. For a the character of a Jedi knoght (who is portrayed to be a very upstanding ethically motivated member of the community, the elite of what is good) to be swayed so easily simply by becoming willing to sacrifice all to save what can only be described as a selfish and immature emotional reaction to the percived loss of a loved one seems to be just too simple and unbeliavable. For Anakin to behave in the fashion he did, he must be absolutely obssessed with Padme to the point of neuroticism. His actions after his 'tansformation' are not unlike that of a sociopath, yet there is no character development that alludes to this at all, hence the psychological incredibility.
An interesting point, but flawed
While it would be true of the stereotypical Jedi knight, Anakin never
demonstrates those qualities.
Anakin always
says he wants to be a jedi knight, but he never actually seems to
demonstrate the dedication we've been lead to believe it takes.
Remove the first movie as it was simply so bad -
Clones
- he ignores orders, goes to find his mother
-he then slaughters the Tuskens he finds
- he lets his pride get in teh way and attacks Dooku one on one
- he has to be argued out of having the transport go back for padme
when she's knocked out of it
- after his recuperation he's married (I think-been a while) in secret
Revenge
- he still hasn't told anyone (including his mentor) that he's married/ involved
in a relationship with padme
- he executes Dooku, and doesn't tell anyone
- he complains to padme that he's better than the Jedi, but they still don't give him
what should be his.
At every juncture Anakin chooses Padme or hs pride over the "ethos" of the Jedi.
IMHO that's the reason I personally didn't like teh story as it was shown, never was
an actaul conflict for Anakin.
He chose Padme over the Jedi from the beginning.