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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
"Why would Vader, with all his abilities, play second fiddle to some ordinary man? "
Like he did with Tarkin?
But who's to say Vader wouldn't have taken out Tarkin if not for the Emperor's fondness for Tarkin? Seems to me that there is animosity between Tarkin and Vader, and that Tarkin is able to say the things he does because he knows the Emperor has his back.