Obviously he didnt deserve the harassment he got regardless. Like even if he was dogshit he wouldnt have deserved that. But I just rewatched Phantom Menace for the first time in awhile. Young friend of mine are going through the star wars movies because she was a sheltered homeschooled kid and hadnt seen them. Already did the OT, starting on the prequels.
Other than the obvious “oh wow, the racial stereotypes of literally three different alien species in this movie is insane”, the main takeaway my rewatch gave me is “wow ok, Jake LLoyd is average at worst”. He was just like, a regular kid actor? Nothing to write home about like say, young Maise Williams or something. But absolutely fine?
I thought you meant IN the universe for a moment. And I also agree with that as well as what you meant. Why did the Jedi make an extremely traumatized slave the one true hope for a profession that requires perfect emotional regulation again?
“Prophecy.” “Balance to the Force.” You know, lib shit.
Midichlorians
Why didn’t they do anything about the slavery or freeing anakin’s mother at the very least? The Jedis tee’d him up to become a villain