think she’s a pretty cool character, catsuit not withstanding.
Speaking of Star Wars though, it would’ve been cool if they made a series of movies with the original cast set later in life. You know, like a sequel trilogy of some sort. I guess with Carrie Fisher gone that’s a lost cause. A real shame.
I guess we have to deal with the reality that a sequel trilogy has never and will never be made
