Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
secret r o m a n c e a n d m a r r i a g e w i t h P r i n c e s s A m i d a l a . However, his c a p a c i t y to
love becomes d i s t o r t e d by the death o f his mother at the hand of Tusken raiders.
In a sequence that recalls the Western movie universe of John Ford's The Searchers,
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A n a k i n finds his mother horribly tortured by the savages and overreacts to her
death, unleashing a tide of bloody revenge that makes h i m almost unredeemable in
an audience's eyes.
In Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, A n a k i n becomes obsessed with the fear of
losing that which he loves, Princess Amidala, and is haunted by prophetic dreams
of her dying in childbirth. H e is thus easy prey for the temptations o f Senator
Palpatine, who holds out the promise of an elixir that can rescue loved ones from
death
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