Something that’s insane to me is that Lucas when making the Prequels’ attitude towards Darth Vader. He spends the entire trilogy neutering the hell out of him, telling us he was a brat and that his iconic badass suit was actually hampering him (which doesn’t make any sense with how he established the Force to work), and even making him pathetically whine “Nooo!” like a cartoon. He doesn’t do this to any other villain. But at the same time, he gave into how much of a sensation Vader is by plastering him all over the advertising and making the entire saga surround him. It’s like he wanted to have his cake and eat it too. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a creator have such a contradictory mindset about a character.
I for some reason had a random flashback to this comment I made, and wanted to clarify that I don’t think Lucas hates Darth Vader or was “out to get him”. Of course he still wanted him to be a terrifying and powerful villain.
I just think that, at times, the Prequels went too far in trying to subvert him, and leaned too hard on the pathetic side of the character, which I think should be handled more sparingly and subtextually, like the theatrical ROTJ. And this was me venting my frustration in that aspect. Tho I’m sure a lot agree anyway.