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--not that fandom really seems to want to touch it--is that Anakin's murder of the Tusken children is less and less justifiable (it was never justifiable) and more clearly what it is: murdering the children of an indigenous ppl
--not that fandom really seems to want to touch it--is that Anakin's murder of the Tusken children is less and less justifiable (it was never justifiable) and more clearly what it is: murdering the children of an indigenous ppl
And that a lot of times I think we don't touch what that means for what Anakin did because there's no way to solve it without basically handwaving it away
And also that we don't want to touch it because the treatment of the Tusken people in the PT was completely lacking in nuance from THEIR point of view, we know they're probably NOT actually animals (THEY WEAR CLOTHES, CLEARLY THEY ARE SENTIENT)
and we don't seem to know what to do with THAT either. But we're getting even more nuance about how they are indeed a people and have a culture and they're not just murderers or whatever, but what does that mean when we look back at Anakin's actions?
We want to save Anakin because we LOVE Anakin and his mom was tortured and the dark side isn't just an excuse, it's a legitimate thing that influences Force-sensitive people, this is precisely why emotional control is so important, because THE FORCE IS AN ECHO CHAMBER IN YR HEAD
But where is the balance between saving Anakin/ignoring the injustice to the indigenous children vs ignoring the living person who can be saved/the children that punishing Anakin won't help?
I don't have an answer and nobody else in fandom seems to, either.
I don't have an answer and nobody else in fandom seems to, either.
