Anakin Skywalker's Fall

You wouldn’t think that a hero could ever turn evil. How can a hero turn to someone that is the exact opposite as what they were originally? In the movie, Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith, the main hero turned to the dark side but with good intentions. Anakin Skywalker who was once a hero, turned evil after making multiple negative decisions to try to save his partner’s life.

            At first Anakin was pure and he started out with good intentions. What started his bad decisions were the visions he had with his wife dying. This sparked the development of evil inside him because he didn’t want to face the truth. He couldn’t stand to have his wife die so he tries to change her fate. To save his wife, he had to learn the dark side. This is his first big mistake and this led him to come closer and closer to becoming completely evil.

            Anakin knew he had a lot of potential of being the best Jedi and this led him to be greedy on having more power. He wanted more power so he started to become more disobedient with the council and to Obi-wan. He believed that the council didn’t trust him and so instead of following their orders, he went against them and made his own decisions. His bond between the council and Obi-wan started to fade and he became more engulfed by evil. Anakin disobeyed the council and came to the Chancellor’s aid and saved his life. After, he started to learn the dark side from him and he became Darth Vader. At this point, Anakin is totally lost. He killed the innocent and joined the war on the evil side.

            Anakin had multiple chances of becoming a Jedi again, but every time he had the chance, he denies them. His wife offered to run away together, to leave the city and never come back. This would have saved the wife’s life and have Anakin still be a Jedi, but he had so much greed for power that he denies her offer. He was so overflown with anger (because of Obi-wan) that he even harmed his wife, the one person he was trying to save in the first place. After, he fought Obi-wan and lost. At this point, he lost all his chances of becoming a Jedi again.

            After making many negative choices, Anakin Skywalker became evil even though he had good intentions in the beginning. At first, he just wanted to save his wife’s life, but along the way, he got lost and was engulfed by the dark side. This just goes to show that even the people with the best intentions can turn evil in a blink of an eye. Not everyone can stay good and pure forever.