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a shit-ton of new stuff, even. it was so dense.
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Like midichlorians. And stereotypes. And proving that even really good actors can absolutely suck under the wrong conditions. And Dexter Jettster's retro 1950's space diner.
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And Tatooine three more times. 'Member Chewbacca? I 'member.
They'll be all like "PATOOH PATOOH gotcha".
__________________ Recently Produced and Distributed Young but High-Ranking Political Figure of Royal Ancestry within the Modern American Town Affectionately Referred To as Bel-Air.
So, what's really the big deal that Vader can't force grab the ds plans. My guess is that he didn't even see them and was still busy killing 5 or 6 rebels, and the one in front was just lucky.
If you want to talk about the original OT Badass Vader, then I could give a few examples of his failures
-failed to shoot down Luke's ship during the trench run in anh
-failed to destroy or capture Luke in ESB
-failed to kill palpatine without dying in ROTJ
Well, those are understandable cause the force was with Luke, but hey, he wasn't perfect is right
Vader was never supposed to be "teh Badass!" That's something that man-children and actual children like to impose because they have no sense of characterization, dynamic, tone, or pacing. It's all about "ERHMAGAWD he has lightsaber and chokes people with TK like a f*cking badass! ERMHAGAWD so cool!"
The internet made that sentiment loud enough that the filmmakers took note and added exactly that to Vader's cameo in Rogue One. They made him a generic video-game character for that minute and it's all the mindless, rabid fanboys care about. Throughout the OT, Vader was IMPLIED to be awesome and supremely dangerous per the less-is-more principle. The audience was left to infer that from the few moments in the OT when we see people look at him in fear or watch helplessly as their colleague's being strangled to death.
The entire opening scene of ANH was masterful for that. If Vader's R1 cameo was just the Mustafar scene, it would have been so fantastic. Menacing, intimidating, powerful, subtle.
But no... LIGHTSABERS! I clapped when I saw DARTH VADER! So badass!
__________________ Recently Produced and Distributed Young but High-Ranking Political Figure of Royal Ancestry within the Modern American Town Affectionately Referred To as Bel-Air.
Yeah. Good point. Where did this total 'badass' term come from. Think your partially right, it came from the Internet. But, also from those before the internet, saying "Vader was the ultimate bad guy" in the day
I would just say Vader was a 'great character' or 'great villain' and what made Star Wars great is how he turned back to the light side.......
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none of those scenarios resulted in vader overlooking a painfully easy solution to achieving his goals. R1 made him look like a simple mindless attack dog for the sake of making him "badass". #NotMyVader
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Well he isnumber 3 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains list. But "great villain" shouldn't translate to "fighting action man" or "killer badass" or "I swing my lightsaber real fast".
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