He slides down the slope toward the river - and burns. At first I thought Obi-Wan was just going to turn and walk away. He does but his fury comes out at Anakin, who, after, all, he has trained to be a Jedi - and feels he has wasted his time. In his eyes, the prophecy that said Anakin Skywalker would be a powerful push for The Force toward a time of peace seems to have been wrong:
"You were the chosen one. It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them. It was you who was to bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness."
"I hate you." (This is growled out in pure doggrel malevolence.)
"You were my brother, Anakin. I loved you."
The burning body of Anakin Skywalker has its parallel in the frozen body of Han Solo. It's power as an image is also the most likely reason why the film story received a PG-13 rating.
We know both survive. We know Anakin becomes Darth Vader, and we know he ends up horribly scarred. We know this from watching the three original films, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and The Return of the Jedi.
Foreshadowing of this magnitude is hard to sustain and it does require a great deal of skill to move in and tie the loose ends of threads together into one strong bond.
You have to have one set of lobes on you to concieve of the story arc, but more to put it all together on the screen in such grand and grandioise style. George Lucas is not alone in this effort, but it is his vision.
At the end of the tale, the Star Wars theme came back and light tears appeared in my eyes again.
Star Wars. This is the story so far.
Article comments
1 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
Excellent, Temple, especially this;
"People, beings such as Jedi, who have the power to focus and use The Force, should be able to act better in conversations; they should by all logic be able to lie better and not come up with the clunky lines that plagued the love story here between Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala."
I'd never thought of that! Fantastic.
Great Spoiler warning too!
2 - swingingpuss
Palpatine's insiduous statement that Skywalker / Vader killed his pregnant wife (and presumably the baby inside that Anakin knew about) was a spine-breaking last stab into the heart, as if to say, "There's no going back now."
Here are some of my grouses against Lucas
a) How come Anakin did not know that his wife was carrying twins given the kind of advanced technology they had?
b)When Padme runs down the ramp to meet Anakin on that lava planet she looks barely three months pregnant and delivers twins way bigger than what her bulging womb was shown to be.
c) She never waddled...sacrilege !!
BTW, liked the review, T
3 - Temple Stark
It was the amazing in and out pregnancy to be sure.
Good point on the size of the babies as well - they were huge. also if the force WAs with her - how come she couldn't use it better to push out the kids.
There were other things I noticed - but I'm a big picture guy - no pun intended - who tends to look at story and how well the main points work.
The only part that did not work for me was the love-plot - though i have not seen Attack of the Clones where, I believe, much of that relationship is shown.
>>These exchanges of words do not help us seek the depth of their love
I need to change "seek" to "discover" I just discovered.
Thanks for the like words, both.
4 - Aaman
You also probably need to change "Stars Wars" to "Star Wars", methinks:)
5 - Jose
Disastrous. That was how I would describe my family outing to watch this movie. We got hung up in traffic, walked in a few minutes into the movie to a pitch black theatre, groped around the back row and fell into what were thankfully empty seats, our popcorn spilled all over. Then we got into the movie for an hour or so, when suddenly there was a huge gush of water from above us and ceiling tiles crashed down all around. People screamed, ran out, the lights came out, mass confusion. They turned the movie off, gave us back our money and we left dejected. So, I only half read your review, since I only half saw the movie, but I half agree with you. Jose
6 - Victor Plenty
George Lucas really owes Jose an apology.
7 - Temple Stark
I think if I had been through what Jose had been through i may not have liked the film as much.
:-)
Terrible.
8 - STEVEN
THI IS BY FAR THE BEST MOVIE EVER MADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9 - eriqo
You know, i started watching star wars in order just the other day. I don't know if anyone else felt this but its not a good feeling going from 'Revenge of the Sith' which was made recently to the fourth one which was made AGES ago. I didn't make it to the end ('Return of the Jedi', if i'm not mistaken). Can anyone fill me in on how it ends??
p.s Just because i'm writing here doesn't mean that i like star wars, I hate star wars, and i swear its not because my girlfriend has the hots for Anakin Skywalker(christensen...something)
10 - Maribel
It's about love, but it's sad that Anakin went from a gracious young man to a ruthless, arrogant person, just so he could save his wife from dying. Palpatine tricked him. Reminds me of the endtimes in the bible on Matthew chapter 24. Jesus said, Be compassionate just like your Father is(Luke 6:31-36). Recieve the charity of God or you'll spend eternity in the lake of fire.
11 - Kristen
I Like Anakin so much that I dream about him everyday and night