So he was a pacifist when he went to go save his friends on ESB and confront Vader? What, was he gonna talk Vader to surrendering?
I guess he was also a pacifist when he deliberately drew his saber to kill the Emperor, who was unarmed and no violence had been committed, he was the one who started the fight.
But anyway, I'm not wanting to derail the topci here, so I'll just leave it here. Believe what you will.