I don't disagree with that. I just offered my opinion too, so I hope others don't take it as me pontificating.

One thing I would like to ask you though. Do you think Anakin would have faired better with the Jedi if they would have encouraged/respected him more than they did? Yoda didn't seem to fight training Luke whom was much, much older than Anakin was, but Luke turned out fine. Maybe Yoda learned from his mistake?

To me it seems like the Jedi sheltered Anakin too much. They left him in the dark on too many things, hence his curiousity with the dark-side of the force. Yoda seemed to know a lot more than he let on, and to me I think that hurt Anakin more than it helped him. Especially considering how different Anakin was. I personally don't think he should have been treated like a "normal" padawan from the start. I guess no one understood his true potential.

Just my observations though.

It sure was a pretty movie though. The bar was definitely raised for Special Effects.