DarkFather said:Bingowings, on the last page I explained how Vader is anything but weak. It'd be neat if you decided to respond to it instead of continuing to insist that he's some weakling hiding in a suit.
With respect I think I did respond by re-asserting my view that he is a weak broken person kept alive by machinery and the negative side of the Force.
He is emotionally weak because he is a bully sitting on a house of cards assembled by Palpatine and despite his plans to the contrary feels powerless to do anything about it on his own.
He is physically weak, as soon as his life support is buggered up by Palpatine's Force lightning he dies within a few minutes.
He takes out his weakness on those around him, he can't breath so he chokes the life out anyone who steps on his toes.
He only becomes strong when his compassion tunes him back into the light side of the Force (something Palpatine cannot master).
As a military commander he is limited to controlling people through fear and never commands respect (Tarkin seems to be able to handle both) and he allows his emotional attachment to his son and his hope that it will give him the upper hand over Palpatine to push himself and those around him to ruin.
You can and obviously do hold different views so it's pointless to press them further either way.
You think he is battle hardened and those sounds weaken the strong arm of the Emperor's forces, I think he is battle damaged and the sounds flag up the fragile human hiding inside the bionic monster.
We will have to agree to disagree on this one.