hairy_hen said:
The 'tragedy of Darth Vader' stuff doesn't fit at all with the way the original films were written at the time they were made: it's all revisionism imposed upon them decades after the fact. Star Wars is very much 'the adventures of Luke Skywalker' at its heart.
What I've suggested is one of the only viable solutions to the problem suggested in the first post. To pose this question and then ridicule the answers received is a useless and inane waste of everyone's time.
Incidentally, when my author friend rewrites the prequels to be consistent with the original trilogy next year, that's how he's going to do it.
i apologize if i seem to be ridiculing the other user's posts. this is a friendly discussion and i apologize if any of u guys here got hurt or offened.
What do you mean by the first paragraph???
The concept of a "villian protagonist/tragic hero/fallen hero" protagonist sounds far more creative than the idea of Luke Skywalker, a pure hero (kinda like Peter parker/spiderman kind and compassionate and heroic and stays on the path of good) being the main protagonist of it.......
However, I have one serious question here. What's the point of keeping the plot twist a big secret; doesnt everybody know who Darth Vader is???
My mother knows, and she doesn't even know anything about Star Wars or has never watched any of the movies/films
Just like this lady that I know
And a lot of my friends who couldn't care less about star wars
It's a staple part of popular culture nowadays. It was originally a big plot twist during/in the 1980s, but since a few people revealed it and forgot to keep the spoiler alert on, it spread to almost everybody; nowadays knowing that Luke Skywalker is the son of Darth Vader is like/as common as knowing about all of the celebrities of today