I read it in the order of 645123, and finally faced EP3. After a long time of inner resistance, I finally completed the end of this long journey. Mustapha's lava waterfalls roared down, and the churning sea of fire and the mighty symphony shook the entire galaxy. All tragedy reached a volcanic and painful climax at this moment, and the judgment of fate finally fell mercilessly. The twist of everything was so twisted that I kept asking how things got to the way they ended up.
Anakin instantly became the person he once wanted to destroy the most, killing the person he once wanted to protect the most.
Since the actual story comes first, the prequel must be a self-evident tragedy. What everyone needs to see is how the tragic ending that has been clearly determined takes shape step by step, how the people in the play are painfully resisting and struggling with what we know is meaningless, and one by one, they are irreversibly moving towards the already known ending. Everyone already knew that doomed moment, but they pretended to have no idea until that moment finally came.
The ancient Greeks believed that the greatest tragedy in the world is to fight against fate and ultimately be powerless. The struggle with fate is the motif of many tragedies in Greek mythology. When he left Tatooine, little Ani must have thought that he had succeeded in the struggle against fate, but the tragedy officially started at this moment, making a big step towards the end. Before watching EP3, I always felt that Anakin was a powerless victim driven by fate. However, when he really saw him being drawn by the PPT step by step, and getting further and further away from his original self, he felt that many of the key nodes that were enough to determine the final direction were his own intentional choices. It was just the big hand of fate that made these choices lead to nowhere. A salvageable situation, eventually being completely controlled by the forces of the dark side and unable to escape.
In fact, in a sense (from a certian point of view), Anakin never changed. Before he became Darth Vader, he never really obeyed anyone. He always acted on his own free will, on his own. Emotions rather than rationality make a series of choices, defying fate, defying rules, superstitious power, fear of loss, lack of compassion, longing for ATTCHMENT and POSSESSION and lack of COMPASSSOIN. At one moment I felt that I was extremely powerful, at the same time I felt inferior in every way; at the same time I felt that Master was always against me, and at the same time I felt that Master was the closest person to me like my father. Rebellious, extreme, divisive and emotional, Anakin is who he is, but if he doesn't become a Jedi or a Jedi living in a peaceful age, he's at best a bright-side warrior with a rebellious factor in his heart, who often goes against the grain. The elders' orders will not do anything that is too outrageous in terms of right and wrong. It's just in the background of a special era, or under the constant guidance of the Chosen Son's prophecy, the incompetence of the Jedi elders and the wisdom of the Sith emperor by comparison pull him step by step to a darker and more outrageous one. The abyss magnified all the dark and extreme aspects of his character, and finally completely distorted and exploded. The Jedi never valued or misunderstood the powerful dark side of his character, while the Sith were keenly aware of it early and exploited at the right time.
The Chosen Son is someone I love and hate, and I really don't know how to judge him. I want to say that it is the cauldron of fate, but many times it is really his own fault. It's not that he wanted to be a bad person from the beginning, but on the road to depravity, he often made a voluntary choice, and many choices can't be turned back once they are made. A sympathetic but inexcusable tragic figure. Also belonging to the Skywalker family chosen by fate, the differences in character and values of Anakin and Luke's father and son determine their different choices when they are struggling. Luke didn't have the desire for control that had been burning in his father's fiery heart since childhood. The calm and ordinary life of a farmer made his temperament relatively quieter. Also faced with the verdict of "it is your destiny", Luke was lost, but he always resisted fiercely, refused to obey, and finally succeeded in holding his position; while Anakin basically succumbed to the power without fighting for too long, because he was always eager Power superstitious power, even to a certain extent, this is what he really wants, this is what he really wants to be in his heart. This is why the teachings of the Jedi for more than ten years have basically never been heard into his heart, and a few words of temptation from the Sith can make him change his position in an instant - all subsequent actions prove that this is not just out of love for Padme.
Anakin's heart was originally a burning flame, and the fire of desire never went out for a moment, but when his reason was still alive, he could use the iron curtain of will to isolate himself from the flame and not be swallowed by it. In the end, the temptation of the Sith Lord made the flame grow uncontrollably, eventually burning out his sanity and humanity. Rule the galaxy, this is just a step further than his childhood ambition of "freeall of the slaves", probably he has had the idea before, but it is the power displayed by the emperor that keeps catalyzing this idea, making it in Anakin's heart spread wildly.
In the scene after everything returned to calm, Tatooine's Double Sunset and New Hope were too successful, and the epic sense of space opera was very clear at this moment. Ani's life is not a complete reincarnation. Sin begins in the fire of hell and turns into stardust in the flame of redemption. Love made him fall into the darkness step by step, and let him return to the light at the last moment. For him, the ending of EP6 was too good. I don't know how the Son of Heaven in another world will face his past, at least in this reincarnation he has finally completed his destiny.
2016.2.18
PS: 1. In the end, Yoda and Obi talked about the technique of immortality. At the time, I thought it was just a heroic spirit of the original force, but it was a great irony when I thought about it later. Look at what you have sacrificed for immortality, and in the end the secret of immortality is clearly on the bright side, Ani... Destroy everything you once had, including your past self, without mercy Will he ever wonder if it's really worth it for years.
2. The two bursts of tears: ① Order No. 66 was issued + Ani was shedding tears and blood to wash the Jedi Temple, the two scenes appeared interlaced, the fateful symphony hit the already fragile nerves, and I could only feel a deep despair . ②The battle between master and apprentice to Padmé's funeral, the tears did not stop in this series of pictures...
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