The Phantom Menace...
May or may not have made me cry.
In about five places.
It's just... he's so sweet and young and cute. And then he falls and becomes Darth Vader and I'm sad about it. And the total suckiness of Qui-Gon dying like that was made very clear to me, because Qui-Gon got how important the 'mom' thing was to Anakin. And Obi-Wan didn't. Because he never got to see Anakin with his mom and didn't understand.
And I'm completely abusing italics but... it was sad. It really was. He was such a sweet little kid.
Was so incredibly impressed by Natalie as Padme/Amidala this time around. She looks like she wants to cry, just before she casts the vote of 'no confidence' in the current Chancellor, and she's smart enough to be wary of Palpatine's promises. Brave and principled and god, how much does it suck for her that she was the person who put Palpatine in power. Though, if it hadn't been her, it would have been someone else -- Palpatine seems pretty flexible at this point. He's clearly surprised by some of the actions that Padme takes, but he manages to work them into his plan nicely... bastard.
And yeah, Obi-Wan so completely wasn't ready to be Anakin's Master. And yet, I'm uncertain as to who would have done a better job -- if the Council is any indication, then he's the person most likely to trust Anakin and Anakin needs that. I do wonder what might have happened if Qui-Gon had lived. Qui-Gon was actually at a place in his life where he could play father to someone, whereas Obi-Wan isn't ready to do that until Luke. Still, Obi-Wan isn't cold to Anakin at all -- he's quiet and calm at the end, but he does put his hand on Anakin's shoulder (after the Chancellor comes over to talk to Anakin -- is Obi-Wan's mistrust of Palpatine already there?).
And we don't know how Qui-Gon would have reacted to Anakin screwing up, since he, you know, died before finding out about Anakin in the cockpit of the Naboo ship. And he was fairly icy to Obi-Wan when Obi-Wan disagreed with him. Then again, he considered Anakin the Chosen One, which might have changed his reactions (and wouldn't that have been a further boot to the face for Obi-Wan, who's already been rejected once in favor of Anakin).
In about five places.
It's just... he's so sweet and young and cute. And then he falls and becomes Darth Vader and I'm sad about it. And the total suckiness of Qui-Gon dying like that was made very clear to me, because Qui-Gon got how important the 'mom' thing was to Anakin. And Obi-Wan didn't. Because he never got to see Anakin with his mom and didn't understand.
And I'm completely abusing italics but... it was sad. It really was. He was such a sweet little kid.
Was so incredibly impressed by Natalie as Padme/Amidala this time around. She looks like she wants to cry, just before she casts the vote of 'no confidence' in the current Chancellor, and she's smart enough to be wary of Palpatine's promises. Brave and principled and god, how much does it suck for her that she was the person who put Palpatine in power. Though, if it hadn't been her, it would have been someone else -- Palpatine seems pretty flexible at this point. He's clearly surprised by some of the actions that Padme takes, but he manages to work them into his plan nicely... bastard.
And yeah, Obi-Wan so completely wasn't ready to be Anakin's Master. And yet, I'm uncertain as to who would have done a better job -- if the Council is any indication, then he's the person most likely to trust Anakin and Anakin needs that. I do wonder what might have happened if Qui-Gon had lived. Qui-Gon was actually at a place in his life where he could play father to someone, whereas Obi-Wan isn't ready to do that until Luke. Still, Obi-Wan isn't cold to Anakin at all -- he's quiet and calm at the end, but he does put his hand on Anakin's shoulder (after the Chancellor comes over to talk to Anakin -- is Obi-Wan's mistrust of Palpatine already there?).
And we don't know how Qui-Gon would have reacted to Anakin screwing up, since he, you know, died before finding out about Anakin in the cockpit of the Naboo ship. And he was fairly icy to Obi-Wan when Obi-Wan disagreed with him. Then again, he considered Anakin the Chosen One, which might have changed his reactions (and wouldn't that have been a further boot to the face for Obi-Wan, who's already been rejected once in favor of Anakin).