That, in itself, undercuts a lot of the majesty and wonder and terror and redemption of the character in the original trilogy?
Does it? I was never so much interested in Anakin/Darth Vader as a person, but in how other people related to him, even before I'd seen the first prequel movie. Who he is doesn't matter to me, so I didn't even blink at the notion that he was always screwed up. And what rang true about all these "wise people" missing his problems throughout the series was that they were all willing to be blinded by the (apparently positive) prophecy about him. And that makes sense to me because it's very human, and the cornerstone of many human tragedies.
Though, I do have a talent for suspending disbelief when something tries to play on my emotional heartstrings, because I like feeling that something is epic even if some people can point out reasonable ways in which it's only trying to be epic. So my opinion is going to be severely biased regardless.
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Date: 2010-04-04 11:32 pm (UTC)Does it? I was never so much interested in Anakin/Darth Vader as a person, but in how other people related to him, even before I'd seen the first prequel movie. Who he is doesn't matter to me, so I didn't even blink at the notion that he was always screwed up. And what rang true about all these "wise people" missing his problems throughout the series was that they were all willing to be blinded by the (apparently positive) prophecy about him. And that makes sense to me because it's very human, and the cornerstone of many human tragedies.
Though, I do have a talent for suspending disbelief when something tries to play on my emotional heartstrings, because I like feeling that something is epic even if some people can point out reasonable ways in which it's only trying to be epic. So my opinion is going to be severely biased regardless.