I think people wanted Anakin to look more like an abused child, full of fear just waiting to become hatred.
That kind of person would've never been trained as a Jedi. Yoda would've never allowed it.
It makes more sense that he starts off optimistic about the world, then he slowly turns pessimistic about it until he decides that fighting for the Jedi isn't worth it and he should turn to the Dark Side because of all the problems that he eventually encounters. Between him not being able to process his mother's death, to his obsession with his wife, to his increasing disillusionment with the Jedi Council and the state of the Republic, that's what makes plenty of people turn into monsters in real life.
I mean, Heinrich Himmler once started off as a goodboy Catholic kid who would never commit war crimes, but then, as the years went by and he grew more jaded as a result, he eventually became an occultist war criminal who was Hitler's right-hand man.
The difference between Luke and Anakin is that the Rebels gave Luke the family that Anakin didn't get with the Jedi; the latter were always so stoic and self-absorbed, whereas the Rebels just don't give a crap so long as you're not an asshole, and they didn't mind Luke shacking it up or getting emotional now and then, whereas the Jedi wouldn't tolerate Anakin having emotional outbursts or a spouse. Luke was promoted quickly through the Rebel ranks thanks to merit, whereas the Jedi won't do the same for Anakin because they're stodgy assholes who promote people based on bootlicking. There's a reason why Anakin, a being who is stronger than Yoda, is outranked by several Jedi Masters who last less than 10 seconds against Palpatine. Hell, remember that one Jedi Jango Fett kills on Geonosis? Dude's a Master and a Council member, and he died like a chump to some Mandalorian gunslinger.
Smoking dat crack again, I see. Postmodernism is pozzed. It's not dark and brooding. It's "edgy safe." Corporate media will never do dark and brooding Star Wars. Ever.
"Nobody's ever really gone."
Bresidrs, Gary Kurtz didn't want dark and brooding, he wanted bittersweet. Simple as.
Bittersweet IS dark and brooding. Also, corporate media has already done dark and brooding more than once. Star Wars, now that it's out of Lucas' hands, they can just as easily decide to do dark and brooding if it makes them money or if their pozzed overlords desire it.
Lucas was the guy who was against dark and brooding. And right now, between ASOIAF, the Boys, the Expanse, Dune, and many other stories, modern media has shown more than an appetite for dark and brooding media. And if they can do it to Superman, the optimistic American Way dude with colorful tights made for kids, they can sure as hell do it for Star Wars. That's the direction Andor seems to be going on, what with him being doomed to die.
Oh, you mean third party wank material that is not in the movies everyone saw in theaters? Yeah, that's totally going to work its way into mainstream consensus and convince everyone that Jake Lloyd's performance was, in fact, not incredubly cringe.
Except we saw him in EP3 kicking Count Dooku's ass. Let me remind you that neither Kenobi nor Yoda could beat Dooku, yet Anakin casually defeats him. How is that not badass? The most Vader did in the OT was whale on a young and inexperienced Luke. The moment Luke finished his training, Vader became a punching bag.
Also, Jake Lloyd was Anakin as a kid. What, did you expect him to be some kind of mass-murdering child from the start? Seriously, people like you will never be satisfied.
Probably has, but I think this was on the same track as Gary's vision.
They were, from what I've gathered. The book spinoffs were more or less what had been planned out. The heroes children would be taking up the torches and continuing the fight against the Empire.
So you still got what you wanted through the books, and you whine like a bitch because Lucas wanted to put in a happy ending for ROTJ. You know, like he did for ANH and ESB.
