Originally posted by quanchi112
Anakin's actions throughout the film support this not just the Windu scene.So if you agree he's conflicted then you concede he's still account alr no matter what personality is manifesting. The good guy turned and the bad guy turned back at the end. I never contested him being conflicted. That's what makes him weak.
In the end despite the path he chose he was weak. Not everyone would react in the same manner as he did. He deserved the shit he got because he made poor choices.
I've been thinking about what you said about Anakin and Vader being the same person, thinking about the one example in the canon book Lords of the Sith where he tries to save a little girl from being unnecessarily killed by Sidious. An irrational decision like when he sliced Mace's hand which nearly got him severely punished to say the least. Clearly Quanchi is correct in some regard to Vader being irrational, even in his post RotS age.
"Before either of them could answer, a green-skinned Twi'lek girl, perhaps in late adolescence, emerged from the underbrush. She wore a weathered rain parka and had a long-barreled, Clone Wars-era blaster pistol on her hip. Field gear stuck out of her backpack. The end of a carved wooden tube, almost like a musical instrument, stuck out of the pack, too. Seeing Vader and the Emperor and Deez, her big eyes widened and her lekku twitched, but to her credit she didn't run.
Deez started to level his rifle but Vader grabbed the guard's arm, halting him. That seemed to put the girl a bit less on edge, though she looked ready to bolt if she needed to. Vader sensed more curiosity in the girl than fear.
"Who are you?" Deez asked.
"Who are you?" the girl responded, her accent so thick that Vader found it hard to understand her at first. "What are you doing out here? Are you lost?"
The girl apparently did not recognize the Emperor or his companions. She must have been from one of the remote settlements that were known to dot Ryloth's wilderness.
"Come here, girl," the Emperor said, putting the power of the Force into his command.
Unable to resist, the girl walked out of the tree line until she stood, small and vulnerable, before him.
With preternatural speed the Emperor drew, ignited, and slashed at the girl with his lightsaber, but Vader had sensed his Master's intent and moved with greater speed, igniting his own blade and intercepting his Master's blow before it could land.
The girl, under the sway of the Emperor's power, seemed scarcely to notice the danger. She simply stood there, staring vacantly, her face aglow in the red light of the crossed blades.
The Emperor's mouth twisted in a snarl, and Vader felt his power gathering.
Behind Vader, Deez raised his rifle and aimed it at Vader's back, but Vader stretched his free hand back and unleashed a blast of power that lifted the guardsman from his feet and flung him into the trees. Branches cracked audibly under the impact of Deez's body.
Vader and his Master stared at each other across the sizzling glow of their crossed blades.
"Has it come to this?" his Master said. He sounded calm, almost resigned, but not at all surprised.
The tone surprised Vader. "Forgive me, Master," he said, and deactivated his blade. "I think the girl can be of use to us."
"Do you?" the Emperor asked softly. "
Canon Vader is definitely softer than his legends version. Before this, Vader failed to make my top 10 favorite SW character list. Anakin still remains as my number 2 or even 1, but that's mainly due to his depiction in TCW where we seem him as being less unlikable compared to Rots and AotC. Vader is a complete tool