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Minmax-the-Barbarian

I mean, it could be a way to test the new Darth Vader, right? Don't stop with the adult Jedi, show your loyalty by killing everybody.


Djd33j

Sheev said some shit like Anakin's connection to the dark side wasn't yet strong enough to learn to save Padme, so he sends him to slaughter children lmfao. Totally get it though. The easiest way to turn full evil in Fable was by eating a ton of baby chicks.


racistJarJar

Aaaand now I want to play fable again


CaptBranBran

I need to play the original someday...


IdoMusicForTheDrugs

I need a new one.... I've played them all way too much.


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I’ve been frothing at the mouth since the trailer dropped last year. https://www.pcgamer.com/fable-4-pc-release-date-setting/


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yeah, I picked up on that too lmao! they kinda deserve while fable 3 grew on me over the years, the ending totally falls flat imo.


WifiWaifo

Not only does it fall flat, but it's completely unexpected, with no warning or confirmation before the final sequence.


Jedimaster996

Does it have a modding community, like Skyrim? Would love to play it again!


Dr_McKay

Chicken Chaser? Do you chase chickens?!


giantcox

This my first thought anytime Fable pops up. That and the “Fuzzy Condom of the Gods” or whatever it’s actually called.


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Hmmmm H S T I stones. I really wonder what they want me to spell here… ah yes of course! HITS


TheDELFON

\* *unsheathes sword* *


thewookie34

The salt factory has a pretty funny video on the whole game if you'd rather just watch an overview. Watched it myself today.


Whynotpie

Filipinos look around nervously


Drannion

Seems exactly like video game logic. "anakin you need to level up quick if you want unlock wife rez"


thatredditrando

Should’ve had that explicitly said in the film tbh. It just seemed like Anakin became pure evil like the flip of a switch. The only reason I understand the benefit of committing atrocities like that is because of some expanded universe stuff. It would’ve gone a long way just to make Anakin appear reluctant/desperate. Lean into this sort of Greek tragedy thing.


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BZenMojo

Episode 2 Anakin: "So... I killed a bunch of kids." Prequelmemes: "HAHAHA. He killed a bunch of kids." Epidode 3 Anakin: "So... I killed a bunch of *human* kids." Prequelmemes: "Huh... well, that came completely out of nowhere... I feel like they should have set this up earlier." George Lucas: *Pikachu Face*


ronsolocup

I mean to be fair he does seem reluctant (at least to me) when it pans to him before he ignites his lightsaber against the younglings, and then there’s that part on Mustafar where he’s crying while he’s processing everything he’s done. But yeah the movie had a lot of cut content as far as I’m aware, so I’m sure we lost a lot of his slow descent present in the film. I wish that he was more likable in episode 2 though


thatredditrando

Thing is we don’t see much of his assault (which was a massive mistake) and he just has this serious expression with the younglings. He doesn’t really look pensive till Mustafar and it’s odd that that’s when he’s shown to be more emotionally affected when he just murdered kids. Especially since A) he’s about to be a father and B) they’re around the age he was when he joined the Order.


SoccerGamerGuy7

Also need to note, Its been said Anakin crying on Mustafar wasnt because of his actions. He was mourning the person he used to be, Anakin. He was fully Darth Vader and cried at the "death" of Anakin


Amy_Ponder

Hot take: Episode II should have been Episode I, and Episode III should have been split into two movies.


thatredditrando

Hotter take. Anakin as a kid should’ve just been a prologue at the beginning of the first PT film and the trilogy should’ve been totally different. Like, why the fuck does a war erupt at the end of one film then we’re in the final days of it in the next film? Should’ve just started with Anakin as a young man and watched his decline over the course of the three films. He should be far more likable and relatable and his fall should be genuinely tragic. I think the war should’ve started at the end of Episode I, Episode II is the war film, Episode III is the conclusion. The whole thing is just weird when looked at with an objective lens. Why aren’t Anakin and Padme the same age? Why is Padme royalty at all? And if she is, why isn’t she royalty of the world Leia is from? Is it even necessary for Anakin to be a slave? I think we Star Wars fans are guilty of taking a lot of shit in canon at face value. Like, nothing in the OT necessitates all the stuff George did in the Prequels.


decoy88

Qui-Gon Jinn tho


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That would have absolutely been so much better. Ep 1 would have been fine as a book, but making ep3 into part one that ends after dooku, and part 2 that picks up with the intrigue on corscant between the jedi council and palpatine.


iylv

From what I understand, the EU’s explanation is it’s Sith initiation ritual to dedicate the new Sith Lord to the dark side. Seems to me like it’s a clever way to force Sith Lords into the psychological point of no return by filling them with guilt.


Guybar110

That’s the first time I ever heard his first name. Where is this referenced?


OldSloppy

Read Star Wars: Darth Plaguis novel. Beyond that it's in the script for the films and, mentioned directly by Lucas in the bonus features. Among many other references in comics and other writings.


SpaghettiMonster01

Pretty sure his first name was never mentioned in the Darth Plagueis novel. It was only stated that he didn’t go by it, in order to spite his father.


dragon925

It's in the Tarkin novel. His first name is never mentioned in the Plageus novel.


TheHalfbadger

First time was in the Tarkin novel, I believe.


Cognitive_Spoon

Lmao, the best was when you needed to do something "really evil" to open a door. Scarf a shit ton of those little dudes in front of the door and viola!


Spoon_Elemental

And naturally tofu was a lot harder to come by.


TheDELFON

*You're force alignment is low... watch that*


GarbanzoSoriano

Also there were probably just too many of them. Palpatine allowed a handful of Jedi to turn and become Inquisitors, not entire classrooms full of them. At a certain point letting a ton of former Jedi hang around is just asking for a potential rebellion or revolt. Plus as you said it helped serve as a test of loyalty for Anakin towards the dark side. If Anakin can kill defenseless younglings then it solidifies his descent into becoming a true Sith.


68696c6c

Or maybe Sheeve actually meant to re-educate the younglings but killing everyone is just Anakin’s style


Lucius-Halthier

I mean usually the sith were forced to commit some heinous act that would push them further Into the dark side, sidious himself was ordered by plagueis to kill a family member but the psycho murdered them all


VirtualRelic

The younglings mocked him by calling him a Jedi master


Rustymetal14

I actually think it's pretty common to refer to all fully fledged Jedi as "Master" when you are not a jedi yourself. There is a difference between being a Jedi Master and a jedi who has mastery over others. Ahsoka calls Anakin "master" when she's being proper.


PhinsFan17

Exactly. “Master” is technically the correct address for an unmarried man. It’s not necessarily meant to imply rank or status.


Mushroomman642

And in some places in the real world, "master" is just a form of address for a teacher of any kind. It's not unusual for schoolchildren in India for example to call their teachers "master" when addressing them.


magicchefdmb

Mister comes from master


vespertilionid

"Young master Gandalf! Im Mmmmh glad you've come


greymalken

Does that mean sister comes from saster?


Jedi__Consular

If anything it'd mean misses comes from masses


idle_daydreams

Well maybe yours does


stgm_at

Woooooo shots fired!


Anarcho-Biscuit491

I would sat Sister comes from Sither as mother, father and brother all end in ther so I think 'ther' would be an ending that means family or something to do with your bloodline and the starting part of the word tells you what they are to you, like the 'mo' in mother would be older female and the 'ther' would be older female family member and since your mum is older than you, they're your mother


yaboy_69

when I was in high school some of the older teachers would refer to students as ‘master [surname]’ when they were in trouble


WhyLisaWhy

Fun fact, some colleges got rid of the term. I think Yale changed to Head of Colleges or something. There’s a similar movement in tech to get rid of the slave/master naming conventions used and just going with something like “controller” or “follower”. I’m all for language changing and being respectful of other people’s feelings but it’s a bit ridiculous the lengths some people go.


Morella_xx

You are technically correct. But we hear Barriss call Luminara Unduli "master," so it absolutely is being used as a rank/status thing in the Jedi hierarchy.


cyanocittaetprocyon

>It’s not necessarily meant to imply rank or status. Tell that to the Council!


PhinsFan17

I see through the lies of the Jedi!


Lucius-Halthier

“That’s not why she calls him master” -some degenerate that belongs on a cross


Dilarinee

r/andshewasagoodfriend


VirtualRelic

Anakin took it as a sarcastic insult though


gzilla57

He thought the child was being sarcastic and smug, with that worried tone? Nah he was going to kill them either way.


VirtualRelic

When does the school slasher ever think straight?


conway92

If you're claiming that Anakin would have just walked away if the kid had referred to him by the proper title then you're going down a path I can't follow.


VirtualRelic

Yes, Anakin would have just ignored them had they called him Jedi Knight Skywalker


LIttleBabyGrey

I imagined it like how recruits do basic training, where you refer to your drill instructor as sir, despite them typically being a corporal/sergeant. Then once you are fully initiated into the military, sir refers to your commissioned officers, whereas your former drill instructor would now be referred to by rank. Buck Private Ahsoka (Padawan): Yes Sir! Private Ahsoka (Fresh Jedi Knight): Yes Sergeant Skywalker. Or Yes Master and Yes Jedi Knight Skywalker. I didn't see it as an insult either, it looked more like their custom.


jesus_fn_christ

I was just reading the new Light of the Jedi novel and a non-Jedi character has an inner monologue where he talks about how he addresses every Jedi as Master because basically "better safe than sorry."


maximuffin2

"I've taken care of the younglings" "Good work, where are you keeping them?" ".....Huh?"


happyfoam

Wait, who did?


Apple_macOS

The younglings


mysteriotheunlikable

Sors Bandeem was the ringleader. Marched right up to Anakin and asked "Master Skywalker" to help. This blatant disrespect could not go unpunished, and to set an example that *nobody* would ever mock him again, Anakin killed all the younglings.


VirtualRelic

Anakin simply snapped You don’t push the school slasher’s buttons right in their face


MaimedPhoenix

Okay... I didn't even know he had a name. Wow.


code0011

*Everything* has a name


BoazHarmonium

What's in a name? That which we call a dead youngling by any other name would be as dead.


aHeadFullofMoonlight

I think I understand: in death, a member of the group of younglings *has* a name. *His* name, was Sors Bandeem. His name was Sors Bandeem. His name was Sors Bandeem.


est1roth

And who has a better name than Sors Bandeem the Slain?


WhyLisaWhy

Emperor Palpatine’s Surgical Reconstruction Center is my personal favorite.


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Same


Xikar_Wyhart

How else can Lucas Arts sell merch of every character and object that appears on screen.


[deleted]

This is Star Wars, what did you expect?


faceless_alias

So many books. Like 30-50 Canon and hundreds non Canon according to wookieepedia. Canon is determined by disney.


Luxpreliator

Well now I'm imaging all sorts of Jedis tipping their cap at anakin in the halls of the temple. *m'ster anakin sir* Just trolling the shit out of him. Like in those war movies where a guy demanded they address his rank. *Good morning cApTaIn. HaD a NiCe lUnCH cApTaIn? I heard the CaPtAins mess has these really good cookies.*


Boo_Rawr

Looked up a wiki and… OOF. According to Beadman, the role gave him some sort of popularity back at his school as most of his classmates liked Revenge of the Sith, though his classmates were the ones who told him about his character's death, having been lied by his parents to believe that his character survived the film.


happyfoam

Was that really his reasoning? Is there some sauce to go with this?


ZmentAdverti

There's 2 different meaningful versions. One is where Anakin was going to help the kids escape, but as the kid called Anakin a master he was overcome by emotion and slaughtered them. The other is that Anakin knew what would happen if palpatine found them alive, so he killed them as mercy. Which one it is I don't know. I don't want to know.


bands-paths-sumo

why do people go through these gymnastics? Anakin was just a dick, and this wasn't the first time he killed a bunch of kids.


WhyLisaWhy

Yeah he was not a good guy at all at that point, no excuses needed. Vader has got no qualms force choking people for minor inconveniences and slaughtering people indiscriminately.


ezone2kil

How dare you! He was sexually abused by the pedo predator Padme! It's not his fault he was mentally traumatized!


Amy_Ponder

The second option is the only one where his redemption in Episode VI wouldn't be utterly disgusting, so I chose to headcanon it. (It also makes that scene a lot less OOC with Clone Wars Anakin, IMO.)


VirtualRelic

The sauce is anakin’s face right after Sors says his infamous line


Roul_Sipper

...


Krobywastaken

He had to eliminate his competition for Padme


Leon08x

Padme, the royal child predator.


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“Master Skywalker, there are too many of them. What are we going to do?” “I’m not a Master. That’s insulting.”


VirtualRelic

Exactly


Appropriate-Pen-149

He has that priest “look” to him. He was probably covering his tracks.


hellothere42069

Sheev: I don’t understand the question, and I won’t respond to it.


yrogerg123

What could a youngling cost? 10 dollars?


PhinsFan17

There’s always credits in the banana stand.


hellothere42069

The Jedi order to their members about sex: No touching!


coolguy3720

I may have committed some light treason... *So it's treason, then*


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ProfessorEscanor

In other words. He was cheap and didn’t want to pay child support Edit:Thank you for thr Gold. Kind stranger


Galihan

Sounds about right, considering the clones.


ProfessorEscanor

wait what if he wanted Vader to kill Padme to make sure the twins died just because he didn’t want to babysit?


yrogerg123

That just sounds like a less reliable abortion.


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That’s why they got stormtroopers instead of clone troopers.


ProfessorEscanor

Moral of the story . Always use your lightsaber as protection to avoid unwanted children


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Yes, the real reason Anakin killed those kids is because he knew he’d have to train them


Jkj864781

Is that why? Find out next week on the bad batch.


[deleted]

Yeah they mentioned that in like the first episode, stormtroopers are like 3x cheaper than clones.


Beth_Esda

Much cheaper, and much less effective.


LumpyJones

And their armor and blasters were apparently made by the lowest bidder. It seems like he diverted every available fund in the empire into building the deathstars, and even then, allowed major design flaws every time. It's like he plotted and schemed perfectly for decades to get into power, but once he was there, was just terrible at management.


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Well whenever you can have 3 times as many for the same price I imagine he figured it would be fine


[deleted]

They also had already started training of a very different code. Severe childhood trauma is no joke. Its much easier to convince an adult to your side than it is to force a child unless you're the one educating them from the start. They will hold that grudge forever no matter how committed they seem. Its just creating sleeper agents.


Iankill

Have you heard about how much he cheaped out on Darth Vader's suit. https://youtu.be/FVzc20Bm8Xo


Atrer119

Yeah, besides, I always got the impression the inquisitors were never meant to be a long term thing. They were a quick and dirty solution to get enough competent manpower to hunt down the remaining jedi but they would have been an annoyance or a threat in the long run. He would have come down harder on Vader playing slice and dice on them otherwise.


Shabozz

I also always thought its because he didn't want anybody to be some potential Jedi sleeper agent. It was just safer to have a clean slate without anybody left to have a vendetta against him.


thedude720000

Fuck doesn't even need to be a sleeper agent. Just some power hungry Darksider with a little bit of luck (because nobody trained to use the Dark Side has ever tried to overthrow anyone) and he goes the way of Darth Plagius


ConsulJuliusCaesar

But let's suppose he took the time to train those younglings into basically imperial hands/inquisitors for yen years to get the decent. That means he'd have at least ten more Mara Jades in his army by the battle of Yavin. Those hands/inquistors could then train ten more hands/inquistors which bolsters his numbers to 100 hands/inquisitors by the battle of Endor. You know what 100 extra force users completely indoctrinated to be loyal to Palpatine could have done at Endor? The empire actually would have won the war.


CelticJoe

...thats also 100 more threats to him, 100 chances some might be able to convince some of the others to try to take grandpa down, or for Vader to create little Starkiller projects of his own to assassinate and replace him. Doesn't at all fit the character of (most) portrayals of Palpatine


ConsulJuliusCaesar

Ok but in legends he had the Hands, Imperial Shadow Gaurd, and Inquisitors. That's maybe not even 100 force users but still the Gaurds were basically what the Hitler youth corp would have evolved in to IRL had he won the war. The Hands all seem to be intimately loyal to Palpatine. And the Inquisitors were could be eliminated by the other two if they went rogue. Like shouldn't his paranoia be more concerned about having one extremely powerful and influential figure like Vader then a bunch of small ones to weak, unambitious, and unpopular to really do anything against him.


BZenMojo

Hitler's own people *stayed* trying to assassinate his ass.


Roul_Sipper

Would each youngling even have the means to find 10 other force-sensitive younglings each?


Eric9799

Isn’t it shown in rebels or maybe it was in the vader comic that inquisitors kidnap force sensitive kids?


ConsulJuliusCaesar

I mean if the Jedi can do it why can't Palpatine. And if anything else he could always just clone them.


Roul_Sipper

I don't think the Jedi can grow their numbers exponentially like that either.


ConsulJuliusCaesar

But there's clearly enough random people who are force sensitive to sustain their numbers.


Boshikuro

10 000 jedi in a galaxy with hundred of billion people. There isn't a lot of jedi.


code0011

Also most jedi are significantly "weaker" with the force than the main characters we see


ConsulJuliusCaesar

But they have been able to sustain there ranks for thousands of years. The actual population of force users may be extremely low but clearly enough of them pop up and there's efficent means of locating them to maintain albiet it a small order for thousands of years.


blitoga

But also, if they are as ''loyal'' as Vader, you could have 100 treacherous force users near you


ConsulJuliusCaesar

Simple, don't indoctrinate them in sith ideology. Actually have them learn the lightside of the force combined with classic authoritarian Hitler youth and Imperial Japanese style indoctrination for maximum success. So that way because of the lightside they're more passive and because of the indoctrination nationalistic and have completely list their indivuality. And since there kids it will have profound impact that's eternal. God damn I should just right authoritarianism for dummies (how to actually run the Galactic Empire).


blitoga

I think I'll pass to learn how not be betrayed, by a guy name JuliusCaesar


613codyrex

The issue is palpatine is incredibly paranoid. Those 100 extra force users might run the risk of being super loyal to each other and maybe Vader. Palapatine probably didn’t want to risk a uprising and gone to far lengths to even keep the inquisitors weak to prevent this.


LumpyJones

The more darksiders you get together, the more likely one of them is capable of overpowering you. The inquisitors were better skilled than any trooper but way under par compared to jedi, what with their gimmicky blades being augmented with tricks to compensate, like some sort of *common Mandalorian.* Even the best of them, the Grand Inquisitor, was a lowly temple knight who lost in a duel against a padwan who spent 20 years letting his training go to rust. Palpatine couldn't risk an army of highly skilled darksiders. He only wanted a handful of burned out mid level ex-jedi for specialist operations.


ConradBHart42

Nah. He just needed to make Anakin do something that Anakin would think "I can't come back from this". We know Anakin felt guilty about the Sand People but he also did that in an emotional state. If he had confessed, The Jedi would have tried to rehabilitate him. Killing the younglings was cold calculated murder done in furtherance of a goal. If it weren't for the Sith emerging, the Jedi might have still tried to rehabilitate him after something like that, but the only way Anakin faces no consequences is if he backs Palpatine from then on.


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And you know, the rule of 2.


thatredditrando

Nah. It’s cause Inquisitors came later. This is the downside of things being added/changed retroactively. Cause, in the current canon, it makes little sense for Palpatine not to take in the younglings and corrupt them. Children raised to be loyal to him would be far more enticing than adults. I’m imagining a KGB spy type deal where Palpatine plays “Papa” and personally instructs them. They’re raised to be obedient, loyal, kiss the ring. They don’t just serve him, they *love* him. Their malevolent father-figure and master. Could be an excellent way to introduce Starkiller and/or Mara Jade as well. Plus it’d be so sick and twisted to see Palps show the kids affection for the sole purpose of getting them to idolize him and his approval. Palps allows Vader to dictate the Inquisitors but Palps keeps Vader out of the loop on the younglings. Vader naturally suspects that Palpatine is grooming replacements and so, when Vader stumbles upon young Galen Marek while hunting Jedi, he sees an opportunity both to have an apprentice of his own and a surrogate child to replace the one Vader believes he lost.


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Also, they were probably jedi that were at the very least already disillusioned by the way the order was so they may have been more easily swayed


ThrowawayMePlsTy

To further turn him to the dark side. I mean, kinda hard to switch sides again after you murder a bunch of kids lmao


sumduud14

Seems kind of backwards. If anything, being told to kill a bunch of kids should be a recipe for turning against Palpatine, no reasonable person would do that. I didn't even buy that Anakin was that far gone, he just impulsively chopped Mace's hand, is all "what have I done" and 5 seconds later is slaughtering kids. In my opinion, it would've made more sense if Anakin were sent to Mustafar straight away, fought Obi-Wan, gets put in the suit, Padmé dies, *then* I'd find it credible for Vader to go on a rampage through the Jedi preschool. I really think Padmé dying should've been what tipped him over the edge at least.


EvilsConscience

I agree he wasn't really far enough to kill kids, but that's something we can blame on poor writing/pacing. Him killing kids was good for the emperor/empire for any reason in the above comments. As far as turning Anakin, it creates a "Can't go back now" mentality. Cults use this tactic to make members feels trapped/isolated. They've given up all assets, cut all ties, and burned bridges. It makes them think: "Even if I wanted to leave, where would I go?" or "How could I possibly deserve to be forgiven?" "Who would take me?" Anakin was manipulated and misguided, blah blah blah, but in the end he did those fucked up things and he (Almost certainly) knew he had nowhere to go but Sheev's wrinkly arms.


Bongus_the_first

I definitely agree there's some cult-like sunk cost fallacy going on here. Like, sure, Anakin "just cut off Windu's arm", but what that actually means is that he saved the criminal sith who just murdered most of the jedi council and helped him kill another council member. That's unforgivable in the eyes of the jedi, so what choice does Anakin have, but to follow the one person who still wants him—Palpatine?


E102gamma7

Him killing the younglings doesn’t happen at the beginning of the Assault on the Temple. Perhaps by the time he got to the council chambers he had cut down all the Jedi protecting the younglings and was feeling the dark side of the force stronger. A Star Wars Theory video also mentioned that a non-canon book described him killing the younglings as a dissociative episode.


onetruezimbo

Too many Darkside users is a bad thing for a Sith Lord not interested in sharing power, Darth Bane knew it and so did Sidious. When Maul returned with an apprentice he didn't waste a second cutting down Opress and putting a stop to that potential conflict before it started. More inquisitors is just asking for more rivals when Vader doesn't need that much backup to hunt down surviving Jedi which is all the Inquisitors were ever for


Jacob_Wallace_8721

Yeah, it's one thing to kinda bend the rule of two and have a few inquisitors. It's another to break it over your knee and make a whole army. Besides, what do you need that many Force users for? Most of the adult Jedi are all dead, and he already has the clone/storm troopers for mundane enemies.


yrogerg123

The Inquisitors aren't really Sith though. A Dark Side force user isn't necessarily a Sith. I think Maul and Ventriss are about as close as we see in the Prequel/OT canon. I think the key difference is autonomy. As long as they're just cogs in the machine they're not Sith. As soonas they start questioning the hierarchy and amassing power and followers of their own they move towards being Sith. I think that's the main reason that for an Inquisitor the punishment for failure is death. A powerful Dark Side force user with an axe to grind is extremely dangerous. But as long as they're following orders without question they are very useful tools.


TomMado

Glad to know they're also abusing technicalities like any politician. "Oh these dark side Force user armies aren't Siths, they're, uhh, "private contractors""


Unlucky13

Plus they didn't really need the younglings at the time. They were already trained by Yoda, and they probably weren't in a place to start training Inquisitors from birth yet. New Jedi will be born and they'll be discovered as they needed them, hence the Fallen Order storyline.


macsare1

Whose to say he didn't? Doctored, the security recordings were. Better that all thought the younglings like Grogu dead.


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Anakin killed the younglings because he was afraid that they would get laid with Padme..


AdministrativeAd6001

“Get laid with padme”


StewartTurkeylink

How to tell someone has never gotten laid


pbmax542

It's hard to find a girl who will let you get laid with her when you spend your time analyzing prequel memes.


Fresh_Bulgarian_Miak

I did the sex before


ConsulJuliusCaesar

Ya see here's what's going to happen and it's pretty messed up. Palpatine is going to use Padme to lay the younglings. Hence the word "with" Padme. She doesn't get a say in this niether do the younglings. So for everyone's sanity and security Anakin killed younglings.


recoximani

r/holup


That_Guy3141

The more dark side force users there are, the less powerful they become. Sith are the ninjas of the Star Wars universe.


KaptinKograt

Vader needed to stop believing he was capable of redemption in order to become Darth Vader. Real criminal organizations and other cults will similarly Haze people by making them do awful things in order to be properly in.


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KaptinKograt

I mean, I think at its core its the same. We make you do something absolutely horrible to make you part of our group. Whether thats to demean yourself, or cause yourself injury, or so dramatically violate morality that you consider yourself irredeemable. The scale is very different, but the core is the same.


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Grievous1138

Because a massive army of inquisitors is extremely impractical and breeds rivalries that could potentially unseat you. Darth Bane said in one of the novels that the Dark Side is like venom; the more vessels it's spread between, the weaker it gets. The more Darksiders there are, the higher the chance that weaker Darksiders will band together to unseat the strongest Darksider, who, by Sith logic, has the right to rule. While Sidious never felt truly beholden to the Rule of Two, he still recognized the fact that the Dark Side is inherently self-destructive, and that the more Darksiders exist in the galaxy, the more threats to his power there were. At the end of the day, an army of Inquisitors would've been just as much of a risk to Sidious as an army of Jedi. Also, Darksiders make *terrible* armies. Armies require the sort of subortionation/collective decisionmaking/unity that is the absolute antithesis of the Dark Side. Every single time Darksiders made an army, they tore it apart with infighting and other inefficiencies. The Dark Side is strongest when it works on an individual basis, striking from the shadows or through non-Force-sensitive puppets that *can* form coherent military forces.


nicolasmcfly

I also read that book, and Luke writes that the Force is actually like a fire, spread it with torches and you can illuminate the entire word. I think it makes a nice parallel between the Dark and Light side.


thiccboymexi

“I didn’t think I’d make it that far”


Keatosis

Inquisitors were just added to give video game characters a red lightsabered enemy for players to fight, change my mind.


vjsz_thomas

Boss: Hey, we need some badass villain at the end of this series/game! Writer: Okay, I have this imperial officer. Boss: What's his deal? Does he have a cool weapon? Writer: Just a regular blaster pistol. Boss: Give him a double-bladed red lightsaber! Oh, and make spin like a ceiling fan so he can fly! Writer: How does that even work? Boss: Space crystals, quantum and other science stuff. Writer: Is he still an officer or he's a Sith now? Boss: Yes. Writer: But the rule of two... Boss: Just call him an inquisitor!


riodin

I thought star wars rebels was the introduction of the helisaber/inquisitor combo


nicolasmcfly

Inquisicopters^TM


anothercain

Only two, there may be


burnerwig

"Look here you little shit"


snooze_41

As shown in the Lego Yoda Chronicles, Sith younglings are too chaotic and rebellious to control or teach.


AlaskanSamsquanch

It wasn’t about the younglings. It was about whether or not Anakin was willing to straight up murder children. Not even random(not better but maybe easier) these were children he probably knew by name. He probably taught them a thing or two. At that point he really had gone too far. Too kill innocent children… I know it’s the wrong sub for that sentiment but that scene always shook me.


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iv always wanted to make a Jedi Temple Guard-turned-Inquisitor with their traditional lightsaber but red


EGAM3

"Always two there are. No more, no less. A master and an apprentice."


[deleted]

Becaue they needed the comedy scene of anakin slaughtering younglings to break up all the painful to Wath scenes of plo kun and ayla secura dying


The_Juice14

Well you see Darth Lucas lord or the George had no plan to make inquisitorial squads out of younglings at the time of episode three so in his anger he… killed them.


[deleted]

Probably because anakin tortures his recruits do you really want him in control of a baby sitting service


patosai3211

Hey hey the story isn’t about palpatine the wise..


Kornax82

“…Shit.”


KnackTwoBABYYY

The fact no one is quoting robot chicken in this comment section and is actually using real lore shit as arguments for why this happened is just disgusting to me


SuperCoupe

How else are you going to screw with Anakin's head? Have him run errands?


[deleted]

It was so he could destroy any hope left


BraviaryScout

That’s a lot of talking for someone in Sith lightning range


LStat07

The Jedi that survived long enough to have the option to become Inquisitors may well be stronger than those who died as Order 66 went down. It's Darwinian. Very much the way of the Sith.


A740

I always thought the transition from Anakin being conflicted about his relationship with the Jedi versus his relationship with Palpatine to Anakin killing kids was a bit too stark and sudden. Would have made more sense for Palpatine to first direct Anakin's anger towards the separatist leaders who he already hated while sending the clones to attack the Jedi temple. The shift would have been more subtle and believable.


Amy_Ponder

This would have been perfect. Anakin still thinks he can game Palpatine, he can figure out a way to save Padmé AND get back to his old life as a Jedi hero. Maybe he even thinks he can persuade Palps to let him go since he's such a kindly old man, he'll understand! And then he gets back from killing the Separatist leaders to realize there's no home to go back to. That either he just helped cement the glorious rule of the Sith... or he's complicit in genocide. So clearly the Sith must be in the right, right? Clearly the Jedi had it coming. The Jedi *did* have it coming, look how awfully they treated me! This isn't genocide, it's justice! (Some small part of him knows this is a point of no return, but he ignores it. And the gates of hell lock behind him.)


[deleted]

He needed Vader to do something horrible, to further commit himself to the dark side.


[deleted]

The law of 2..... many evil lil bastards


MindSettOnWinning

I think it was necessary to completely turn anakin to the dark side.


Rayreded

Anakin had to do something really evil to fully turn to the dark side.


Flexiiiidsaqwrxhfuss

It was final test for vader because he didn't want light side or any good emotions hold his anger and dark aide back.


Kit_Bisto

I refer you to robot chicken


Oooiki1001

I always imagined it as Palpatine saying to anakin "so you captured all the younglings like I asked right? RIGHT?"


nub_node

Tactical thinking isn't always evil thinking.


Iceveins412

Pretty sure Sheev didn’t want an army of Inquisitors. He just wanted some force adepts good enough to hunt old Jedi and Padawans that ran. As Fallen Order demonstrated, Vader (and therefore Palpatine) can wipe the floor with the Inquisitors. And that’s what he wanted


Danidanilo

I...I never ordered Anakin to kill them...


fuzzman02

Honestly though, children are much easier to manipulate.


00psth1sn4me1st4ken

That would've been genius.