Ok, so I can readily admit that I'm a sensitive guy. I think I always have been my whole life, and I most likely always will be no matter what the situation is. Now I also think logically and do what has to be done when issues present themselves, but I always also seem to be governed by a side of me that feels emotionally affected by some situations. I'm not sure why, but it is something I have just come to accept ... that some things have a big impact on my life that I can think and stew about for days. I don't always like to think about issues so much but it happens and eventually runs its course.

And the sensitive guy in me is always concerned about the people I care about and ensuring that they are looked after and knowing that I care about them. I'm not looking for affirmation, just that they know I care and am thinking the best for them.

Now I wouldn't go so far as to do what Anakin did with his life, but I can certainly see his sensitive side in his actions. He grew up as a sensitive child. He was very aware of his and his mother's slave status on Tatooine and wanted much more for the both of them. He took offense to being considered anything else other than himself which he made clear to our group of travellers as they entered Watto's shop. He clearly stated that he was a person and his name was Anakin ... he was sensitive to the thought of being a slave the rest of his life. Which led him to being overcome with emotion when he realized he was freed from that life, but his mother was not. His sensitivity to her not being freed would govern many of his actions and emotions for the rest of his life.

And he of course showed his sensitive side with Padme throughout the movies. First, she was a replacement mother figure for him after he left Tatooine, then became a love interest that would dominate his feelings and decisions to the point of sacrificing everything he had come to know and abide by. His sensitivity did indeed show itself with her when they were in private. He loved her more than anything else including staying in the Jedi Order (otherwise he would not have risked so much with her). He cared for her and only wanted the best for her to the point that he was willing to cross over to unknown territory to save her ... his sensitive side told him this was ok. It allowed him to listen to Palpatine and trust that this was the only way to get what the sensitive side wanted.

And though that didn't work out for him, he as Vader still maintained his sensitive side (remember he was more forgiving than the Emperor!). When Luke stepped into his life, the sensitive side that still existed flickered to life again. Luke drew out of him the emotions that he once held as a sensitive being by showing him the love and forgiveness his sensitive side was always looking for. As Anakin, he didn't feel the Jedi Order would show him the love and forgiveness he wanted for living his life the way he wanted to ... with a person who would be there just for him. They would throw him out of the Order for his transgressions and his dream of being a Jedi would be smashed. All because of his sensitive side. So he did what he felt he had to do to bring that love to himself. And it's interesting that it took many more years to get that love back and in the form of a different person. His son.

So I can relate to Anakin in certain ways. I feel we're both sensitive beings who fully take to heart the situations we find ourselves in. Whether it's problems at work or the Jedi Council, whether it's showing our sensitive side to the ones we love, whether it's being saved from what we've become and ending a tyrannical reign over the galaxy (ok, maybe he's got one up on me there!), I find a similarity in sensitivity.

So like Anakin / Vader, no matter how tough or hard or complete we appear on the outside, there is always a sensitive being underneath who is looking for something better, some fulfillment, some love. And sensitivity.