*So* need to borrow the Imperial Trilogy (nice term!) and watch it with the Republic Trilogy in mind. Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker has become such a deep character now. I want to see his redemption again.
It also really helps with the whole 'feeling down about Anakin's fall' issue. Being able to watch his love for his son save him, after hearing him say that love can't save people... it's nice. He finally understands that saving people isn't all about their physical body.
Yes, Leia does remind me of her father, with her quick temper and daring. Luke resembles Padme especially in RotJ, with his Jedi reserve. Vader/Anakin offered the same temptation to both Luke and Padme, and both mother and son refused it--though it broke the mother, and nearly the son, they were both too strong and moral to go where Vader had gone.
Plus, Padme could see where it was taking Anakin and Luke could see where it had taken him. Plus, Padme had a strong dislike of the idea of a dictatorship in the first place. Oh, I wished she'd realized (or been able to admit to herself) that Anakin hadn't been teasing her about thinking the system doesn't work. That he meant it.
And I do think it'd disturb Leia to realize just how much Anakin and Han favor each other, with one crucial difference: Anakin never got jaded.
Very true. Anakin was still an idealist when he fell. Hell, still trying to be one twenty years down the road, when he's going on about 'ending this conflict' and bringing peace. He just couldn't see that the way you do something does matter, that some roads, once taken, destroy the very thing that you want to save. So his idea of 'bringing peace' meant 'killing everyone who disagrees' ('they should be made to agree')
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It also really helps with the whole 'feeling down about Anakin's fall' issue. Being able to watch his love for his son save him, after hearing him say that love can't save people... it's nice. He finally understands that saving people isn't all about their physical body.
Yes, Leia does remind me of her father, with her quick temper and daring. Luke resembles Padme especially in RotJ, with his Jedi reserve. Vader/Anakin offered the same temptation to both Luke and Padme, and both mother and son refused it--though it broke the mother, and nearly the son, they were both too strong and moral to go where Vader had gone.
Plus, Padme could see where it was taking Anakin and Luke could see where it had taken him. Plus, Padme had a strong dislike of the idea of a dictatorship in the first place. Oh, I wished she'd realized (or been able to admit to herself) that Anakin hadn't been teasing her about thinking the system doesn't work. That he meant it.
And I do think it'd disturb Leia to realize just how much Anakin and Han favor each other, with one crucial difference: Anakin never got jaded.
Very true. Anakin was still an idealist when he fell. Hell, still trying to be one twenty years down the road, when he's going on about 'ending this conflict' and bringing peace. He just couldn't see that the way you do something does matter, that some roads, once taken, destroy the very thing that you want to save. So his idea of 'bringing peace' meant 'killing everyone who disagrees' ('they should be made to agree')