Howdy All,
WOW! I stumbled across this site a couple of weeks ago, and I've been visiting it at least every other day since. There's simply no other site like it, and that's not only a HUGE compliment to the site's administrators and informants, but also to the community as well.
This latest report finally puts confusing points into a much needed order. There's been a lot of speculation as to when Anakin is given the Sith name of "Darth Vader," which, if I'm not mistaken means "Dark Father." Too many of the spoilers I've read have put the bestowing of the Sith name AFTER Padme is dead, which, frankly, makes no sense, since it'd be assumed that if Padme is dead, so is her offspring, so how does the title "Dark Father" fit if his offspring is dead? Some daddy!
But now the timing of the new name is perfect, and it must hit an emotional resonance with Anakin. After all, is he not cursed with visions of his pregnant wife's death? Not only is there Palpatine's promise of eternal life, the demonstration of his raw power against the now slain party of Jedi, but the very fact that Palpatine chooses to give Anakin the Sith name of "Dark Father" must be almost entirely overwhelming to Anakin. How can his new master speak with any more confidence in his own power and abilities than in how these events cascade over each other? It must be "obvious" to Anakin that if there is ever a time that Padme and her child will be safe, it is now.
What great motivation to carry out the crimes he is about to commit!
There is a strong undercurrent in history where dictators are not just brutal tyrants, but they are also seen by some portion of their population as their savior and their only hope out of their desperate plight, as real or as imagined as it may be. This is precisely what Palpatine will become in Anakin's now warped mind.
Palpatine reaps enormous fruits from his minimal investments. What an evil genius. I love him!
Can someone clarrify a few points for me? Samuel Jackson has stated over and over again that he "...doesn't go down like a chump..." in the film. Considering how Palpatine quickly whoops the Jedi party's butts, and then manipulates Anakin to lop off Mace's hand so that he doesn't have to break a sweat himself, and then he "tickles" and "plays" with Mace via Force Lightning before tossing him out the window, well, to me, this sounds like Mace has been THOROUGHLY "chumped" by Palpatine.
Am I missing something? For the longest time, the context has been inferred that Mace DOES engage and defeat some of Palpatine's forces during this confrontational scene. Am I mistaken on this point? Any clarrification would be appreciated.
That's it for now. Thanks again for a GREAT site, and if this "Revelation Scoop" is what we've been given for Christmas Eve, I can't wait to see what's in store for Christmas Day!
Thank you for all the hard work and for sharing the fruits of your labors with us!
YOURS!
Kyle
Dec. 24, 2004
