he wasnt even that.
when i really think of it...vader doesnt do much in the OT
in regards to helping out the emporer. the stormtroopers are sent
to do all the dirty work, and whenever vader gets off his ass, its
to go after his son as per his own agenda.
the only service i see him perform for the empire is:
-fighting in his tiefughter in ep4
-repremanding/killing imperial officers
-......i cant think of thing else.....anyone?
and as i said, as for vader's puruit of luke in ESB, that
was for selfish reasons, not just a matter of doing his part.
As PVS pointed out, he doesn't do a lot for the "good of the empire" in the OT. I think once he's hunted down all the jedi that could threaten the empire, he wasn't really useful. The empire became almost autonomous after the Senate was disbanded. All Vader had was his desire to overthrow the Emperor in classical Sith fashion. I think that's what the Emperor wanted him for, to kill the Jedi. He knew once Anakin reached his full potential no one could oppose him. After that, Palpatine essentially owned the galaxy. He effectively destroyed the jedi through his own planning and Anakin's actions. And I think Palpatine just figured it was better to have the chosen one working FOR you instead of against you. Unfortunately for Anakin, he sort of becomes obsolete. And by that point, the only reason Palpatine needed an apprentice is because of the rules of the Sith. He really didnt' NEED one other than that.
do you know what autonomous means? it means that all the little cogs in the machine, like the officers on down, have pretty much everything under control and don't need Vader to tell them what to do. They know how to do things, they have a pretty good grip on the galaxy. Just like how your body remembers to breathe and pump blood, the empire functions on its own, vader need not interfere.
Darth Vader: "Master, I was wonderring, why did you save me?"
Emperor: "I dunno, seemed like a cool thing to do at the time. And you looked so adorable, I thought I'd take you home and keep you on my mantle piece. Then you twitched, and started groaning, and I couldn't be having that in the lounge, so I turned you into a dark almost invincible robot warrior man"
Vader: "Oh, cool."
Originally posted by mephistodesignsdont buy it for a second.....sure the DS was able to function by "THE OFFICERS ON DOWN" and tarkin,i dont know,might have been the eyes for the emperor,but vader does serve a purpose and it is to inforce when force is needed,vader was instrumental to the creation of the DS becouse he was the overlooker,and if you had vader breathing down your neck, your not having a good day,so to avoid this everyone did as they were told!!!!!
do you know what autonomous means? it means that all the little cogs in the machine, like the officers on down, have pretty much everything under control and don't need Vader to tell them what to do. They know how to do things, they have a pretty good grip on the galaxy. Just like how your body remembers to breathe and pump blood, the empire functions on its own, vader need not interfere.
exactly. Did Anakin design the Death Star? No. Does he coordinate attacks? Its seems like he should and might, but does he? No. In ANH he sends a commander down to Tatooine to look for the plans. Why was he looking for the plans? because the empreror sent him to. Vader doesn't command in ESB either, General Veers' and his troops defeat the rebels at Hoth. All Vader does is search for Luke. The rest of the Empire would go on if Vader was to die and everything else remained the same. That is the very definition of autonomous. That something would continue functioning exactly as it does now, as it would if you were gone. THAT is autonomous, whether you buy it or not is irrelevant. Its a clear example of the concept.