A Thousand Stars: Episode III, Part 34
Jun. 20th, 2024 12:43 pmIt's a very brief, quiet moment. Just long enough for a few bars of the love theme from Episode II. But it tells us all we need to know.
For all her words of protest to Obi-Wan, her avowed refusal to believe that Anakin has turned, she knows something is very wrong. Probably already suspected it, from Anakin's behavior at their last meeting. And even though she's traveled all the way to Mustafar on the strength of her faith in her husband's goodness, that fervent hope that she can still pull him back from the fire, she has to give herself this moment. To grieve what may already be lost; to brace herself for the very worst.
Next time, a dance of loyalties...
For all her words of protest to Obi-Wan, her avowed refusal to believe that Anakin has turned, she knows something is very wrong. Probably already suspected it, from Anakin's behavior at their last meeting. And even though she's traveled all the way to Mustafar on the strength of her faith in her husband's goodness, that fervent hope that she can still pull him back from the fire, she has to give herself this moment. To grieve what may already be lost; to brace herself for the very worst.
Next time, a dance of loyalties...