>>6468724Yeah, Anakin's character development was pretty poorly done. He was supposed to come off as this tortured hero, but it came off as whiny teenage angst. Look at his basic storyline and it could have been better if written better.
Started off as a slave. Had no control of his life. His only joy was building/repairing things and participating in the pod races, which he always lost.
Then one day he meets a Jedi, and the Jedi tells him he's important. He participates in a race and then learns that in doing so he's won his freedom. And he is told he will be trained to be a Jedi. Everything is going aces.
Then he gets to the temple, and they tell him that he won't be trained. And from there everything seems to become a struggle for him. He fluctuates between extreme over confidence in his abilities to spirals of self doubt and believing that he needs to be better. Be perfect. He's the "chosen one".
So when things like gaining a seat in the council happen, but he's not granted the title of Master, it again makes him question his worth, which eventually drives him to the darkside. Fear that he can't live up to the expectations of being the Chosen one and will be a disappointment to everyone. Anger that he isn't a better person and that he can't fix everything. Hatred of himself for not living up to his own high expectations of himself.
If written better and with some subtlety, it would have been a better story of the dark hero slowly becoming further corrupted.
And I was honestly the same way about Jar Jar. I actually liked his design a lot (hated his voice), but the one time I defended the character, I got flamed. I had to hide my non-hatred of Jar Jar like it was some kind of secret shame. It wasn't until the Jar Jar is secretly a Sith fan theory that my interest in the character peaked at such a level that I could discuss the character with friends again.
