In the movie it is obvious that Anakin's fall is massively compressed. Some of that is the format, there simply isn't the space in a movie to show major emotional progressions like that (particularly not when you're trying to keep the pace up). There are hints about how much time is involved - for instance Padme's growing belly is an indicator of how many months passed between glimpses - but that observation strikes you on an intellectual, not emotional, level. It feels like, "OMG, that pregnancy went fast!" rather than "Gee, lots of time just passed". I'd have added more such cues, for instance references to how many months Anakin has been on the Jedi Council.


I agree, time progression isn't shown very well. The book helps develop his emotional progression a lot better, which was why I compared it to the movie in my review in spots. :)

Brenda