Not so much Darth Vader more...Daddy Vader

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Last year I posted some images from Jeffrey Brown's instant classic Darth Vader and Son

Though it was enjoyed, there was some comment that what it needed was some acknowledgement of Lei as his daughter...

Well, those fine folks over at Newsarama have an interview with the author as his latest work comes out




Rather than looking at the younger years as they did with Luke, Leia's a little bit older in this... as Darth Vader, Lord of the Sith realises that the ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of having a daughter.

Not that it's always easy for her either...




But some boundaries need to be set....



And Luke isn't finding it all plain sailing either...



I don't want to have to wait until April 23 for this, I want it NOW DAMMIT!!

 

Comments

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Luke had to be the better person for narrative purposes, we knew he had to triumph, Anakin had to fall from grace for the same narrative purpose, it's just unfortunate that as depicted in the movies, there was little about Anakin to like and the performance didn't help...

The Clone Wars series has done an infinitely better job of creating a 3 dimensional Anakin who is a sympathetic character and a charismatic Jedi. We can see the seeds of his downfall hinted at and prepared for (Like meeting Tarkin, and liking him, and even agreeing with him that in principle the Jedi should not be on the front lines as they are, Jedi are peacekeepers, not warrriors)

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The funniest thing about the 'peacekeepers, not soldiers' argument is that Mace Windu trots out the same argument in one of the prequels, only to seemingly be quite happy to turn up during the big battle of Episode II with quippy lines like 'this party's over' and doing stuff like chopping Jango's head off.

[bj_l]

You could argue that's the point, by the time of the prequels, the Jedi know what they think they should be and they see whats happening on the surface of the galaxy at a glance, but that's about it. They certainly don't know what the hell they are or how they should be going about it.

[mrstatham]

Yeah, I generally get the idea that the Jedi of the Pre-Empire period are perhaps just a little bit too set in their ways and comfortable in the way things are, which is probably why it is so easy for Palpatine to just set himself up under their very noses, but it is just the irony of one character declaring that they're peace keepers, not soldiers, only to promptly wade into battles where they someone's head off. I think that is part of the reason I prefer the OT, personally - if I'm being entirely honest, I know for a fact that the Prequel movies are probably dealing with slightly more complex themes and ideas than the more adventure-based Original Trilogy, but it's just the execution.

I always find it ironic that Empire is the strongest film of the six and it has the very least input from Lucas, somehow. I just.. Well, someone put it to me that the Prequels are Lucas trying to make what *he* thinks Star Wars films are, and he's managing to be completely ignorant of why he made the first movies to begin with. ROTS manages to recapture some of that feel, but it's not there in enough abundance for me to really enjoy it enough.