darth maul raised for one reason went from breeding stock to attack dog then had every single thing taken from him in a single moment by one man he dedicated his entire waking thought to for the rest of his life. i just think he could do numbers on here if you all understood
the thing is ☝️ we are introduced to padme as the ultimate cog in the republic (soon to be imperial) machine . she is 14, queen of a whole planet, and easily manipulated. she is used as a weapon by palpatine blatantly and no one cares. padme has to be stoic, monotone and come up with a winning battle plan at 14 or everyone she knows dies. she does the impossible and it doesn’t even matter because that was what palpatine wanted!!
is it not that classic star wars “poetry” then, for her to die resisting the help of machines, for once allowing herself to fully feel? does it not rock that the first time we hear padme truly scream is on her deathbed, refusing to live in a galaxy so cruel it’s denied her this right?? fuck “died of sadness” jokes. fuck “palpatine sapped her life force” theories . padme could only find catharsis in death & that’s her whole character !!!
i know the in-text divide is that obi-wan sees anakin as a brother and anakin sees him as a dad. but tbh. to meeee. they’ve ALWAYS been a teen mom & the kid she didn’t want. like what is obi-wan’s decision to take anakin on at the end of tpm if not a girl telling her parents she’s keeping the baby, goddamnit, too late to back out now? and what is aotc if not an adult obi-wan yelling at teen anakin going “i gave up COLLEGE (free-wheeling knighthood) for YOU you BRAT and your FATHER (the force) is a DEADBEAT so i have to raise you ALL on my OWN…..” and anakin is like “ma just because that man hurt you doesn’t mean i can’t find love…” . & so forth
and there is one blazing moment in which you finally understand that there was no dragon. that there was no vader. that there was only you. only anakin skywalker.