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This would be a radical change but considering all the hideous things that Anakin/Vader has done (killing innocent children, aiding the destruction of whole worlds, trying to kill his wife, killing his best friend etc, etc) was throwing Palpatine down a pit enough ro redeem him?
It would be interesting if throughout Jedi we saw Vader actually helping the Rebels in someway but trying to keep it secret from Palpatine.
Palpatine knows this and this gives the Emperor added motive for replacing Vader with Luke.
If Vader gave the plans to the Rebels, and was actually sabotaging the Death Star construction (while pushing for it’s completion).
There is some of this thinking in the Force Unleashed storyline with Vader helping set up the Alliance to act as flypaper for dissenters.
Part of this could be that reasoned that as a Sith apprentice his time is largely up, he knows what Palpatine did to Dooku, he knows that given the chance Palpatine would replace Vader with a younger stronger apprentice if he can’t get there first.
Letting the Rebels know where the Emperor is going to be (he could even suggest this to him) and giving them the chance to kill him would help him get into a position where he would be the Master and Luke could be convinced that he wasn’t all that bad and being a Sith Lord could have real benefits for restoring the Republic.
But deep down the Anakin in Vader wants to do the right thing and killing Palpatine is the final act of a redemption that has been built up in hidden acts of his own inner rebellion.
In Jedi as it stands we see Vader ponder and procrastinate Luke’s appeals to his father’s light side, which weakens the way we see him.
Vader is a man of action if he was seriously thinking that the moment was coming to make a move against the Emperor it would strengthen his role if we saw him being a bit more proactive about it. That way his silence would be seen as him keeping quiet about the plans he has already in place instead of just moping.