I have further thoughts on the below that I think compromise my point a bit. I will be updating this soonish with them
the framing so often ascribed to the pt that the galaxy was doomed/the republic fell because of One Guy's attachment is so wrong and yet so prevalent that one has no choice but to assume everyone is out here with horse blinkers on 24/7. anakin's flaws and fall are central to the narrative because he is the main character. at no point in the pt is he ever actually crucial to the fall of democracy or whatnot* - his attachment to luke, and luke's attachment to him save the galaxy. but they don't doom it. the fall of democracy is explicitly linked to political scheming and manoeuvring by palpatine; it's almost an inevitability in the pt lol!
















