Anakin's scream during the Seperatist slaughter

In the first shot of Anakin's Seperatist slaughter (right after Obi-Wan says "Who could have done this?"), I noticed that Anakin lets out a scream as he slices them up. Now, does anyone else believe that this is a scream of anguish, sort of an acknowledgement that what he's doing is wrong? (like Anakin's tear streaked face later on), or does it not mean anything?

 

Are you sure it's Anakin screaming...

...and not one of the Separatists who are getting 'sliced up'?

 

At the end of the shot (before it cuts to Palps in the Senate) you can see Anakin's mouth open up. So I'm pretty sure he lets out the scream.

 

There a couple of angsty/anguished looking shots of Anakin during the separatist slaughter. I don't think that he feel regret at this point, I think he's intoxicated by the dark side. He's in the middle of a mass murder, and his blood lust is at it's peak. There's that great shot of Anakin cutting a Nemiodian where you can see he face, and yeah, it looks messed up - it's during the part where Palpatine declares the formation of the Empire. But I don't think he starts to feel regret until after the slaughter. I think he probably feels worse about the Jedi Temple stuff, the Separatist leaders kinda had it coming.

 

That is not Anakin's scream. Its one of the sepralists.

 

Anakin does leet out a War cry of sorts , it's brief , but there.it's much like a martial artist would do. i don't think it was anguish, more like satisfaction.

 

In the Trailer, I'm sure it was Passel Argente.

 

I'll have to watch it again.

 

Anakin defintely 100% does.

 

I believe it was one of the Separatists. I did wonder at first while watching the ROTS DVD and after watching it a few times I personally didn't think that was Anakin.

I can see why people do think it is though. His mouth does open around that time.

 

Woah, i noticed this too today! When he slashes one of the Seperatist, he makes this little noise and when i looked at his face (The exposed part) It looks like it was of anguish to me, not someone in a killing rampage.

 

oh, it's anakin screaming all right, there's no doubt about that. and i don't see why you guys won't admit that he's feeling anguish/remorse during this moment. after it's all over he goes out to that balcony to cry about it. it all makse perfect sense.

 

He's in the middle of a dark side inspired mass murder. Why wouldn't he makes some noises as he fights? Has anyone else noticed that shot when it cuts right away from the Senate and you see Anakin's face in pain as he slashing a nemoidian?

 

I thought he was screaming out of feeling high on power or whatever. The dark side flowing through him and all that. I don't think he felt the remorse until after he was done with the deed. Sort of like a one night stand. No one feels bad *while* it's happening. It's the morning after when you hang your head.

 

Exactly, and here's that shot I keep blabbing about.

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I didn't even hear the scream...man oh man...but I'm guessing it's like the scream Sid let's out before he attacks Mace and his crew...A Sith-thing perhaps...probably a scream of hatred/anger...the usual

 

I'm pretty sure its Anakin's scream...

The part where he like twirles and cuts a few of the seperatists,he turns around and theres a dark look on his face and he kind of makes a 'Aah!' noise.

When I first saw it in theatres,it was one of my favorite parts,just because the look he does is so tormented and angry while he makes the noise. I always thought he made it just because at the time he's finally unleashing all his anger and hatred towards the people who have disturbed the Republic,brought upon the war and most importantly have tried to kill Padme many times.

Its kind of like,he cant control his feelings so he's just kinda going insane with power. Like GL said,he knows its wrong but he knows he has to do it to save Padme. He's kind of observing the situation in the back of his mind knowing what he's doing is wrong,but at the same time he's already unleashed so much and he knows he cant stop now,he has to keep going until he knows Padme is safe,and now he rules the galaxy.

 

^^^ Yes. He's crazy with rage and power. I'm sure at that time, he was half thinking about Padme and half thinking about rulig the galaxy.

 

I take it youre talking about the scene at around 1:35:00 It sounds more like a grunt to me than a scream, kinda of like what you would make during heavy lifting or another hard task.

 

Agreed. Anakin would have no reason to scream. He slaughtered them all effortlessly.

 

It makes sense that you would make noise during heavy physical exertion. Wait, what is this thread about again? What's the question?

 

Yes, it is Anakin's scream. It's in his vocal range. His mouth is moving at the same time that we hear this noise. How is there any reason to believe it's someone else screaming?

It reminds me of the primal scream he gives in the Clone Wars cartoons after killing Ventress. He's tasted of the dark side, and he likes it. He's screaming out of rage and out of exhilaration.

Honestly... I think much of the reason there was never any doubt in my mind that it was him screaming is I know I feel like making precisely that noise when I'm enraged and ready to kick some arse. It's a battle cry, a primal scream. These types of body language of aggression are some of the most repressed of the natural human expressions in our society, so they're not seen nearly as often as things like smiling, frowning, and so on. But they are 100% natural, and if you look to our cousins the higher primates, you will see them.