I feel the same way, but the Clone Wars animated series really changed my opinion on what Lucas was going for with Anakin’s fall. The movies didn’t execute on the idea all that well, but when you add in the extra background the Clone Wars added, I think it made a lot more sense.
The novelization of the third movie is also great and does a lot more to show anakins internal dilemma and psychological state.
Like, the guy was having prophetic nightmares of his wife dying night after night and one of his closest mentors (number 2 behind obiwan) offers a way to ensure those terrible visions never come to pass.
and he was fighting in a brutal war for years and was basically not sleeping at all for days when palps really started making serious moves on him. sleep depravation is serious shit and jedi or not Anakin is a human
I feel the same way, but the Clone Wars animated series really changed my opinion on what Lucas was going for with Anakin’s fall. The movies didn’t execute on the idea all that well, but when you add in the extra background the Clone Wars added, I think it made a lot more sense.
Nah the movies didn’t magically become good just because Lucas gave us homework.
I never argued the movies were good
The novelization of the third movie is also great and does a lot more to show anakins internal dilemma and psychological state.
Like, the guy was having prophetic nightmares of his wife dying night after night and one of his closest mentors (number 2 behind obiwan) offers a way to ensure those terrible visions never come to pass.
and he was fighting in a brutal war for years and was basically not sleeping at all for days when palps really started making serious moves on him. sleep depravation is serious shit and jedi or not Anakin is a human