The thing about that is that I don't notice, in the movies at least, any Force Users who are Force Users on the side. Either their Jedi (an ascetic order of knights) or Sith (devotees of passion). Their respective creeds start off to show their extremity.
Jedi: There is no emotion, only peace. Sith: Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
That said, hate isn't the only passion. And, the ex-slave-boy could have had a passion of love and a passion of compassion for those who are still slaves, even a passion for the abolition of the practice. And, then, a passion for democratic reform. I'm sorry, Padme, but monarchies... still?
In short, the problem shouldn't have to be solved by Anakin giving up on his personal ambitions. Regardless of whether or not the alternative is a noble way in its own right, it's not his way. It could have been solved with a better way of bringing balance to the Force, by getting the Jedi council to come to *ahem* peace with the fact that the Dark Side is an essential and even healthy part of life.
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Date: 2015-11-05 05:52 pm (UTC)Jedi: There is no emotion, only peace.
Sith: Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
That said, hate isn't the only passion. And, the ex-slave-boy could have had a passion of love and a passion of compassion for those who are still slaves, even a passion for the abolition of the practice. And, then, a passion for democratic reform. I'm sorry, Padme, but monarchies... still?
In short, the problem shouldn't have to be solved by Anakin giving up on his personal ambitions. Regardless of whether or not the alternative is a noble way in its own right, it's not his way. It could have been solved with a better way of bringing balance to the Force, by getting the Jedi council to come to *ahem* peace with the fact that the Dark Side is an essential and even healthy part of life.
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Oh, and she's a rich, rich princess. She can afford personal chefs and a droid who's only job is keeping the water the perfect temperature.