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Old 05-21-2005, 11:54 AM
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Speaking of Palpatine...

So I was watching Ep. 2 yesterday and I thought of something...

You know how in ep 2 they (the seperatists) are trying to kill Padme. Well we all know that Palpatine is the bad guy (duh) and I got to thinking maybe he did it on purpose. Maybe he knew that Anakin had developed these feelings for Padme (whether he figured it out on his own or Anakin told him) and he pushed them together on purpose. I say this because in 3, Palpatine totally played off their marriage and her pregnancy and Anakins love for her. That was his (Anakin's) undoing and Palpatine knew that he could use it. He totally played on his fear of her dying during childbirth. That is in essence the reason he turned evil, he believed that Palpatine could teach him the dark side of the force that would allow Padme to live.

And did anyone else find it heartbreaking that even once he turned into Vadar (and I'm talking suit, helmet the whole shabang) he was still concerned about Padme.

My brother thinks that when Palpatine told him that he killed Padme by turning "evil" that is what sent him over the edge. Which makes sense because up until then, yes he had done truly hideous things but for me I just felt so bad for him because he was being manipulated by Palpatine and he was doing it all to save his wife. Then he comes to find out that he couldn't save her in the first place because he went evil. Huge Blow!!! The anger probably just took over which allowed him to "turn evil".

I'm not sure if I'm making any sense at all.



I also got to thinking about Anakin's lightsaber. How Obi-Wan gives it to Luke. My brother says that when Anakin had lost his legs before he started burning Obi-Wan bent down and picked up his lightsaber and took it. I don't recall this happening (probably because I was bawling my eyes out at the time), but did he in fact do this? If he did, woo hoo explains how Luke got it. If he didn't, how did Obi-Wan get it to give to Luke in the first place?

I also got to thinking about Leia and Padme (and this might have been mentioned), but since Leia was taken as an infant to Alderaan (spelling issues) she probably never knew she was adopted. Yes, she sensed things in 4-6 but she really couldn't ask anyone if it were true or not. So in 6 when Luke asks about her "real" mother she is probably speaking of Queen Organa because that is the only mother she knew. And as for her being sad, maybe it was because she knew that if anyone (ie. Anakin or Palpatine) found out about Leia that she would probably be taken from them. Who knows just my thoughts on the matter.
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