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HUFFPOST: Marvel’s ‘Darth Vader’ Comic Finale Reveals The Identity Of Anakin Skywalker’s Father
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It's a vision. Anakin is seeing that Palpatine was behind his conception.
Also I swear, it's a really good chapter. The execution is great.
Yup, the Sith put the prophecy of their own defeat into motion.
Also, the original draft of Ep. III had a scene that basically mirrored the "I am your father" scene of Ep. V but between Vader and Palps. It was probably cut for being too on-the-nose and was eventually replaced with the opera scene.
Edit: Also, the amount of people reacting in this thread with no context or understanding is mind-numbing. Don't shit on the comic without reading it. It's one of the best of the year and a legitimately great look into Vader's early years and his transition into the straight-up-evil Vader of the originals.
I don't think much of the other SW comics. But the recent Darth Vader run was pretty decent.
And if Palpatine knew Anakin's mother, wouldn't finding Luke and Obi Wan in the decades after ROTS been incredibly easy?
We are not questioning that you think that, rather we are just questioning your sanity.
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George intended for Palpatine to be Anakin's father but decided to let it remain ambiguous at the last minute.
It's in line with what he intended though.
This is one of the more older Star Wars theories out there and it makes a certain sort of sense. Its been my head cannon since the first prequel
Some people seem to think Star Wars has left the New Testament plagiarism behind in the absence of George Lucas. They've very wrong.
In The Last Jedi, Snoke calls Kylo Ren "My good and faithful apprentice", which is the most on-the-nose piece of dialogue I have ever heard in my life.
In The Last Jedi, Snoke calls Kylo Ren "My good and faithful apprentice", which is the most on-the-nose piece of dialogue I have ever heard in my life.
Darth Vader Dark Lord of the Sith is a thousands times better then the garbage from the new trilogy.
And it was an extremely trippy force vision
They also revealed what Vader really looks like
Darth Vader Dark Lord of the Sith is a thousands times better then the garbage from the new trilogy.
And it was an extremely trippy force vision
They also revealed what Vader really looks like
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It's all in the opera scene. Palpatine is telling Anakin the story behind his creation. Anakin just isn't smart enough get it.
This really isn't new at all. For those that need a refresher.
In Phantom Menace. Qui Gon asks Shmi who Anakins father is after he finds out he has a high midichlorian count. Shmi says. "there was no father. I carried him, gave birth to him." etc.
In Revenge of the Sith during the opera scene. Palpatine tells Anakin the story of Darth Plagieus and how he was able to manipulate the Midichlorians to create life. That message to the audience pretty much implies that this is how Anakin was birthed.
Now this is just some trippy as shit Vader is seeing and it's metaphorical. It still lines up with what was said in the Prequels.
In Phantom Menace. Qui Gon asks Shmi who Anakins father is after he finds out he has a high midichlorian count. Shmi says. "there was no father. I carried him, gave birth to him." etc.
In Revenge of the Sith during the opera scene. Palpatine tells Anakin the story of Darth Plagieus and how he was able to manipulate the Midichlorians to create life. That message to the audience pretty much implies that this is how Anakin was birthed.
Now this is just some trippy as shit Vader is seeing and it's metaphorical. It still lines up with what was said in the Prequels.
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The story of Star Wars is the story of sons killing fathers.
Anakin kills his literal dad, Palpatine, and his metaphorical father, Obi Wan.
Kylo Ren kills all his fathers as well (Snoke, Han and Luke).
Vader has been a consistently good comic book.
Vader's vision in this are not supposed to be taken at face value.
There was something unnatural about Anakin's birth and Sheev was behind it. That's all we really know
So was this a one time deal? If Sidious was capable of this, then when Vader got sliced and diced by Kenobi, why wouldn't he shake his head and try again. Was he like fuck I don't want another 20 year commitment and I guess this is good enough — or did he actually know or suspect that the twins existed and they'd eventually reveal themselves somehow, and he could try this whole thing again without putting in too much effort, because he got lazy as fuck once he took over the galaxy.
No. But I will make allowances for more Emperor. The weird combination of Snoke McNothingburger and Rando Orphanheimer better be going somewhere.
apparently the Dark Side loves orphans as much as fairy tales and Batman does.
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Probably because he already won at that point.
Why go for another Chosen One that can kill you when you have no real threats left? Darth Vader is good enough.
Considering how much influence Star Wars takes from Japanese storytelling including liberally borrowing from The Hidden Fortress, I find it kinda curious how what you describe is the trope that defines a lot of popular Japanese storytelling. See all these characters? They grew up in the same orphanage together. Honest. See this random spot on the map? The salvation of humanity is here. Let's just wander in a random direction, and we'll be sure to stumble across the most important character in the story. See that villain? He'll do a lot of super evil shit but be redeemed by the end of the story because he's nice to the lead character exactly once.
Palpatine kidnapped force sensitive babies to run experiments with them.
That was all George.
It's been implied
That was all George.
It's been implied
James Earl Jones chintzing on the good Shea Butter but there's no need for judgment.
Even when I was 12,in Scotland, in 1982 I was like, "ummm...."
Did people not pick up that this was what was happening at the Opera with the big giant sperm and egg imagery? This shit ain't subtle.
There is no more subtly anymore in star wars. No more world building that exists on its own merits or scenes that must be untouched. Nothing can be implied or inferred. There can be no mystery.
Everything must be connected.
Every background character must have met at some point. Every single cool line must have entire plot arcs about in in subsequent spin offs. Every little paculiarity or gimmick a character had must be explained in detail and given its own emotional origin story.
That time the mouse droid moved out of the way? The mandalorian will probably feature an entire episode about that droids story. How it met darth vader, how it was there when Luke and Obi wan raided the death star. How it knew count dooku and was the battle of Naboo. How it learned to swerve out the way like it did after stumbling across a gang of would be plucky gang members putting together a crew to Rob a resource that powers the random gadget from that one five second scene in Empire Strikes back.
Nothing is just allowed to just be the way it is.
Everything must be connected.
Every background character must have met at some point. Every single cool line must have entire plot arcs about in in subsequent spin offs. Every little paculiarity or gimmick a character had must be explained in detail and given its own emotional origin story.
That time the mouse droid moved out of the way? The mandalorian will probably feature an entire episode about that droids story. How it met darth vader, how it was there when Luke and Obi wan raided the death star. How it knew count dooku and was the battle of Naboo. How it learned to swerve out the way like it did after stumbling across a gang of would be plucky gang members putting together a crew to Rob a resource that powers the random gadget from that one five second scene in Empire Strikes back.
Nothing is just allowed to just be the way it is.