gffa: Star Wars Made Easy - Why Does Anakin Join The Dark Side?EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS PAGE IS SO ON P
gffa: Star Wars Made Easy - Why Does Anakin Join The Dark Side?EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS PAGE IS SO ON POINT.Why does Anakin Skywalker do it? Is it for love? Anakin certainly thinks so, but his love for Padme is a selfish, possessive love–it’s about how she makes him feel, rather than concern for her best interests. This doesn’t mean he doesn’t genuinely love her, but that Anakin’s love has always been fraught with these issues and that he never learned self-control (never really wanted to learn it).His past informs so much of who he is, the lack of control he had as a child because he was a slave and so he still fears the disorder around him (which results in how much he wants to follow someone who will make people do the right thing, as Anakin sees it).Is it a mistake? Yes, absolutely. Was he tricked into it? No, he wasn’t. He was manipulated by Palpatine, he’s put in a position that’s terrible for him, but it’s a choice. It is an active choice and he chooses it of his own free will and chooses it every day of his life after that. He may believe there’s nothing else for him, but he’s also choosing to believe that–given that the kyber crystal in Vader #5 shows him that it’s blatantly not true.*SLAMS FIST DOWN ON THE TABLE* THIS IS WHAT I AM HERE FOR. -- source link
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