Mal12345
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Agreed; either that, or make the movies longer, because shoving Anakin's downfall into two 2-hour movies where there a lot more things going on made it rushed (though Lucas just HAD to keep it at the 2-hour length he wanted). Or, they could've just cut out some of the slack.
You make a good point here, and I've said this before. However, the Originals may have been better movies, especially for their time, but I just didn't find them interesting.
It's just obvious what's going on here is very simple. We have an age difference. When Star Wars first came out it was a BIG deal, not just to me but to millions of people. But when I saw the teaser previews on TV of Luke swinging over the abyss with Leia in arm (I didn't even know their names yet or why they were doing these things), I was like HOLY SHIT! (Except I was a nice little tyke who didn't cuss at all.) So it's just something where you had to be there, in 1977, or the effect of it all is lost.
(And then I was like that with the John Carter previews I saw on TV recently, except in this case hardly anybody else cared about that movie.)
Consider the fact that the greatest sci-fi movies of the time either were classics from the 1950s or lame attempts such as 2001:A Space Odyssey or - Logan's Run (confusing plot and miniature shot effects) which came out two years before SW. And of course there was THX 1138 and Robinson Crusoe On Mars (which got my creative juices flowing). And Silent Running with those cute little maintenance robots which definitely predestined r2d2 (i.e., Lucas stole the concept)....
And then, suddenly - THERE WAS STAR WARS!
There was more to it than that. I was able to write a 17,681 character (3,252 words) personal analysis of his character, because I was being tired of people complaining about him (since he was my favorite character of the entire film, right after Obi-Wan). Also keep in mind that, not only was he a slave who had animal-like logic, outside of his mother, who he hardly saw after he left to become a Jedi when he was 9, Obi-Wan (and even then, he was awfully cold with him many times), and Padme were the only ones that loved him (though he wrongfully thought the Emperor cared for him, which is why he often went to him for reassurance). Qui-Gon was nice for him for a time, but he didn't exactly love him and he died shorty after they met each other. Plus, the Jedi were very strict with him and set in their ways.
One of the biggest problems with the Jedi is that they were often too narrow-minded, rigid, emotionally void and repressive (in all honesty, trying to repress your feelings is not good for your psychological health), and afraid of change. Completely anti-human. They just weren't adaptable or flexible enough, and ignored emotional needs altogether. On top of that, they knew that Anakin was taken in late and wasn't trained to control his emotions, and they didn't adapt to that either. They just hoped that he would learn. And when Anakin messed up, they got mad at him.
And I can write 17,000 words about an ant-pile in my backyard (even if I have to invent most of it). All you're saying is that you were almost obsessed with his characterization. I don't really get it. However, such a thing might be good for a BA degree somewhere.