Article Rec: Did Inadequate Women’s Healthcare Destroy Star Wars’ Old Republic?

[aikaterini]

Oh, my goodness. Finally, FINALLY I've found an article addressing just how stupid and nonsensical the whole "dying in childbirth = certain death" excuse for Anakin Skywalker's downfall is. I've read and watched a lot of rants/criticism about the Star Wars prequels, but never one that so thoroughly addressed how ridiculous the whole "dying in

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[ladyhadhafang]

That was a pretty interesting article! It really does address the issues with Padme's death in the movies really well, and makes a good point about the Force choke. I don't think people would have called bullcrap if the medical droid had said that the Force choke had ultimately killed Padme, or even cardiac failure (even if twenty-seven is pretty young to have cardiac failure). I think the Force choke would have been enough, honestly. Granted, I have my own issues with it (I think it wasn't really handled with the grace it deserved. It was like it was just shoved in, though then again a lot of Anakin's more evil acts kind of feel that way. I actually watched Jeremy Jahns' review of ROTS and he made a good case, IMHO, as to why the kids scene in the Temple actually wasn't necessary), but if Lucas had gone with that explanation I think people would have bought it.

Um...hope I made sense.

[aikaterini]

/I don't think people would have called bullcrap if the medical droid had said that the Force choke had ultimately killed Padme

[ladyhadhafang]

Yeah, that's true. I mean, unless Leia had an incredible memory reaching back to newbornhood, it's pretty unlikely that she would be able to remember her mother in that aspect

[aikaterini]

/I think that Lucas put it in to show how "evil" Anakin was, but honestly, he didn't seem to have thought about the weight of including a scene like that. He didn't really think it through