Want to know what I really, really, really hate about the modern EU? I hate how Vader -- at least in the comics -- is almost always portrayed as this half-insane rageaholic who resolves all his problems with a lightsaber.

An Imperial officer says a tiny, little thing that Vader doesn't like? Vader's runs him through with his lightsaber. A squad of stormtroopers is sent to bring Vader before the Emperor? Vader dices them to bits with his lightsaber. Obi-Wan taunts Vader from beyond the grave? Vader takes out his lightsaber and starts swinging it through the air while yelling his head off like some crazy schizo off his meds.

It started with Vader's Quest and has only gotten worse ever since. Thank God, though, that I can read the Marvel comics for some good Vader characterization.