Analyzing Evil: Darth Vader From Star Wars

Welcome everyone to the twenty-ninth episode of Analyzing Evil! Our feature villain for this video is Darth Vader from Star Wars. I hope you enjoy, and thanks for watching. If you have any feedback or questions feel free to let me know below!

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[TheVileEye]

Next up will be Palpatine to close out Star Wars month, followed by our patron pick, Daniel Plainview from There Will Be Blood to kick off June!

[XFryX]

Maul: "Tell me Lord Vader, who do you hate the most?"
Vader: "Myself."

[dumbredloser]

Luke: Big man in a suit of armor. Take that off, what are you?
Vader: Your father

[TheRoomforImprovement]

Vader’s story reminds me of a line from Kung fu Panda “ One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it.”

[joshuapannell]

"A boy who lost his mother, a husband who lost his wife, a man who lost his soul, but a father who never lost his
The Flaming Maniac - Anakin's Symphony

[matildakeith]

The story of Anakin Skywalker has always struck me as how infinitely tragic it really was. Born a slave to the Hutts, the then became a slave to the Jedi Order, and finally a slave to palpatine and the sith. This man who always hated slavery with his entire being was only freed of his chains moments before his death when he killed the emperor and saved his son.

[davidpumpkinsjr.]

I read a comic where Sidious forced Vader to fight a clone of Darth Maul to see who was the better apprentice (written before Attack of the Clones was released). When Vader dealt a fatal blow to Maul, there was this exchange:

Maul: What could you hate so much to make you so powerful?
Vader: Myself.

[tylerprime]

Maybe I read it in Legends, but when Vader wasn’t committing atrocities in the name of the Empire he’d go fix up his space ship, practice his skills, drink soup, and just weep alone in his mediation chamber.

[rhymenoceros]

To me Darth Vader is the greatest tragic villain of all time. He’s a monster who’s done unspeakable horrible things but under his cybernetic veneer is a broken man who lost literally everything and was turn essentially into an attack dog. You can’t help but pity him.

[lukeofender]

Obi-Wan saw a brother in Anakin, but Anakin needed a father in Obi-Wan, a role that Palpatine was more than eager to fill for his own means.

[doommarauder]

"The last thing a young man with a troubled life needs is to fall in love with a woman he cannot be with". Thanks, I felt every bit of that.

[phunkyzilla]

1:40 “have you heard the tale of darth plagius the wise?” “No, it’s not a tale other audiobooks would have told you.”

[TheReaperofHades]

Reminds me of a quote from Jolee Bindo during the events of KOTOR.

"Love doesn't lead to the dark side. Passion can lead to rage and fear, and can be controlled... But passion is not the same thing as love. Controlling your passions while being in love, that's what they should teach you to beware. But love itself will save you... not condemn you."

Ultimately, it was love that enabled Anakin to finally overcome his inner darkness and destroy Sidious out of love for his son.

[kurosbelmont]

PROXY: "I hate being him."

Galen (Starkiller): "I think he does too."

[kbennett]

Vader is terrifyingly sad. A honorable man whose ideals and values turn him into a monster.

[MegaBd]

I also think that Mace Windu saying “he is too dangerous to be left alive” just like Palpatine said to Anikin at the start of the movie is extremely important. This proves to Anikin that the Jedi and Sith are fundamentally the same, just as Palpatine suggested, so why don’t chose the side that would save his Wife.

[WAVEFUNCTION_TV]

"Anakin would stop at nothing to save me, because he thinks i would do the same for him" ...that made me feel sad. Kenobi seems to be implying that he wouldn't. Certain aspects of the Jedi feel just as wrong as sith traits. Especially that serene indifference.

[TheMaskedMan]

Love this series. Darth Vader was my favorite character as a little kid

[Cxdyy]

Luke: "You're coming with me, I'll not leave you here I've got to save you!"
Anakin: "You already have, Luke. You were right.. You were right about me.. Tell your sister, you were right"
Luke: "Father, I won't leave you"
then becomes free for once in his life

[orarinnsnorrason]

Anakin just wanted to fix things. He was a gifted mechanic and he fixed his speeder. Then he wanted to fix the slave situation both for his mother and slaves in general. Then he wanted to fix his visions about Padme dying. And finally he wanted to fix the galaxy into his point of view.