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Anakin Skywalker, a tragic hero
May. 16th, 2018 02:08 pm
Recently, I was asked to write about ‘Anakin as a tragic hero’, and rather than attempting to tackle such a broad topic from scratch, I decided to compile a masterpost of excerpts from (and links to) my previous posts on the subject.
In my personal view, ‘Star Wars’ (as in, the Skywalker saga) is, at its heart, Anakin’s story, and as such, his tragic fall and ultimate redemption forms one of the main, underlying themes of most of my SW analysis in general. And so, the selections below include everything from in-depth character analysis, to overviews of Anakin’s role in the saga as a whole, to explorations of themes of slavery vs. freedom, death vs. immortality, personal attachments, fear of loss, and perhaps most importantly, unconditional love.
( Read more... )- anakin skywalker,
- anakin's fall,
- anidala,
- archived post,
- darth vader,
- death yet the force,
- father and son,
- lucas' saga,
- luke skywalker,
- magnum opus,
- masterlists,
- masterposts,
- meta,
- muldertorture,
- original trilogy,
- other people's meta,
- padme amidala,
- prequels defense squad,
- star wars,
- sw meta,
- the barest flicker of persistent light,
- the prequels,
- the skywalker saga,
- tumblr friends,
- tumblr post,
- union of opposites,
- vader's redemption
