#when he'd rather make the rest of the galaxy victims than walk away from palpatine

[antianakin]

The thing is, sure, Anakin's a victim of Palpatine, but he also CHOOSES to be that way. He can always just walk away. He can just stop taking Palpatine's orders. He can stop doing Palpatine's dirty work. He has a choice, in a way that none of HIS victims ever have. The Jedi don't get given a choice as to whether he and the Empire hunt them down or not. The clones for sure never get given the choice because they get literally mind-controlled. Alderaan never got given a choice. He could choose to just... not be the victim.

But he doesn't want to. Misery loves company and if he can't have the things he wants, he'd rather make damn sure no one else does either than just live with that reality. So he'd rather be Palpatine's victim than his own.

So at what point does it kind-of stop mattering if he's Palpatine's victim when he could always choose not to be, and his choice to stay keeps dooming everyone else?