Ryan said:
But let me ask, with all of the interviews that Lucas has done. Has he ever said that OT Vader could “read minds”?Yes, it’s referenced in A New Hope during the Death Star conference the officer says '‘Your sad devotion to that ancient religion hasn’t helped you conjure up the stolen data tapes or given you clairvoyance enough to find the rebels’ hidden fortress."
Vader also states that Leia’s “resistance to the mind probe is considerable”.
This backs up exactly what Adywan has said - that those with the Force are actually BETTER at resisting mind probing than those without. It is the opposite of this convoluted nonsense that DrDre has been tying himself in knots trying to justify.
If you want an in-universe explanation, then yes Vader does have clairvoyance, but no - after all his injuries he just isn’t very good at it!
The stuff you mention here doesn’t tell me or provide evidence that Vader can “read minds”.
The “mind probe” was that black round floating ball thing. I don’t see how you connect that to evidence of “Vader can read minds”.
And I don’t take “clairvoyance” to mean that Vader can “read minds”.
There’s just not any evidence or dialogue in the OT that says Vader can “read minds”.
But that doesn’t mean you or anyone can or can not believe that Vader CAN “read minds”. Just the same as someone could believe that Luke could “fly” because they saw him jump really high in Empire while fighting Vader.