![]() RELATED: Star Wars: How Age of Republic Expanded the Prequel Eraīy Revenge of the Sith, Anakin's actual turn to the Dark Side of the Force is merely a formality, as Attack of the Clones is where he truly crossed the Rubicon. ![]() At its core, Anakin's fall from grace is an incredibly effective story - and Attack of the Clones is its backbone. ![]() Anakin wants nothing more than to protect the people he cares about, a desire that blinds him to the fact that he's being manipulated by the would-be tyrant Chancellor Palpatine, which, ultimately, proves to be his undoing. It follows Anakin Skywalker, a boy not only burdened with the responsibility of being the Chosen One, but whose allegiance to the dogmatic Jedi Order forbids him from processing the tremendous amount of fear, anger and sadness he carries with him - not to mention the love he feels for Padmé. It's a cliché at this point, but the Prequel Trilogy really does play out like a Shakespearian tragedy. This is largely due to the fact that the generation that grew up with them now has a real seat at the table, so discourse regarding the franchise is no longer dominated by Original Trilogy purists. After all, the Prequels as a whole are nowhere near as universally reviled in the Star Wars fandom as they once were.
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