Another note: I know the ending with Vader hacking the Rebels was literal ‘Star Wars porn’, but it was that moment that really helped elevate the character of Darth Vader for me. We always knew Vader was a bad guy, but we never truly saw at his full potential. The prequels showed us a “saddened, frustrated Vader” whereas the original trilogy showed us the “powerful Lord Vader” without getting too violent and too far gone into his backstory.
He murdered a bunch of guys. He cut off his son’s hand. He tortured people. He massacred thousands of his own men in the asteroid field. He strangled a man and broke his neck on screen with his bare hands. That’s not even considering his complicity in wiping out a planet full of potentially billions of people.
“Not violent” must have a different meaning to you than it does to me.
Despite all that, I kind of liked the scene, but like a Seth McFarlane joke, it seemed to drag on way too long in my opinion. Regardless, I don’t feel like it added anything to Vader’s character. In fact the castle scenes were painful to watch.