I've never been satisfied that Padme fell for Anakin. He's SO infantile. It should have been this way instead:
Obi-Wan, being the cool dude he is, most naturally captures the heart of likewise mature and responsible Padme. She opens her heart to him hoping against hope that they will somehow find a way to be together although he is a celibate Jedi. However, being SO good, he remains true to his vocation and will not allow their mutual love to be fulfilled.
Anakin meanwhile also falls for Padme, and taking advantage of her hurt, wins her over with his selfish persistence. He doesn't realise that she finally accepts him only because she had to show Obi-Wan that she really didn't care about him, to salvage her fatally wounded feelings and pride.
Then one fine day when Anakin is baring his soul to Padme about his temptation by the Dark Side (after a lot of build up showing how it's trying to lure him), she grows totally disgusted with his self-absorption and drops the bombshell that Obi-Wan would never have even been tempted. Anakin realises she has continued to love Obi-Wan all this time. He watches her carefully, (they still have dealings with Obi-Wan), and one day confronts her in a terrible showdown. She breaks, weeping openly for Obi-Wan for the very first time.
And THAT's why Anakin turned to the Dark Side.
Sad thing is, Padme will not allow herself to leave Anakin even though she loves Obi-Wan, because her children are Anakin's, and she will not betray the father of her children. But she pines away, and on her deathbed she tells Obi-Wan that she wishes the children were his.
There. I for the life of me can't see how Padme could possibly have fallen for Anakin, the way he was portrayed in the actual Episode II. Also, sheer hunger for power alone is unlikely to be enough to turn a man completely evil. I think the emotional angle is a lot more plausible - there's got to be a great enough trigger that tipped the scales and allowed the Dark Side to finally get hold of him - because of his anger and hate. That's how they get at people, not merely by promising power and glory alone. You've got to start with anger. Which turns to hate. Leading to suffering.
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Hello,
Are those cute kids yours? Damn it's been a long time.
Totally about the Padme/Anakin relationship. Makes no sense that the mature Queen (elected, which is to say, she must have something that voters saw in her, aside for that mistitle!) would fall for such a whiny little kid.
Hey! Long time indeed! Ya, those two are mine. The boy's looking somewhat different at the moment, i.e. chicken pox. How've you been? And what are you up to these days?
I hang out on Loy's blog. And when I saw your blogs appear there, I guessed it was yours and Sean's. Took a while to confirm it is. Right now, I'm in Pittsburgh, trying to finish what I had set out to do ... get that Ph.D.
Your kids are cute! Make more! :-)
You're missing one step: "Much fear i sense in you. Fear is the path of the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering."
LOL
totally agree! Padme and Anakin? cannot make it! one thing's for sure, you have the option of an alternative career ;)
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