IMO, Tarkin wouldn’t do that, those Vader moments were hot headed (the gus comparison is different, Gus was trying to frighten his enemies in a setting where they had no status, Vader is basically throwing a punch in a CEO earnings report). Plus, part of what you’re describing, even if I agreed with it, would just be age. a 19/22 year old isn’t going to be as level headed as a 45 year old.
I could. Tarkin blows up a planet.
Vader is far above Motti in rank. Vader had more power in that scene then Gus. Gus needed Walter to cook. Vader needs Motti for nothing. He’s a fodder officer.
And once again the point of the scene was that Vader was trying to intimidate Motti by showcasing his power.
Michael Corleone was 25 in Part 1. It’s not unreasonable for someone to be cold when they’re that young. I’ll forever maintain that one of the biggest mistakes of the prequels was Anakin being so young for 2/3 of it. His age in the three movies should’ve been the same as Luke’s respectively.
I say patience was indeed a joke, self deprecating humor about the fact that he is usually the impatient one. Pre dark side, I don’t see why Anakin’s humor would be obnoxiously dominance based.
Because that’s who he is as a person? He loves being dominant and in control. Superiority complex and all.
Is headcanon out of the norm for this series though? Every movie in it jumps years ahead and has us infer character change.
Well yeah, but there’s a certain degree to which it’s believable.
The Sith usually don’t get very far, that’s what the rule of two is for, trying to cope with the problem of them all killing each other all the time.
Vader and Palpatine did.
Palpatine’s words could be lies, but at this point Anakin trusts the man, and his story aligns with how the Sith crave power and never “let go” like the Jedi do. And once Palp reveals himself as a Sith, it follows that even if he doesn’t know that power, he surely craves it.
Good point about Palpatine craving it too. But whether he craves it is different from whether the power actually exists and whether the dark side is a path to it.