He was
rightfully bitter about it. He was told he was the Chosen One but one bother to
help him figure what that meant or how to properly control his power
The Jedi Council didn’t want me, either. Being
the Chosen One didn’t count for anything. Master Yoda wouldn’t train me, or
Windu. Every member of the Jedi Council
had had something more pressing to do than help him work out what this
terrible, galaxy-changing power of his meant, and how he should live in its
shadow. He still wasn’t sure. Karen Traviss’s The Clone Wars
He was the Chosen One, they told him. He was
supposed to bring balance to the Force. Anakin
thought that some little extra support might go with being the Chosen One, a
helping hand or at least some understanding from the Jedi Council, but instead
he was passed around like an unwelcome burden, ending up with Qui-Gon Jinn and
then Kenobi because nobody else would have him. His chosen status meant
less than nothing; it felt more like a stigma. And they wondered why he was
difficult at times. Maybe they didn’t want balance, whatever that was. Maybe
nobody liked a Jedi who was that different. He felt like an embarrassment to
them. I do everything you ask of me. I try so hard. When is it going to be
enough? When are you going to say, “Okay, Anakin Skywalker, you’re good
enough”? Karen Traviss’s The Clone Wars
How did he find out? Did the council tell him?
Yes, in TPM
when the Council is discussing his fate as he wasn’t even in the room:
Ki-Adi-Mundi: The Force is strong with him. Qui-Gon Jinn: He’s to be trained, then. Mace Windu: No. He will not be trained. Qui-Gon Jinn: No?! Mace Windu: He is too old. Qui-Gon Jinn: He is the Chosen One! You must see it!
Did he and Obi Wan talk about it?
Sometimes.
“You would forgo your destiny for
Padme?”Anakin’s brows bettled in anger. “I
never claimed to be the Chosen One. That was Qui-Gon. Even the Council
doesn’t believe it anymore, so why should you?””Because I think you believe
it,” Obi-Wan said calmly. “I think you
know in your heart that you’re meant for something extraordinary.”“And you,
Master. What does your heart tell you you’re meant for?”“Infinite sadness,”
Obi-Wan said, even while smiling. James Luceno’s Labyrinth of Evil
“Sometimes I
don’t want to be the Chosen One,” Anakin said.
The words broke free. They felt like stones in his mouth. “That’s not
surprising,” Obi-Wan said. “Many gifts can be burdens.”
“The Force is so strong. I can feel it so much. I feel so much. I don’t
want to feel so much!” Anakin hardly recognized his voice, choked and aching.
Obi-Wan looked startled at his vehemence. “Why am I chosen? Why is it me? Can’t I refuse it? Can’t you let me
refuse it? Can’t you take it away?” Jude Watson’s The Moment of Truth.
Did he
spend time wondering what was in store for him, in order to fullfill the
prophecy, what he was supposed to do? Or, over time, he just got used to not
think too much about the whole thing?
He thought
about what it meant, he was conscious of his enormous potential and
extraordinary skill but he ddin’t have a plan. He was conflicted. He was told
he was the chosen one and that’s it. No knew what that really meant or how
should he bring balance to the Force. No one really helped him so he carried
that burden alone. I think he tried not avoid thinking about it whenever
possible.
As he reached the Council chamber door, Mace
Windu’s voice made him pause. “The Force is with him, Anakin. You are wrong to
be afraid.” Yeah, yeah. Wrong to be afraid, wrong to be worried, wrong to care
two bantha pats what happened to Obi-Wan. Everything
I do is wrong. But you still expect me to save you, don’t you? Karen Miller’s
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Wild Space
The
prophecy wasn’t something that was constantly guide. If anything, I think the
Council was more interested in that than Anakin. They saw him as weapon, only
important when they needed to use him:
We have seen that young Skywalker has the power
to battle a Sith Lord alone, if need be; he has proven that with Dooku. If he is indeed the chosen one, we must
keep him in play against the Sith—keep him in a position to fulfill his
destiny.” “And even if the prophecy has been misread,” Agen Kolar added,
“Anakin is the one Jedi we can best hope would survive an encounter with a Sith
Lord. So let us also use him to help us
set our trap. Matthew
Stover’s revenge of the Sith
Anakin flung an arm back toward the Council Tower. “They’re the ones who call me the chosen one! Chosen for what? To be a dupe in some slimy political game?”Matthew Stover’s Revenge of the Sith
Did Obi Wan believe Anakin was the Chosen One?
Yes. As
their friendship developed Obi-wan believed more and more in Anakin’s status as
the chosen one. However, the moment Anakin became Vader he stopped and decided
he was wrong the whole time and Luke was the real chosen one. But after he
watch Anakin kill Palpatine he realized Anakin was the only real chosen one 🙂
What if Anakin should be
killed? Could he even be killed? As the Chosen One, was he destined to fulfill
both the title and the prophecy? Was he immune to real harm, or – as someone
born to restore balance to the Force – did he require defenders to guide him to
that destiny? Was it Obi-Wan’s duty – more, the duty of all the Jedi
– to see to it that he survived at all costs? Matthew
Stover’s revenge of the Sith
Obi-Wan
sensed confusion and remorse in Anakin’s psyche, then Anakin answered,
“But Master…why me?” “Because you ended the horror,
Anakin,” Obi-Wan said. “Because you fulfilled the prophecy. Because you were…and are..the Chosen
One.” Ryder Windham’s he Life and
Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi
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 entitled
Anakin 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.
I’d like to imagine that Tony Stark’s facial hair is so Iconic™ that one day when he decides to shave it on a whim the entire world literally loses their collective shit
All sorts
of music. They had rock, classical, opera, etc. For the most part, they didn’t
use our words to describe their own genres (so you won’t find music being
described as pop rock, alternative, country, etc.).
The wookieepedia has a
list ot known music genres
(but some are missing). If you want a more complete analysis, the old Star Wars
website has this article
Bith DJ Vennido T’all sampled lines of Separatist leader Alto Stratus’ fiery speeches (“Your planet—your home—is drowned in blood! For three thousand years we were loyal to the Republic!” and “We will send the Jedi home in caskets!”) in his driving, overtly anti-Republic tracks.
[…] The establishment of the Galactic Empire following the end of the Clone
Wars brought with it an age of draconian censure to the music of the
galaxy. The Imperial Board of Culture was founded, whose purpose was to
foment pro-Imperial thought and limit or outright ban any message
contrary to the New Order in popular entertainment. The board reviewed
all holo-films, novels, and sound slugs prior to their uploading to the
galactic distribution nets, and issued them one of three ratings.
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