People who
call Anakin entitled or privileged are the best lol They are so biased
against Anakin what happened in the movies don’t even matter. It’s also funny
because the same people usually worship characters who were written as privileged
and entitledAnakin is not perfect, not even close, privileged and entitled are two things we cannot say about him (at least not before Vader).
I feel like he’s like one of those old veteran generals that has quite a lot of victories up his sleeve, but gets passed up on everything besides the next mission/battle/campaign. He feels like he should get something out of this other than yet another close encounter with death. In history, we see a lot of these generals eventually lose their cool and end up rebelling against their bosses.
Even if
Anakin demanding a position he so clearly deserved had been about nothing but
entitlement, it still wouldn’t be enough to label him “entitled”. Everyone shows
these behaviors – anger, resentment, entitlement, selfishness, arrogance, etc –
but we don’t call someone entitled or arrogant because ONCE they acted this
way. A person who *acts* arrogantly once is difference from a person who *is* arrogant.
Same thing with entitlement.If Anakin
had consistently demanded things because he believed he deserved them or
because he believed he was better than everyone else, then yes, we could call
him entitled. But that’s not Anakin. At least, that’s not the Anakin portrayed
on screen (movie, tv shows and the EU).Anakin is
born a slave. He spends his childhood working for his master. All his free time
is devoted to helping his mother, his friends and creating a scanner to free
himself and other slaves. He runs into wealthy strangers and *he* buys them
food. Then he takes them home and offers the little he has and risks his life
for them without ever asking anything in return.He is
rejected by the people he admired most and his only concern is “I don’t want to be a problem”. He
saves a planet and still doesn’t ask for anything in return, not even clean
clothes. the people that had rejected him NOW want him back and he goes with
them because he is 9 years old and being a Jedi or being a slave is not really
a choice.He spends
the next ten years of his life being frequently criticized for “feeling too
much”, for wanting to help people and getting too involved. He has no real
friends and all the people he supposed to admire don’t like nor trust him.
Still, he obeys them because he respects their authority.He dreams
his mother is dying and listens when he’s told to ignore it. When it becomes
too much he goes to see her but he’s too late and she dies his arms.
Instead of feeling angry at the Jedi for denying him the change of saving her,
he blames himself and immediately goes to save Obi-wan – the man who kept him
from visiting his mother sooner – without any regard for his own safety. When
he finds him, he is mocked for being caught and he just takes it, never trying
to defend himself.He loses an
arm and has a change to have a family life with the women he loves but decided
to remain a Jedi because he wants to help them to save the galaxy and end the
war. The war lasts 3 years. During that time he’s beaten, kidnapped, electrocuted,
assaulted, enslaved, manipulated, betrayed, used and tortured. He never even
thinks about quitting. He works hard and becomes a war hero. Saving more people
than any other general and training some of the best soldiers the galaxy had
ever seen.He kills the
Sith Lord that has been terrorizing the galaxy, saves the Chancellor and rescue
a member of the Jedi Council in one go. He never demands a promotion. When they
finally offer him one, he realizes they are only doing so to further use him
for their own goals. Yeah, he’s angry.
He went through to so much only to end in the exact place he started. At the
center of the Jedi Council’s chambers being scolded for feeling too much by
these people who don’t trust him and not getting what the needs.Still, he doe what he is told. He keeps his mouth shut and obeys. He uncovers another Sith Lord, goes running to warn his masters and is told “If what you’ve
told me is true you will have gained my trust.”. Once again, he keeps his mouth shut and obeys.Things go horribly wrong after that, i know, but from the moment he is introduced to the moment he becomes Vader, Anakin was not an entitled person.
No, entitlement isn’t the word for it. More like a sense of hopelessness? Of unfairness? Of despair and just needing to do something about it?
Yes,
despair and anger at the unfairness of the situation would fit the bill much
better. However, unfairness and despair are not as simple as entitlement. Tbh, I’m
not sure people understand entitlement and immaturity are two very different
things. But I guess, “whiny” doesn’t sound as cool anymore so…I agree with Padawanlost on that one in 100%. Anakin may act sometimes arrogant or/and immature (but then again, who didn’t at such age?) but he is by no means
entitled. If anything, the rank of general and coming with that responsibilities, the title of Hero Without Fear, the title of Chosen One, all those are additional burdens. Burdens that make Anakin feel he need work harder
to prove he is worth of those. Work harder to not disappoint others and their (sometimes unreal) expectations,
even at the expense of his own health.Palpatine may praise in public his effort in war, but Skywalker does not get any special treatment; military is not there to fulfill all his whims because he is Jedi or successful general. Jedi may call him a Chosen One yet they constantly control, criticize, manipulate or even lie to him. And always make him feel that somehow he is to blame for their behaviour. Hell, looking how often Anakin thinks he should be better Jedi and/or leader (the earliest clash with Ahsoka) or is not good enough or he behaved
in an inappropriate way(like in TCW: Gambit book when he had clash with commander
Jefris) and more often than not he apologize for stuff
never gave me the impression that Anakin believed he is deserving
of privileges or special treatment from either Palpatine, Jedi Council or military. If anything, he can only hopes he is good enough to earn their respect – and in case of Jedi Council, also their trust.That doesn’t sound as someone having that much entitlement to me.#seriously anakin is not entitled man#we may argue about his privilege due to Jedi rank#in contrast to republic as a whole society#but then normal people aren’t send time after time into dangerous and mortal missions#also
i know that anakin sometimes had his moments how he is chosen one and
all but frankly he usually thinks about it in critical moments#when he needs to boost up his morale and faith in his own power#they call me chosen one so i will not fail during mission and so on#but he never rants how council should treat him the way he wants#because of his title#anakin may be angry sometimes and smug about his friendship with palpatine or being sucessful general#but for force’s sake during war he is 19-22/23#people look down on him due to being so young#i would be smug about stuff too if everyone treated me that way#just to paid back them#and even then anakin is very mindful he is acting immature and he should be better#than that(tags by @cienie-isengardu)
I just saw two separate posts where people defended clone wars anakin, by saying that movie anakin was an ‘entitled brat’ and I’m like ?????????????????? What ???????????????
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