A Thousand Stars: Episode III, Part 35
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matrilAt first, we get a moment that reflects the reunion on Coruscant. Anakin and Padmé run to each other and embrace, and the camera moves in for intimate close-ups.
But the longer they talk, the more Padmé sees the awful change. And slowly she steps back, signifying the growing breach between them.
In their happy meeting on Coruscant, no one intruded. It was only the two of them and their child making up their entire world. But here Obi-Wan appears in a threatening and domineering pose from, well, the high ground. To Anakin's eyes he is surveying the fruits of his treachery; the betrayal he convinced Padmé to enact. That is the end of any hope for this situation. Anakin begins pacing furiously, like a dark and vicious dance. It culminates in a Force-driven attack on his own wife, for their is no irony more painful than turning to the Dark Side to save her only to use those powers against her. Pain is ultimately the only thing the Dark Side can bring.
No coincidence that Anakin's positioning is the most Vader-like that he has ever looked so far. His prowling and pacing, too, is just like we've seen from David Prowse's performance in Episode IV-VI. The way he circles Obi-Wan, how they move back and forth while keeping their distance, is the restless anticipation right before the brutal attack. Lightsaber duels resemble nothing so much as a violent dance, and we're about to get a spectacular show.
But the longer they talk, the more Padmé sees the awful change. And slowly she steps back, signifying the growing breach between them.
In their happy meeting on Coruscant, no one intruded. It was only the two of them and their child making up their entire world. But here Obi-Wan appears in a threatening and domineering pose from, well, the high ground. To Anakin's eyes he is surveying the fruits of his treachery; the betrayal he convinced Padmé to enact. That is the end of any hope for this situation. Anakin begins pacing furiously, like a dark and vicious dance. It culminates in a Force-driven attack on his own wife, for their is no irony more painful than turning to the Dark Side to save her only to use those powers against her. Pain is ultimately the only thing the Dark Side can bring.
No coincidence that Anakin's positioning is the most Vader-like that he has ever looked so far. His prowling and pacing, too, is just like we've seen from David Prowse's performance in Episode IV-VI. The way he circles Obi-Wan, how they move back and forth while keeping their distance, is the restless anticipation right before the brutal attack. Lightsaber duels resemble nothing so much as a violent dance, and we're about to get a spectacular show.
