hey guys are you in today this is a pretty interesting video and it comes
from the book labyrinth of evil page 72 71 chapter 12 now this book for those
who don't know is a legends book well I guess after Disney bought Lucasfilm is
now a legends book which takes place between episode 2 and episode 3 now
while I like to cover theories this one isn't my own this one comes from Anakin
Skywalker himself as he considers what his life might have been like if the
Jedi had never found him I'm gonna go over an excerpt from the James Lucena
book labyrinth of evil and has said before this is the direct prequel to
Revenge of the Sith or at least it was before so a little bit of a rundown for
you guys before we get to the quote from the book Anakin and obi-wan are on the
hunt for the secret identity of the mysterious if Lord that Dooku answers to
so while obi-wan and Yoda went off to discuss their next moves
Anakin remained behind the guard over a clue they had uncovered in their search
for the Dark Lord viceroy nute gunray's MEK no chair which the nemedian uses to
communicate to darth sidious with but while he watches over the Sith
technology the young Jedi's mind begins to wander as a remark meant to be a joke
by obi-wan earlier had stung more than Anakin would like to admit maybe qui-gon
should have left you at whatõs junk shop obi wan's little joke but the wards had
stone for some reason probably because of Anakin's own musings about what might
have become of him had the Jedi not been forced to land on Tatooine to find a
replacement part for Padme starship it wasn't hard to imagine himself stuck in
Moscow with his mom with c-3po without the bright shell he now wore No at 9
years of age he had been an expert pod racer by 21 he would have been a
galactic champion with or without qui-gon or whatõs help he would have
eventually have won the Boonta Eve race and his reputation would have been made
he would have bought freedom for himself his mother all the slaves in Maus ESPA
gone on to win the grand races on Malastare been hailed in the gambling
casinos on Ord Mantell and coarsened he wouldn't have become a Jedi he would
have been too old to Train would never have learned
wield a lightsaber but he would have been able to fly rings around the finest
of Jedi pilots including say Zee Tim and he still would have been stronger in the
force than any of them he might never have met Padme he had thought her an
angel arrived on Tatooine from the moons of Lego a playful remark on his part but
not as entirely innocent as it had sounded even so to her he was just a
funny little boy Padme didn't know that this precocity
wasn't limited to his skill for building and fixing things he had an uncanny
sense for knowing what was going to happen a certainty that he would become
celebrated he was different chosen long before the Jedi Order had
bestowed the title mythical beings came to him angels and Jedi and he excelled
in contests in which humans weren't even meant to participate and yet even with
an angel and Jedi for guests in his home he hadn't divined the sudden departure
from Tatooine the Jedi training his marriage he was no longer the funny
little boy but Padme remained his angel a vision of her broke his reverie
something had changed his heart filled with longing for her even through the
force he couldn't clarify what he was feeling he simply knew that he should be
with her that he should be there to protect her he flexed his artificial
hand remain in the living force he told himself a Jedi didn't dwell in the past
a Jedi surrendered attachment to persons and things that passed out of his or her
life a Jedi didn't fantasize or think what if and that's where it ends so what
do you guys think obviously what-if scenarios don't exist
in Star Wars or at least they shouldn't exist for Jedi so this part where it
says something that changed and suddenly left Anakin longing for Padme I think
this is the first time the force begins to reveal to him the vision of his
wife's death now it's a common fan theory that Palpatine planted this
vision in his head which might be true but I also feel like it was destiny for
him to turn into Darth Vader we also get an insight to his self-confidence which
then gradually transforms into outright arrogance with the whole mythical beings
angels and Jedi to him because of how unique he is but
is it arrogance if it's true I mean Padme might not be an actual
angel but she was the queen of an entire planet the Jedi are mythical in their
way and Anakin is the literal chosen one that stuff will go to your head and
especially coupled with having more midi-chlorians than any other Jedi even
Grand Master Yoda it's no wonder he was sure of his powers but what I found to
be the most interesting was Anakin's musings on what his life might have been
if qui-gon and obi-wan had never arrived on Tatooine do you agree with him is
that how you think it might have gone what about the Clone Wars would Anakin
have enlisted would he have fought for the Republic or the separatists I can
see him joining the separatists having grown up on Tatooine and knowing
firsthand that the Republic has allowed slavery to continue in the Outer Rim
regions feeling ignored and disenchanted with the Galactic government he could
have decided to join the cause of the Confederacy of Independent Systems a
celebrity pilot who joins the war effort Dooku would take notice of him and sense
his strength in the force he would either make Anakin an acolyte like asajj
ventress or perhaps his secret apprentice to help him overthrow Sidious
who would then probably take sight of Anakin and be like well this kid's mine
now that would be pretty cool let me know if you want me to turn that into a
fanfiction I think it would be pretty fun and what's actually interesting
about this is that Luke wanted to be a pilot so it just shows that Anakin had
the same fantasy and dream and where would it have ended up Anakin if he
actually had become a pilot would he have been that noticed by Dooku or
someone else and the same can be said about Luke and the Empire let me know
down below what you think of all of this do you think Anakin would have turned to
the dark side had he just gone to become a pilot or would he just be a famous
pilot there's one thing we can take away from this and that's the fact that he
really wanted to save all of the slaves from his home including his mother and
that's something that he wanted to do whether he was a Jedi or just some
famous pilot but alas he never got to and all of this went hand-in-hand with
his own fall to the dark so you guys in the next video thanks for watching until
then remember the force will be with you always
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