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Love this channel Lore Master
Brother, please do a video next on how Obi-Wan and Anakin's relationship truly faltered or how sadistic Anakin became throughout the Clone Wars to ROTS to Vader.
@@RainbowSkillz
That's a good idea there
The Lore Master thank you for making these videos they are excellent
The Lore Master just a slave comment was from a canon comic book
Once a slave from Tatooine, to a slave from the Jedi order, to a Slave of the Sith. Good thing Luke finally released his spirit.
I never looked at it that way. Such a tragic character Anakin is
"The Force shall set me free." - Sith Code
So much power and potential, constantly caged and manipulated.
More like a slave in his mind, he wasn't a slave to the Jedi order or the Sith... but the slave mentality from his childhood remained. From a psychological point of view of course.
If thats the case than every sith and jedi are slaves to their order. Anakin just had a fucked up mid set due to the war and his childhood
“Don’t come to the Jedi Temple tomorrow”
Gotta love that photo of Ferus Olin at 4:51. He ate everyone up in the looks department imo and deserves to be canon again. He suffered a lonely existence at the Jedi Temple just like Anakin did and shared the burden of being the second most gifted Jedi student at the temple behind Anakin. Unlike the other Padawans, he never made fun of Anakin for being a slave. In fact, he was envious of Anakin for still having his mother when he had no recollection of his own family and lamented that he couldn't comfort him knowing he was a lonely child much like himself. The only reason why some fans hated him is because they think he's too perfect and trusted Anakin's dislike towards him instead of realizing that Anakin is an unreliable narrator. If anyone cares to read up on him, they'd be able to see parallels between his and Anakin's fates, why the Jedi Council favored him over Anakin, why Obi-Wan personally chose to complete his Jedi training, and why Leia eventually developed an attachment to him when he became her Jedi guardian.
"in my view the Jedi are evil!"
How much harder does that sentence hit now? Oh mannnn
wow, that is just makes me feel even more sad about what happened to Anakin
You would think that after thousands of years of the Jedi order, they would know how to deal with gifted children? The Jedi failed Anakin as much as Palpatine brainwashed him.
suddenly makes sense to why he was creepy around padme - furthering how well hayden christensen played him
1:20 name calling, the way of the Sith it is
It’s ironic that what ultimately destroyed the Jedi was their unnecessarily restrictive lifestyle. Meanwhile, Luke went so far as to get a kiss from his own sister and still came out pretty well as a knight.
Okay, that last point was stupid, but Anakin’s character isn’t. Heck, his character is so tragic the very role of playing him seems to curse whichever actor steps up to bat.
0:05 holy shit, i remember i once had that poster on right, i had it years when i was younger, you really had to get used to see Darth Maul staring at you when you go to sleep, it's like having a Satan guarding you in room.
when i read "just a slave" i thought they deserved it lol
It's no wonder he turned to the dark side.
I think that the reason why Anakin didn’t help the other students is because the Jedi, for one, didn’t seem to recognize his progress.
Then his classmates just teased him all the time using his heritage in a prejudice type of manner.
Just goes to show that the Jedi were not perfect at all.
That they let the children develop biases based on what society thinks.
That’s just my opinion thou.
Good video. Thanks for doing these
No wonder that of all the things he could've said to Padme, he went with "I don't like sand."
Yep, the Jedi aren’t really known for their romantic teachings 😊 people are hard on Lucas for Anakin’s cheesy lines, but with no Jedi instruction on how to interact with the ladies, it’s totally to be expected that in preparation for wooing Padmé some day (as he always intended to sooner or later) he would have drawn inspiration from whatever b-grade holomovie romance Coruscant had to offer 😂
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2:39 Truly the face of a prodigy
Fascinating because the Jedi Council didn't promote Anikin they helped cause him to become Vader at least as a young padawan.
I honestly think that it was for the best, in the long run, that Anakin destroyed the old Jedi order, and helped destroy the old Republic.
The former was incompetent and indifferent to suffering and injustice; and the latter was completely riddled with corruption.
Even beautiful forests, periodically need fires, in order to keep the weeds from devastating them.
It was stupid, Anakin should´ve been taught V-paad by mace and other force secrets by Yoda, after completing the regular classes, he was the chosen one!
@@cheshirekat3050 I agree, I also believe that the Jedi Order and the Republic had to go in order for a better Jedi Order and a New Republic to arise in their place.
No wonder he was so grumpy.
Yep... and no wonder when he fell in love with Padmé (or more accurately, became obsessed with her) he clung so desperately to her cuz she made him feel so special and awesome
O Hanna Anakin’s life sucked if you think about it, Padme offered him reprieve in a way.
Very true. It’s a well known fact that the harder someone’s life sucks, the more they need and seek out distractions and escapisms, and Padmé was Anakin’s escape from his loneliness and distraction from his stress... and of course, she was probably the only one who actually tolerated his grumpiness and mood swings 😄-😤-😅
O Hanna he grew up a slave on the worst planet, and was grown up and groomed to believe he was the savior of the Jedi order, this made him arrogant, and it alienated him from any friends he could’ve had in the Jedi Temple. He never had a father growing up and Qui Gon Jin was the best chance for a dad. Such a tragic character.
Skywalker: A Star Wars Story
This would make an awesome movie.
The same feeling to me after watching The Last Jedi
Anakin in the thumbnail looked SO much like Luke!
well...he is his dad :)
4:09 This is confirmed to be somewhat true by Dave Filoni in Gallery: The Mandalorian
When is the “All Shuttle Types” video coming out?!?! I’m sorry but I can’t wait any longer
If The Jedi Counsoler ever did granted Anakin Special Treatment that would be a different story.
Thanks for the Disney Infinity music
Why does that sound like my childhood
Anakin has plenty of legitimate reasons to complain and be upset
He also had to deal with SAND, because it was coursed, irritating, and got everywhere. 😆
The song reminds me of Never Meant to Belong from the anime Bleach.
*BIGGEST MISSED OPPORTUNITY OF THE PREQUELS!*
Not seeing Anakin’s interactions with other students, as well as his Youngling training..
Deandre this is why there are books and comics.
I say the prequels should have begun with a young Anakin already at the Jedi temple. Apart from seeing Darth Maul in action, The Phantom Menace was unnecessary.
@@blackpowderkun Books detach people from what is going on. We are visual creatures, we relate to seeing real people. Not words on a page
@cadkls Every person who has ever read a book and loved a character from it would disagree.
Same
You ever hear the tragedy of Anakin Skywalker the Chosen One?
I would certainly like to!
Anakin Skywalker That’s not a story the new republic would tell you.
Later told by Luke to Ben when he’s still a Jedi. Hah. 😂
Darth Sand*
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The fact Anakin is so complex is one of the many reasons he's among my favorite Star Wars characters.
Ey it’s Jaina
You know what isn't complex?...
Fallout 4
Anakin´s past is the embodiment of the jedi´s slave philosophy and his rebelious ways are the embodiment of the sith´s master mentality
@Obi-Wan Kenobi it's good game, just not a good Fallout game. It doesn't deserve to be labeled as an RPG, because it's just a base building looter shooter.
@@whatsgoodnwah3032 ehhh, I'd call it a linear story based looter shooter with an rpglike leveling system. Regardless a massive disappointment.
Anakin would have been far better off with Qui-gon as his master. Qui-gon was a rebel himself and would better understand and train Anakin.
Yeah, Obiwan was a good master. But Qui Gon would have been the perfect one for Anakin if he survived the fight with Maul.
They could have changed the Jedi Order from the inside together, and put balance to the force, without the Order 66.
@@jacobsummers3441 Poor Obi-Wan did the best he could. He had such a crushing task.
Give him to the Dark Lady. The whole outcome would of been different by far.
Yes, it's not Obi-Wan's fault in any way, but he was just not mature enough at the time (he was only 25 and just knighted), and their personality clash made them better as "brothers", like during the Clone Wars, after Anakin was knighted. Qui-Gon was much older, more mature, and even more importantly, an "outsider" and non-conformist as well, while Obi-Wan tried his best to always hold to the book.
Yeah he would have had the confidence to tailor his teaching plan to Anakin and to allow him to do his own thing, eg if he backs him in Tatooine Pod race he'd teach him through Garbage Pit race
Isolation can be a worse killer than any form of weaponry.
Then I'm Plagueis cuz I've been killed many times, perhaps I'm using the midichlorians to keep myself alive
Darth Troller Ironic...he could save others from death...but not himself.
Ollanius Pius I agree
Not for me
Or salvation
TFW you're freed from slavery just to be made a slave for the jedi. Then some evil guy comes around promising to save your wife and free you from the corruption of the jedi just to make you *his* slave instead. Anakin Skywalker was a free man for all of a couple minutes before dying on the second death star.
Yup, and in the end he was still the chosen one. Went from light to dark till that special moment came for him to fulfill his destiny and save his son. Prophecies can be tricky.
Nice comment. That sums up Anakin Skywalker’s tragic and pain full life. Thank goodness that in the end he repented and became part of the force! Awesome director George Lukes is. He legionary for creating The Star Wars Universe!!!
@@18skunk18 You started so strong there bud. Did you have a stroke by the end of your comment? lol
SnarkyRogue I forgot to check the Grammar and to check for logic clear writing. No, I don’t have a stroke, just that I don’t write that often or constantly.
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Once during the clone wars Anakin returned to the temple to meet his former fellow padawans to make peace with them...
..with the 501st legion in his side
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Frost501 😂😂 he did make peace
@@brauliohernandez3724 He brought peace and order to his empire.
@@bryanmanuel4945 To your new empire?
Vince Flores thank you.
"Don't come to the temple tomorrow"
Thanks fam!
"I've made a good friend"
@@justintang5930 i mean he did slaughter everyone in the temple so yeah he is one
Hella Wicked avatar reference?
@@scherebeatle No, he is making a school shooter joke
And people say he was whiny "for no reason."
Anakin had a pretty rough early on... it took _years_ for him to become the strong and intelligent, Cocky General we saw in the Clone Wars.
Then again, people make fun of Anakin until he becomes Vader, THEN all those same Anakin haters have something *Completely Different* to say.
It wasnt shown in the prequels so why should they care.
@@orbaitv5991
I mean... being shown to be a Slave in the FIRST Prequel movie should've been a red flag to a traumatic childhood, but ya know, no biggie
@@thalmoragent9344 Also seeing his mother die,he left all his friends,his mentor died but no he has no reason to whine
He isn't whiney because he complains about legitimate problems in his life. He is whiney because they cast an actor whose voice cracks when shouting and then suddenly we are to accept he becomes the manliest guy in the universe (aka James Earl Jones) when he is put into a metal suit
I have never had an issue with the character but the casting was just awful, he never comes across as more than a dramatic teen, despite the fact that on paper the character and his life events are brilliant story wise
@@otakuveritas 1. That was on purpose look behind the scenes they tell him to act whiny and manly people don't act like Vader who was depressed and actually blamed everyone for his failures
2. And I don't see Vader in the movies as anything more than a second in command who beats either old men or children and then loses to children so yeah. Also that was when Anakin had a mental breakdown if anything Luke was more whiny
The Jedi did it. They turned, unwittingly, turned Anakin against them. They made Vader, not Sidious.
Yeah, Sidious recognized the anger and used it, but it had developed over years of mishandling by the Jedi. They were overall, a pretty aloof group.
Also he hunt them after order 66.
Ace Rodge Sidious turning him to the dark side was the icing on the cake
In the end the Jedi got what they deserved, both canon and legends.
Ace Rodge in a way yes, but ultimately was Sideous
At least Anakin has a reason to be edgy, unlike Kylo Ren.
Disney does not know how to write characters.
@@theguybehindyou4762 Well said
Kylo Ren is basically just a cheap rip off of Anakin.
@@charlinethom1624 And Kylo Ren is the only character in the new star wars series that has good character development.
Well atleast kylo ren is trying to be a friendless fuck. “Just like you darth vader” or whatever crap he says
That's sad about what happened to Anakin
It's not his fault at why he falled to the Dark Side.....
@@thanhcongnguyen2085
It kind of is.
You should hear Darth Banes story, both had really sad childhoods and started their force training really late while also being prodigies.
Alexa ...
well dont be too sympathetic, its only legends after all so it never actually happened
Anakin suddenly became the most relateable character in the series
Drewdles the Noodle he was being sarcastic but great observation nonetheless
@Drew The novelization of ROTS and AOTC, sadly no longer canon, both suggest Anakin was abused as a child, not just a slave. He was certainly beaten by Watto, reportedly receiving his worst beating at the age of only 4. Well, enslavement is the worst form of abuse as well of course.
There's actually a really interesting post on this. wingletblackbird.tumblr.com/post/167085096868/a-nurturing-environment
Agreed. When I went to art school, at first I barely got along with anyone and I spent most my free time in my own room by my laptop, parelly interracting with other residents of the school apartment
I get the feeling that the council never believed in Anakin, possibly felt threatened by the possibility of him being the chosen one that would render all of them obsolete, and took him on as a favor to the fallen Qui Gon but dumped him on Obi Wan in the hopes that he would fail to properly mentor the boy, knowing full well he was not up to the task.
I mean sure Obi Wan volunteered for the job, but Mace, who had some experience with the dark side, was clearly the better choice for training a padawan who knew dark side emotions.
I love Obi-wan, but nearly anyone of the Jedi Masters was a better suit. He was a kid himself who had just witnessed his master's death, when the Council dumped a boy under his tutelage. Both Anakin and Obi-wan should've been taught by another Master afterwards, preferably together, so that they could bond over the memory of Qui-gon and the events of Tatooine. Anakin should've skipped the temple and went straight to being a padawan.
Despite Mace being extremely powerful, I do think he would fear the boy, just as Yoda did. Though Mace was close to the dark side, he had a double standard regarding its usage amongst his students and the Order, and was in general a hardass; something I think a young Anakin would struggle with. There's a reason ALL of Mace's students went to the dark side. He doesn't know how to help others cope with negative feelings, cause he's so well-reigned and aloof. Just my opinion, but I think Kit Fisto would be perfect. He's no substitute for Qui-gon, but I think his laid back attitude, resourcefulness and love of combat would lead to a good tutor and friend for a young Anakin. I think Obi-wan being wise for his age and detached from negativity wouldn't really struggle being taught by Windu, or any other Master, for that matter. Well, maybe C'baoth.
@@Kaikojo You guys forget. The Jedi Order have no business with who Qui-gon passes Anikan too. It would have been over his dead body if the Jedi order tried to steal Anikan like he is some package. Also same with his Padawan who is doing the last thing his Master wanted and had to be made a knight automatically by the Jedi order or no one can train Anikan. What if Anikan quits if Obi wan or even Qui-qon were stopped. They can't force someone to be a jedi either.
@ yes they can. Literaly every jedi ever was kind of forced to be one. Did you forget they were taken from their parents?
@@Gr3nadgr3gory That is all they knew it would not make sense for those kids to run away from a place with all their friends and parent figures. When they become padawans they probably don't know what else to do and make a living. Jedi can retire and leave the order. Remember it is lightsaber against a lightsaber. No one wants to enter a fight to the death for every Jedi that walks away. Many Jedi left the order even the main characters like Ashoka left and even Obi Wan said he would leave the order to be with his lover Satine if she said the word.
@ im saying that might be a reason why many leave the order too. I wouldnt exactly want to be a part of an organization that basically kidnaps special kids
I’m pretty sure the lesson here is: “Anakin’s spent his entire life as a slave.”
A slave to Watto, The Order (to an extent, The Republic), and then finally Palpatine (as well as The Empire). Hell, he was a slave to the very power he served: The Dark Side of the Force. I recken the only time he *_wasn't_* a slave to anyone/thing was when he was dying on the second Death Star.
Finally luke freed him
Through victory my chains are broken. The Force shall free me.
Anakin is such a tragic character, he's literally Star Wars and the saga revolves around him. I am a sucker for fallen heroes like Macbeth or Hamlet but I don't think they even match Anakin's character depth, he's just so well written, relatable, a heroic badass warrior which only wanted to save the ones he loved. The Jedi are the most responsible for turning him to the dark side, holding him back and forcing him to be a robot with no emotions only bottled up his negative feelings, I wish Qui Gon was alive to be his master he always had more of a Grey Jedi perspective on the force, Anakin would have never turned to the dark side if he was by his side but to be fair Obi was too young for the challenge he was given to teach Anakin. Easily the best character in Star Wars
ZiLLioN Obi wan should’ve never been anakin’s master his own training wasn’t complete
Qui Gon wasn't grey, he was the most Jedi like Jedi out of all of them. He was the only one who believed in following the will of the force, while all of the others were taking orders from the republic. When the clone wars hit and they became Generals in the Grand Army of the Republic. Peacekeeper my ass.
You could almost say Qui-Gons death was the beginning of the end for the Republic.
even when Anakin is long Dead, his Legacy lived on with Ben Solo.
While the Jedi order's philosophy of disregarding emotion was one of the nails in Anakin's coffin, I think it's also worth mentioning that Palpatine practically groomed Anakin to become his next Apprentice since the moment they met. It was always Palpatine that fed into Anakin's anxieties and twisted his mind to think the Jedi were against him. One scene in particular that shows this is a deleted scene from ROTS. In it, Anakin and Palpatine are having a conversation about Anakin's standing in the Jedi Order and how Palpatine thinks Anakin should already be a master. However, Anakin rebukes this, saying he is far from being a master yet. But Palpatine keeps insisting that he should be. I really wish they would have kept that scene in the theatrical cut, because it really does show another side to Anakin's fall to the dark side.
His Padawan buddies would constantly throw sand at him. It was coarse, rough, irritating, and it got everywhere.
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Pocket sand!
“Feeling bad that his padawan was unable to befriend anyone, Obi-wan later brought this up with the high council”
"Anakin always had a feeling that the only reason Obi-wan was spending time with him was because of the promise he made to Qui-gon. This was of course, untrue"
"Obi-wan would rather keep to himself, as he was afraid of saying the wrong thing"
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People who complain about Anakin's immaturity in AOTC only reveal their lack of understanding. I have Asperger's syndrome, and I spent years trying to modify myself to fit an impossible mold. Someone was always offended by my actions, my words, my facial expressions, and they expected me to apologize for everything that made me who I am. Only when people had the mercy to look deeper than my skin did I find true and constructive change was even possible. I didn't have to change who I was, but I could adapt as long as I had loving friends to help me along.
It's so easy to mock or even hate someone for their behavior or dialogue, but to do the hard thing and look beyond the words and strip away the outer shell is an admirable thing. That's what Padme did, and not only did she find she understood Anakin, but she found she could love him for it.
That's why neither Lucas nor Christensen should have to apologize for Anakin's portrayal. As an atypical individual, I can attest that his depiction was almost perfect. His character wasn't meant to entertain the masses; he was a gift to those of us who are exhausted and depressed, always trying and always failing to conform to society's standards of normal and acceptable.
P.S. Guess who stood by me and understood me during those years when everyone else turned away; my mother! Yet one more example of how relatable Anakin truly is.
Amen
I'm with you mate. The more I read about Ankin's childhood, the more I relate to and on some level sympathize with him. I honestly believe he had some kind of PTSD from childhood, due to having been a slave, and been physically abused (beaten) by his owner, and just witnessing the violence that was part of life there. He was basically an abuse victim from infancy, and was put into an organization that never wanted him.
His isolation led to him being groomed by an evil man who just wanted to turn him into a killing machine. People are always like "why did he listen to Palpatine?" Er, well, because a lonely, vulnerable and isolated child will just naturally gravitate to any adult who gives them positive attention. Or shows an interest in them. Especially if nobody else does.
The "wise" Jedi should have seen Anakin needed help and support, not condemnation.
I completely agree.
The prequels are very underwritten. Lucas never cared to actually shown how bad Anakin had it. Of course you can understand once you read books and comics but the movies should had been able to stand by themselves. There is no way most people would emphasize with Anakin going from a cartoony little boy genius to a depressed teenager with sociophatic tendencies if you don't show how the fuck it happened
Also, there's some evidence to show he had manic depression and a personality disorder
Some article suggested he had histrionic? personality disorder, and he checked all the boxes for the most part based on his portrayal in the prequels and the Clone Wars animated series
I like to believe that a more experienced master might have realized that Anakin needed professional help, not more lectures. Kenobi was just too young for the responsibility he was given.
His mother would've never approved of who he became later in life.
To be fair if she was still alive he would probably never go this dark path
If she didn't die early and how she did he wouldn't have turned into Darth.
Thats why when he learned the empire committed itself to slavery he had a PTSD episode.
To be fair a Anikan was doomed to turn to the dark side. He lived a sad life. He was a slave and only person he had was his mom. Anikan already experience what others do not... to love another. He love his mom and padme. Anger at the jedi for holding him back
i mean id throw my son out the window if i knew hed become such a merciless monster
This is one of the Expanded Universe details that shows how stupid it was to just throw away the EU like Disney did, the prequel novelizations and other stories that involve this stuff are too good to just pass up
pretty much it explains why Vader had his PTSD problems while being a Sith lord due to the conflict of the slaver mentality and the master mentality.
It's interesting how you think Anakin's fall to the Dark Side started way before the Clone Wars began. Imagine all those bad things happening over the years just culminating into that final push over the edge when the one person you could truly love could be lost to you forever
And knowing how clingy that probably made him, Padme likely stayed with him more out of fear than love.
Not dumping on Anakin, I just have a hard time believing he could go through all that he did and be a good family man with no mentoring on the subject.
The clone wars had little to do with Anakin's turn. It's a big issue I have with TCW's reception, at least how people who didn't like the film anakin receive him. It's clear from episode 1 Anakin has an inferiority complex probably because he is a slave and therefore has a need to prove himself shown by hi willingness to pod race. This coupled with his apparent skils which far exceeded his peers later made him arrogant but not because he just thought he was better but because of his inferiority complex meaning he HAD to believe he was better. It was important for him to be better because he needed to prove himself that he was more than a slave. As a result he would get frustrated when he perceived he was being held back. Like the master whipping the slave so they don't get too ambitious. Anyway this flaw at his core is the trait that led to Anakin turning to the dark side. He feared losing Padme which got him in the door but once he started down the path he became intoxicated with his own perceived freedom and power and wanted to relish in all the things he believed he had been held back from. When someone who is used to having little suddenly gets a lot it usually overwhelms them and they go overboard. Just give any poor person a sizable amount of money and see how few invest it vs. those who spend lavishly on the things they have always wanted.
anakin's fall started way before even ROTS and clone wars. Some of the Jedi masters and friends he made over the clone wars died and were pushing him further away. Yaddle was one of them
@@rikudoubapeck Exactly, you hit the nail right on the head. None of the other Jedi including Obi Wan would understand, they grew up in a stable setting inside their grand temple. They don’t know what it’s like to be a slave, to be treated horribly by a master. Obi Wan should’ve tried being more flexible, and understanding towards Anakin, he also could’ve shown him some genuine compassion. Obi Wan was too orthodox, too by the book, he should’ve thrown that book away and tried new approaches with Anakin the way that Shifu did with Po in ‘Kung Fu Panda’, so why didn’t he follow Qui Gon’s example instead of adhering to a flawed code?
@@jmwilliamsart I think Obi Wan did the best he could but Qui Gon specifically chose to train Anakin understanding what he needed. Part of Obi and Anakin's natural friction is that they were both under Qui Gon meaning they would have been fellow disciples. So there was always tension and confusion on their role as master and apprentice. Furthermore Anakin wanted and needed a father figure which Obi Wan couldn't and didn't want to fill as briefly alluded to in dialogue from Attack of the clones. It's clear by ROTS they are both more comfortable being brothers but Anakin missed out on a father figure which is where Palpatine was able to swoop in.
Regardless Obi Wan is who he is and even with his adherence to the more traditional Jedi training Anakin still turned out well enough that there was a chance he wouldn't have turned. Obi did care about him and I'd actually argue he cared too much and let some things slide when he shouldn't have. It's quite a nuanced situation.
The council was kind of a bunch of heartless pricks. The only reason why they cared that Anakin didn’t have any friends and was alone was bc they were afraid of him going down the path of the dark side. I mean I know Jedi are supposed to be emotionless and all, but that’s just cold
They were afraid of his potential, thats why the inexperienced Obi-Wan was his master, instead of Yoda or/and Windu.
Tom Riddle from Harry Potter could feel no love, so that drove him insane i think,
Anakin: can i take a break master Windu?
Master Windu: Take a seat young Skywalker!
That would have been badass if Anakin called Mace the N word
Bob But he didn’t have a pass though.
@@gamingwithryan2.071 Well, he became kind of black when he became Vader.
Thành Công Nguyễn Sounds like me and my teacher.
Me: - steals a seat and leaves -
I kind of wished they added this to attack of the clones movie. Like us seeing Anakin grow exploring places and not knowing what his actual purpose is. And it would be great way to why he turned to the dark side.
Poor Anakin.
Yeah, poor ol Anakin didn't get to grow up playing with Transformers or GI Joes..he truly had a crappy childhood. Hell, his adulthood wasn't that great either..Poor guy. Most folks would have commited suicide all the crud he had to endure.
Well, he became a mass murderer instead ...
Keep in mind that he really felt in his heart that the Jedi were evil and plotting to take over. He was blinded by the darkside and Palpatine's manipulation. In my eyes, Anakin wasn't evil, just very lost and his emotions calloused. He couldn't stand losing others he cared about, to the point that he would do literally ANYTHING to save them. The council tried to explain to him that it was a very selfish trait, but he wouldn't listen.
@@gainsandglory6808 for me, the whiny and manipulated anakin, who is tricked into being evil, is such a weak and boring charakter. He should have been portrayed as a strongwilled, noble, wellspoken and talented guy with charisma and authority, who does the right things at first but slowly turns into a carrerist and an intriguer, willing to do anything to reach his goals and using the dark side willingly to get stronger. The anakin from the prequels is just a selfpitying brat, who turns into a massmurderer and is basically tricked into being evil, without even recognizing palpatines' obvious masquarades
@@christophzeit6282 that is exactly how he is portrayed in the clone wars tv show, too bad movie anakin was not so great.
@@christophzeit6282 That sounds like a Gary Stu and doesn't sound like Vader at all also Anakin is noble and talended with charisma so I don't why your saying he is not like that. Vader was a brat and his victories were pretty much against old men and children so don't like Vader was some badass. Also obvious? Tell that to 99.99999% of the Galaxy
A loner and introvert...
with a dark past
who goes his own way.
@@athan13590 introverts arent really loners per se
Introverts preffer beign alone, but they can still form meaningful relationships with other people
It's all Obi Wan's fault. He's an inexperienced teacher.
Plus he’s jealous and he’s holding him back
I blame the sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere
Blame the council Yoda and Windu were the only capable teachers for Anakin but instead he ends up with Obi, because of the fear of his potential being used by the sith.
@@sebas8225 Windu was a piece of shit, he's the reason why Anakin hates the Jedi.
@@Pakilla64 😂😂😂😂
Man, comparing the life of Anakin to that of Rey really boils the blood. Born of the Force, suffered a literal lifetime of slavery, loss and suffering just to FAIL at having that which he most wanted - the ability to save his loved ones from dying. As Luke persevered through the dark death of Padme, so too did Anakin persevere through the dark life of Vader to destroy the empire through his redemption.
Then you have Rey who everyone loves, never lost a fight, never suffered to obtain life saving force powers, and who convinced Palpatine to kill himself with 2 lightsabers. What an abomination.
The Star Wars canon showed Anakin's entire life, from his childhood on Tatooine, to being a general in the Clone Wars, and finally ending as Darth Vader. And all the while, though he was much more, his strings were always pulled like those of a puppet. Anakin was the Chosen One, but it wasn't his choice.
To the people who say Anakin is whiny just like that; well then, you can shove your hateful words up your arses. I really dislike haters. They hate for no reason.
And Hayden Christensen did a fantastic job. It's because of his acting as Anakin that I am a huge fan.
Yeah I agree but I wish there was a young padawan anakin from the phantom menace till attack of the clones
hey dad
Agree with the first statement, disagree on the second. Hayden was really good at action scenes but seemingly terrible at anything emotional. I don't know if it's because his voice was naturally monotone or if he just doesn't have much experience in that particular aspect of acting, or even if he was specifically told to play the part of Anakin that way. The screenwriting of those particular scenes didn't help either, though. I could think of several different takes on the whole "I pledge myself to your teachings" line that would be far more in-character and make a lot more sense. "Anything... ANYTHING to protect Padame", for example.
The problem wasn't Hayden's acting, it was Lucas' writing.
Tell them to go eat Sand.
I’m still mad that Jacen Solo spent years at the Jedi academy, and was a kickass duelist, just to be beaten by a girl who held a lighter-saber for 48 hours and swung at a boulder....
FromHyrule Lol You mean Kylo Ren?
Jacen Solo was a legends character and he was literally stabbed in the back by his twin sister, while trying to save the life of the woman he loved and their daughter, of course he was a Sith Lord at the time and had done a lot of bad s!@$h.
@ FromHyrule
So you wouldn't have been mad if Jacen Solo was beaten by a BOY who held a light-saber for 24 hours?
; P
FromHyrule sound familiar?
FromHyrule what are you on about? Jacen was killed by his twin sister who was a Jedi master. If you are talking about Kylo Ren and Rey then I agree
Basically a profoundly gifted kid in an ordinary gifted program
Palpatine: *_"Did you ever hear the tragedy of Anakin Skywalker the Chosen One."_*
Maul: *_"No."_*
Palpatine: *_"I thought not. It's not a story the Sith would tell you. It's a jedi legend. Anakin Skywalker was a Jedi Knight and the Chosen One."_*
*_"He was the best star fighter pilot in the galaxy and a cunning Warrior. Skywalker was so powerful and so wise that's some say he could bring balance to Force and bring peace to the Galaxy."_*
Maul: *_"He could actually bring balance to the force."_*
Palpatine: *_"The Light side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural"._*
Maul: *_"What happened to him?"._*
Palpatine: *_"He became so powerful … the only thing he was afraid of was losing was the ones he loved, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he followed a Chancellor who was secretly a Sith who deceived Skywalker in destroying the Jedi Order. then he lost his mother, his friends and sadly the most important person in Anakin Skywalker life. The one he forever love and the one he forever lost was his wife Padme Amidala. (smiles) And Anakin never saw it coming. It's ironic that in the end he fell to the dark side."_*
Maul: *_"Is it possible to come back to the light side?"_*
Palpatine: *_"Not from a Sith."_*
When you post the chinese knock offs script in the comment section.
So good!
your english is very good
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I knew he was depressed because characters like him have their anger showing a lot when they fight. And consumed by the dark side he was very aggressive.
The Old Expanded Universe had a lot of Deep in his stories and characters
That's what I miss most
Now it seems that Diseny only likes to make simple stories without going into much detail about the main characters
They only make forgettable simple stories to make money faster it seems that they are not interested in doing good lore
Hopefully the New EU stories will become deeper and more memorable in a few more years :\
In the mean time, have you read the Darth Vader comics by Charles Soule? They're pretty good.
@Ugly Mofo Predator still doesn't take away from the fact that the last major star wars films were complete dog shit
@@GianniEndo All 4 of them were shit. I wish Lucas had gave Star Wars to Mark Hamill or something because if he owned Star Wars we would not be in a situation where we are saying the greatest franchise that shaped generations of children is shit.
@Ugly Mofo Predator No Disney makes it Lucasfilms just okays it
Rogue One is a rip off of Dark Forces, and Solo is just a plain bad. TFA is half-assed, and TLJ is pure garbage.
Anikan life was sad. But the Jedi not freeing his mother from slavery was why he fell to the dark side. The Jedi where as much flawed as the Sith.
0:15 He's really cute there. He was always a nice kid. I feel so bad for him.
In the end, the jedi were the architects of their own destruction.
They had become static. corrupted by bureaucracy, inaction and hubris. the force was working towards their downfall and Palpatine played his part superbly.
@@Noxims47314 I agree
@@Noxims47314 Exactly, the Jedi were much like the Republic were not what they once were. Both Maul and Anakin are similar in that they were taken in by someone, one being a Sith and the other a Jedi. They both discovered that what they had been brought into turned out to be not as ideal as they thought it was.
It wasn't until I got older that I was able to appreciate Anakin and his journey. I've even grown to reconcile his portrayal in the movies and the Clone Wars series as really two sides of the exact same guy.
In Clone Wars, he is much more free to be his best self. He gets to be powerful and make a difference and actually MATTER in the galaxy.
In the movies, due to their more political tone, Anakin is often in an element that stifles him, undermines him, underestimates and belittles him--after all, a boardrooms and battlefields are two different places.
I think his biggest tragic flaw was that he wanted too much power too soon, and the Jedi didn't know how to properly bridle that.
Anakin didn't interact with other Padawans, he spent most of his time in his room discovering his body while thinking of Padme!
KingExituS 😂😂😂😂😂
I died at that.
😂😂😂
Practicing his lightsaber skills.
Please don't.
Shame I thought Aayla Secura could have been a good friend to Anakin
Nope, shes no better than the bullies at Columbine
yeah Don't For Get She Tried Abandon Him When Was Injured
i'd like to see their interaction when they were teen
It’s nice that this explains the slightly depressed/troubled demeanor that Hayden so adequately displayed. These are the storylines that matter and the stories that need to be explored.
This is why legends is awesome it deepens the characters arcs and gives us awesome stories hopefully they’ll do this in Disney canon too
Disney pfff
Legends is pretty good, but I get why Disney cut it off from canon. It had too many different writers making too many stories. It was a disaster trying to fit it all in place, so they simplified it.
I don't agree with them cutting out things like this, though. It goes a long way in showing *why* Anakin fell to the Dark so easily.
@@TimedRevolver That's bullshit. Too many writers and too many stories ? They have ALMOST the same amount of shitload of SJW writers now. And despite everything, the old EU was mostly coherent and events that transpired thousands or decades before tended to have repercussions in later stories.
Disney canon is hollow, small and forgettable.
ShadowKnight506 Gamez That depends if canon is still under disney's control in the next few years, so far it has been good, but they are literally making content only in the imperial era and are barely giving the clone wars era an old republic era any content, the mistake they are making is the fact they are not working on what the true fans enjoy.
Athletically gifted and yet shunned, now there is a first.
“Half of a fraction of the time”.... isn’t that still a fraction... like half of 1/2 is 1/4... So you could have just said he picked things up in a fraction of the time
Not about the logic. It's about the feeling it conveys. Half a fraction feels a lot smaller than a fraction, even though they could be precisely the same thing.
@@masondixon5497 thx for explanation
@@mygeeto haven't commented in a while and was surprised to see this lmao
@@masondixon5497 hehe was glad to remind you lol
Star Wars fans : I hate Anakin because he's whiny and bratty.
Also Star Wars fans : I love Kylo Ren. He's so complex because he's whiny and angsty.
When will people realize just how shit Ben Swolo is as a character, it would be too late. At least Anakin acted like this accordingly to his background and age. Kylo is a 30 year old manchild.
The Den lol "Ben swolo"
@@lukeskywalkerjediknight2125 I got a better one : Supreme Sugar Daddy Smeagol
lol
How do you think Kylo ended up like he did? Both of his parents were shitty parents this is what happens when Leia got with a scoundral & a smuggler.
@@catspaw3092 This comment is so ignorant, it hurts. First, do we even know what Leia and Han's parenting was like ? No, we don't.
So that's already an assumption based on nothing.
Second, you're acting as if Han was still the same from ANH. The self-serving, cynical merc. Not the guy who stands for his friends and comrades and is willing to sacrifice for them from ESB.
So your assessments are wrong.
Also, I'll have you know that Han and Leia had 3 children in the old EU, and they managed to upbring them fine. The eldest, Jacen, turned to the Dark side until his mid 30s, for other reasons that weren't to blame on his parents.
Anakins story is so sad. Born into slavery, a loner at the Jedi temple, seeing his own mother die in his arms, trusting Palpatine only to find put he had been lying to him the entire time, being held back because the council didn't trust him, fearing his wife may die only to kill her himself in a blind rage, never meeting his kids until they were fully grown, fighting his own master/best friend/father figure and losing 3 limbs and living the rest of his life in pain.
The more I hear about how the Jedi treated Anakin, the more I believe they all deserved to die for their arrogance.
They deserved to die because anakin had problems making friends as a kid? How is this any different from saying people deserve to die in school shootings?
Anakin was a special case and the Jedi simply were not sure how to handle it. Ultimately you can blame the console for many things but him getting teased as a kid is not one of them.
I wouldn't say they deserved it, but they had it coming
Personally, I think that the Jedi Order had to fall in order for a new and improved Jedi Order to arise in it’s place at a later date. This Jedi Order was too stuck in it’s ways to change, Yoda had a lot of opportunities to allow the Order to change, to evolve but he never did it. Therefore it was too little too late.
Anikan had crippling depression!😢
He took shooting up the school to a whole new level! 😂
Wyatt Green 😂😂😂
Wyatt Green aye it's you
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Seriously though, what are the chances. LOL😂
yeah he used a sword
So he was a bullied anti social kid with anger issues that excelled in weapons training and making improvised devices ........ I mean the signs where there
U know it’s kinda funny but I can relate to Anakin life to me not having much friends and being alone majority of my life and I play video games that seeing having it can make me happy seeing how it can make certain games challenging for me
Lol
Anakin didn't had friends because of his terrible past and unrelatable strength, not because he likes playing in his mom's room.
@@jacobsummers3441 kids who have social anxiety often prefer to be alone and do their own things. I have it and I rather do my own stuff. Yes, I do enjoy doing things with others if I'm often bored with my own and it no longer entertains me, but I also prefer doing my own things often
It seems that Anakin's entire life is tragic and same with the actor who played child Anakin in The phantom menace. There actually are some similarities like the fact that he was made fun of school. So sad
When the depressed chosen one in the back of the class has had enough, Execute Order 66
Anakin: *gets called a slave by his classmates*
*years later*
Anakin: *leading a clone army killing lots of jedis on the temple and being a leader on a empire*
This is why you should never bully or something else someone cause they miht be the one to kill you or he might be a succesfull man
FACTS
Yeah he even kidded the sith (sequels suk)
You are about to bully a SKYWALKER, the following actions will kill you, do you wish to proceed?:
Yes
Yes
As an old Mongolian proverb says “Don’t torture a weak cub, he may become a brutal tiger” if you get my meaning?
Random Jedi Padawan: Lol, just a slave...
Anakin: *Will remember that*
*10 years later, Anakin returns with his few thousand mates to seek revenge*
My entire life was indeed really tragic. It didn't help that Yoda and Master Windu were cockblocking me from succes every chance I got. Who killed the sith lord Darth Tyranus? Me! Who saved Obi-wan from danger countless times through the years? Me! Who was the jedi everybody took for granted, didn't appreciate, and doubted me, despite the fact I proved them wrong many times, won many battles for the Republic. Me! Who rarely ever lost a battle? Me! Who saved the chancellor from danger a few times? Me! Who stood by with Ahsoka when she was accused of a crime she did not commit and proved her innocent? Me! Who wouldn't allow me to save my mother? The council! Who told me to be emotionless and hide my feelings? The council! Who doubted me and did not trust me? The council! Who was unapreciative of the posterboy of the Republic (me)? The council! Who didn't believe Ahsoka and kicked her out if the order, without any proof? The council! Who welcomed her back in, but did not apologize? The council! Who was at fault for Ahsoka leaving the order! The council! Who did not grant me the rank of master, despite the fact, I saved Obi-wan, the Chancellor, and killed Darth Tyranus, and brought the war much closer to the end in a Republic victory? The council! Who was against me leading the campaign against Grievous on Utapua? The council! Who was at fault for the death of my original master? The council! Who lied to me, asked me to spy on my friend the chancellor (which is treason) and used me for their own benefit? The council! Who feared my powers and abilities? The council! Who didn't even want me trained to be a jedi? You guessed it, the council!
Anakin Skywalker sorry to hear about your childhood daddy😢
@@lukeskywalkerjediknight2125 It wasn't easy dealing with the council. I only respected Yoda, Plo Koon, somewhat Master Fisto to a degree, and of course Obi-wan. Everybody else was just an asshole, especially Mace Windu. He was the worst of them all!
@Obi-Wan KenobiYeah exactly, fuck sand! And I rescued your ass like 10 times throughout my jedi career. Fucking dickhead! How am I whining?
I'm so glad I was raised as a Sith Lord and was not indoctrinated into the Jedi Order. The Jedi are a bunch of hypocrites who deny the emotions that make them human.
I bet Order 66 was pretty satisfying
It's Outrageous!!!
It's Unfair!
*TAKE A SEAT, SKYWALKER*
Anakin to Mace: I’ve had it!! I’m going to say the N-word!!!
Wow this actually makes it seem like Anakin’s love for Padmé was even stronger than anyone first thought as she was the first person to ever love him romantically and further emphasises how he was easily manipulated into becoming a Sith if it meant he had a chance to save her. After leaving Tatooine and his mother he didn’t receive any sort of affection. One of his only friends was Obi-Wan for a time. But then he meets up with his childhood crush after many years and successfully enters a relationship with her. He finally feels true happiness. He’s on his way to becoming one of the most powerful Jedi to ever exist, he’s at the top of his class with above average skills in the Force, and he landed the girl of his dreams. Padmé was the most important part of his life, he’d do anything to make sure they would live happily ever after. Then he gets her pregnant and has a vision of her dying in childbirth. At this point he’s desperate and he knows deep down if he loses her, it would destroy him. His emotional vulnerability was easily exploited by Sidious/Palpatine and ironically led to his destruction as Anakin and the death of his soul mate... by his own hand. Damn....... as if the story of Vader and the fall of Anakin wasn’t tragic already
This is one of the reasons why the jedi deserved to fall. "We have the chosen one. Let's fuck with him as much as possible, and make sure that the main positive role model in his childhood is Palpatine. We are so wise."
Well now I understand why he was so emotional during the episode 3 how unfair the council was being they literally did hold him back this entire life...and ofcourse he was awkward with padme at times that was his only interactions with a female besides his mother
Ultimately, Anakin was a sad and angry little boy who was lost for so long that when he finally started to find a way to a happy life with Padme, Sidious took advantage of his fear that he might lose it, and twisted Anakin’s fear to create Darth Vader.
So this spectacularly gifted, sensitive, and intelligent guy was a lonely bullied kid with depression & possibly also sociopathic tendencies who probably would have turned out to be the most powerful Jedi of all time if he had the right guidance and love. Instead, he became a mass murderer and enforcer of a dictatorship. What does this tell us? Don't bully people!! Read the signs, the Jedi sure didn't. Or if they did, they didn't care.
It´s a lesson on Slave mentality and Master mentality, dont expect to free a slave and consider him/her fixed from her problems for the rest of his/her life, help said person recover from his PTSD first.
really why dont we have a star wars series focusing on anakins teenage years,you got the clone wars (tie in bet ep2-3),rebels (bet ep3-4) and resistance (pre-force awakens) but nothing that bridges ep 1 and 2
Real
Poor Anakin , his life was so very hard .
But i think obi wan has did what he can to him , great teacher .
agreed to be fair to obi wan he was little more than a kid himself it was unfair of qui gon to make him promise to look after anakin. It should have been a older Jedi with more experience but of course none of them would take poor anakin because 1) he was considered too old and 2) they were scared of him
Jedi Order: Knows Anakin is struggling and does nothing
Anakin turns to the Dark Side
Jedi Order: Shocked Pikachu Face