I’m not saying you’re wrong, quite the opposite really, but I do want to point out that Hayden Christensen’s portrayal of Anakin got way too much flak when the movies were still fresh. Yes, his dialogue (especially with Padme) was the cringiest thing in Star Wars at the time, but honestly I think that fits his character. He was a slave boy, not even ten years old, taken from his mother (with permission), had the closest thing he had to a father die very shortly after, and was then raised by a religious order who put “minimizing emotion” as one of their core tenets while also letting it be known that he was probably ‘the chosen one’. Didn’t help that they assigned him to Obi-wan, he was literally still a Padawan when they met and therefore had zero experience in training one of his own (plus they weren’t too dissimilar in age). It’s no wonder Anakin grew up not knowing how to talk to girls, getting into fights with his Master who never passed up an opportunity to belittle him (from Anakin’s perspective), and doing emotional, impulsive acts of bravado to prove himself
I’m not saying you’re wrong, quite the opposite really, but I do want to point out that Hayden Christensen’s portrayal of Anakin got way too much flak when the movies were still fresh. Yes, his dialogue (especially with Padme) was the cringiest thing in Star Wars at the time, but honestly I think that fits his character. He was a slave boy, not even ten years old, taken from his mother (with permission), had the closest thing he had to a father die very shortly after, and was then raised by a religious order who put “minimizing emotion” as one of their core tenets while also letting it be known that he was probably ‘the chosen one’. Didn’t help that they assigned him to Obi-wan, he was literally still a Padawan when they met and therefore had zero experience in training one of his own (plus they weren’t too dissimilar in age). It’s no wonder Anakin grew up not knowing how to talk to girls, getting into fights with his Master who never passed up an opportunity to belittle him (from Anakin’s perspective), and doing emotional, impulsive acts of bravado to prove himself