Exactly! I mean, one would think that at the very least, someone would be asking questions as to why Padme hadn't showed up in a while?
And thanks! I think it definitely would provide a sort of a nice juxtaposition. The woman who did good and the man who, through his own good intentions, did evil.
And yes, exactly! That and I think it would have provided a nice, lovely moment for Anakin and Padme both considering how most of the film is centered on Anakin's fall. I mean, you kind of have to provide some light moments in between the darkness, or the audience kind of becomes overwhelmed. But yes, I think it would have been lovely to see Anakin's involvement with his future children (I mean, he went through just about everything in the original trilogy just to find Luke. A little reference in the PT would have been nice, really), Padme's wish for a better future, etc. It definitely would have made everything all the more poignant.
Yes, very much so! And it was also a sort of cheap way to characterize Anakin as evil; seriously, it's already well-established that the man was willing to sacrifice everything just for a way to save Padme that, in the end, didn't exist anyway if Qui-Gon's word in the novelization is to be believed (which means Anakin killed all these people for absolutely nothing. Not like that's news, anyway. I think that's definitely one of the most tragic things about the whole situation; everything Anakin did was for nothing, in the end). I don't think they needed to add "Obi-Wan-might-steal-her-from-him" in there as well (and I don't think Obi-Wan had a romantic interest in Padme. I think he just cared for her as a friend). And I think the whole point was, really, Anakin wasn't an evil person. He was a fundamentally good person who did bad things with good intentions. I mean, what would be so wrong with that? Honestly, I think that if we could have more of that complexity -- a character who's not really evil; he or she's just done terrible things out of good intentions, not done for Draco in Leather Pants reasons, but to just shake things up a little -- we could definitely tell some interesting stories.
(Sorry, that was a rant that was pent up for a while. TL;DR, yes, totally agreed)
Warning: Major TL;DR here. (Part One)
And thanks! I think it definitely would provide a sort of a nice juxtaposition. The woman who did good and the man who, through his own good intentions, did evil.
And yes, exactly! That and I think it would have provided a nice, lovely moment for Anakin and Padme both considering how most of the film is centered on Anakin's fall. I mean, you kind of have to provide some light moments in between the darkness, or the audience kind of becomes overwhelmed. But yes, I think it would have been lovely to see Anakin's involvement with his future children (I mean, he went through just about everything in the original trilogy just to find Luke. A little reference in the PT would have been nice, really), Padme's wish for a better future, etc. It definitely would have made everything all the more poignant.
Yes, very much so! And it was also a sort of cheap way to characterize Anakin as evil; seriously, it's already well-established that the man was willing to sacrifice everything just for a way to save Padme that, in the end, didn't exist anyway if Qui-Gon's word in the novelization is to be believed (which means Anakin killed all these people for absolutely nothing. Not like that's news, anyway. I think that's definitely one of the most tragic things about the whole situation; everything Anakin did was for nothing, in the end). I don't think they needed to add "Obi-Wan-might-steal-her-from-him" in there as well (and I don't think Obi-Wan had a romantic interest in Padme. I think he just cared for her as a friend). And I think the whole point was, really, Anakin wasn't an evil person. He was a fundamentally good person who did bad things with good intentions. I mean, what would be so wrong with that? Honestly, I think that if we could have more of that complexity -- a character who's not really evil; he or she's just done terrible things out of good intentions, not done for Draco in Leather Pants reasons, but to just shake things up a little -- we could definitely tell some interesting stories.
(Sorry, that was a rant that was pent up for a while. TL;DR, yes, totally agreed)