Was Anakin brainwashed?

So, starting sometime in Episode II, Anakin was manipulated and border-line brainwashed by a Sith who, at the end of Episode III, caused Yoda to flee in defeat. Again, Anakin, who spent so much time with Padme and Palpitine, a.k.a. the woman he loved and a Sith Lord, is not to blame for this.
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Did Anakin brainwashed Padme?

So, while the inner “Love me back” please of normal guys goes unheard, Anakin's pleads turned into a Jedi mind trick. The mind trick was victorious when she finally confessed her “love” for him on Geonosis. But Anakin also has a malicious motive for manipulating Padme.
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Was Anakin truly redeemed?

During the battle, Anakin, who had been known as the Sith Lord Darth Vader, was redeemed by Luke and brought balance to the Force. However, the redemption cost Anakin his life, having been mortally wounded by the Emperor, Darth Sidious, while killing his former Master. After his death, Anakin became one with the Force.
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Was Anakin betrayed?

"Anakin's Betrayal" is a piece written by John Williams for the Revenge of the Sith soundtrack. It represents the tragic turn of Anakin Skywalker to the dark side of the Force. It was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and the London Voices. The piece won Williams a Grammy nomination for Best Film Score.
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Who manipulated Anakin?

You could almost think me as your father." The Midi-chlorian Manipulation can be dated back to the rough draft of Revenge of the Sith. In the draft, Palpatine seduces Anakin Skywalker to the Dark side, revealing Anakin's "mysterious birth" in the process.
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How did Palpatine trick Anakin?

Putting Anakin Skywalker on the Jedi Council.

He continually compliments Anakin, insults the Jedi Order both passively aggressively and directly and says they're fools for not seeing Anakin's potential, and on and on.
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Did Palpatine create Anakin's dreams?

Star Wars shock: Palpatine 'KILLED Padme and gave Anakin FAKE visions' to manipulate him.
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Did the Jedi treat Anakin unfairly?

They pulled this kid out of slavery, away from his mother and everyone he knew, and dropped him in an unfamiliar setting on a completely different planet. He was a kid. The Jedi, with the exception of Obi Wan (and Qui Gon before he died), openly distrusted and even disliked Anakin.
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Why did the Jedi fail Anakin Skywalker?

One downfall for Anakin was his Jedi masters not realizing Anakin's need of a particular teaching: that he can't control everything, and that he is not, and never will be, all powerful.
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Why did the Jedi not trust Anakin?

At most, they would scold him for his behavior. The Jedi Council was too passive when it came to Anakin's education, and it fostered a toxic relationship with him. He knew that they did not trust or approve of him, and as a result, he lost trust in the Council.
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Who is the strongest Jedi of all time?

The Most Powerful Jedi of All Time
  • 8 – Kit Fisto. ...
  • 7 – Ki-Adi-Mundi. ...
  • 6 – Qui-Gon Jinn. ...
  • 5 – Anakin Skywalker. ...
  • 4 – Mace Windu. ...
  • 3 – Obi-Wan Kenobi. ...
  • 2 – Yoda. ...
  • 1 – Luke Skywalker. As the son of Anakin Skywalker, Luke was incredibly strong in the Force.
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Did Luke ever talk to Anakin?

So we can see there that it seems the Force spirits (the more precise term often used by Star Wars) of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, and Anakin Skywalker guided Luke during this vast period in-between the Battle of Endor and Luke's exile on Ahch-to.
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Does Darth Vader know he is Anakin Skywalker?

In The Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader revealed the shocking truth to Luke; that he was really Anakin Skywalker, Luke's father.
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Was Anakin obsessed with Padmé?

In Attack of the Clones, Anakin seems obsessed with Padme. His obsession is so big that he confronts his own master Obi-Wan Kenobi about it several times in the film, due to his own childish behavior.
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Is Anakin hot?

Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker

This one is complicated. Anakin Skywalker is hot, but he is only hot in Revenge of the Sith, because his hair is coiffed and he's got a big mood. Although Darth Vader is iconic and always clean (unlike most men!), he is not hot, because he is a scary middle manager.
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What is the age gap between Anakin and Padmé?

She had always behaved older than her age and had recently become the youngest Queen of Naboo, but she too was still fairly young in years. Padmé was born in the year 46 BBY on Naboo, and Anakin was born five years later, in the year 41 BBY. That makes Padmé five years older than Anakin.
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Why was Obi-Wan allowed to train Anakin?

To honor Qui-Gon's dying wish, Obi-Wan has taken Anakin Skywalker as his Padawan, training him in the ways of the Jedi.
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Was Anakin the chosen one?

Anakin ultimately fulfilled his role as the Chosen One and brought balance to the Force, fulfilling Qui-Gon Jinn's belief in the prophecy that foretold Anakin's destiny. Accepting his fate, Anakin joined his Jedi mentors in death by becoming one with the Force.
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How was Palpatine able to hide from the Jedi?

Palpatine utilizing Force clouding while speaking with members of the Jedi Council Force clouding was a cloaking technique employed by the Sith to conceal their true nature from the Jedi and other users of the Force. The individual would pull their dark powers into themselves and adopt a mask of insignificance.
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What was Anakin's fatal flaw?

Anakin's tragic flaw was his fear. This was the reason the Jedi council restrained him from being a leader for the simple fact that he feared his wife Padme's death, the safety of his mentor, Obi Wan Kenobi, and he feared the safety of all the clone troopers placed under his command.
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Was Yoda right about Anakin?

Everyone thinks that Anakin was created by the force to bring balance by whipping out the Sith. But without darkness and all light - how is that balance? Yoda was right in thinking the prophecy was misread because Anakin brought balance to the force by purging the Jedi.
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Why did Yoda not help Anakin?

Yoda would not argue against Mace Windu's initial verdict: Anakin Skywalker was “too old” to be trained in the ways of the Jedi. He even asks the body directly about his mother and acknowledges his fear of separating from her, years before that very fear would draw him to Palpatine and lead him into the dark side.
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How did Anakin get his scar?

With that, Ventress retreated further into the building, with an enraged Anakin Skywalker in hot pursuit. Ambushing the Jedi, Ventress managed to slash Skywalker across the face, leaving him with a scar on his jaw.
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What is Padmé holding at her funeral?

In the illustrated screenplay of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, Amidala was scripted to be holding the japor snippet after Anakin awakens from his first nightmare, during her time in her private apartment on Coruscant after Obi-Wan's warning about Anakin's fall to the dark side, and during her final ...
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