The GREATEST VILLAIN of All Time

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An in depth analysis of the TIMELESS ANTAGONIST, the most iconic twist in movie history, and the arc that broke my little childhood schnee brain...

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0:00 - Vader ep4
4:58 - "I am your father"
11:50 - Schnee's vet weighs in
18:01 - How a child sees ep6

[schnee]

Apologies to prequel fans!!

I know there's a LOT added to the character with those movies, but those movies bother me too much to spend much time with them (although ep1 will always have a special place in my heart). And also, similar to the last video, I'm interested in what initially made the character so compelling and beloved, which was a status he had already achieved solely through the OT.

[alexspain]

Vader's breath serves the same function of a villain's theme in the score, except that the characters can hear it.

[alexandersuperapple]

My favourite part with Vader is when a coworker annoyed him during a staff meeting and Vader choked him to death. That's where the saying "this meeting should've been an email" came from.

[agodcalleduvindi]

“By seeing the good in people around me, they become good”
Holy shit dude. You never miss

[MTCHSMLN]

Until this video, I never made the connection just how ironic Vader's line from _A New Hope_ really was: "Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed." I think that because he immediately follows it up with the point about destroying planets being insignificant next to the power of the force, placing him squarely in opposition to the mechanical, it's super easy to gloss over the fact that he himself is a mechanical monstrosity and a technological terror.

Effectively, that one line presages the entire story of the OT.

[i.j.dragonfly]

The hero must confront their own fear of becoming a monster, so they can help the monster remember what it was like to be a hero.

[gonkdroid]

I loved the "this is getting out of hand" joke

[jonahduesman]

Who is here after James Earl Jones dies
Rest in peace you absolute legend, thank you for everything

[cartersmith]

Something great about Darth Vader’s breathing noise is that it makes him feel closer. When we hear someone else’s breathing like that it’s normally ONLY because their mouth is right next to our ear. So to be able to hear that same sound from across a room makes Vader feel so much closer to you than he actually is. If he looks at you it feels personal. It makes him feel closer. It makes him feel bigger, makes his presence bigger. But most importantly it makes him feel a little invasive. Like he’s too close. He’s inVADING your personal space from across a room. It makes you uncomfortable. Combined with his force powers, which most often takes the form of choking, it feels like it’s just not safe to be in a room with him at all. Because if you’re even that close you might as well practically be right next to him. There’s no difference.

[gobsleigh]

Funny that, when you said at 26:12 "SW doesn't value the flashy powers", I realized that Jedi's power are actually very simple (just pulling/pushing without effect) while the dark side is very flashy (lightnings and fireworks everywhere).
The idea of simplicity, calm & self-control is in every detail, that's impressive !

Thaynk you for your work and videos !

[tonythetyger]

Once went to an exhibition of Star Wars props and costumes and they had the Vader costume in a room on its own with low red lighting and the breathing really loud coming from hidden speakers.... it was amazing

[Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

What I Iove the most about Darth Vader is that if he can become good, anyone can.

In real life, we aren't in the presence of a mass murderer and dictators. But most us do deal with bullies, unfair leaders, or toxic bosses. We ultimately can't change these people, but we, like Luke, can put our best selves forward when we interact with them. And if Luke could change the greatest of evil doers and cause him to become good, there is certainly hope for these lesser evil doers.

[minedantaken]

One thing I wanted to add. Anakin is bearly alive, as You said, and He's still the most intimidating, dangerous and competent person in most, if not all rooms He's in. Just imagine if He was somehow healed. That's terrifying

[rubenduenas]

I will never forget Darth Vader's hallway scene from Rouge One. Chilling...

[SBrundle]

The pace of Vader’s breathing DOES change a few times. It quickens when he exerts himself at several points during his duels with Luke, and there’s one quick breath (indicating fear) when Admital Piett informs him that the Emperor is asking to speak with him in EMPIRE.

[uhwaykin]

If Thanos is inevitable, Vader is terminal. He’s slouching toward death, lumbering, laboring for breath, and looming so great in the Force that he threatens to drag everything in his wake with him.

[KatherinaBathory]

What a great analysis. I love the mindset of actually trying to imagine how the twist hit back them. My mom used to tell me about her seeing this and being blown up. I think that's too easy to forget.

[ticijevish]

Darth Vader as an embodiment of death has a completely mechanical breathing apparatus.
He is death, artificially made animate, just so it can come after you.

[cassiopeiasfire]

"I can awaken as a protagonist of my own story at any point I choose. I can look at a past that was truly ambiguous, and decide 'I'm telling you it's this way. I'm telling you my story was leading here the whole time. I'm the one who gets to decide what my journey is.'" (22:47) My god. That's it. These movies were a fixture of my childhood, but I didn't really connect with them on a deep personal level back then, but now... that's maybe one of the most beautiful and profound ideas I've ever heard. I worry about my journey sometimes, where it's going, whether I'm headed in the right direction, because I tend to see it as inevitable. But to see ambiguity in my own story not as a threat but as possibility, knowing that I can choose what my own life means, that the complexity of who I am means I can define myself... that's deeply beautiful, and a weight off my soul. Thank you.

And for Luke, "By seeing the good in people around me so strongly that they become good, that they choose to see themselves with all the love that I have when I look at them." (26:35) Yeah, this is one of my favorites now. Thank you for opening up this classic to me, for highlighting the profound meaning in something that was too familiar to see it clearly myself.

[metrux]

Obviously it can't be seen on only this trilogy, but it IS interesting to see Vader changes his point in history, but he NEVER changes his motivations or morality. He was ALWAYS willing to do ANYTHING for the ones he loves. For as horrible as it might be.