The Single Biggest Mistake Each Star Wars Movie Has Made
9. Revenge Of The Sith - Anakin's Downfall Not Making Sense
After almost fifteen years, it's time to accept Revenge of the Sith is not that good.
This is every bit as poorly-written as the other two prequels, especially regarding Anakin's fall to the Dark Side, which makes no sense and is very rushed.
ROTS expects viewers to buy Anakin not only switching from a decent, well-intentioned Jedi into a child-murdering psychopath in mere minutes, but also suddenly deciding that the Jedi are planning to take everything over based on the words of Palpatine, an evil Sith lord. What a load of terrible writing!
Yes, Anakin thought he could save his wife by going over to the Dark Side, but this goal shouldn't have changed his entire personality so radically. Additionally, since Padme was living on a very wealthy planet which no doubt had fantastic healthcare, the chances of her dying in childbirth were very small, while the way that Anakin believed Palpatine gave a damn about saving Padme was intolerably illogical.
ROTS is an example of a tragedy done wrong. Rather than being truly powerful it's just a sour and miserable viewing and the reason for this is that the deeply sad downfall it depicts never feels justified or believable.