I was on board with the Mortis arc because I thought it would lead to really powerful development for Anakin. In the last two episodes, it did make him a more vivid character by displaying his incredible loyalty and his stubborn willfulness (which is a distinct trait from the whiny impetuousness he has in the prequels- in Clone Wars, this distinction makes Anakin a more nuanced character who could more believably become the cold, steely Darth Vader later). This episode, however, dropped the ball.
Anakin is given a vision of the future and is horrified by his actions. To rectify that, he decides immediately to join the Son to take over the galaxy in order to ensure there is peace. This is a silly plot point because it makes the same mistake that Episode 3- Revenge of the Sith makes. It fast tracks Anakin's descent in to darkness instead of building up to it more organically.
This show has, so far, done a better job of suggesting how Anakin could become the way he eventually does. It hasn't, however, really built up to his inevitable betrayal yet. The Mortis arc is the attempt to do this but it really doesn't serve as a solid building block. Instead, it lazily foreshadows what will eventually happen. (It does suggest that Anakin's descent to the Dark Side is partially motivated by a genuine desire for peace, but we already know that from Revenge of the Sith).
The other problem with the episode is the muddy storyline regarding the Son and the Father. The Son is never fully fleshed out as a character because he is supposed to be symbolic of the Dark Side. But then the Father later is disappointed that he embraced the Dark Side too much and the Father mentions that the Son still has good in him. Why does the Son NEED to have good in him if he is representative of one of two sides of the balance? What is the Son supposed to be instead? That is never made clear and so my criticism of the last episode, that the Dark/Light side dichotomy is not given enough depth, is the same for this one. The Father is supposedly the representation of the middle balance between his son and daughter, but he behaves just like every bland, stoic Jedi character in Clone Wars that is supposed to be good.
I suppose the takeaway from the Mortis arc is the solid confirmation that Anakin IS the Chosen One and that Anakin now has more definitive proof of that. I am optimistic that that will come to define his actions going forward. Perhaps the arrogance of that knowledge will be part of the reason he is seduced in to darkness. As it is, the Mortis trilogy expands the lore in a way that makes the Force feel less mysterious (and goofier) and hints at development for Anakin that it doesn't quite follow through on.
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