Hardcore Legend said:
But that doesn’t fit Vader’s character because at no point in the OT is he really in charge of anything. He goes where he is told and the one time he ventures out on his own (chasing the Falcon), he scurries out of the asteroid field to answer the Emperor’s call.
He’s in charge of everything except that he answers to the Emperor, who he is actively plotting to overthrow. Sounds more like Macbeth to me.
Even Obi-Wan’s reminiscing of Anakin to Luke is made to be sympathetic.
Well sure, he was a good guy at one point who was seduced by power and became bad. The prequels didn’t tell that story though.