Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Summary
Shmi Skywalker ’s final Word to her son inStar war : Episode I - The Phantom Menacecould have foreclose Anakin Skywalker from turning to the dark side of the Force and becoming Darth Vader , saving Anakin and the largerStar Warsgalaxy . Darth Vader was one ofStar Wars’most potent Sith , but he was at first just a untried , unacquainted boy living as a slave on Tatooine with his mother . At the start , there was no indicant — other than the events of the original trilogy — that evoke that Anakin was fate to become one ofStar Wars’most influential villains .
Unfortunately , the events ofThe Phantom Menacekicked off Anakin ’s descent to the dreary side . Although it seemed like Qui - Gon take Anakin off Tatooine , free him from slavery , and bringing him tothe Coruscant Jedi Templeto train as a Jedi was a positive variety in Anakin ’s life , in actuality , this legal separation from his mother was already the beginning of the end . Sadly , had Anakin just listen his female parent ’s leave-taking words , his story may not have ended with so much tragedy .
Anakin Skywalker ’s fall to the drear side of the Force is a pivotal result in Star Wars , and 15 cardinal moments defined how that spell happened over prison term .
Shmi Tells Anakin Not To Look Back
Shmi ’s final words to Anakin inThe Phantom Menacewere"Don’t expect back . “This import was profound for several reasons , the most obvious being that it signaled Anakin leaving the only family and home he ’d ever known to become a Jedi , but Shmi ’s words have even more free weight when considered in the larger context of Anakin ’s story . While Shmi was literally state Anakin to walk away and not turn back because he had said he could n’t leave her , these word are precisely what Anakin postulate to hear and understand to avoid his luck .
At the core of his many flaw was one trueness : Anakin could not let go of the past .
Anakin ’s gloam to the sorry side was multi - superimposed , but at the essence of his many fault was one truth : Anakin could not let go of the past times . Anakin had outcome with anger , self-importance , and mastery , but the very nature of revenge , something at the heart of the glowering side , is an fixation with the past . In the vitrine of Anakin ’s family relationship with his mother , this was true both in the sense that he could n’t forget that he ’d left his female parent behind and , once she ’d died , he could n’t separate that from the present , specifically his fears about Padmé dying .
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This Advice Could Have Prevented Anakin’s Turn To The Dark Side
Shmi ’s parting words to Anakin also reflected the same message that the Jedi had for Anakin , but Shmi pitch it so much better . The prequel trilogy ’s Jedi Order insisted upon the inherent issues with attachments because they risked a fear of loss and feel of possession , but this gruelling and fast dominion never worked for Anakin . Shmi ’s business about Anakin looking back was also about bond , though , just stated in a more humanizing , compassionate way .
Shmi did n’t want Anakin to be haunted by or bind to his past times . Even though it intend her being entirely alone , she wanted Anakin to leave her and Tatooine behind , which mean not allow his thoughts linger on his female parent , as Yoda had said . Had Anakin heed to his mother ’s kinder delivery of this construct and not continually ' appear back , ' he may never have witnessed Shmi ’s decease and become consumed with grief and awe . Ultimately , Shmi ’s simple words inThe Phantom Menacecould have changedStar Wars .
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