didnt he explode a planet

It should be noted that OP has previously expressed belief that the only justifiable reason for a character to change their life is loss of someone they were romantically involved with, so this is on brand.

Op believes that Anakin's love for Padme was more important than anything, including the lives of children.

Nothing justifies murdering children, you psychopath. He wanted to save Padme. Guess what, Padme didn't want children murdered to save her life. And you think becoming full on evil was justified because his wife died but he didn't have to become evil. He could have used it as motivation to become a hero instead, like other characters would do. He could have sworn vengeance against the emperor for lying to him and telling him he'd save Padme and then not doing so. He chose instead to be a right hand man to an oppressive dictator. I see Anakin as a complex character, but to say he isn't a bad person at all is too much

And also, Anakin didn't deserve the rank of jedi master because he had emotional regulation issues he still needed to work out. He demonstrates this by throwing a tantrum when told he couldn't be a master. Had he worked on those issues, he probably would have become a Jedi master soon

Anakin was portrated as a hot head and with poor impulse control in the Clone Wars series, the real hero and the greatest jedi on star wars was Obi-wan.

He didn't succumb to the dark side even when Satine died, he keep his promisses to train Anakin on the dying momments of Qui-Gon Jinn, he looked over and protect Luke on the sh*ithole of planet Tatooine and even in the end, he didn't hesitate accept his fate and strenght his bond with the force

The lengths dudes will go to instead of just going to therapy.

He was bad. Have you seen the shit he gets up to in the comics or extended universe?

But, he did redeem himself in the end and that is what matters.

I don't agree with the jealous council not giving him what he deserved claim. Anakin was exceptionally powerful and talented but that alone doesn't make one eligible. I'm not big into Star Wars lore like some people but I can't imagine getting on the council is just a Jedi powers skill test and that's it.

It's similar to the thing with Tai Lung thinking he deserved to be proclaimed the Dragon Warrior. He was incredibly powerful and skilled but was also the type to become a villain for being denied the greatness he felt he deserved. Oogway saw that in him, and his reaction to being denied proved that he didn't deserve it, because there was more to it than just being really skilled and powerful.

I don't agree. His story is a good person, becoming evil, and being redeemed to an extent at death. He was a bad person most of his life. He didn't start bad. He may not have died bad. But he was bad.

You seem like the kinda person who saw the Stormtroopers lining up and said "yeah, I can get behind that"

Oh wow, apparently there are people stupid enough to believe Anakin's perpetual victim perspective. How smooth-brained do you have to be to believe the council was jealous of a whiny teenager who couldn't control his emotions?

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But he was fucking Padme who was a decade or more his senior! How can this list be complete without addressing this crucial issue?

And I have to admit that I find the classification of killing children in the way that he specifically did as "not evil" a tad unconvincing.

That's a nice opinion. Too bad it's wrong.

He strove for power and renown. Points 1-3 didn't trigger him, they were excuses to become the evil he was fated to become.

He had his redemption arc but that was something like when he was in his 40s or 50s and reaching the twilight of his life, and knowing that Luke may well kill and replace him. Seeing Luke sacrifice himself instead, moved what little good (or more accurately, moral principles) was left in Anakin.

In terms of alignment, Anakin was always Lawful Evil imo. My interpretation is that he was swayed by the strength of Luke's adherence to the light side and his almost complete sacrifice. I don't think it was really motivated by love.

Born (or sold) a slave, brainwashed by a powerful private institution (with no oversight) into a killing machine following orders, manipulated by an older (undemocratic) monarch at a very young age, killed by his own handler & left for barbecue, rescued/resurecresurrected/kept alive by the magic force of a democratically elected leader.

He wasn't much of anything, just a product constantly under overwhelming influence of another.