Was Anikan too young to grow a decent beard, which was the fashion of his mentor Qua Gon Jin and Obi wan, or was he rebelling against his immediate masculine role models?
Was Obi Wan a bad mentor/teacher?
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Was Anikan too young to grow a decent beard, which was the fashion of his mentor Qua Gon Jin and Obi wan, or was he rebelling against his immediate masculine role models?
That's code?
She's a pedo?
Padme shuts her eyes and thinks of Jake Lloyd.
She's a pedo?
Padme shuts her eyes and thinks of Jake Lloyd.
I have this image in my mind of Anakin strolling down the halls of the temple, passing Yoda and his clique. Yoda says "Six months it's been...and still no Jedi beard?" to which Anakin replies in his usual cavalier tone.
"Gotta keep it smooth for the ladies!" and the Masters just sigh and go about their business.
"I can't go with you to Alderaan."
"Look you little twerp, I've been living in a cave for 20 years waiting for you to be old enough to travel. You're going to Alderaan. Pack."
"Look you little twerp, I've been living in a cave for 20 years waiting for you to be old enough to travel. You're going to Alderaan. Pack."
Think how twisted the story must be if Padme had been working the whole time along to corrupt Anikan for Palpatine.
Much more MacBeth, as the story should have been.
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She was a Queen first, and an elected one at that, which confused me to no end. Never mind the 14 year elected queen.
I was meaning Senator Palpatine and Queen Amidala. Both of Naboo.
I follow better now.
Sometimes Hitler had off days....
From what I understand, Guinness was somewhat proud of those roles. (Obi-wan not so much).
I guess it's also questionable, not only ethically but also strategically, of Obi-Wan to not eventually tell Luke the truth about his father, even when he knew Luke was going to confront Vader, I guess he was convinced that either Vader wouldn't tell or that Luke would be strong enough to still not join him.
In New Hope, Luke shouldn't have been anywhere near Vader, unless Obi-Wan's plan was to trick Vader into murdering his own son... I mean seriously, how is a wuss like Anikan Skywalker supposed to cope with with being told that he has just "accidentally" murdered his own son, half way through a fight to the death with probably his exboyfriend?
While Vader is reacting to that, watching his baby boy bleed out, Ben pares off a few robolimbs, winning the final battle (2 movies early) conclusively.
That had to be the plan... Why else keep Anikan's surname?
While Vader is reacting to that, watching his baby boy bleed out, Ben pares off a few robolimbs, winning the final battle (2 movies early) conclusively.
That had to be the plan... Why else keep Anikan's surname?
The way I look at it, Ben never intended to ever tell Luke about Vader because in his mind Anakin is dead and gone and that thing that calls itself Vader murdered him.
To contextualise this remember that Anakin wasn't just "a good friend" and former pupil of Obi-Wan as one might presume just from watching the OT. He literally raised Anakin from a boy to a man. He's family. As such these are the only terms in which he can emotionally process what Anakin became and what he was forced to do to him.
What I found telling is Yoda's reaction when Luke asks for confirmation in RotJ. He's surprised that Vader told him. This implies he believed whatever might be left of Anakin so far gone that he would never reach out to make a familial connection. That he would see Luke as either a threat to be eliminated or a tool to be used. Nothing more.
Incidentally, this should be the audience's first real clue that Yoda and Obi-Wan got it wrong and that Luke's instincts about Anakin are correct.
This mindset also informs what he says when he kills Maul. He believes Luke is the chosen one because in his mind, it can't be Anakin because he's gone and can never come back.
What I found telling is Yoda's reaction when Luke asks for confirmation in RotJ. He's surprised that Vader told him. This implies he believed whatever might be left of Anakin so far gone that he would never reach out to make a familial connection. That he would see Luke as either a threat to be eliminated or a tool to be used. Nothing more.
Incidentally, this should be the audience's first real clue that Yoda and Obi-Wan got it wrong and that Luke's instincts about Anakin are correct.
It is true, that up to that point Yoda and Obi-wan had considered Anakin gone forever. Consumed by Darth Vader. Yoda said he kept that truth from Luke because the information would be a burden on Luke as he rushed to face Vader. A burden Luke was not ready for as his training wasn't complete. That Vader just up and told Luke that he was his father was unexpected by Yoda and Obi-wan. While Luke had still doubts about what Vader had said, his reaction to Vader calling for him on the Falcon was telling, even if the audience really, really didn't want to believe it back between 1980 and 1983.
Denial + midichlorians = self=-jedi-mind-trick.
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