A Thousand Stars: Episode I, Part 27
Jul. 14th, 2022 09:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
matrilThe sequences on Coruscant are essentially a series of disappointment after disappointment. The queen cannot get the Senate to help her people; the Jedi are skeptical about the Sith's return and dismissive of Anakin. Just look at how they scrutinize him, a circle of judgmental Masters around a boy who's only just escaped a life of slavery.
Yes, we know that Yoda's warning about fear is valid, and that it will in fact lead to Anakin's downfall, but they're all criticism and no helpful advice.
The composition of these shots is so evocative. The startling but fading orange light of sunset, the shadowed figures inside the Council chamber, the lone figure of Anakin growing darker and darker as the light diminishes. That frightened boy will one day confront a reflection of himself in that same chamber, another frightened boy pleading for help, and as the Council had no compassion for him, so Anakin/Vader will show no compassion for that child. Certainly I'm not claiming that it's all the Jedi Order's fault and Anakin is blameless! Only that the seed of his resentment was planted here, and will grow into a destructive hatred.
Next, hope arises from the depths of despair....
Yes, we know that Yoda's warning about fear is valid, and that it will in fact lead to Anakin's downfall, but they're all criticism and no helpful advice.
The composition of these shots is so evocative. The startling but fading orange light of sunset, the shadowed figures inside the Council chamber, the lone figure of Anakin growing darker and darker as the light diminishes. That frightened boy will one day confront a reflection of himself in that same chamber, another frightened boy pleading for help, and as the Council had no compassion for him, so Anakin/Vader will show no compassion for that child. Certainly I'm not claiming that it's all the Jedi Order's fault and Anakin is blameless! Only that the seed of his resentment was planted here, and will grow into a destructive hatred.
Next, hope arises from the depths of despair....
