unpopular fannish opinion

[scarfman]

One of the criticisms I've seen levelled at the STAR WARS prequels in general and at Attack of the Clones in particular is that Anakin's recitals of the offenses against him sound like the suburban high school quarterback bitching the coach has benched him; rather than, presumably, sounding identifiably like the paranoid ravings of a future villain of historical proportions. Usually this is presented as a judgment against Christensen's performance. But I look at the directions our society's heading these days, and the people taking it there; and I wonder whether Christensen wasn't directed that way because it's exactly what Lucas wanted to say.