Going back to this thread, I made some really dumb arguments that stem from a lack of understanding of nuance of certain terms, even if I made the occasional decent point. I was also rather patronizing in the way that I argued many of my points.

Darth Vader in the OT is a mostly very cold character with a calm, collected demeanor. He uses his boiling rage as a blunt weapon, wielding it in a calculating manner, as he does in his duels with Luke. He’s clearly mad when he, for example, kills one of his officers, or barrages Luke with powerful lightsaber strikes, but never loses control. It’s directed rage, not blind, unhinged rage.

While I did understand that he’s a tactful character who uses his rage in a balanced way, I never meant to imply he has unhinged temper tantrums, but I exaggerated the degree to which Vader is an emotional character.

I think I misinterpreted some’s arguments as saying he has no emotion at all, which is just not true, but I went too far in my rebuttal, as well as projecting emotions in some scenes where there weren’t any. For example, Vader is clearly didn’t lose his cool when he chokes Motti. He is completely calm.

Just wanted to clarify how my views have changed.