Well, that made me cry. There goes a perfectly good night.
darth vader
As always when Leia thought about this, she called upon what Luke told her of their father’s last hours. He had renounced darkness, saved Luke, and became Anakin Skywalker again.
Whenever Luke told the story, a beatific smile lit up his face; his memories of that event gave him a level of comfort and even joy that sustained him.
Those were memories Leia couldn’t share.
Vader’s vocabulary is so much more extensive and haughty than Anakin’s ever was and I just like to think about this huge Dark Lord of the Sith sitting around reading the dictionary out of sheer boredom
Well to be fair it’s not like he had any friends left to chill with
Everyone is Dead, I Can’t Breathe, and I’m So Goddamn Bored by Darth Vader
“The Darth Vader scenes were the last day of filming — we saved the best for last. Everyone from the crew and the production office came out to bear witness and see Vader again. As I walked past people I knew and was friends with, I watched their reactions. It was phenomenal: There was awe and excitement in their eyes, but there was also a certain level of respect that needed to be paid, and a tinge of fear. As I walked by, they would gasp, and then they would lower their heads and take a couple of steps back-as you would if Vader was passing.”
The cover of Darth Vader #24 elicits feels. Many, many feels.
Shit, apparently the simple synopsis for this issue is “Vader is lost in his inner mindscape, lost in visions of the Force! Is he truly more machine now than man? Or can he fight his way back from the brink?”
This sounds amazing! I can’t wait until this series is over so I can read all of it.
Star Wars: Comics vs. Movies.
Yes, but the point is: which one hurts us more?
Luke the Jedi, strong in his conquered suffering, carrying the lifeless body of a man who was once prone to striding as proudly as Luke does now, strong and untouchable, but is now brought low and helpless by a final act of love. A stoic hero holding up a spent sacrificial victim.
OR
Luke the boy, recently tortured within an inch of his life, dragging a weight too heavy for him, but still struggling on with all the painful determination of a lonely child who’ll do anything to hold on to the dying father he has finally truly found again.
Discuss.