Summary
Even without Palpatine ’s self - serving manipulation , I ’m convincedAnakin Skywalkerstill would have fallen to the saturnine side finally . The tragedy of Anakin Skywalker is the mettle of the Skywalker saga . Almost everything in theStar Warsmovieshappens because ofAnakin ’s crepuscule to the dark sideand his commitment to Emperor Palpatine . The destruction of the Jedi , Padmé Amidala ’s death , and Luke and Leia ’s separation are all tied up in Anakin ’s sinister transformation . At the same time , the legacy of the Jedi was able-bodied to live on in Luke Skywalker after he redeemed his father inReturn of the Jedi .
Though it was open from the moment he put his eyes on Anakin inStar state of war : Episode I – The Phantom Menacethat Palpatine wanted to apply Anakin for his own personal increase , Palpatine is n’t the only grounds Anakin fell to the moody side . Not by a long snapshot . Palpatine only really amplify the precariousness that was already there , the darkness that was brewing beneath the surface . Even without his disturbance , I really think Anakin would have fallen to the drab side anyway – it may just have take him a niggling while longer to get there .
While Anakin Skywalker ’s issues with wrath and hate are well - acknowledge , he struggled with a number of fault that at long last led him to the coloured side .
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Palpatine Encouraged Anakin’s Darkness, But Didn’t Create It
Palpatine did n’t create Anakin ’s dark ; he did n’t involve to . It was a part of Anakin ’s very being , so intrinsic to his character that Palpatine sincerely only call for to coax it out rather than force it into existence . Having grown up as a slave , Anakin experienced greed , jealousy , violence , and anger from a very young age . Though his mother loved him dearly , and Anakin truly loved her in return , there was only so much Shmi Skywalker could do to protect her untested , impressionable Word from his environment .
As a resultant of his improper and disturbing childhood , Anakin became fiercely firm to those who show him kindness . That loyalty , however , easily became obsessive , morphing into a twisted variation of sexual love . All he ’d ever known was greediness and ire . Is it any wonder that those black emotions became a distinctive part of who he was as a individual and Jedi ? Anakin may have been capable to stamp those belief down for a while when he start out training with the Jedi Order , but it was never truly going to be enough . He could n’t hide out that part of himself from Palpatine .
The senator for Naboo , Palpatine climb up to power and influence during the dying days of the Republic . In reality , his public theatrical role was just a masquerade ; he was really Darth Sidious , greatest of the Sith Lords , and he used his political skill and Machiavellian cunning to add down both the Republic and the Jedi . Palpatine predominate his Galactic Empire for decennium , until he was betrayed by his learner , Darth Vader . Even this was n’t enough to contain the Emperor , however , as he was resurrected by his follower - only to be defeated once again .
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Yoda Was Right To Sense Fear In Anakin Right From The Start
When Qui - Gon first introduces Anakin Skywalker to theJedi Council inThe Phantom Menace , Yoda immediately sense Anakin ’s care . He ’s not needs fearsome of the Jedi , however – he ’s fearful of his mother ’s future on Tatooine and that he ’ll never see her again . dread , as we make love , is a tool used by those who wield the dark side . It can alter us irrevocably . Though the Jedi are taught to overcome their concern , Anakin ’s modern age made that so much operose for him .
The Jedi may have recognized Anakin ’s fear , but they never gave him the proper tools to process it .
“ concern lead to angriness , anger leads to detest , and detest leads to suffering,”Yoda says after Anakin ’s Jedi test . But that ’s the exact problem – Anakin is already well present with all of those emotion . When he link up the Jedi Order , he is forced to suppress those feelings , while the other Jedi are simply teach to be mindful of them . The Jedi may have recognized his fear , but I do n’t believe they ever gave him the proper tools to litigate it .
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Anakin Skywalker ’s fall to the Dark Side was a long time in the making , but which characters add the most to his ultimate turn to villainy ?
Anakin’s Desire For Padmé Meant The Jedi Code Would Never Be Enough
Anakin ’s fright for his mother was wrapped up in his desperate pauperization for making love and affectionateness . After he was class from Shmi , who was going to give that to him ? Certainly not the Jedi , who are learn not to form attachments . They can be friendly , certain , supporting , genial , and compassionate , but that was never really going to be enough for Anakin . He craved love and was fearful of a life without it , and when Padmé pace back into his worldly concern inStar war : Episode II – Attack of the Clones , he could n’t stop himself from fall for her .
Here was someone who had been tolerant to him before he ’d become one of the Jedi . She enjoyed pass time with him , laughed at his wacky antic , and could offer him the love and affection that he so desperately craved . Once he had her , he could n’t let go , and it became unclouded that the Jedi Code and Anakin ’s place as an respectable protector of the galaxy would never be enough to placate him .
Anakin ’s need for love life is painfully understandable – it ’s human nature , after all , to assay out connexion with others . The Jedi seek that same connexion with the Force , and for many , that ’s enough . It ’s clear to me , however , that neither Obi - Wan Kenobi nor the other Jedi who learn Anakin ever sincerely showed him how one could eventually replace the other . Anakin ’s connection to the Force is instinctual and brawny – he does not seek answer from the Force , he does n’t meditate all that often . He knows what he wants , and he goes for it , and what he wanted was Padmé .
The senator for Naboo, Palpatine rose to power and influence during the dying days of the Republic. In reality, his public persona was just a mask; he was really Darth Sidious, greatest of the Sith Lords, and he used his political skills and Machiavellian cunning to bring down both the Republic and the Jedi. Palpatine ruled his Galactic Empire for decades, until he was betrayed by his apprentice, Darth Vader. Even this wasn’t enough to stop the Emperor, however, as he was resurrected by his followers - only to be defeated once again.
Anakin’s Competing Attachments Would Always Tear Him Apart
In direct defiance of the Jedi Code , Anakin created and nurtured his attachment . He was bond to his female parent , he was attached to Padmé , and he was attached to Obi - Wan Kenobi , too , who was like a buddy to him . Each of those fastening tugged at a different side of him , however . His fondness for his mother , who had protected him as best as she could , ate away at him until he could take it no longer . When he fall upon that she ’d died , and more importantly , how she ’d give out , he snapped and commit his first sincerely violent , dark deed .
His attachment to Padmé was passionate and obsessional . He was hers , and she was his , and nothing could and would ever derive between them . InStar Wars : The Clone Wars , Anakin ’s jealousy often nonplus the good of him – he assault anyone who state an interest group in his wife and even sometimes mistreated Padmé in the mental process .
Anakin want love and a family , and he want the regard and comradeship of the Jedi Order . Those two attachments were always going to be in direct competition with one another .
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Anakin ’s relationship with Obi - Wan was more complex , but no less triggering and cryptic . Obi - Wan essentially raised Anakin once he join the Jedi Order . Obi - Wan was kind , compassionate , and understanding – sometimes too understanding , as Obi - Wan ’s fastening to Anakin also played a theatrical role in the downfall of the Jedi Order – and Anakin wanted to please him and be Quaker with him . Anakin ’s loyalty to Obi - Wan arguably surpassed his loyalty to the Jedi Order as a whole .
Anakin wanted love and a family , and he wanted the respect and camaraderie of the Jedi Order . Those two attachment were always depart to be in direct challenger with one another . They could never co - exist , and Obi - Wan , who knew about Anakin and Padmé ’s relationship , should n’t have let them . As sad as it is to say , I believe that Obi - Wan is just as complicit in Anakin ’s fall to the dark side as Palpatine was .
It was revealed in Mike Chen’sStar WarsnovelBrotherhood , as well as inStar Wars : The Clone Warsseason 7 , that Obi - Wan cognise about Anakin and Padmé all along .
If Obi - Wan had just talked to Anakin and told him that he knew of his kinship and that Anakin would need to make a pick , as Obi - Wan himself once did , so much heartbreak could have been avoided . Instead , Palpatine swoop in and visualise Anakin ’s struggles . He did n’t make them . He did n’t force Anakin to tie Padmé , and he did n’t force Anakin to remain in the Jedi Order . Palpatine just used his knowledge of Anakin ’s life to his advantage , labor his claws into his insecurities , and pushedAnakin Skywalkerto the breaking point .
Conceived by the will of the Force itself , Anakin Skywalker was the prophesied Chosen One , specify to take the Force into balance . Anakin struggled to poise competing attachments to the Jedi Order and his wife Padmé Amidala , and finally fell to the black side , becoming Darth Vader . For year he served as Palpatine ’s right-hand script man , but he was at last redeemed by the trust of his son , Luke Skywalker . Now a Force Ghost , Anakin go on to act as an agent of balance .
Conceived by the will of the Force itself, Anakin Skywalker was the prophesied Chosen One, destined to bring the Force into balance. Anakin struggled to balance competing attachments to the Jedi Order and his wife Padmé Amidala, and ultimately fell to the dark side, becoming Darth Vader. For years he served as Palpatine’s right hand man, but he was ultimately redeemed by the faith of his son, Luke Skywalker. Now a Force Ghost, Anakin continues to act as an agent of balance.
