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no no no

anakin does not see into the future to see his mother dying

he sees her in her present state, i.e., being tortured and abused by the people of the sand

nowhere does he evidence prophetic ability

surely you see the vast difference between sensing something current and actually seeing the future

The worst part about ROTS is its most central thesis: Anakin turns to the Dark Side based on .... nothing.

He has visions of Padme's death, but he has nothing to substantiate these visions. He has not had prophetic visions come true before, has he? Since when is he the Darth Kwisatz Haderach? Troubling, these visions may be. But to destroy the Republic and turn to the Dark Side?

Palpatine offers inane promises of "creating life," but provides no proof, not even a shred of proof. Not even an allegation that this horribly and laughably named Darth Plagueis actually performed such a feat. I offer the sad proof:



Would not it have been far, far superior if something had actually occurred to Padme? Something so terrible that it forced Anakin to make his terrible choice?

Thus, the greatest of jedi turns to the dark side based on absolutely nothing.

Sad.

I especially liked when, in the aftermath of his beloved Republic being destroyed by a maniacal lightning wielding fiend, and immediately after witnessing his fellow senator's tragic passing, Jimmy Smits sees fit to utter,



So glad to hear it Jimmy! So glad not to impose in this time of dire galactic need!

now that lucas has established that "the force" is merely a function of how many midichloridians one has in their bloodstream, WTF DOES IT MEAN TO "BALANCE THE FORCE?"

might as well say "the brown haired peoples must be balanced!"






this is one of the funnier things i've read in a long time

YEEEARRGGHHH

I have to admit, I have not seen the OT in some time, but I always had some thought that of course Vader knew Luke was his son, but he was forced to maintain the fiction that he was unaware so that he could selfishly attempt to *reach* him first and convert him rather than author his destruction. This would explain the comments above, but, I admit, there could be others I forget that this explanation would not mesh with.

Also, the idea that Vader would not immediately assume Luke "Skywalker" is his son is not so absurd -- Vader is the most famous man in the galaxy after the Emperor and his last name is Skywalker, not so crazy that some rebel on his old planet would assume the name out of grandoisity or spite. . .