Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Very, very true. And for all you people complaining about not seeing Vader in the suit enough, remember this. Fans complained for years about not using Boba Fett enough. I don't have to finish this story. You know how it ends. Food for thought.

I was thinking on broader terms. Allso trying to think of what is the essence of Star Wars. Darth Vader is the icon of Star Wars. First thing you think about when someone says "Star Wars" is Vader. Vader was how they marketed the prequels. He is far more iconic than Boba Fett. He might be the greatest villain in movie history. We were supposed to learn how a good man becomes this monster that is Vader. Taking all that into consideration, it is strange that we only see 2 minutes of him. If I had said years a go that Vader will only get 2 minutes of screen time in the PT, no one would have believed it. Now the way Lucas set the story there was no room for suited Vader, but it didn't have be that way. The story was not set in stone. Most of TPM and AOTC was filler anyway. Yes Anakin is named Vader by Palpatine but he is not Vader yet. Vader is a determined man. He doesn't waiver or hesitate. Vader is pure will. What he will's, happens. Anakin hesitates. Not Vader. Anakin was Vader only in name. He became Vader sometime after ROTS. Vader doesn't cry after his wife. Vader doesn't cry after blowing up Alderaan. Anakin does because he is a fagile man. Vader is a machine. Efficient, cold and calculating. Because that's how things get done. And when Luke comes around Anakin starts waking up from his slumber and feeling emotions again but not before that. So in short, I don't believe we saw Vader at all in the prequels.