>Killed thousands of innocent people, Jedi, (including younglings), ruined billions of lives under the Empire
>All is forgiven
wat
>>63536833
>inb4 The Super Special Edition ending where the force ghosts of all the Jedi he's killed appeared behind him, wielding blunt instruments.
>>63536833
He was a good friend
But he fulfilled the prophesy and had lots of midichlorians so it's okay
If Goebbels had thrown Hitler into a well in 1945 the Allies would have probably given him a parade.
>>63536892
>but it's okay
>>63536833
He was a good friend though.
>>63536833
catholicism
>>63536833
>not repenting your sins right before you die and getting into heaven
faggot
>>63536833
You really need to regard the OT and the prequels as seperate canons. This ending was written before he went around murdering younglings. In the OT, the younglings were good friends.
Eh, it's a sort of classical oldworld thing
Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader are essentially two different people in the Star Wars Universe, one "killed" the other
The idea that you can be forgiven for pretty much anything as long as you repent is commin in many realworld religions
>>63536833
>Anakin got to return to his youth for all eternity
>Obi-wan gets crusty old man body for all eternity as a reward for being good
The following's stuff in Clone Wars and more recent supporting material, and conjecture based on that
To become a force ghost, you must have selfless intentions, know your true self and then let go. Your signature in the Living Force (the part all life forms generate) can then be separated from the greater Cosmic Force (the part that binds the universe together) after death and let you help people as a ghost.
Sith cannot become Force ghosts. They're all selfishness and don't believe in the afterlife so their whole goal is to amass power and wealth in the material world and hold onto it as long as possible, hence Sheev and Plagueis's quest for immortality and control over the forces of life and death.
Anakin had suspicions of force ghosts being possible after his encounter with Qui Gon's apparition on Mortis and talking with Yoda about it when he first started hearing Qui-Gon. Now look at ANH when Vader kills Obi-Wan and starts poking at that empty robe and wondering what the fuck just happened. That whole idea of force ghosts is back in his head. He might have even started looking into the matter further. Eventually, Luke's compassion causes that part of Anakin inside of Vader to start re-emerging, culminating in selflessly throwing Sheev down a pit letting Anakin fully emerge again, albeit briefly what with the whole lightning frying his systems and dying part.
He redeemed himself, accepted his death as something that couldn't be stopped, and was allowed to become a spirit. As for why he's Hayden, that's George deciding to take the "When Anakin became Vader, the good man was destroyed" thing a little more literally, but still "Force, ain't gotta explain shit" I suppose.
