RadiantPhoenix
Trudging up the Hill
- Location
- USA, Earth
- Pronouns
- She/Her
I'ma work back to front:Like, the whole fucking point about episode 6 was that there was good left in Vader, and Luke could pull it out because Vader was still attached to his children.
Attachments were what saved (kinda, sorta, in a way, if you squint a bit) Anakin from the dark side.
Now imagine a world where Anakin was not forced to leave his mother, was provided therapy and emmotional support, and had the Jedi listen when he spoke about his visions.
Like, i get the argument that Jedi can't go on a crusade to free all the slaves everywhere all the time.
But that does not mean they can't free this one, right here, right now.
- In the short run, Qui-Gon does attempt to free Shmi, but an entire planet is on the line and he kinda needs to get moving.
- In the long run, it's never stated when Cliegg bought Shmi's freedom, but it did happen, it's just nobody told Anakin.
- Even if they had told him, being no longer a slave didn't stop her from being in danger.
- Anakin did get emotional support from Obi-Wan and Yoda. He just didn't open up to them like you need to do for therapy and didn't manage to follow the advice they did have enough information to provide.
- Attachment pulled Anakin out of the Dark Side, but it was also what got him into the Dark Side. If he weren't driven mad by Attachment, he wouldn't have needed redeeming in the first place!
- Alternatively, if he was able to face his own emotions and wasn't a horrible person, he would have stopped serving Palpatine's evil empire once Palpatine told him Padme and her child were dead!
EDIT: note: all of these are part of the central plot of the movie and explained by applying common sense to what's shown on-screen.
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