A Thousand Stars: Episode II, Part 40
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matrilAs the battle rages, it happens that our heroic trio are in the transport best positioned to follow Count Dooku. Alas, they're out of weapons and Dooku directs his minions to attack the transport. So this mishap occurs:
Another long fall from a high place, just like in the droid factory. (I admit this shot looks a little more comical. Whoops-a-daisy!)
We see Padmé stir slightly so we're assured that she's still alive, but definitely unconscious. Anakin is understandably distressed, and ready to fling himself to her rescue just as before. (With perhaps just as disastrous results.)
It's a fairly natural gesture, reaching toward her in desperation. But doesn't it bear a chilling resemblance to the choking grip that will become Vader's signature move -- first used upon Padmé herself? Shudder. The irony is so painful. In his zeal to protect her, he loses his goodness, his ability to love, and ends up endangering her himself.
That's one bit of foreshadowing. Here's another. Anakin's terror at Padmé's peril throws all his other priorities out the window. He and Obi-Wan have a shouting match, he declares that he doesn't care if he's expelled from the Order, he only wants to save Padmé -- and what brings him back from the brink? Padmé herself, or at least her sense of moral duty.
A simple pose, but that lowered head marks the shift from frenzied rebellion to sober resignation. This war of ideals, playing out among the three of them, will reach its tragic conclusion on Mustafar. For now it's more of a stalemate.
Not that Anakin is easy and content with his current decision to follow his duty. We'll see that in the next segment....
Another long fall from a high place, just like in the droid factory. (I admit this shot looks a little more comical. Whoops-a-daisy!)
We see Padmé stir slightly so we're assured that she's still alive, but definitely unconscious. Anakin is understandably distressed, and ready to fling himself to her rescue just as before. (With perhaps just as disastrous results.)
It's a fairly natural gesture, reaching toward her in desperation. But doesn't it bear a chilling resemblance to the choking grip that will become Vader's signature move -- first used upon Padmé herself? Shudder. The irony is so painful. In his zeal to protect her, he loses his goodness, his ability to love, and ends up endangering her himself.
That's one bit of foreshadowing. Here's another. Anakin's terror at Padmé's peril throws all his other priorities out the window. He and Obi-Wan have a shouting match, he declares that he doesn't care if he's expelled from the Order, he only wants to save Padmé -- and what brings him back from the brink? Padmé herself, or at least her sense of moral duty.
A simple pose, but that lowered head marks the shift from frenzied rebellion to sober resignation. This war of ideals, playing out among the three of them, will reach its tragic conclusion on Mustafar. For now it's more of a stalemate.
Not that Anakin is easy and content with his current decision to follow his duty. We'll see that in the next segment....
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Date: 2023-09-22 12:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-09-22 02:45 am (UTC)It really doesn't bother me when, sometimes, things just have to happen so the story can progress. If they could shoot Dooku down, there'd be no story. Nitpicking every detail is just tiresome. Same as how the Death Star needed to have a weakness. Otherwise, what was the point of stealing the plans? It makes sense from a narrative standpoint, and that's all I need.
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Date: 2023-09-23 01:09 am (UTC)So far as all of that goes, I have seen some 1977-vintage magazines that contain a couple of smug (so far as I remember them) "this is an obvious problem" comments about the original Star Wars, accusations that certainly didn't endure to our current day.