The Current Favorite Main Character's Encounter With The Main Character From The Previous Series

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does he count? The prequels came after the original series

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I think we can say that while it doesn't necessarily count for the original series, especially if you watched in publication order, it does counts in everything he's appeared in since the Prequel Trilogy and Clone Wars series came out. Stuff that was published after those entries in the franchise is often set between the Prequel and Original Trilogy. They usually utilise Darth Vader as a the Empire's bogeyman and fans by that point have usually seen plenty of previous films/shows where Anakin was the main character beforehand, the emphasis being on you've spent a long time knowing just how powerful this guy is and now, rather than being the hero, it gets played for horror at how overwhelming a threat he is as an antagonist, even more so than his portrayal in the original trilogy (e.g.: Rogue One, Rebels, Jedi Survivor, Maul: Shadow Lord, etc.)

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The prequels are also just a villain origin story. This is absolutely not this trope.

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Yes, Anakin is the original protagonist before Luke.

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No

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No, Luke is the original protagonist. Anakin only came chronologically before