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The Road From Innocence to Evil — According to Star Wars
Dissecting How an Innocent Child Became Darth Vader
There are few stories that portray the road from innocent to evil as well as Star Wars.
The Story of Anakin Skywalker
Chronologically, the series starts with a young boy who happens to be a slave. He is innocent, but he’s more than innocent — he’s also oppressed severely, and underprivileged. He was born into slavery and did absolutely nothing to deserve it.
No Longer a Slave
He is freed eventually at around 9 years old and goes to train in the Jedi arts, which is quite like Stoicism. But he’s ripped from his mother. He was attached to her. He happened to be a very gifted warrior, though. He excelled in his training, but he missed his mother.
“I will come back and free you mom, I promise.”
Anakin Skywalker
The Death of His Mother
In his early teens, he went back to see his mother and found that she had been abducted by terrorists. He fought his way to her, but she died shortly later in his arms. He was so filled with rage that he killed the entire village of terrorists. And…
