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.

  • el_muerte@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    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.

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      3 days ago

      … 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.

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      3 days ago

      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?

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        3 days ago

        I guess a “troubled person” would just thoughtlessly kill a bunch of kids he spent quite some time with on a whim.