Comments by "" (@CYMotorsport) on "Why Modern Movies Suck - They Teach Us Awful Lessons" video.

  1. A challenge to the logic here of Anakin’s story but not relevant to the point at large: I believe you have the lessons of Anakin wrong. Rather than a tale of patience and not taking the shortcut, Anakin’s is far more about bureaucracy and the complexities of war. As a prequel defender, I notice often ppl who dont pay close enough attention to the first episodes often miss the subtleties of what Lucas was doing by leveraging the political nature of that era. The fact remains no matter how you slice it, his superiors failed him. Right out the gates the council violated their own rules taking him in at that age knowing they had limits for this exact reason. OWK failed in his duty to keep an even closer eye on him knowing he was a major risk given his talents and also he missed out on early teachings before bad patterns set in. It’s ludicrous to suggest he took the “fast” road as well. Anakin was training for nearly an entire dozen years prior to his heroic behavior in Clone Wars. Compare that to Luke. And here’s why that matters and how it cuts against your narrative: Anakin wasn’t just expecting the world bc he was impatient. That’s being ignorant to the entirety of The Clone Wars. He earned the right to be on that council given it governed the affairs of the Jedi which he had MORE than proven he was a contributing member of. In that time, there was open conflict requiring generals which no doubt prompted a speedy promotion…but he was also The Chosen One. Given his approximate age of 19, his advancing at The Clone Wars would rank him among the youngest knighted Jedi but it was not in vain. Yoda trusted anakin to protect Padme on his first assignment. He also emerges Geonosis as a small number of Jedi not killed, which was roughly 90% who entered. It’s also interesting Mace was the biggest challenger to Anakin reaching the council and I’ve always felt George was trying to spark a sense of jealousy Windu himself had as he was famously the youngest council member. At that point, Anakin indeed had proven himself. There was zero reason his age should have limited him. But constantly being overlooked in spite of habitual over-performance led to distrust which led to him discounting his superiors and their lessons about how to control his emotions. Anakin was a product of a system that didn’t find a way to cultivate his talent and who he was to the galaxy and order. Contrast this to how Morpheus recruits, trains, and opens doors for NEO. These seeds be planted along with the freedom he gave him not only in combat but with major decisions lead to his revelatory moment that took him over the top. Imagine had Morpheus left NEO on the ship. Or didn’t consult him, despite him literally working an office desk job not too long ago. Again, Anakin had been under Obi for more than a decade. I’m not aware of any reference Anakin got the chance to train a padwan - one of the requirements for Master. In fact, it’s the death of Qui-Gon Jinn that i believe sets these events into motion.It directly results in his promotion in order to train Anakin, a task far over the head of such a new Master training the Chosen One. The victory over Darth Maul is the stated reason for his promotion. Now imagine you’re Anakin, who helped him win that mind you. Obi gets his shit rocked by Dooku… twice. Then Anakin proves himself in battle as a general, has the skill to beat Dooku, but never promoted. George was telling us The Council’s ability to promote their own talent was flawed. But this “senator” recognized his power. It’s compelling, really. And makes sense his fall. The politics and war are meant to be a backdrop to explain the weakness of systems that govern not just men, but the Jedi Order. Thus I argue it’s this miscarriage of Anakin’s rise within the rank as THE chosen Jedi along with favoritism for the likes of “old guard” apprentices especially Obi who was promoted under less than ideal circumstances that leads to poor training to an already at risk, highly skilled, highly capable young knight-to-be with bad habits.
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