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.
I just don’t agree. Blowing up a planet is more what you are describing, evil but calculated. As for the board room scene, I disagree. Those guys seem like some of the biggest guys in the Empire, given the discussion. Vader personally might have no use for Motti, but Tarkin clearly does.
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.
Micheal Corleone also had a very different childhood. Anakin was the slave son of a single mother, Michael was the child of a powerful family. Your idea of Anakin being like Michael Corleone doesn’t really jive with anything i’d want for the character. Also, Corleone isn’t really anything like what you seem like you wish Anakin was, either. I haven’t seen those movies in a while, but Michael doesn’t really have the Vader traits that you have mentioned before, other than being less hair trigger than Anakin in the films. Also, when we do see Michael more at Vader’s age in Godfather 3, he has mellowed out, not gotten nastier.
I also would not change Anakin’s ages in the films. The story is about Anakin’s insecurities being the cause of his issues. Luke’s struggles were lesser by design as the story isn’t about Luke turning evil.
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.
That isn’t who he tries to be though. “I want more, but I know I shouldn’t”. That side of himself only truly comes out once he stops trying to fight it. He’s arrogant, but he is also aware that a lot of his thoughts are problematic and tries to rise above them. Until he doesn’t.
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.
It’s less drastic than Luke between 5 and 6 honestly.
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.
Because of the rule of two, as well as the fact that Sidious who is rather exceptional as a Sith who is very much a long term planner, allowed Vader to flourish in a locked down galaxy that is perfect for a violent broken man like Vader.
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.
Of course, and that’s part of the horrible situation that Anakin finds himself in. But he already sold out Palp to the Jedi and tried to do the right thing once. He makes his choice in the scene in the council chambers to side with Palp rather than do the right thing for the second time.