Who do you thing is the most responsible for pushing Anakin to the dark side? Because I feel like Palpatine is not the one.

padawanlost:

Palpatine.
It’s all Palpatine (and Anakin). Everyone played their part and influenced
Anakin’s decisions, however, even with all their influences Anakin wouldn’t
have fallen if it weren’t for Palpatine. ROTS shows us that. Everyone
influenced Anakin but he stills makes the right choice and tells Mace about
Palpatine. It’s Palpatine who pushes him.

When thinking
about who is responsible for what, picture this:

1. Jedi Order
   was responsible for Anakin’s upbringing. They are responsible for failing to
   raise a health person and for allowing a abuser to groom on of their students. They
   are responsible for the adult Anakin became.
2. Palpatine
   is responsible for manipulating Anakin into wanting join the Dark Side and
   grooming him to be his perfect apprentice. He is responsible for Anakin’s
   interest in the dark side.
3. Anakin is responsible
   for his choices.

If you
remove the Jedi from the equation but not Palpatine, Anakin is still at risk of
being turned. But if you remove only Palpatine, Anakin is fine. If Anakin had
been raised by the Jedi without Palpatine presence, he wouldn’t have become
this amazing healthy and stable person but he wouldn’t have been tempted into becoming
Darth Vader. Remember, even after he had his first visions of Padmé’s dying Anakin
had no interest in joining the Sith until Palpatine tempted him with the Darth
Plagueis story.

But if you
remove only Obi-wan, Yoda, Mace or Padmé, Palpatine is still there to manipulate and
tempt Anakin.

When we
talk about the Jedi’s (or any other character) responsibility to Anakin, we are
talking about what they should’ve done to help Anakin not their responsibility for
Anakin’s choices. Take Obi-wan as an example, he’s responsible for Anakin
training and the man he became but he’s not responsible for Anakin’s choice to
join Palpatine.

Some might
be guilty of making Anakin more susceptible to Palpatine’s influence but no
one, other than Palpatine, pushed Anakin to the dark side.