defenitely phsycological. It was possible for him to become Anakin again through both technology and through the force, using force heal, or midi-chlorians manipulation, or simply through accepting his situation, but he never did. He kept himself subserviant because of how he felt. That's why he crawled right back to the emperor after he had clearly meant to kill him, even though as we see seconds later, he could have killed him.
Originally posted by Freedon NaddWas this anywhere stated? I, mean, the Force isn't really a glass of water, though.
Was stated by Lucas that OT Vader has lost a lot of potential.
And again its kind of clear in the plot, given Anakin ridiculous potential, he should have easily overthrown Palpatine by the OT. Yet he still serves him, and admits he needs Luke to overthrow him.
Originally posted by Board WalkerWhen was this?
In fact Vader could have also had an entirely new Anakin Skywalker body if he wanted (made from his own DNA). In one of the EU stories Vader comes upon a perfect cloning machine, and a perfect clone of his unmaimed body is made. He subsequently kills both
Originally posted by Darth Thor
Was stated by Lucas that OT Vader has lost a lot of potential.And again its kind of clear in the plot, given Anakin ridiculous potential, he should have easily overthrown Palpatine by the OT. Yet he still serves him, and admits he needs Luke to overthrow him.
We are talking Legends. Leave Lucas out of it.
Maybe the reason for that is because the midi-chlorian metric device was broken or Jinn Force-tampered with because he 'knew' Anakin is the Chosen One(and wanted him in the order). Or maybe, even before, Force-users had lots of Force cells(TOR), but they never had their Force cell count measured.
Originally posted by Freedon Nadd
We are talking Legends. Leave Lucas out of it.Maybe the reason for that is because the midi-chlorian metric device was broken or Jinn Force-tampered with because he 'knew' Anakin is the Chosen One(and wanted him in the order). Or maybe, even before, Force-users had lots of Force cells(TOR), but they never had their Force cell count measured.
Legends was always written with Lucas’s words as Gospel.
Thats some crazy ass speculating there (I know you are taking the mick).
But again, it is what it is, which is Vader stopped getting better after Mustafar, and never came close to the level he should have been at, even in Legends.