Psychologists: Anakin Skywalker wasn't a bad person -- it wasn't his fault

It's too bad the Star Wars universe didn't have psychologists because if they did, Anakin would not have turned to the dark side and the universe would not have been in peril. It turns out, all he would have needed was a little psychotherapy and he would have been fine.

I hope we all learned a lesson from from this.

I have learned that drugs give people the ability to force choke and shoot electricity out of their hands!

It's his fault that he went over to the dark side.

It's like how you have a choice to use drugs.

I thought that was meant to be obvious:?...

It's too bad the Star Wars universe didn't have psychologists because if they did, Anakin would not have turned to the dark side and the universe would not have been in peril. It turns out, all he would have needed was a little psychotherapy and he would have been fine.

I hope we all learned a lesson from from this.

psychobrew

[QUOTE="psychobrew"]

It's too bad the Star Wars universe didn't have psychologists because if they did, Anakin would not have turned to the dark side and the universe would not have been in peril. It turns out, all he would have needed was a little psychotherapy and he would have been fine.

I hope we all learned a lesson from from this.

hydralisk86

It's his fault that he went over to the dark side.

It's like how you have a choice to use drugs.

Necrifer

I can just see his first session:

"tell me about your mother"

"don't make me destroy you!"

or maybe vader was so angry about how bad the prequels are

so these psychologists are being paid to watch Star Wars:lol: ?

these "studies" always make me lol, they are like "yep bro, Anakin may have had a personality disorder", big ****ing surprise :|

[QUOTE="psychobrew"]

It's too bad the Star Wars universe didn't have psychologists because if they did, Anakin would not have turned to the dark side and the universe would not have been in peril. It turns out, all he would have needed was a little psychotherapy and he would have been fine.

I hope we all learned a lesson from from this.

Anakin was a lost cause...

He was a fool to turn to the darkside.. what did it get him in the end? Nothing weezyfb

[QUOTE="weezyfb"]He was a fool to turn to the darkside.. what did it get him in the end? Nothing McJugga

I think one question people should ask:

If Anakin hadn't turned to the dark side, would he have brought balance to the force? The balance seen when he "dethroned" the Emperor in Return of the Jedi.

Edit: Honestly, he started to turn when he let the anger over the death of his mother take control and committed murder. He let it keep going and murdered some more. The act of bringing balance was also a murder. Anakin was a serial killer, but he "wasn't a bad person".

Bull****. He turned to the dark side. Understand the force these psychologists do not.

I thought that was meant to be obvious:?...

gamedude2020

It was.

[QUOTE="hydralisk86"]

[QUOTE="psychobrew"]

It's too bad the Star Wars universe didn't have psychologists because if they did, Anakin would not have turned to the dark side and the universe would not have been in peril. It turns out, all he would have needed was a little psychotherapy and he would have been fine.

I hope we all learned a lesson from from this.

psychobrew

He was a fool to turn to the darkside.. what did it get him in the end? Nothing weezyfb

A red light saber.

[QUOTE="weezyfb"]He was a fool to turn to the darkside.. what did it get him in the end? Nothing UserBane

A red light saber.

:lol:

so these psychologists are being paid to watch Star Wars:lol: ?

these "studies" always make me lol, they are like "yep bro, Anakin may have had a personality disorder", big ****ing surprise :|

LastCaveMan

Good to know that medical "professionals" aren't wasting time and money.........hillelslovak

[QUOTE="weezyfb"]He was a fool to turn to the darkside.. what did it get him in the end? Nothing UserBane

A red light saber.

He kinda stopped being a whiny ***** as well.

[QUOTE="UserBane"]

[QUOTE="weezyfb"]He was a fool to turn to the darkside.. what did it get him in the end? Nothing weezyfb

A red light saber.

:lol:

[QUOTE="UserBane"]

[QUOTE="weezyfb"]He was a fool to turn to the darkside.. what did it get him in the end? Nothing coolbeans90

A red light saber.

He kinda stopped being a whiny ***** as well.

And he got the cool outfit as an added perk..along with a great job with amazing benifits!

[QUOTE="coolbeans90"]

[QUOTE="UserBane"]

A red light saber.

Xx_Hopeless_xX

He kinda stopped being a whiny ***** as well.

And he got the cool outfit as an added perk..along with a great job with amazing benifits!

Yep. Came with an imperial star fleet, and a death star for transportation. (till his stupid kid wrecked it...) Looking at the end of episode 3, I think he had a pretty rad health benefits package too.

You can name anything that turns people from doing something right a disorder, since we all want to do things right. Our intentions are always good. Others can claim they aren't, but they are not You. You can claim Yours aren't, but only with good intent. There's no reason to want to do something that You think is bad in any given situation.
The only things causing people to do bad things are misunderstanding and limitation of time/self control. i.e. it is outside of their power.

Add to this the extremely limited amount of control the conscious has over the subconscious, and You start to see the way things really are.

There are no consciousnesses here that are to blame or are criminal. The people we call criminals or place blame on, include their subconscious decision making. The people You blame for things that You don't like, are 95% passenger/machine.

In the future we might want to find a way to seperate consciousness from subconsciousness to only punish/correct the subconscious mind.
That way we can improve society without anyone consciously being in pain because of a punishment.

[QUOTE="Xx_Hopeless_xX"]

[QUOTE="coolbeans90"]

He kinda stopped being a whiny ***** as well.

coolbeans90

And he got the cool outfit as an added perk..along with a great job with amazing benifits!

Yep. Came with an imperial star fleet, and a death star for transportation. (till his stupid kid wrecked it...) Looking at the end of episode 3, I think he had a pretty rad health benefits package too.

And he could kill any co-worker that got on his nerves :P..

But he killed youglings! wolverine4262

[QUOTE="Necrifer"]

It's his fault that he went over to the dark side.

It's like how you have a choice to use drugs.

Plzhelpmelearn

yea but noone does drugs (or turns to the dark side i guess) for the sake of doing the wrong thing. It fulfills a different purpose (like easing emotional pain) in ones life and the unintended side effect is a ruined life. It is not fair to cast everyone in the same light light as having equal "choices", because everyone brings a lifetime of experience (and bias) to that choice. Just because you have never been driven to the point of turning to drugs does not mean that you would or could not be driven to that point given a set of circumstances that shape your thought processes.

I can agree with you that some people have a heavier (emotional) burden and are more compelled towards drugs (or the dark side), but what I am saying is everyone has a choice and it is their (or Anakin's)choice tomakewhether or notthey use drugs (or go over to the dark side).

But he killed youglings! wolverine4262

not the younglings anything but the youngling!!! :o

[QUOTE="weezyfb"]He was a fool to turn to the darkside.. what did it get him in the end? Nothing McJugga

Um, these people are aware that Anakin Skywalker was a fictional character whose actor was following a script, yes? :P

Um, these people are aware that Anakin Skywalker was a fictional character whose actor was following a script, yes? :P

GabuEx

That's not true! :cry:

[QUOTE="weezyfb"]He was a fool to turn to the darkside.. what did it get him in the end? Nothing McJugga

Um, these people are aware that Anakin Skywalker was a fictional character whose actor was following a script, yes? :P

GabuEx

Um, these people are aware that Anakin Skywalker was a fictional character whose actor was following a script, yes? :P

GabuEx

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

Um, these people are aware that Anakin Skywalker was a fictional character whose actor was following a script, yes? :P

MattUD1

Yes, but still, there is nothing we can know about the character except what is in the script, because that is literally all the character is. It seems a bit silly to psychoanalyze a script, which is basically what we're doing here.

:lol: This is weird.

:lol: This is weird.

dunl12496

I like your avatar (sorry for the randomness)..

[QUOTE="MattUD1"][QUOTE="GabuEx"]

Um, these people are aware that Anakin Skywalker was a fictional character whose actor was following a script, yes? :P

GabuEx

Yes, but still, there is nothing we can know about the character except what is in the script, because that is literally all the character is. It seems a bit silly to psychoanalyze a script, which is basically what we're doing here.

[QUOTE="MattUD1"][QUOTE="GabuEx"]

Um, these people are aware that Anakin Skywalker was a fictional character whose actor was following a script, yes? :P

GabuEx

Yes, but still, there is nothing we can know about the character except what is in the script, because that is literally all the character is. It seems a bit silly to psychoanalyze a script, which is basically what we're doing here.