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He held the rank of Jedi, but the Jedi Council were jealous and didn’t give Anakin what he deserved.
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He saw visions of his wife dying and was willing to do anything to save her, yes, including killing kids. This isn’t evil; this is true love.
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After he became Vader, he found out his wife died.
Justifiable crash-out, to be honest
But he was fucking Padme who was a decade or more his senior! How can this list be complete without addressing this crucial issue?
And I have to admit that I find the classification of killing children in the way that he specifically did as “not evil” a tad unconvincing.
I think Padme was only five years older than Anakin but that’s a good point. op used to be obsessed with age gaps and they’re okay with Anakin marrying someone he met when he was 9 and she was 14. Also Han and Leia are a decade apart in age (the Solo movie where he’s an adult takes place before the Obi-Wan series where Leia is 10) and Ben and Rey are also a decade apart in age