I've noticed that same disturbing trend. I'm sure some of these people are just being sarcastic, but there are many who seem to identify themselves with the evil characters in the story. I also always thought the Empire was cool but only because they had awesome ships and and the Stormtrooper uniform looked cool. I liked the characters as bad guys but only as bad guys. I always wanted the good guys to win.

I thought the part where Anakin/Vader ignites his lightsaber right after the youngling comes to him for help was disturbing, whether or not it was justified. It was probably meant to be disturbing. But whether or not it was justified, when people actually like the slaughter of little kids, well that's just sick.

I completly agree with you Z-score

These people who truly admire and respect Sidious and the Empire he represents are the kind that given access the Force, would immediately plunge into the dark side, they see evil as just another source of entertainment for there own gratification with no regard paid to the suffering of others. They are the Dark Side of Humanity, the evil that men do.

What's the big deal about killing younglings anyway, he did it in Ep. II

Didn´t you know that nowadays terrorists are always bad people whose actions have to be always condemned, whatever their reasons? And the Empire was the LEGITIMATE government and Alderaan was just, you know, collateral damage... Or like Geoff Hoon, the former UK minister of defense, says: "Nasty things happen in wars".

As much as i hate to agree, i must. Nasty things DO happen in wars, and while i cringed in horror as anakin began his march into the jedi temple, at the same time a light bulb went on and i thought "that IS the quickest way to eliminate future jedi". get them while they are young. anakin is simply "following orders" and feels some remorse i'm sure, but his biggest concern is Padme. he would do anything for her, and in a twisted way, he IS killing the younglings for her...

on another note, why isnt anyone complaining about the slaughter of the sand people, women, children and men, at the hands of anakin??

Well, the idea slaughtering anyone is disgusting but the sand people aren't real, they're made up. The younglings are children. They were human, well the ones we saw on camera, so as viewers it can have a deeper impact on us. Many viewers are parents, older brothers or sisters, or aunts and uncles who have little kids that look up to them. This helpless little kid runs to Anakin for help and instead gets killed by him. I doubt anyone argues that Anakin had his motives, but the ends don't justify the means.

But Sand People killed his Mother so even if wrong Anakin had a "reason" to kill them all, beside mony Tuskens killed many persons before but the younglings were innocent children with no guilt and that's the why Anakin who is not completly evil but made all he did for saving Padmč had a tear on hi face just before doing what Sisious, that is truly evil, ordered

are you guys serious? its a movie, and while i do take it very serious, its still just a movie.
its okay to like the baddies in a sci-fi movie. they usually are way more intresting characters. the younglings had to die, it had to happen. while i hated to see the jedi get massacerd, it was a necassary move to make for anakin and palplitine. anakin did all these hateful things, out of a stronger emotion. LOVE.
so the whole time i was dreading the whole order 66 comand. i couldnt wait to see it at the same time. you know why? BECAUSE THATS THE WAY THE STORY GOES!!!!
get over it!
let the purge continue in the books and T.V. show i say!!!

just my 2cents.

are you guys serious? its a movie, and while i do take it very serious, its still just a movie.
its okay to like the baddies in a sci-fi movie. they usually are way more intresting characters. the younglings had to die, it had to happen. while i hated to see the jedi get massacerd, it was a necassary move to make for anakin and palplitine. anakin did all these hateful things, out of a stronger emotion. LOVE.
so the whole time i was dreading the whole order 66 comand. i couldnt wait to see it at the same time. you know why? BECAUSE THATS THE WAY THE STORY GOES!!!!
get over it!

Umm....you obviously need to read the comments twice before posting so you don't argue against yourself...and "get over it" is a worn out cliche'.

Please delete the first one. I obviously need to check twice before hitting submit!

LOL, maybe it was worth saying twice. what i mean, is that its okay for people to like vader and palpatine. its okay to root for the sith. the first post says im paraphrasing something about a "legitamate government" well it is. its a dictatorship, but legit.
and as for the slaughter of the jedi and the younglings. as far as vader and palpatine were concerned, it was justified. jsut because they are sith dont mean they cant believe what they are doing is for the better. palpatine wanted peace, the only way to have peace if you are a sith is to get rid of the jedi. all of them.

when i was kid i cried at the end of old yeller, but as an adult, he had to go.
im not one of "those people" in real life, if something like this happend in really real life, i would be against it. but for the sake of entertainment. i have no problem with it. its a story of how a good person makes bad choices, and has to live with the consequences. but in the end makes the right choice. but with that being said,at the end of the day, he was still a bad person. but all is forgiven cause he saves luke, peace is restored, and he gets to hang out with his ghosty friends obi-wan and yoda. everybody is happy.

Okay, your last post is what everyone has been saying, so you're either not reading the entire posts or you're trying to bait an argument. As for Palapatine wanting peace, I hope you don't really believe that. If you are, I've got some Hawaiian islands to sell you.

Palpatine's Empire was not a legitimate government. He came to power under all false pretenses and had no right to change the type of government there was. If you read the novel, the reason the senators didn't object was because of fear of Palpatine accusing them of being an enemy of the state....which is what he was doing to those who objected to any of his requests for more executive powers.

I found the part in which Anakin ignites his lightsaber in front of the younglings shocking. Not in a bad way, I was like first, woah they put that in a Star Wars Movie, and then like woah Anakin really has fallen far. Whilst I hate the thought of killing innocent children and would never dream of doing it myself, to me it was one of my favourite parts of the film and was essential that this was shown, so to me it is justified. Remember Palpatine's words "Every, single Jedi is now an enemy of the Republic, do what must be done, do not hesitate, show no mercy." It showed how desperate he was to save Padme, what he would resort to.

Clearly, most of the people commenting aren't the problem.

But I agree, there are some twisted fans out there who cheer when the good guys fall... they seem to have missed the point entirely.

Didn't you know that nowadays terrorists are always bad people whose actions have to be always condemned, whatever their reasons?

No, I didn't. Not bad, fanatic. Mad. Crazy. Bad is something different.

And the Empire was the LEGITIMATE government and Alderaan was just, you know, collateral damage...

So, if I am a legitimate guy I can blow up the whole world to punish the "bad" terrorists and Earth will just have been "collateral damage"?

Or like Geoff Hoon, the former U.K. minister of defense, says: "Nasty things happen in wars".

Yeah, but this guy, Hoon, caused the nasty things. Is it okay to kill people if you have a reason to do so?

You aren't serious...

Wow! I just stumbled upon this Blog entry and saw some of my previous comments from last summer. Although, I believe my points are valid, I'm not too happy with the way I expressed my points of view. I seemed to have come off as a little abrasive. I would like to apologize for any rudeness on my part.