tonight we'll be free, all the promises will be broken

[musesfool]

Since I'm at work (sigh), I haven't yet seen the new Rogue One trailer, but I'm excited. I mean, I still wish we could have Steela instead of Saw (and a Temuera Morrison-as-Rex cameo), but I'll take it.

Continuing on the theme, Darth Vader #25 makes for a strong wrap-up of the best of the new Star Wars comics.

Comments

[redrikki]

I don't think Vader would have tried to betray Palps if he hadn't discovered that Luke was alive and therefore that Palpatine had lied to him about Padme's death. Vader/Anakin is the kind of guy who needs attachment and connections, but by the end of RotS, the only one he as left is Palpatine. After destroying everyone else that he loved, he was not prepared to do the same to Palpatine, no matter how badly he hurt him. Finding Luke means that he, at least in theory, has other options for less awful relationships.

I also think that another big part of why Vader wouldn't have betrayed Palpatine is less that he was content and more that he was too depressed and filled with self-loathing to want to do anything but shut his brain off and do what he was told. Vader in ANH just does not care. Vader in the comics before finding out Luke is his kid just does not care. Finding out his son is alive and that Palpatine is a lying liar who lies propels him into both acting and giving a shit. Being rejected by Luke at the end of ESB sends him spiraling back into hopeless depression right up until Luke reaches out to him at the end of RotJ. In short, Vader would have never betrayed Palpatine if he hadn't discovered that he had other options for both affection and direction.

[musesfool]

Vader/Anakin is the kind of guy who needs attachment and connections, but by the end of RotS, the only one he as left is Palpatine. After destroying everyone else that he loved, he was not prepared to do the same to Palpatine, no matter how badly he hurt him. Finding Luke means that he, at least in theory, has other options for less awful relationships.

*nod nod*

And also, he needs someone to give him direction. He couldn't have held/run the Empire on his own if he'd taken out Palpatine and tried to replace him and I think by the time of the OT, he's aware of that. He's always had someone to do the big picture thinking for him (e.g., Obi-Wan, Padme, Palpatine).

I also think that another big part of why Vader wouldn't have betrayed Palpatine is less that he was content and more that he was too depressed and filled with self-loathing to want to do anything but shut his brain off and do what he was told. Vader in ANH just does not care.

Yeah, that's what I meant by "~okay" - it's the job that's in front of him so he's going to do it because it's the only thing he can do.