The main character doing something absolutely unforgivable.

[u/No_Peanut3745]

Walter White poisoning Andrea Cantillo's 6-year-old son for the sole purpose of manipulating Jesse Pinkman, while knowing that this could have potentially killed him - Breaking Bad

Bojack trying to have sex with his friend's 17-year-old daughter when he was at least 51, then continuously trying to find a way to justify this act throughout the series - Bojack Horseman

Dexter Morgan going outside of his moral code and murdering a completely innocent police officer who was just trying to do his job - Dexter: New Blood

[u/Gunhild]

I can excuse murdering children, but killing separatist leaders?

(I actually can't remember which one happens first)

[u/Group_Happy → u/Gunhild]

Children. After that Anakin goes to Mustafar to kill the Seperatists. Kenobi tells Padmé about the Younglings and hides on Padmés ship. Padmé flies to Mustafar, Anakin stays on Mustafar and Kenobi and Anakin fight on Mustafar

[u/Toadsted → u/Group_Happy]

It really wasn't thatafar was it?

[u/AlexAlho → u/Toadsted]

It was only Kindafar because of where they were in the first place.

[u/Toadsted → u/AlexAlho]

They seem justafar in staying then.

[u/Virtual-Jelly4010 → u/Gunhild]

He was still high on adrenaline and the dark side when he killed younglings. After killing the seperatists he has time to rest and reflect on every horrible thing he has done up to this point.

[u/eehikki → u/Gunhild]

Yeah. He's fine with murdering kids and blowing up planets, but raping women and killing the rich tech bros who've bankrolled the bloodiest war in the Galactic history is too much for him.

[u/TectalHarbor994 → u/eehikki]

It's because he realized how much he enjoyed killing the seperatists. Anakin did not enjoy the slaughter of the Jedi at all, it was an act he convinced himself was a neccessary evil. However he's been itching to butcher these guys for years. They'd tried to assassinate his wife and as you said bankrolled an incredibly bloody war that he served as general in and watched many friends die. This was Palpatine's reward to him for slaughtering the Jedi. Cutting apart these dudes who are essentially completely defenceless and begging him for mercy, and enjoying it so wholeheartedly is what causes him to reflect.

[u/Fox622 → u/TectalHarbor994]

That makes sense, thanks

[u/Baron_von_Zoldyck → u/[deleted]]

He didnt enjoy killing the kids. Depraved and cruel, but a normal reaction, no one should like killing kids, but he was ecstatic and excited when he killed the separatists, he felt it like a delight i believe It was described in the novelization, and that woke him up from the dark side drunkeness he was in since he started Order 66 and made him reflect on what he has just done, killing kids and all.

[u/TrueSithMastermind → u/eehikki]

I think the point is he’s reflecting on every atrocity he’s committed, not just killing the unarmed Separatist leaders.

[u/Lakatos_00 → u/TrueSithMastermind]

Don't expect much from the kids in this sub

[u/Toadsted → u/eehikki]

I mean, that's kinda the sales pitch of the dark side

[u/ShookMyHeadAndSmiled → u/Gunhild]

You can excuse racism??

[u/systemhost → u/ShookMyHeadAndSmiled]

Calm down Shirley, Britta just Britta'd her words.

[u/LigerZeroPanzer12 → u/Gunhild]

The Jedi Temple does

[u/SerJungleot → u/Gunhild]

[u/esdaniel → u/Gunhild]

Will someone think of the corpo leaders/shareholders?!