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Anakin has a clear motive, and a logical progression from naive to evil.

Danny just decides to lose her shit one day.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Anakin has a clear motive, and a logical progression from naive to evil.

...did he, though?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anakin did not like sand, so therefore he had to kill all the younglings to win Padme's love. It's a very clear yet compelling character arc.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

And you have to remember that he liked to spin as "it was a cool trick".

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I'd say so

  • plucked from poverty and slavery, despite his mother remaining helpless, by a Jedi that was a part of an order that ultimately saw him as an unscrupulous means to an end of maintaining their power

  • he felt as though he could make a bigger difference than he was allowed if stated order relinquished their attempt at controlling him

  • this feeling was vindicated by his mother's torture and subsequent death

  • had his previously instilled beliefs challenged by two men he respected

  • incredibly strong motivation to go against the Jedi's wishes to save the one person he valued more than life itself