Originally posted by: xhonzi

Which brings me to my primary question in rethinking this whole thing: Why would someone like Anakin/Vader willingly server someone like Palpatine for 20 someodd years? If I could answer that question to my satisfaction, I would really have something. Lucas' PT doesn't do it for me.
Xhonzi

I thought the prequels did a fair job of explaining why Vader served Palpatine for 20+ years. Palpatine was a sort of father-figure to Anakin. He always fed his already huge ego, and told him what he wanted to hear. Obi-Wan told him what he needed to hear, but Anakin didn't like that, so he ended up going with Palpatine and dark side. After the Jedi are gone/empire in power, Palpatine is all Vader/Anakin has left. At least until Luke shows up, and then Vader finally starts to turn on him.

I didn't mind the Yoda in the PT. It does give him credibility. Otherwise, it seems like Yoda was some minor jedi hack who gets to train Luke only because there is no one else available. Just because he was head of the Jedi 20+ years ago, doesn't mean anyone still knows who he is by ESB.

As for more Dark Jedi to hide the Vader killed your father line, there were already too many secondary villians. Maybe have a secondary apprentice for Obi-Wan in Sith (after Anakin graduates to full jedi) who seems more likely to become Vader? Maybe he is jealous of Anakin or something. It would take real work to preserve all the secrets, even with a massive re-write. Ultimately, chronological order isn't the best to view it in.