Was Anakin truthfully happy about Padme being Pregnant?

In episode 3, just after Padme reveals she's pregnant, there is a small pause in Anakin before he tells her how it's wonderful.

Though he did say it 'was a blessing' and it's the most wonderful day of his life, did he really mean it, or perhaps he didn't want to hurt or upset Padme if he exposed how he really felt?

I was unsure of how his feelings really were to this. First off, he was about 21-22 so he was a young parent and possibly not ready. He was also a Jedi and she was a senator, after their children were born there was a chance Anakin would be discovered as the father and possibly removed from the Jedi.

Let's not forget his "premonitions" that seemed to send him off to the darkside.

 

This is one of those arguments where it depends on how one views the scene so we'll probably get a lot of differing opinions.

I think he genuinely was, and the novel seems to reflect that as well. I think he was shocked and that explains the initial reaction. The expression on his face was not unlike the expression on my husband's face when I gave him "the news" both times, and we are much older than Anakin and our babies were planned, which I would be willing to bet my Star Wars collection that Luke and Leia were not.

But the smile, the way he touched her face, the "We're not going to worry about anything...this is the happiest moment of my life..." seemed very genuine to me.

 

Agree with vader_girl ! Anakin knew his wife wanted to be a momma ...why wouldn't he be happy that her wish would come true despite the terrible timing?

 

I agree too with the 2 above. His pause in the beggining its the initial shock,how is he going to hide it from the Jedi or Padme from the world. But then, yeah, he shows true happyness because he decides that nothing else is more important than his family.

 

Hmm...

Given the sense of impending doom, even that early in the film, & the nasty little incident involving decapitating an unarmed prisoner, I think Anakin thought he was happy with such news, but found it difficult resolving his own emerging dark instincts with the sort of domestic bliss he longed for. His somewhat ambiguous reaction to the news was quite a nice touch.

He truly was happy that she was pregnant, & wanted Padme & himself to raise a child - ideally, giving the child the perfect, privileged experience he never had as a slave - but deep down, he knew something was wrong, & it wasn't just the secret nature of their relationship. After several years of war & the subtle manipulations of his friend Palpatine, the Dark Side was tugging at him.

 

I agree, I think that Anakin was happy about the pregnancy. From my point of view, he is a man who care immensely for those he loves, and he loves Padme. Any child of theirs would be another being that Anakin would love with all his heart and try his best to protect.

And I think that part of the reason he was so determined to save his wife was because of the child. In my opinion, Anakin is a being who loves others too much.

 

I thought this was a basic known fact about Anakin, he loved Padme and he loved the fact that he was going to be a father. His problem came with the timing of the pregnancy. The war was winding down (especially with the death of Dooku, which he was torn about) and he was being pulled in way too many directions. He was loyal to too many people who wanted him to do too many different things, with many of those things coming into conflict.

 

I believe he's genuinely conflicted. One might even argue this conflict is perhaps the root of the visions he will end up having.

Although becoming a Father is something I think Anakin is delighted about in his heart, both he and Padme are obviously very concerned about potential repercussions it will cause them and their professional lives. I personally love the way Hayden Christensen portrays this moment. I don't think anyone could interpret the way he says "thats... thats... wonderful" as a wholly joyful reaction. I think he quickly reconstructs it in his mind and is therefore able to put a brave face on it for his wife - focusing on the genuine pride he no doubt feels knowing he'll soon be a Father, but there is a clear undercurrent of concern that surfaces within him and refuses to fade away.

 

why was he so certain that the visuion had shown the truth.

look at how well had that turned for Lucien Draay and his gang.

 

Because the one of his mother dying had been accurate.

 

Yeah, but it's obvious Anakin has no knowledge of probability. A woman stuck on a planet run by crimelords and inhabited by a race of bloodthirsty tribals hunting for human settlers at all costs is probably going to bite it at some point. There's really no reason to apply that some faith in visions to a totally asymmetrical situation with Padme, especially considering that first vision was probably Anakin's subconscious fears about Tatooine getting to him. He's fully aware of the dangers of that place.

 

You've already answered your own questions. Any guy who was in thier early 20s and heard "I'm Pregnant" is going to think just like this. He may have been happy, but that would have been immediately shadowed by trepidation.

 

Bit convenient that he only started having this vision around the time Shmi was actually kidnapped, no? I mean, he'd been away ten years and worried little (by comparison) about his Mother as far as we know. And we don't know how many other visions he's had that have come true. There's at least one - "I had a dream I was a Jedi", though admittedly the "freed all the slaves" portion of that dream had yet to be achieved before he became Vader.

There's really no reason to have every Anakin-based thread become an analysis of this vision's probability either. As we both know, its been discussed and debated to death elsewhere of late But if you insist (and I subsequently need say no more on it) Anakin's knowledge of probability actually proves solid here yet again. He foresees her dying. She dies. "He sees things before they happen. It's a Jedi trait"

I think its clearly documented that Anakin's reaction is first one of surprise, then trepidation, before he feels any actual happiness.

 

Shmi was in much more danger than Padme, but whoever said Anakin was logical? If he were, he would not have bought Palpatine's idiocy hook, line and sinker. Anakin being illogical was kind of the point.

 

I said in another thread that the abilities of medical care were irrelevant to Anakin, and I'll point out here that the relative dangers of the planet the person lived on were too. His visions about his mother turned out to be true, so he assumed he could see the future and that the visions about Padme would become true too. That seems to be getting off-topic here though, so I'll also add that I totally agree with d_arblay's take on Anakin's reaction to the news about Padme being pregnant.