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Originally Posted by Itse
Kind of yeah, but only kind of. In practice the relationship of Anakin and Padme doesn't make sense for Padme at any point in the movies, and the relationships of Padme and Obi-Wan is barely explored.
That one scene on Mustafar is pretty much the only moment where we see this dynamic at work.
Yeah I think that would have worked.
But then again you can point to almost anything in the prequels and say "this would have been better if done like this". They're just those kinds of movies.
A shame really. Those prequels could have been solid movies with competent directors and some more competent writers giving the the script a do-over.
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Yeah, for all the time spent on Anakin and Padme, the personal relationships in the prequels were just not very well done. Anakin and Padme? Nauseating. Nothing about them felt genuine. Obi-wan and Padme? They had a mutual respect and concern for Anakin, that's about it. Anakin and Obi-Wan? The best of the three, but much more focus was on Anakin's frustration and anger towards him and the Jedi than any part of their friendship, which really should have been explored a lot more in Part II.
I've said it before, but I just don't think anyone had the balls in the prequels to tell George something was off. If you look at Harrison Ford's scripts from the originals they are absolutely inundated with red ink from Ford. He had an idea of what the character should be and edited hi language accordingly. Did it change any plotlines? No, just the demeanor of the character. No one did that in the prequels and just took George's words as gospel.
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Honestly I would have preferred that too, however I think Lucas really wanted that whole Please save him, there is still good in him.
Also I have to wonder how redeemable Anakin would have been if he had force choked her and snapped her neck.
In the case of how it was done, Anakin had that moment of rage and then relented and let her go, and Hayden had that one second look of what am I doing.
In the book when Anakin meets up with Padme on Mustafar there were two neat bits. When he ran out to meet her he put on his Anakin mask.
when he looked at her and she was talking about him coming away with her and to leave this behind. In his mind he commented on how small and insignificant she looked.
I loved a part of that scene in the movie. When he comes out to meet her, you see him stride out, he has his hood up, then he lowers the hood and bounds to her and embraces her.
I thought that was well done.
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Yeah Part III is well-done overall, but it's weakness is still in the dialogue.
As for my edit, I think it could have worked (doesn't have to be as violent as snapping her neck, just accidentally suffocating her). Two small things would have to change: the "Save him. There's still good in him" line could have been said in their meeting on Coruscant and then it is Obi-Wan who goes to Mustafar and Padme who stashes away in HIS ship.
You still get your "Vader vs Anakin" moment where he goes out to meet Obi-Wan in a rage, sees Padme and has his Anakin moment before accusing them both of betraying him. He kills her by accident (opportunity for a moment of remorse and emotion before turning to pure rage and attacking Obi-Wan). "You killed her Anakin." "You did!" Queue Duel of Fates.