"He just told Luke that he was his father and invited his son to rule the galaxy at his side - and his son rejects him!" Pak told SYFY WIRE via email. Though for decades the focus has been on Luke's reaction to discovering his father is the second most evil guy in the galaxy, Pak wanted to flip the script. Using decades of films and extra material for hindsight, these comics have explored the side of Vader that struggles with himself and the light within him, leading up to his eventual redemption in Episode VI. Pak's Vader is a man who simultaneously wants to forget about Anakin's wife and desperately wants to know just what happened to Padmé, and to his son.ĭarth Vader starts right at the climax of Empire Strikes Back. We still don't know a lot about the Anakin who lives in Vader, the Anakin who shows up again when he defeats the Emperor in Return of the Jedi.Įxcept we have seen this story being told in Marvel's Darth Vader comics, especially Charles Soule and Giuseppe Camuncoli's Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith from 2017, and the most recent Star Wars: Darth Vader by writer Greg Pak and artist Raffaele Ienco. But the show still focused on fleshing out Anakin’s story in the prequel era. The Clone Wars animated series did a lot to turn Anakin from an annoying kid to a lovable and tragic hero, while turning the barely-there Padmé from just "the love interest" to an incredibly important figure in the large scheme of things. Sure, there was a whole trilogy devoted to how he turned to the Dark Side, but Anakin was but a small (if wildly important) linchpin in that story. Despite Darth Vader's status as one of the biggest villains in pop culture, we don't really know a lot about him.
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