I’ve been experimenting with trimming “I must obey my master!” while also incorporating Sir Ridley’s “Your mother once thought as you do” (albeit slowed-down). What prevented me from deleting “You don’t know the power of the Dark Side” was both Vader’s turn and making sure that Luke’s follow-up line made sense. The edit is a bit rough, but I’m sure Ady can do better working in the 5.1 mix.
The “I must obey my master!” line you deleted is very important. It tells the audience Vader’s relation to the Emperor, as it tells a lot about the Sith master-apprentice relationship.
Deleting it is a huge mistake.Strong disagree on this one.
Indeed. Why would Vader be planning to overthrow the Emperor in the previous movie?
Vader lacks the courage to attempt to overthrow the Emperor on his own. He’s stuck being his lackey since Luke refused to join him.
Yes, Vader has the drive to overthrow the Emperor, as every Sith apprentice does, but Vader is convinced that he can’t do it alone, so if Luke does not join him, he must obey his master, if he wants to stay alive, because that is the Sith way.
The other important thing is that with this line Vader passed the burden of the choice to Luke, that Luke has to make right here.