I love the character of Anakin/Vader. Anakin because he has so much raw power and potential and is a powerful jedi, tragically turned to the dark side and became a total badass sith lord. My question to you is what's there not to like?
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Firstly he cried and pouted a lot. He was very immature and always assumed himself as this ultimate woe is me victim. He's a cripple. He's stuck inside a suit. I tend to try to relate to characters I champion and I can't really find much here. He was also lukewarm on both sides of the spectrum. He betrayed the Jedi and at the end betrayed the Sith. He never reached his potential also.
This is why I asked what do people like about him ?
Beni apparently doesn't like any of the character traits and simply thinks he looks cool. That's about as superficial as it gets.
Fair enough. I just think he's badass. He's also one of the most iconic villains. Anakin was whiny, yeah, but I still like his character, it's too bad he didin't live up to his potential but I think his entire character arc was great. Going from a very promising jedi, tragically turning to the darkside, and then being redeemed by his son. That's my reasoning at least. Everyone has their own opinion though and that's ok
It was a first Star Wars character that I saw on screen (some comercial in TV) and I fell in love in SW. His helmet, mask, cape and lightsaber, everything about him was cool. Then I saw movies. Vader, Ben, Yoda were my fav characters. I always hated Han.
Then I saw PT, Anakin was a bit like Han, but much worse (specially in AOTC), and I didn't like him as well. He was a bit cooler in ROTS, but still.
Anyway, I like that conception of Lucas that Vader is a "shadow of his former self". Anakin was powerful, had great potential. But he screwed that. Which made Vader somehow more tragic? That would be even cooler, if Anakin would be only shown as more powerful, more deadly.
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Registered: Aug 2016
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Because of how iconic he is, for the longest time whenever people would think "villain" they would think Darth Vader, when they thought "evil" they thought Vader. He's just iconic is really all for me, plus he has a lot of pretty badass stuff he does. I know when I was growing up Darth Vader and Scar (The Lion King) were my two favorite villains ever.
Registered: May 2007
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So because a character contributed to the popularity you just like that ? The fast and furious movies are extremely popular but I find them to be trash. The reason you gave is hey he's popular and many agree so I like him too.
I watched the films, watched the clone wars, series and am only an episode behind on rebels which more than likely will continue little to no Vader this year so what am I missing ?
Oct 19th, 2016 08:32 PM
