Anakin Skywalker was to blame for the demise of the Jedi Order

Let it begin! My opponent makes this stance. "First and foremost, con argues that Anakin was merely used as a pawn by Palpatine and thatPalpatine could have used any other Jedi to carry out his plan. I must disagree. By arguing that Anakin was just following Palpatines planyou are also arguing that Anakin was not in control of his own fate and thatfrom the moment that Palpatine decided to include Anakin in his plan he had nochoice over the matter. This, however, is not true. In the video that con usedwe see Anakin pause and think before attacking Windu. He is clearly decidingwhat he should do, and in the end his desire to save Padmé overcame him and heacted the way that he did. At this point Anakin could have easily chose to donothing at all to stop Windu, or he could have elected to aide Windu. If thishad happen then the leader of the Separatists would be dead, the war would end,and the Jedi order would remain. "Here my opponent does not counter the fact that Palpatine could of used pretty much anyone to save him. Now he says I am arguing that Anakin was not in control of his own fate. I thank my opponent for bringing up this wonderful part of the debate, on did Anakin have control over his choice! Anakin was Predestined to bring BALANCE to the force it was his FATE he had no choice over this matter. Now this sentence in his debate has already been countered, but I will remind the voters. "He is clearly decidingwhat he should do, and in the end his desire to save Padmé overcame him and heacted the way that he did. " I'm sorry but this is just not true. In the video provided from round 2, at 2:59 Anakin tells windu that "He must stand trial" Not only did windu not have any true grounds to arrest him. Not only is the chancellor unarmed. But Windu now decides to take the power of executioner, instead of arresting the CHANCELLOR OF THE REPUBLIC. At 3:11 of the video, as palpatine is completely in the hands of windu, Anakin reminds windu that this is not the Jedi way, that he must live. (Again windu is trying to "Arrest" palpatine on possible false grounds. Because A: On the word of only one man. B: On the grounds of a war that ended so long ago. Palpatine might of been powerful in the Sith ways, but the war with the Sith empire was over. There was no grounds to kill palpatine let alone arrest him)It was palpatines actions that lead to anakins actions, that lead to windus actions ,that finally lead to anakins actions. Blame: To hold responsible. Anakins was trying to stop windu from breaking the Jedi Orders LAWS. I will formulate this with a illustration. If a man is put in jail for false crimes for 20 years, and when he finally gets out, Robs a bank and becomes a true criminal. Because of his now "Friends in prisons" influence. Who is RESPONSIBLE for him turning into a criminal? Him? His Criminal friends? Or the people that illegally put him in there. But even more so, Who is responsible for the man being put in Jail? The People that put him there, Or the people that framed him? Anakin should truly of never been put in the position he was in. Let windu break the Jedi code along with killing the person that he thought he "Needed". Consider this. A: Palpatine is RESPONSIBLE or to blame for telling Anakin about himself. B: If A is true then Palpatine is RESPONSIBLE or to blame for Anakin obeying the code and telling Windu what he knows. C: Windu Unjustly trying to "arrest" and in the end trying to KILL the Chancellor of the Republic on the Grounds of Anakins Word. If A is true then B is true then C is true. Now let us go into another argument I shortly made in round 1. Palpatine LET windu defeat him in such a way that would force Anakin to stop windu from breaking the code. Notice the provided youtube link in round 2, in that video at 1:02 Palpatine has a clear shot at stabbing windu and avoiding his "Arrest" but he does not. Now notice a NEW video. . http://youtu.be.... [1] Yoda who is stronger then windu. Arguably one of the most strongest Jedi in history, or at least for a few centuries. Yoda puts up a good fight but is DEFEATED by palpatine. So consider thisA: Yoda is stronger then winduB: Palpatine defeats YodaC: Palpatine must of let Windu defeat him in such a way that would Force anakin to make a decision. Allow Windu to break the Jedi Code along with killing the man he didn't want to die. So far my opponent argues that if Anakin did not make the choice he did Order 66 wouldn't of been ordered and All is well. Chancellor Palpatine of the Republic, A master of manipulation, Manipulated the ENTIRE thing. Manipulating Windu into trying to kill him, and manipulating Anakin into showing up to supposedly save him from a enemy he could of easily defeated. There is no other conclusion to come to. Anakin the Chosen one whose Fate was set. Palpatine Manipulating and controlling the Whole situation down to a breaking point he PLANED and already new the out-come of. Now something my I Opponent has said that must be addressed. "Anakin Skywalker not only allowed the Sith to rise to power he alsoslaughtered the younglings at the Jedi temple, preventing the next generationof Jedi Knights from developing and continuing the Order. This act alone wouldeventually bring about the demise of the Jedi Order in itself and the blame forit must fall to Anakin Skywalker. I'm almost certain that here Con will arguethat Anakin was ordered to do this by Palpatine and therefore it wasn't hisfault. But remember, Anakin always had a choice and even if he was justcarrying out orders the younglings were still all mercilessly killed by him. Ifthe action had taken place on the battlefield you could contend that Anakin wasjust fighting in the heat of the moment. But the younglings were killed in coldblood while they were defenseless and trusting of Anakin, a fact that he easilyexploited. " At this point Anakin did not kill the Younglings, Darth Vader did. And if VADER did not kill those younglings, Storm troopers would have. I have attacked this Debate topic from multiple Directions, I await my Opponents response! [1] - . http://youtu.be.... Over to you Pro!